2024–25 United Counties League
Season | 2024–25 |
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← 2023–24 |
The 2024–25 season is the 118th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. The United Counties League operates three divisions in the English football league system, the Premier Divisions North and South at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.[1] After the allocations were announced Coalville Town FC withdrew from Step 3 football and were given permission to join the United Counties League Division One.[2]
Premier Division North
[edit]Season | 2024–25 |
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Champions | Lincoln United |
Promoted | Lincoln United |
Relegated | Sleaford Town Shirebrook Town |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,224 (3.22 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Harry Limb (Boston Town) (28 goals) |
Biggest home win | Lincoln United 6–0 Sleaford Town (15 February 2025) |
Biggest away win | Harrowby United 1–8 Eastwood (27 July 2024) |
Highest scoring | Melton Town 6–4 Harrowby United (10 August 2024) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
At the end of the 2023–24 season, three teams left the division:
- Loughborough Students, promoted to the Northern Premier League
- Pinchbeck United, relegated to the Eastern Counties League Division One North
- Sherwood Colliery, promoted to the Northern Premier League
Before the 2024–25 season, five teams joined the division:
- Bourne Town, promoted from Division One
- Gresley Rovers, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
- Harrowby United, promoted from Division One
- Newark Town, promoted from Division One
- Shirebrook Town, promoted from the Northern Counties East League Division One
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Lincoln United (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 83 | 40 | +43 | 83 | Promotion to the Northern Premier League |
2 | Bourne Town | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 79 | 35 | +44 | 82 | Qualification for the play-offs |
3 | Eastwood | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 93 | 44 | +49 | 80 | |
4 | Boston Town | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 77 | |
5 | AFC Mansfield | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 72 | |
6 | Heanor Town | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 69 | |
7 | Newark Town | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 65 | |
8 | Belper United | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 76 | 63 | +13 | 60 | |
9 | Ashby Ivanhoe | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 55 | |
10 | Skegness Town | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 46 | |
11 | Melton Town | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 46 | |
12 | Hucknall Town | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 46 | |
13 | Newark and Sherwood United | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 46 | |
14 | Harrowby United | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 46 | |
15 | Wisbech Town | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 42 | |
16 | Deeping Rangers | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 39 | |
17 | Kimberley Miners Welfare | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 52 | 76 | −24 | 35 | |
18 | Gresley Rovers | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 56 | 83 | −27 | 34 | |
19 | Sleaford Town (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 34 | Relegation to Division One |
20 | Shirebrook Town (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 89 | −62 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Bourne Town | 4 | |||||||
5 | AFC Mansfield | 0 | |||||||
2 | Bourne Town | ||||||||
4 | Boston Town | ||||||||
3 | Eastwood | 1 | |||||||
4 | Boston Town | 2 |
Semifinals
[edit]26 April | Bourne Town | 4–0 | AFC Mansfield | Bourne |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Abbey Lawn Attendance: 819 Referee: Aimee Keir |
26 April | Eastwood | 1–2 | Boston Town | Eastwood |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Coronation Park Attendance: 354 Referee: Lewis Saunders-Johnson |
Final
[edit]3 May | Bourne Town | v | Boston Town | Bourne |
15:00 GMT | Stadium: Abbey Lawn |
Results table
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Ashby Ivanhoe | Ashby-de-la-Zouch | NFU Sports Ground | |
Belper United | Eastwood | Coronation Park | |
Eastwood | |||
Boston Town | Boston | Tattershall Road | 6,000 |
Bourne Town | Bourne | Abbey Lawn | 2,000 |
Deeping Rangers | Market Deeping | Haydon Whitham Stadium | 2,000 |
Gresley Rovers | Church Gresley | Moat Ground | 2,400 |
Harrowby United | Grantham | Dickens Road | |
Heanor Town | Heanor | Town Ground | 2,700 |
Hucknall Town | Hucknall | RM Stadium | 4,000 |
Kimberley Miners Welfare | Kimberley | Stag Ground | |
Lincoln United | Lincoln | Ashby Avenue | 2,200 |
AFC Mansfield | Mansfield (Forest Town) | Forest Town Stadium | |
Melton Town | Melton Mowbray | Melton Sports Village | |
Newark and Sherwood United | Grantham | Dickens Road | |
Newark Town | Newark-on-Trent | YMCA Sports Village | |
Shirebrook Town | Shirebrook | Langwith Road | 2,000 |
Skegness Town | Skegness | Vertigo Stadium | |
Sleaford Town | Sleaford | Eslaforde Park | 1,000 |
Wisbech Town | Wisbech | Fenland Stadium | 1,118 |
Premier Division South
[edit]Season | 2024–25 |
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Champions | St Neots Town |
