1981–82 United Counties League

The 1981–82 United Counties League season was the 75th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

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United Counties League
Premier Division
Season1981–82
ChampionsStamford
RelegatedSt Neots Town
Matches played342
Goals scored1,019 (2.98 per match)

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stamford 36 25 5 6 71 28 +43 55
2 Irthlingborough Diamonds 36 23 8 5 73 34 +39 54
3 Rushden Town 36 19 7 10 61 32 +29 45
4 Buckingham Town 36 19 7 10 63 43 +20 45
5 Bourne Town 36 18 7 11 64 44 +20 43
6 Potton United 36 15 11 10 41 30 +11 41
7 Ampthill Town 36 14 11 11 73 67 +6 39
8 Long Buckby 36 14 10 12 57 60 −3 38
9 Holbeach United 36 14 9 13 53 46 +7 37
10 Wootton Blue Cross 36 14 9 13 57 58 −1 37
11 Kempston Rovers 36 13 10 13 63 62 +1 36
12 Stevenage Borough 36 12 9 15 50 49 +1 33
13 Desborough Town 36 10 13 13 47 55 −8 33
14 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 36 10 12 14 46 57 −11 32
15 Rothwell Town 36 12 6 18 58 60 −2 30
16 British Timken Duston 36 11 8 17 46 67 −21 30 Demoted to Division One
17 Eynesbury Rovers 36 8 9 19 35 58 −23 25
18 Wolverton Town 36 8 4 24 36 78 −42 20 Transferred to the London Spartan League
19 St Neots Town 36 2 7 27 25 91 −66 11 Relegated to Division One
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

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United Counties League
Division One
Season1981–82
ChampionsNewport Pagnell Town
PromotedNewport Pagnell Town
Matches played210
Goals scored655 (3.12 per match)

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, relegated from the Premier Division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Newport Pagnell Town 28 21 6 1 61 18 +43 48 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Cottingham 28 17 7 4 58 29 +29 41
3 Raunds Town 28 16 8 4 59 22 +37 40
4 British Timken Athletic 28 13 9 6 60 36 +24 35
5 Towcester Town 28 10 9 9 47 40 +7 29
6 Olney Town 28 11 7 10 45 48 −3 29
7 Corby Gainsborough 28 13 3 12 40 46 −6 29
8 Irchester Eastfield 28 11 6 11 51 40 +11 28
9 Thrapston Venturas 28 12 2 14 42 38 +4 26
10 Higham Town 28 9 7 12 40 51 −11 25
11 Northampton ON Chenecks 28 7 6 15 31 54 −23 20
12 Ford Sports Daventry 28 6 8 14 27 52 −25 20
13 Burton Park Wanderers 28 4 10 14 28 48 −20 18
14 Sharnbrook 28 5 8 15 30 56 −26 18
15 Northampton Spencer 28 4 6 18 36 77 −41 14
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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