1979–80 United Counties League

The 1979–80 United Counties League season was the 73rd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Stamford
Matches played	342
Goals scored	952 (2.78 per match)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	36	26	6	4	76	29	+47	58
2	Desborough Town	36	23	9	4	71	31	+40	55
3	Irthlingborough Diamonds	36	21	8	7	70	36	+34	50
4	Potton United	36	17	11	8	58	34	+24	45
5	Rushden Town	36	18	9	9	56	41	+15	45
6	Rothwell Town	36	14	13	9	52	36	+16	41
7	Ampthill Town	36	14	11	11	52	48	+4	39
8	Wootton Blue Cross	36	14	9	13	64	49	+15	37
9	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	36	14	9	13	50	50	0	37
10	Long Buckby	36	13	9	14	54	59	−5	35
11	Buckingham Town	36	13	9	14	50	56	−6	35
12	St Neots Town	36	12	8	16	45	52	−7	32
13	Olney Town	36	12	7	17	39	54	−15	31	Demoted to Division One
14	Holbeach United	36	11	9	16	46	67	−21	31
15	Wolverton Town	36	11	7	18	42	51	−9	29
16	Bourne Town	36	8	7	21	38	64	−26	23
17	Kempston Rovers	36	8	6	22	40	68	−28	22
18	Eynesbury Rovers	36	8	4	24	26	59	−33	20
19	Northampton Spencer	36	5	9	22	23	68	−45	19

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

Division One

Football league season

United Counties League
Division One
Season	1979–80
Champions	Northampton ON Chenecks
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

British Timken Duston
Ford Sports Daventry

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	24	8	2	85	31	+54	56
2	Corby Gainsborough	34	24	7	3	74	23	+51	55
3	Biggleswade Town	34	21	6	7	103	42	+61	48	Transferred to the South Midlands League
4	Higham Town	34	20	6	8	69	38	+31	46
5	Wootton Blue Cross reserves	34	17	9	8	57	37	+20	43	Joined Reserve Division
6	British Timken Duston	34	17	8	9	61	31	+30	42
7	British Timken Athletic	34	16	8	10	70	41	+29	40
8	Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves	34	16	8	10	47	31	+16	40	Joined Reserve Division
9	Irchester United	34	14	8	12	62	52	+10	36
10	Geddington Montrose	34	14	6	14	50	57	−7	34
11	Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves	34	11	7	16	72	73	−1	29	Joined Reserve Division
12	Newport Pagnell Town	34	11	5	18	49	77	−28	27
13	Northampton Spencer reserves	34	9	7	18	51	73	−22	25	Joined Reserve Division
14	Rushden Town reserves	34	8	9	17	54	77	−23	25
15	Desborough Town reserves	34	11	3	20	70	117	−47	25
16	Ford Sports Daventry	34	9	3	22	50	84	−34	21
17	Ampthill Town reserves	34	5	4	25	21	80	−59	14	Joined Reserve Division
18	Kempston Rovers reserves	34	2	2	30	27	108	−81	6	Joined Reserve Division

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Football league season

United Counties League
Division Two
Season	1979–80
Champions	Cottingham
Promoted	Cottingham Sharnbrook Thrapston Venturas Burton Park Wanderers Towcester Town Raunds Town
← 1978–79

The Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

Raunds Town, relegated from Division One
Cottingham
Buckingham Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cottingham	28	18	7	3	67	20	+47	43	Promoted to Division One
2	Sharnbrook	28	16	8	4	65	24	+41	40
3	Thrapston Venturas	28	15	9	4	51	18	+33	39
4	Long Buckby reserves	28	13	9	6	46	27	+19	35	Joined Reserve Division
5	Burton Park Wanderers	28	13	8	7	64	28	+36	34	Promoted to Division One
6	Rothwell Town reserves	28	12	9	7	50	29	+21	33	Joined Reserve Division
7	Towcester Town	28	12	7	9	54	35	+19	31	Promoted to Division One
8	Raunds Town	28	10	9	9	36	40	−4	29	Promoted to Division One
9	St Neots Town reserves	28	10	7	11	38	49	−11	27	Joined Reserve Division
10	Higham Town reserves	28	9	8	11	46	53	−7	26
11	Olney Town reserves	28	10	5	13	46	45	+1	25
12	Buckingham Town reserves	28	6	8	14	28	51	−23	20
13	Wolverton Town reserves	28	5	7	16	31	53	−22	17
14	Bedford Avenue	28	4	4	20	28	99	−71	12	Resigned from the league
15	Eynesbury Rovers reserves	28	2	5	21	16	95	−79	9	Joined Reserve Division

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

References

^ "Football Club History Database - Eynesbury Rovers". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
^ "Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Town & Country League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Lancashire Combination (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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