1980–81 United Counties League

The 1980–81 United Counties League season was the 74th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. At the end of the previous season reserve teams from Division One were transferred to newly established reserve division, they were replaced by clubs from Division Two.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1980–81
Champions	Stamford
Relegated	Northampton Spencer
Matches played	306
Goals scored	986 (3.22 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The Premier Division featured 18 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	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	34	22	9	3	76	36	+40	53
2	Wootton Blue Cross	34	23	4	7	81	33	+48	50
3	Kempston Rovers	34	22	3	9	96	54	+42	47
4	Holbeach United	34	21	5	8	59	43	+16	47
5	Desborough Town	34	18	9	7	79	55	+24	45
6	Potton United	34	15	8	11	48	41	+7	38
7	Rushden Town	34	16	7	11	57	33	+24	39
8	Long Buckby	34	15	12	7	70	54	+16	42
9	Irthlingborough Diamonds	34	15	5	14	60	54	+6	35
10	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	34	13	9	12	53	51	+2	35
11	Buckingham Town	34	13	8	13	48	45	+3	34
12	Wolverton Town	34	11	9	14	49	70	−21	31
13	St Neots Town	34	9	6	19	35	61	−26	24
14	Bourne Town	34	7	9	18	41	64	−23	23
15	Rothwell Town	34	6	10	18	37	58	−21	22
16	Ampthill Town	34	6	10	18	39	69	−30	22
17	Eynesbury Rovers	34	7	7	20	37	71	−34	21
18	Northampton Spencer	34	1	2	31	21	94	−73	4	Relegated to Division One

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	1980–81
Champions	Stevenage Borough
Promoted	Stevenage Borough British Timken Duston
Matches played	272
Goals scored	976 (3.59 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division One featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs.

Clubs joined from Division Two:
- Burton Park Wanderers
- Cottingham
- Raunds Town
- Sharnbrook
- Thrapston Venturas
- Towcester Town
Plus:
- Olney Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Stevenage Borough, new club

Also, Irchester United changed name to Irchester Eastfield.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Stevenage Borough	32	23	7	2	106	35	+71	53	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	British Timken Duston	32	21	5	6	68	31	+37	47	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Newport Pagnell Town	32	19	6	7	62	32	+30	44
4	Northampton ON Chenecks	32	15	10	7	51	44	+7	40
5	Cottingham	32	16	6	10	59	49	+10	38
6	Corby Gainsborough	32	14	7	11	65	46	+19	35
7	Towcester Town	32	14	6	12	79	58	+21	34
8	Raunds Town	32	11	10	11	62	55	+7	32
9	Irchester Eastfield	32	11	9	12	54	58	−4	31
10	Thrapston Venturas	32	11	8	13	54	52	+2	30
11	Higham Town	32	10	7	15	61	67	−6	27
12	Olney Town	32	10	6	16	56	79	−23	26
13	Ford Sports Daventry	32	8	8	16	37	75	−38	24
14	British Timken Athletic	32	9	5	18	40	75	−35	23
15	Sharnbrook	32	9	4	19	39	60	−21	22
16	Burton Park Wanderers	32	9	4	19	40	67	−27	22
17	Geddington Montrose	32	6	4	22	43	93	−50	16	Resigned from the league

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

References

External links

United Counties League

United Counties League

2024–25
clubs

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

Seasons

as Northamptonshire League

1895–96
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as United Counties League

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Town & Country League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Lancashire Combination (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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

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