UNITED COUNTIES FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The 'United Counties Football League' (also known after its sponsor as the 'Eagle Bitter United Counties League') is an English football league covering Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, as well as parts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Lincolnshire. It has a total of four divisions, two for first teams and two for reserve teams. Clubs in the Premier Division are eligible to enter the FA Cup in the Preliminary Round stages. Those clubs in the league with floodlights are eligible for the FA Vase, and there are knockout cups for the Premier/Division One clubs and for the Reserve Divisions clubs.

Contents

Leagues

Premier Division

Division One

Reserve Division One

Reserve Division Two

Recent Champions

External links

Leagues

Premier Division

Main articles: United Counties Football League Premier Division

The United Counties Football League Premier Division is at Level 9 (Step 5) of the National League System, feeding in to the Southern Football League Division One Midlands. It was known as the Northamptonshire League until 1934. There are currently 21 clubs in this division, one less than than is normal for Leagues at a similar level in the English football league system. The member clubs take part in Cup competitions organised by the County FA to which they are affiliated and other Cup competitions.

Division One

Main articles: United Counties Football League Division One

The United Counties Football League Division One is at Level 10 (Step 6) in the football pyramid above four smaller local leagues at the base of the recognized NLS: the Northamptonshire Combination, Northampton Town League, Bedfordshire Football League, and Peterborough & District League. There are currently 16 clubs in this division. This is one of the few step 6 divisions across the country that is not all-floodlit.

Reserve Division One

Membership of the United Counties Football League Reserve Division One is made up largely of the Reserve teams of the clubs in the main United Counties League.

Reserve Division Two

Membership of the United Counties Football League Reserve Division Two is also made up largely of the Reserve teams of the clubs in the main United Counties League.

Recent Champions

'Season'	'Premier Division'	'Division One'
1990-91	Bourne Town	Daventry Town
1991-92	Northampton Spencer	Harrowby United
1992-93	Rothwell Town	Ford Sports Daventry
1993-94	Rothwell Town	Northampton Vanaid
1994-95	Boston Town	St Neots Town
1995-96	Raunds Town	Ford Sports Daventry
1996-97	Stamford	Yaxley
1997-98	Stamford	Higham Town
1998-99	Spalding United	Bugbrooke St Michaels
1999-00	Ford Sports Daventry	Cottingham
2000-01	Boston Town	Daventry Town
2001-02	Ford Sports Daventry	Newport Pagnell Town
2002-03	Holbeach United	Northampton Sileby Rangers
2003-04	Spalding United	Potton United
2004-05	Cogenhoe United	Northampton Sileby Rangers
2005-06	Woodford United	Sleaford Town
2006-07	Deeping Rangers	Whitworths

External links

★ Official Eagle Bitter United Counties Football League Site

★ The FA - Full Time - League website