2015–16 United Counties League

The 2015–16 United Counties League season (known as the 2015–16 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	2015–16
Champions	Kempston Rovers
Promoted	Kempston Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,616 (3.5 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Kirby Muxloe, transferred from the Midland League
Northampton Spencer, promoted from Division One
Rothwell Corinthians, promoted from Division One

In addition, Thurnby Nirvana changed their name to Leicester Nirvana.

Three clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: AFC Kempston Rovers, Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Nirvana.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kempston Rovers	42	28	13	1	111	31	+80	97	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Leicester Nirvana	42	31	4	7	129	51	+78	97
3	Newport Pagnell Town	42	26	5	11	94	54	+40	83
4	Holbeach United	42	21	7	14	94	63	+31	70
5	Cogenhoe United	42	20	9	13	70	67	+3	69
6	Eynesbury Rovers	42	20	8	14	64	48	+16	68
7	Sleaford Town	42	21	5	16	83	69	+14	68
8	Wisbech Town	42	19	9	14	82	68	+14	66
9	Kirby Muxloe	42	19	8	15	63	58	+5	62
10	Deeping Rangers	42	16	12	14	81	64	+17	60
11	Harborough Town	42	18	6	18	57	59	−2	60
12	Yaxley	42	19	7	16	93	79	+14	61
13	Northampton Spencer	42	16	9	17	74	81	−7	57	Resigned from the league
14	Rothwell Corinthians	42	17	5	20	60	67	−7	56
15	Desborough Town	42	16	7	19	64	79	−15	55
16	Boston Town	42	14	6	22	76	92	−16	48
17	Peterborough Northern Star	42	13	8	21	70	84	−14	47
18	Harrowby United	42	13	8	21	70	102	−32	47
19	Northampton Sileby Rangers	42	12	10	20	78	94	−16	46
20	Wellingborough Town	42	11	7	24	57	90	−33	40
21	Oadby Town	42	9	7	26	66	89	−23	34
22	Huntingdon Town	42	2	2	38	26	173	−147	8

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

Kirby Muxloe were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Huntingdon Town on 22 August 2015.
Yaxley were deducted six points for fielding an ineligible player and team sheet irregularities in a match against Holbeach United on 28 December 2015.

Results

Home \ Away	KEM	BOS	COG	DEE	DES	EYN	HAR	HBY	HOL	HUN	KIM	KVP	NPT	NSR	NSP	OAD	PNS	ROC	SLE	WLT	WIS	YAX
Kempston Rovers		7–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	9–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0
Boston Town	0–2		1–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	5–1	0–1	6–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	4–2	1–3	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	4–0
Cogenhoe United	3–3	5–0		2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–4	1–5	3–0	0–0	4–3	1–4	2–1	3–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1
Deeping Rangers	1–1	1–3	3–0		0–0	0–2	0–0	7–3	1–3	7–2	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	4–2
Desborough Town	0–2	4–3	2–0	0–1		2–2	2–4	6–1	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–4	0–2	2–1	0–4	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–2
Eynesbury Rovers	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–2	1–0		4–0	2–0	0–0	6–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2
Harborough Town	1–6	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–3		2–0	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–5	1–3
Harrowby United	0–2	5–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–2		0–3	3–0	1–0	1–6	1–4	6–0	3–0	1–3	3–2	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–3
Holbeach United	3–3	1–2	4–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	5–0	2–0		3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	4–0	2–2	3–2	4–2	1–2	2–0	5–0	5–3	0–1
Huntingdon Town	0–7	1–4	1–2	0–3	2–4	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–5		1–2	1–8	2–3	0–5	0–5	0–4	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–6	0–3
Kirby Muxloe	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–0	8–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	3–2	3–0		0–3	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–3	0–2
Leicester Nirvana	2–2	3–0	5–1	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–0	5–0	7–0	2–1	1–0		5–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	4–2	3–2	2–3	4–1	1–2	4–0
Newport Pagnell Town	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–2	7–1	3–1	8–0	1–0	2–4		2–2	7–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Northampton Sileby Rangers	0–4	4–1	2–3	4–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–4	1–1	7–2	2–2	3–4	0–1		1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–3
Northampton Spencer	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–4	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	7–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–1		2–0	2–1	1–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	1–4
Oadby Town	0–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–3	4–0	0–2	1–5	0–1	3–1	1–0		2–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–3
Peterborough Northern Star	1–1	2–3	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	4–5	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	4–3	2–3	4–3		0–1	3–1	1–1	2–4	3–0
Rothwell Corinthians	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–1	3–0	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–3	1–3	2–3	1–0
Sleaford Town	0–3	3–1	4–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	7–2	4–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–6	1–2	3–1	1–0		4–0	3–3	4–0
Wellingborough Town	1–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	3–2	2–1	8–0	2–3	2–3	3–4	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–5		0–3	0–2
Wisbech Town	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	5–3	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–2		1–1
Yaxley	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	2–2	2–4	5–1	3–4	1–3	2–0	4–0	4–4	6–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	8–3	5–0

