1978–79 United Counties League

The 1978–79 United Counties League season was the 72nd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Irthlingborough Diamonds
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,062 (3.11 per match)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Irthlingborough Diamonds	36	25	5	6	88	31	+57	55
2	Rushden Town	36	22	7	7	72	29	+43	51
3	Kempston Rovers	36	20	7	9	55	23	+32	47
4	Desborough Town	36	20	3	13	82	59	+23	43
5	Potton United	36	18	7	11	59	49	+10	43
6	Wolverton Town	36	17	9	10	61	52	+9	43
7	Rothwell Town	36	14	12	10	56	50	+6	40
8	Stamford	36	15	9	12	61	47	+14	39
9	St Neots Town	36	16	7	13	59	51	+8	39
10	Wootton Blue Cross	36	15	8	13	77	63	+14	38
11	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	36	16	5	15	48	46	+2	37
12	Olney Town	36	14	9	13	36	43	−7	37
13	Buckingham Town	36	10	11	15	46	52	−6	31
14	Long Buckby	36	12	6	18	41	58	−17	30
15	Ampthill Town	36	10	5	21	44	74	−30	25
16	Bourne Town	36	9	6	21	51	86	−35	24
17	Northampton Spencer	36	7	9	20	47	76	−29	23
18	Holbeach United	36	9	4	23	51	94	−43	22
19	Eynesbury Rovers	36	6	5	25	28	79	−51	17

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	1978–79
Champions	Milton Keynes Borough
Relegated	Raunds Town
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

Northampton Spencer reserves
Ampthill Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Milton Keynes Borough	38	31	4	3	105	28	+77	66	Transferred to the Hellenic League
2	Northampton ON Chenecks	38	29	4	5	94	35	+59	62
3	Vauxhall Motors	38	24	8	6	66	25	+41	56	Transferred to the South Midlands League
4	Geddington Montrose	38	23	8	7	65	28	+37	54
5	Corby Gainsborough	38	17	7	14	56	41	+15	41
6	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	38	15	10	13	58	61	−3	40
7	Newport Pagnell Town	38	13	12	13	63	65	−2	38
8	Kempston Rovers reserves	38	17	3	18	54	64	−10	37
9	Higham Town	38	13	10	15	59	54	+5	36
10	Rushden Town reserves	38	14	6	18	53	77	−24	34
11	Biggleswade Town	38	13	7	18	32	52	−20	33
12	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	38	12	8	18	64	62	+2	32
13	Irchester United	38	12	8	18	56	58	−2	32
14	Northampton Spencer reserves	38	13	6	19	55	64	−9	32
15	British Timken Athletic	38	12	7	19	53	66	−13	31
16	Ampthill Town reserves	38	12	7	19	47	72	−25	31
17	Desborough Town reserves	38	12	6	20	51	72	−21	30
18	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	38	8	11	19	49	67	−18	27
19	Byfield Athletic	38	9	9	20	37	73	−36	27	Resigned from the league
20	Raunds Town	38	8	5	25	47	100	−53	21	Relegated to Division Two

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Football league season

United Counties League
Division Two
Season	1978–79
Champions	British Timken Duston
Promoted	British Timken Duston Ford Sports Daventry
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

Burton Park Wanderers, relegated from Division One
Sharnbrook, relegated from Division One
Thrapston Venturas
Rothwell Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	British Timken Duston	30	22	6	2	78	20	+58	50	Promoted to Division One
2	Ford Sports Daventry	30	20	5	5	60	27	+33	45	Promoted to Division One
3	Sharnbrook	30	20	2	8	76	29	+47	42
4	Olney Town reserves	30	16	4	10	50	31	+19	36
5	Higham Town reserves	30	14	6	10	52	48	+4	34
6	Long Buckby reserves	30	14	6	10	44	45	−1	34
7	Thrapston Venturas	30	13	7	10	48	35	+13	33
8	Rothwell Town reserves	30	12	7	11	48	39	+9	31
9	Burton Park Wanderers	30	14	3	13	53	48	+5	31
10	Eynesbury Rovers reserves	30	13	4	13	47	42	+5	30
11	St Neots Town reserves	30	12	6	12	38	40	−2	30
12	Wolverton Town reserves	30	10	6	14	36	48	−12	26
13	Towcester Town	30	9	5	16	37	48	−11	23
14	Bedford Avenue	30	8	3	19	30	67	−37	19
15	Bedford United	30	2	8	20	31	70	−39	12	Resigned from the league
16	Raunds Town reserves	30	1	2	27	19	110	−91	4	Resigned from the league

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

References

"Football Club History Database - Eynesbury Rovers". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
"Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
"Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
"Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
"Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
"Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

External links

United Counties League

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Premier Division North	AFC Mansfield Ashby Ivanhoe Belper United Boston Town Bourne Town Deeping Rangers Eastwood Gresley Rovers Harrowby United Heanor Town Hucknall Town Kimberley Miners Welfare Lincoln United Melton Town Newark and Sherwood United Newark Town Shirebrook Town Skegness Town Sleaford Town Wisbech Town
Premier Division South	Aylestone Park Bugbrooke St Michaels Cogenhoe United Coventry United Daventry Town Easington Sports Eynesbury Rovers GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers Hinckley Histon Leicester Nirvana Lutterworth Town March Town United Newport Pagnell Town Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers Rugby Borough St Neots Town Yaxley
Division One	Blackstones Clay Cross Town Clifton All Whites Clipstone Coalville Town Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Holwell Sports Pinxton Radford Rainworth Miners Welfare Retford Retford United Sandiacre Town Selston Stapleford Town Staveley Miners Welfare Southwell City West Bridgford

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 7 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Town & Country League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Home Counties League (level 7 only) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two)

West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only)
Western League (Premier, One)
Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Other

Manchester United 3–5 West Bromwich Albion (1978)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland West Ham United Wrexham
Third Division	Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Port Vale Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon York City

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