1980–81 United Counties League

The 1980–81 United Counties League season was the 74th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. At the end of the previous season reserve teams from Division One were transferred to newly established reserve division, they were replaced by clubs from Division Two.

Premier Division
United Counties League
Premier Division
Season1980–81
ChampionsStamford
RelegatedNorthampton Spencer
Matches played306
Goals scored986 (3.22 per match)

The Premier Division featured 18 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 34 22 9 3 76 36 +40 53
2 Wootton Blue Cross 34 23 4 7 81 33 +48 50
3 Kempston Rovers 34 22 3 9 96 54 +42 47
4 Holbeach United 34 21 5 8 59 43 +16 47
5 Desborough Town 34 18 9 7 79 55 +24 45
6 Potton United 34 15 8 11 48 41 +7 38
7 Rushden Town 34 16 7 11 57 33 +24 39
8 Long Buckby 34 15 12 7 70 54 +16 42
9 Irthlingborough Diamonds 34 15 5 14 60 54 +6 35
10 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 34 13 9 12 53 51 +2 35
11 Buckingham Town 34 13 8 13 48 45 +3 34
12 Wolverton Town 34 11 9 14 49 70 −21 31
13 St Neots Town 34 9 6 19 35 61 −26 24
14 Bourne Town 34 7 9 18 41 64 −23 23
15 Rothwell Town 34 6 10 18 37 58 −21 22
16 Ampthill Town 34 6 10 18 39 69 −30 22
17 Eynesbury Rovers 34 7 7 20 37 71 −34 21
18 Northampton Spencer 34 1 2 31 21 94 −73 4 Relegated to Division One
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One
United Counties League
Division One
Season1980–81
ChampionsStevenage Borough
PromotedStevenage Borough
British Timken Duston
Matches played272
Goals scored976 (3.59 per match)

Division One featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs.

Also, Irchester United changed name to Irchester Eastfield.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stevenage Borough 32 23 7 2 106 35 +71 53 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 British Timken Duston 32 21 5 6 68 31 +37 47
3 Newport Pagnell Town 32 19 6 7 62 32 +30 44
4 Northampton ON Chenecks 32 15 10 7 51 44 +7 40
5 Cottingham 32 16 6 10 59 49 +10 38
6 Corby Gainsborough 32 14 7 11 65 46 +19 35
7 Towcester Town 32 14 6 12 79 58 +21 34
8 Raunds Town 32 11 10 11 62 55 +7 32
9 Irchester Eastfield 32 11 9 12 54 58 −4 31
10 Thrapston Venturas 32 11 8 13 54 52 +2 30
11 Higham Town 32 10 7 15 61 67 −6 27
12 Olney Town 32 10 6 16 56 79 −23 26
13 Ford Sports Daventry 32 8 8 16 37 75 −38 24
14 British Timken Athletic 32 9 5 18 40 75 −35 23
15 Sharnbrook 32 9 4 19 39 60 −21 22
16 Burton Park Wanderers 32 9 4 19 40 67 −27 22
17 Geddington Montrose 32 6 4 22 43 93 −50 16 Resigned from the league
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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