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

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United Counties League
Premier Division
Season1997–98
ChampionsStamford
PromotedStamford
Matches played420
Goals scored1,359 (3.24 per match)

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

League table

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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.

Division One

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United Counties League
Division One
Season1997–98
ChampionsHigham Town
Matches played306
Goals scored1,257 (4.11 per match)

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

League table

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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.

References

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