1986–87 United Counties League

The 1986–87 United Counties League season was the 80th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Potton United	40	31	7	2	103	25	+78	69
2	Baldock Town	40	28	7	5	86	28	+58	63	Promoted to the Southern Football League
3	Stotfold	40	24	6	10	67	46	+21	54
4	Irthlingborough Diamonds	40	21	9	10	72	57	+15	51
5	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	40	22	6	12	81	52	+29	50
6	Raunds Town	40	21	7	12	81	53	+28	49
7	Spalding United	40	19	9	12	58	41	+17	47
8	Holbeach United	40	18	10	12	79	45	+34	46
9	Long Buckby	40	20	5	15	78	61	+17	45
10	Stamford	40	15	14	11	53	49	+4	44
11	Brackley Town	40	16	9	15	70	66	+4	41
12	Northampton Spencer	40	15	10	15	76	70	+6	40
13	Desborough Town	40	16	6	18	65	81	−16	38
14	Wootton Blue Cross	40	14	9	17	67	83	−16	37
15	Arlesey Town	40	12	10	18	50	68	−18	34
16	Kempston Rovers	40	10	12	18	48	48	0	32
17	Eynesbury Rovers	40	10	7	23	55	82	−27	27
18	Rothwell Town	40	8	9	23	51	80	−29	25
19	St Neots Town	40	4	14	22	37	75	−38	22
20	Bourne Town	40	8	6	26	43	88	−45	22
21	Ampthill Town	40	1	2	37	32	154	−122	4	Relegated to Division One

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

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	1986–87
Champions	Baker Perkins
Promoted	Baker Perkins Cogenhoe United
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,134 (3.32 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Baker Perkins	36	28	2	6	102	33	+69	58	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Cogenhoe United	36	25	5	6	93	31	+62	55	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Ramsey Town	36	24	4	8	101	36	+65	52
4	Mirrlees Blackstone	36	22	7	7	81	38	+43	51
5	Thrapston Venturas	36	21	7	8	70	42	+28	49
6	St Ives Town	36	21	5	10	66	50	+16	47
7	Wellingborough Whitworth	36	18	7	11	67	59	+8	43
8	Cottingham	36	16	8	12	60	49	+11	40
9	Higham Town	36	14	8	14	59	65	−6	36
10	Newport Pagnell Town	36	15	6	15	44	52	−8	36
11	British Timken Athletic	36	14	4	18	51	60	−9	32
12	Towcester Town	36	12	6	18	56	83	−27	30
13	Irchester Eastfield	36	12	4	20	49	60	−11	28
14	Burton Park Wanderers	36	11	5	20	43	59	−16	27
15	Olney Town	36	7	11	18	43	68	−25	25
16	British Timken Duston	36	9	7	20	53	79	−26	25
17	Northampton ON Chenecks	36	8	9	19	40	75	−35	25
18	Ford Sports Daventry	36	6	4	26	32	87	−55	16
19	Sharnbrook	36	2	5	29	24	108	−84	9

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

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

as United Counties League

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, One) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

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