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The 1978–79 United Counties League season was the 72nd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Premier Division

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
1 Irthlingborough Diamonds 36 25 5 6 88 31 +57 55
2 Rushden Town 36 22 7 7 72 29 +43 51
3 Kempston Rovers 36 20 7 9 55 23 +32 47
4 Desborough Town 36 20 3 13 82 59 +23 43
5 Potton United 36 18 7 11 59 49 +10 43
6 Wolverton Town 36 17 9 10 61 52 +9 43
7 Rothwell Town 36 14 12 10 56 50 +6 40
8 Stamford 36 15 9 12 61 47 +14 39
9 St Neots Town 36 16 7 13 59 51 +8 39
10 Wootton Blue Cross 36 15 8 13 77 63 +14 38
11 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 36 16 5 15 48 46 +2 37
12 Olney Town 36 14 9 13 36 43 −7 37
13 Buckingham Town 36 10 11 15 46 52 −6 31
14 Long Buckby 36 12 6 18 41 58 −17 30
15 Ampthill Town 36 10 5 21 44 74 −30 25
16 Bourne Town 36 9 6 21 51 86 −35 24
17 Northampton Spencer 36 7 9 20 47 76 −29 23
18 Holbeach United 36 9 4 23 51 94 −43 22
19 Eynesbury Rovers 36 6 5 25 28 79 −51 17
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

The Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Milton Keynes Borough 38 31 4 3 105 28 +77 66 Transferred to the Hellenic League
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 38 29 4 5 94 35 +59 62
3 Vauxhall Motors 38 24 8 6 66 25 +41 56 Transferred to the South Midlands League
4 Geddington Montrose 38 23 8 7 65 28 +37 54
5 Corby Gainsborough 38 17 7 14 56 41 +15 41
6 Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves 38 15 10 13 58 61 −3 40
7 Newport Pagnell Town 38 13 12 13 63 65 −2 38
8 Kempston Rovers reserves 38 17 3 18 54 64 −10 37
9 Higham Town 38 13 10 15 59 54 +5 36
10 Rushden Town reserves 38 14 6 18 53 77 −24 34
11 Biggleswade Town 38 13 7 18 32 52 −20 33
12 Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves 38 12 8 18 64 62 +2 32
13 Irchester United 38 12 8 18 56 58 −2 32
14 Northampton Spencer reserves 38 13 6 19 55 64 −9 32
15 British Timken Athletic 38 12 7 19 53 66 −13 31
16 Ampthill Town reserves 38 12 7 19 47 72 −25 31
17 Desborough Town reserves 38 12 6 20 51 72 −21 30
18 Wootton Blue Cross reserves 38 8 11 19 49 67 −18 27
19 Byfield Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 73 −36 27 Resigned from the league
20 Raunds Town 38 8 5 25 47 100 −53 21 Relegated to Division Two
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

The Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 British Timken Duston 30 22 6 2 78 20 +58 50 Promoted to Division One
2 Ford Sports Daventry 30 20 5 5 60 27 +33 45
3 Sharnbrook 30 20 2 8 76 29 +47 42
4 Olney Town reserves 30 16 4 10 50 31 +19 36
5 Higham Town reserves 30 14 6 10 52 48 +4 34
6 Long Buckby reserves 30 14 6 10 44 45 −1 34
7 Thrapston Venturas 30 13 7 10 48 35 +13 33
8 Rothwell Town reserves 30 12 7 11 48 39 +9 31
9 Burton Park Wanderers 30 14 3 13 53 48 +5 31
10 Eynesbury Rovers reserves 30 13 4 13 47 42 +5 30
11 St Neots Town reserves 30 12 6 12 38 40 −2 30
12 Wolverton Town reserves 30 10 6 14 36 48 −12 26
13 Towcester Town 30 9 5 16 37 48 −11 23
14 Bedford Avenue 30 8 3 19 30 67 −37 19
15 Bedford United 30 2 8 20 31 70 −39 12 Resigned from the league
16 Raunds Town reserves 30 1 2 27 19 110 −91 4
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "Football Club History Database - Eynesbury Rovers". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. ^ "Football Club History Database - Olney Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. ^ "Football Club History Database - Raunds Town". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  4. ^ "Football Club History Database - Woodford United". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  5. ^ "Football Club History Database - Deanshanger Athletic". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  6. ^ "Football Club History Database - Northampton ON Chenecks". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

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