Promoted | St Neots Town |
Relegated | GNG Oadby Town Godmanchester Rovers |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,255 (3.67 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Victor Osobu (Eynesbury Rovers) (28 goals) |
Biggest home win | Aylestone Park 7–1 Coventry United (26 July 2024) St Neots Town 8–2 Godmanchester Rovers (2 November 2024) Aylestone Park 7–1 Newport Pagnell Town (16 November 2024) St Neots Town 6–0 Leicester Nirvana (23 November 2024) March Town United 6–0 Lutterworth Town (4 January 2025) |
Biggest away win | Daventry Town 0–5 Aylestone Park (10 September 2024) GNG Oadby Town 0–5 Histon (28 September 2024) Godmanchester Rovers 0–5 Newport Pagnell Town (12 November 2024) Bugbrooke St Michaels 0–5 St Neots Town (15 February 2025) Northampton Sileby Rangers 1–6 Daventry Town (8 March 2025) Bugbrooke St Michaels 0–5 Coventry United (29 March 2025) |
Highest scoring | St Neots Town 8–2 Godmanchester Rovers (2 November 2024) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
At the end of the 2023–24 season, four teams left the division:
- Cogenhoe United, resigned from the league
- Desborough Town, relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League Division One
- Racing Club Warwick, promoted to the Northern Premier League
- Wellingborough Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League
Before the 2024–25 season, three teams joined the division:
- Hinckley, promoted from the Midland League Division One
- Northampton ON Chenecks, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One
- Northampton Sileby Rangers, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | St Neots Town (C, P) | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 103 | 39 | +64 | 87 | Promotion to the Northern Premier League |
2 | Aylestone Park | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 92 | 45 | +47 | 74 | Qualification for the play-offs |
3 | Rugby Borough | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 67 | |
4 | March Town United | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 64 | |
5 | Eynesbury Rovers | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 63 | |
6 | Newport Pagnell Town | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 63 | |
7 | Coventry United | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 89 | 63 | +26 | 62 | |
8 | Daventry Town | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 58 | |
9 | Hinckley | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 75 | 64 | +11 | 54 | |
10 | Leicester Nirvana | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 53 | |
11 | Northampton ON Chenecks | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 52 | |
12 | Histon | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 46 | |
13 | Northampton Sileby Rangers | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 79 | −17 | 43 | |
14 | Easington Sports | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 38 | |
15 | Lutterworth Town | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 35 | |
16 | Bugbrooke St Michaels | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 52 | 83 | −31 | 35 | |
17 | Yaxley | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 60 | 91 | −31 | 34 | |
18 | GNG Oadby Town (R) | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 44 | 99 | −55 | 27 | Relegation to Division One |
19 | Godmanchester Rovers (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 41 | 103 | −62 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Aylestone Park | 5 | |||||||
5 | Eynesbury Rovers | 0 | |||||||
2 | Aylestone Park | ||||||||
3 | Rugby Borough | ||||||||
3 | Rugby Borough | 2 | |||||||
4 | March Town United | 0 |
Semifinals
[edit]26 April 2025 | Aylestone Park | 5–0 | Eynesbury Rovers | Leicester |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Saffron Lane Attendance: 361 Referee: David Brennan |
27 April 2025 | Rugby Borough | 2–0 | March Town United | Rugby |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Kilsby Lane Attendance: 294 Referee: Ali Cera |
Final
[edit]3 May | Aylestone Park | v | Rugby Borough | Leicester |
19:45 | Stadium: Saffron Lane |
Results table
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Aylestone Park | Leicester | Saffron Lane | 1,128 |
Bugbrooke St Michaels | Bugbrooke | Birds Close | 2,500 |
Coventry United | Coventry | Butts Park Arena[a] | 4,000 |
Daventry Town | Daventry | Elderstubbs | 1,855 |
Easington Sports | Easington | Addison Road | |
Eynesbury Rovers | Eynesbury | Alfred Hall Memorial Ground | |
GNG Oadby Town | Leicester | Riverside | 3,000 |
Godmanchester Rovers | Godmanchester | Bearscroft Lane | |
Hinckley | Barwell | Kirkby Road | 2,500 |
Histon | Impington | Bridge Road | 4,300 |
Leicester Nirvana | Leicester | Hamilton Park | |
Lutterworth Town | Lutterworth | Dunley Way | |
March Town United | March | GER Sports Ground | |
Newport Pagnell Town | Newport Pagnell | Willen Road | 2,000 |
Northampton ON Chenecks | Northampton | Old Northamptonians Sports Ground | |
Northampton Sileby Rangers | Fernie Fields | ||
Rugby Borough | Rugby | Kilsby Lane | |
St Neots Town | St Neots | New Rowley Park | 3,500 |
Yaxley | Yaxley | Leading Drove | 1,000 |
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Division One
[edit]Season | 2024–25 |
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Champions | Clay Cross Town |
Promoted | Clay Cross Town |
