1997–98 United Counties League

The 1997–98 United Counties League season was the 91st 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	Stamford	40	29	6	5	113	45	+68	93	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Northampton Spencer	40	27	2	11	105	59	+46	83
3	Spalding United	40	24	10	6	77	47	+30	82
4	Desborough Town	40	23	9	8	89	49	+40	78
5	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	40	24	6	10	68	39	+29	78
6	Ford Sports Daventry	40	22	10	8	74	38	+36	76
7	Stotfold	40	21	9	10	89	60	+29	72
8	Boston Town	40	23	6	11	82	48	+34	75
9	Mirrlees Blackstone	40	20	7	13	69	50	+19	67
10	St. Neots Town	40	20	3	17	67	60	+7	63
11	Buckingham Town	40	18	7	15	58	49	+9	61
12	Cogenhoe United	40	17	9	14	68	53	+15	60
13	Long Buckby	40	14	8	18	64	68	−4	50
14	Potton United	40	11	10	19	46	62	−16	43
15	Wellingborough Town	40	11	5	24	46	77	−31	38
16	Holbeach United	40	10	8	22	39	76	−37	38
17	Wootton Blue Cross	40	9	6	25	53	99	−46	33
18	Yaxley	40	9	3	28	57	102	−45	30
19	Bourne Town	40	8	5	27	48	96	−48	29
20	Eynesbury Rovers	40	6	10	24	29	72	−43	28
21	Kempston Rovers	40	2	5	33	18	110	−92	11

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:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Higham Town	34	26	4	4	91	23	+68	82
2	Cottingham	34	23	4	7	84	40	+44	73
3	Harrowby United	34	20	4	10	94	61	+33	64
4	Bugbrooke St Michaels	34	18	7	9	90	47	+43	61
5	Blisworth	34	19	4	11	73	54	+19	61
6	Wellingborough Whitworth	34	17	5	12	78	55	+23	56
7	Daventry Town	34	16	5	13	87	66	+21	53
8	St Ives Town	34	15	7	12	66	57	+9	52
9	Newport Pagnell Town	34	16	4	14	61	56	+5	52
10	Rothwell Corinthians	34	14	8	12	77	58	+19	50
11	Olney Town	34	15	5	14	65	55	+10	50
12	Northampton Vanaid	34	14	5	15	90	54	+36	47
13	Thrapston Town	34	12	7	15	74	59	+15	43
14	Burton Park Wanderers	34	13	3	18	58	71	−13	42
15	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	10	8	16	54	61	−7	38
16	Irchester United	34	7	5	22	43	85	−42	26
17	Sharnbrook	34	6	4	24	50	82	−32	22
18	Huntingdon United	34	0	1	33	22	273	−251	1	Resigned from the league

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