Source: FA Full-Time (ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	2015–16
Champions	Peterborough Sports
Promoted	Peterborough Sports Northampton ON Chenecks
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,298 (3.8 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Long Buckby, relegated from the Premier Division
Oakham United, promoted from the Peterborough and District Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Peterborough Sports	36	33	0	3	140	24	+116	99	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Northampton ON Chenecks	36	24	6	6	89	40	+49	78	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	36	22	6	8	72	40	+32	72
4	Olney Town	36	19	5	12	89	73	+16	59
5	Bourne Town	36	16	10	10	70	63	+7	58
6	Long Buckby	36	17	6	13	70	51	+19	57
7	Potton United	36	18	3	15	61	52	+9	57
8	Raunds Town	36	15	10	11	69	69	0	55
9	Thrapston Town	36	13	10	13	70	62	+8	49
10	Blackstones	36	14	9	13	64	70	−6	48
11	Lutterworth Athletic	36	14	6	16	69	79	−10	48
12	Oakham United	36	12	11	13	65	71	−6	47
13	Rushden & Higham United	36	13	8	15	67	75	−8	47
14	Woodford United	36	12	5	19	63	86	−23	41
15	Wellingborough Whitworth	36	10	8	18	63	84	−21	38
16	Irchester United	36	10	7	19	58	86	−28	37
17	Buckingham Town	36	7	9	20	51	81	−30	30
18	Bugbrooke St Michaels	36	5	8	23	38	86	−48	23
19	Burton Park Wanderers	36	3	3	30	30	106	−76	12
20	St Neots Town Saints	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club resigned, record expunged

Source: FA Full-Time fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Olney Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Rushden & Higham United on 8 August 2015.
Blackstones were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Long Buckby on 16 April 2016.

Results

All Games and results involving St Neots Town Saints have all been annulled.

Home \ Away	BLK	BOR	BUC	BUG	BPW	IRC	LBU	LUA	NOC	OAK	OLN	PSP	POT	RAU	RHU	SLC	THR	WEW	WFU
Blackstones		2–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	0–2	0–3	3–3	3–3	6–1	0–9	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–4	0–0	4–1
Bourne Town	1–0		3–0	3–0	6–1	4–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	5–0	3–2	1–4	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–1
Buckingham Town	1–1	4–2		1–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–3	2–3	1–1	0–1
Bugbrooke St Michaels	1–2	1–2	0–1		2–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–6	2–1	0–0	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Burton Park Wanderers	2–3	0–2	1–2	2–1		3–1	0–2	1–2	0–5	2–3	0–3	0–1	1–6	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–6
Irchester United	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–3	3–2		2–2	2–2	0–2	5–2	1–0	1–7	0–3	2–0	3–4	3–1	4–1	2–2	2–3
Long Buckby	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–0		6–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–2
Lutterworth Athletic	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–1		1–4	3–3	2–3	0–1	2–1	3–1	5–3	3–5	2–1	3–0	2–3
Northampton ON Chenecks	3–1	3–2	6–2	4–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		1–2	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1
Oakham United	2–0	2–2	5–2	3–3	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2		1–2	1–5	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–3
Olney Town	0–2	0–1	5–4	5–0	6–0	6–2	5–3	3–2	3–2	2–1		0–7	2–3	0–2	5–3	1–0	4–4	4–3	3–3
Peterborough Sports	2–1	5–0	7–0	6–1	5–2	9–0	5–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		2–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–1	7–0
Potton United	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–4		2–2	0–4	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–1
Raunds Town	3–2	5–2	1–3	3–3	3–0	4–3	1–5	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–5	1–1	5–4		4–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2
Rushden & Higham United	1–2	2–2	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–0		1–2	3–2	2–2	3–2
St Neots Town Saints
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	3–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1		0–0	1–0	3–1
Thrapston Town	4–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	6–0	0–2	1–3	2–4	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–3		3–0	2–4
Wellingborough Whitworth	4–3	1–2	3–4	2–0	7–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–6	0–3	0–3	1–5	3–4	4–2	1–3	2–3	2–5		4–1
Woodford United	2–4	0–0	1–0	4–0	5–1	0–1	2–3	3–5	2–3	1–1	3–1	1–6	1–4	0–1	2–6	2–3	1–5	1–4

Source: FA Full-Time (ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

"Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–00
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34

as United Counties League

1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

2015–16 in English football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, One) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Southern Combination League (One, Two) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

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

Youth
competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues (League 1, League 2) U21 Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues (League 1, League 2, League 3) FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City

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