2016–17 United Counties League

United Counties League
Season2016–17
ChampionsPeterborough Sports
PromotedPeterborough Sports

The 2016–17 United Counties League season.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

The following 2 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Peterborough Sports (C, P) 42 36 4 2 150 34 +116 112 Promoted to NPL Division One South
2 Deeping Rangers 42 29 7 6 123 35 +88 94
3 Yaxley 42 28 4 10 106 52 +54 88
4 Desborough Town 42 25 9 8 89 53 +36 84
5 Eynesbury Rovers 42 26 5 11 119 61 +58 83
6 Wisbech Town 42 25 7 10 114 60 +54 82
7 Holbeach United 42 22 7 13 99 72 +27 73
8 Northampton Sileby Rangers 42 21 7 14 100 79 +21 70
9 Wellingborough Town 42 19 8 15 75 85 −10 65
10 Newport Pagnell Town 42 17 12 13 93 56 +37 63
11 Harborough Town 42 17 7 18 83 77 +6 58
12 Northampton ON Chenecks 42 16 7 19 72 89 −17 55
13 Cogenhoe United 42 14 9 19 67 80 −13 51
14 Sleaford Town 42 15 4 23 73 76 −3 49
15 Peterborough Northern Star 42 13 9 20 50 66 −16 48
16 Rothwell Corinthians 42 13 9 20 57 85 −28 48
17 Leicester Nirvana 42 14 4 24 66 87 −21 46
18 Kirby Muxloe 42 12 4 26 59 103 −44 40
19 Oadby Town 42 10 7 25 62 117 −55 37
20 Boston Town 42 8 10 24 48 94 −46 34
21 Harrowby United (R) 42 5 6 31 35 165 −130 20[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to Division One
22 Huntingdon Town (R) 42 2 4 36 37 151 −114 10
Source: UCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Harrowby United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Oadby Town on 5 November 2016.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[2]

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following three teams have achieved criterion one:[3]

Division One

Division One consisted of 20 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

The following 3 clubs joined Division One before the season -

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Daventry Town (C, P) 36 28 3 5 103 43 +60 87 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Wellingborough Whitworth (P) 36 24 6 6 120 65 +55 78
3 Bugbrooke St Michaels 36 24 4 8 113 53 +60 76
4 Olney Town 36 22 7 7 101 49 +52 73
5 Buckingham Town 36 21 5 10 106 58 +48 68
6 Potton United 36 19 7 10 89 49 +40 64
7 Raunds Town 36 19 6 11 72 47 +25 63
8 Irchester United 36 19 4 13 85 62 +23 61
9 Melton Town 36 18 3 15 97 73 +24 57
10 Thrapston Town 36 16 7 13 63 64 −1 55
11 Oakham United 36 15 6 15 63 75 −12 51
12 Lutterworth Athletic 36 14 8 14 83 71 +12 50
13 Long Buckby 36 14 5 17 71 78 −7 47
14 Blackstones 36 13 7 16 66 77 −11 46
15 Bourne Town 36 11 5 20 62 77 −15 38
16 Rushden & Higham United 36 9 8 19 55 79 −24 35
17 Woodford United 36 3 3 30 34 163 −129 12 Resigned to the Northamptonshire Combination
18 Stewarts & Lloyds Corby 36 3 0 33 35 127 −92 9
19 Burton Park Wanderers 36 1 4 31 20 128 −108 7
20 Whittlesey Athletic[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league
Source: UCFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Whittlesey Athletic withdrawn from the league on 21 September due to ground grading, club record W=3 D=3 L=4 GF=28 GA=15 expunged.[4]

References
  1. "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
  3. "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.
  4. "Whittlesey Athletic resign from United Counties League". The non-league football paper. 22 September 2016.
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