1996–97 United Counties League

The 1996–97 United Counties League season was the 90th 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 one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	38	26	3	9	79	51	+28	81
2	Spalding United	38	23	7	8	78	37	+41	76
3	Stotfold	38	22	7	9	90	48	+42	73
4	Long Buckby	38	21	10	7	63	39	+24	73
5	Boston Town	38	21	9	8	88	39	+49	72
6	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	38	21	8	9	84	64	+20	71
7	Cogenhoe United	38	20	6	12	90	62	+28	66
8	Potton United	38	18	8	12	57	49	+8	62
9	Desborough Town	38	17	9	12	63	49	+14	60
10	St. Neots Town	38	16	11	11	81	58	+23	59
11	Mirrlees Blackstone	38	16	5	17	68	65	+3	53
12	Ford Sports Daventry	38	14	7	17	64	64	0	49
13	Northampton Spencer	38	13	8	17	69	70	−1	47
14	Eynesbury Rovers	38	12	11	15	52	56	−4	47
15	Wellingborough Town	38	10	6	22	52	72	−20	36
16	Wootton Blue Cross	38	9	8	21	40	60	−20	35
17	Kempston Rovers	38	9	6	23	41	89	−48	33
18	Bourne Town	38	8	7	23	49	100	−51	31
19	Holbeach United	38	7	6	25	43	101	−58	27
20	Newport Pagnell Town	38	3	6	29	37	115	−78	15	Relegated to Division One

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

Football league season

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Also, Thrapston Venturas changed name to Thrapston Town.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Yaxley	34	23	5	6	81	25	+56	74	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Wellingborough Whitworth	34	19	12	3	72	28	+44	69
3	Bugbrooke St Michaels	34	20	8	6	60	30	+30	68
4	Higham Town	34	18	10	6	59	42	+17	64
5	Huntingdon United	34	19	2	13	87	57	+30	59
6	Rothwell Corinthians	34	16	7	11	61	40	+21	55
7	St Ives Town	34	16	7	11	52	34	+18	55
8	Cottingham	34	17	3	14	56	59	−3	54
9	Thrapston Town	34	14	7	13	51	51	0	49
10	Northampton Vanaid	34	13	6	15	56	55	+1	45
11	Olney Town	34	13	6	15	42	47	−5	45
12	Harrowby United	34	12	6	16	62	68	−6	42
13	Daventry Town	34	10	6	18	46	78	−32	36
14	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	10	5	19	46	54	−8	35
15	Burton Park Wanderers	34	9	7	18	50	64	−14	34
16	Sharnbrook	34	10	4	20	34	83	−49	34
17	Irchester United	34	7	7	20	34	70	−36	28
18	Blisworth	34	5	2	27	28	92	−64	17

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

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, Senior) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 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) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

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