1985–86 United Counties League

The 1985–86 United Counties League season was the 79th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

United Counties League
Premier Division
Season	1985–86
Champions	Buckingham Town
Promoted	Buckingham Town
Relegated	Newport Pagnell Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,322 (3.15 per match)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Northampton Spencer, promoted from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Buckingham Town	40	25	10	5	78	31	+47	60	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	40	24	11	5	85	32	+53	59
3	Baldock Town	40	26	6	8	91	43	+48	58
4	Irthlingborough Diamonds	40	22	8	10	69	45	+24	52
5	Stamford	40	22	6	12	71	52	+19	50
6	Long Buckby	40	18	10	12	75	54	+21	46
7	Potton United	40	20	6	14	69	53	+16	46
8	Wootton Blue Cross	40	16	11	13	63	58	+5	43
9	Arlesey Town	40	16	9	15	63	57	+6	41
10	Holbeach United	40	16	8	16	66	75	−9	40
11	Northampton Spencer	40	15	10	15	64	74	−10	40
12	Rothwell Town	40	17	5	18	60	62	−2	39
13	Raunds Town	40	16	7	17	61	74	−13	39
14	Ampthill Town	40	13	10	17	55	68	−13	36
15	Desborough Town	40	11	9	20	70	89	−19	31
16	Brackley Town	40	10	10	20	52	70	−18	30
17	Bourne Town	40	9	12	19	43	71	−28	30
18	St Neots Town	40	9	9	22	56	74	−18	27
19	Stotfold	40	10	7	23	43	77	−34	27
20	Eynesbury Rovers	40	7	12	21	45	86	−41	26
21	Newport Pagnell Town	40	4	12	24	43	77	−34	20	Relegated to Division One

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	1985–86
Champions	Kempston Rovers
Promoted	Kempston Rovers
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,155 (3.38 per match)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

Baker Perkins, joined from the Peterborough and District League
Cogenhoe United, joined from the Northamptonshire Combination
Ramsey Town, joined from the Peterborough and District League
St Ives Town, joined from the Peterborough and District League
Wellingborough Whitworth, joined from the East Midlands Alliance

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kempston Rovers	36	25	7	4	89	32	+57	57	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Towcester Town	36	24	7	5	74	25	+49	55
3	Baker Perkins	36	23	7	6	87	36	+51	53
4	Ramsey Town	36	22	6	8	94	42	+52	50
5	Cottingham	36	19	10	7	69	48	+21	48
6	Thrapston Venturas	36	18	6	12	77	45	+32	42
7	St Ives Town	36	19	4	13	70	51	+19	42
8	Higham Town	36	15	9	12	59	65	−6	39
9	Irchester Eastfield	36	17	4	15	70	60	+10	38
10	Wellingborough Whitworth	36	14	8	14	73	66	+7	36
11	Mirrlees Blackstone	36	14	7	15	60	66	−6	35
12	British Timken Athletic	36	9	12	15	62	58	+4	30
13	Sharnbrook	36	11	7	18	44	63	−19	29
14	British Timken Duston	36	13	3	20	54	83	−29	29
15	Northampton ON Chenecks	36	10	8	18	39	77	−38	28
16	Burton Park Wanderers	36	5	10	21	34	73	−39	20
17	Olney Town	36	7	6	23	35	82	−47	20
18	Cogenhoe United	36	7	3	26	35	73	−38	17
19	Ford Sports Daventry	36	3	10	23	30	110	−80	16
20	Corby Gainsborough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

References

External links

United Counties League

United Counties League

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clubs

Premier Division North	AFC Mansfield Ashby Ivanhoe Belper United Boston Town Deeping Rangers Eastwood Heanor Town Hucknall Town Kimberley Miners Welfare Lincoln United Loughborough University Melton Town Newark and Sherwood United Pinchbeck United Sherwood Colliery Skegness Town Sleaford Town Wisbech Town
Premier Division South	Aylestone Park Bugbrooke St Michaels Cogenhoe United Coventry United Daventry Town Desborough Town Easington Sports Eynesbury Rovers GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers Histon Leicester Nirvana Lutterworth Town March Town United Newport Pagnell Town Racing Club Warwick Rugby Borough St Neots Town Wellingborough Town Yaxley
Division One	Asfordby Birstall United Blackstones Bourne Town Clifton All Whites Clipstone Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Grantham Town Academy Harrowby United Holwell Sports Kirby Muxloe Leicester St Andrews Lutterworth Athletic Newark Town Radford Rainworth Miners Welfare Saffron Dynamo Sandiacre Town Selston Southwell City West Bridgford

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1985–86 in English football

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National teams

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification – Group 3)

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 (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) 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)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Super Cup Associate Members' Cup (Final)

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