Relegated | Sandiacre Town Holwell Sports Selston |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,229 (3.59 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Reece Clegg (Clay Cross Town) (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | Retford United 11–1 Sandiacre Town (23 November 2024) |
Biggest away win | Staveley Miners Welfare 0–8 Retford (14 December 2024) |
Highest scoring | Retford United 11–1 Sandiacre Town (23 November 2024) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 17 April 2025. |
At the end of the 2023–24 season, nine teams left the division:
- Asfordby, relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League
- Birstall United, transferred to the Midland League Division One
- Bourne Town, promoted to the Premier Division North
- Harrowby United, promoted to the Premier Division North
- Kirby Muxloe, transferred to the Midland League Division One
- Leicester St Andrews, transferred to the Midland League Division One
- Lutterworth Athletic, transferred to the Midland League Division One
- Newark Town, promoted to the Premier Division North
- Saffron Dynamo, transferred to the Midland League Division One
Before the 2024–25 season, seven teams joined the division:
- Clay Cross Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
- Coalville Town, resigned from the Southern League Premier Division Central
- Pinxton, promoted from the Central Midlands Alliance League
- Retford, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
- Retford United, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
- Stapleford Town, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League
- Staveley Miners Welfare, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Clay Cross Town (C, P) | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 105 | 35 | +70 | 87 | Promotion to the Premier Division North or Premier Division South |
2 | Retford | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 111 | 45 | +66 | 85 | Qualification for the play-offs |
3 | Retford United | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 103 | 37 | +66 | 71 | |
4 | Blackstones | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 39 | +38 | 68 | |
5 | Clipstone | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 65 | |
6 | Staveley Miners Welfare | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 63 | |
7 | Gedling Miners Welfare | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 61 | |
8 | Pinxton | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 58 | |
9 | Radford | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 57 | |
10 | Coalville Town | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 53 | |
11 | Stapleford Town | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 51 | |
12 | Southwell City | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 49 | |
13 | Dunkirk | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 39 | |
14 | West Bridgford | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 41 | 73 | −32 | 35 | |
15 | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 51 | 105 | −54 | 32 | |
16 | Clifton All Whites | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 45 | 103 | −58 | 31 | |
17 | Sandiacre Town (R) | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 44 | 102 | −58 | 28 | Relegation to a feeder league |
18 | Holwell Sports (R) | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 40 | 93 | −53 | 25 | |
19 | Selston (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 83 | −46 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Retford | 4 | |||||||
5 | Clipstone | 0 | |||||||
2 | Retford | ||||||||
4 | Blackstones | ||||||||
3 | Retford United | 0 | |||||||
4 | Blackstones | 3 |
Semifinals
[edit]26 April | Retford | 4–0 | Clipstone | Retford |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: The Rail Attendance: 388 Referee: James Green |
26 April | Retford United | 0–3 | Blackstones | Retford |
15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Cannon Park Attendance: 302 Referee: Ryan Calvert |
Final
[edit]3 May | Retford | v | Blackstones | Retford |
15:00 GMT | Stadium: The Rail |
Results table
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Blackstones | Stamford | Lincoln Road | 1,000 |
Clay Cross Town | Clay Cross | Mill Lane | |
Clifton All Whites | Nottingham (Clifton) | Green Lane | |
Clipstone | Clipstone | Lido Ground | |
Coalville Town | Coalville | The Mander Cruickshank Stadium | |
Dunkirk | Nottingham (Dunkirk) | Lenton Lane | |
Gedling Miners Welfare | Gedling | Plains Road | |
Holwell Sports | Asfordby Hill | Welby Road | 1,000 |
Pinxton | Pinxton | The Welfare Ground | |
Radford | Nottingham (Radford) | Selhurst Street | |
Rainworth Miners Welfare | Rainworth | Welfare Ground | |
Retford | Retford | The Rail | 1,000 |
Retford United | Cannon Park | 2,000 | |
Sandiacre Town | Sandiacre | St Giles Park | |
Selston | Selston | Mansfield Road | |
Southwell City | Southwell | Centenary Ground, Brinkley | |
Stapleford Town | Nottingham (Radford) | Selhurst Street | |
Staveley Miners Welfare | Staveley | Inkersall Road | 5,000 |
West Bridgford | West Bridgford | Regatta Way |
References
[edit]- ^ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 1-6 in 2024-25 term". The Football Association. 17 May 2024.
- ^ Mills, Cliff. "Coalville Town". United Counties Football League. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ a b c "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
External links
[edit]- United Counties League The FA Full-Time