1981–82 United Counties League
# 1981–82 United Counties League

The 1981–82 United Counties League season was the 75th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

* British Timken Duston
* Stevenage Borough

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stamford | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 55 | |
| 2 | Irthlingborough Diamonds | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 54 | |
| 3 | Rushden Town | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 45 | |
| 4 | Buckingham Town | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 45 | |
| 5 | Bourne Town | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 43 | |
| 6 | Potton United | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 41 | |
| 7 | Ampthill Town | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 73 | 67 | +6 | 39 | |
| 8 | Long Buckby | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 38 | |
| 9 | Holbeach United | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 37 | |
| 10 | Wootton Blue Cross | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kempston Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Stevenage Borough | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 33 | |
| 13 | Desborough Town | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 33 | |
| 14 | Stewart & Lloyds Corby | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 32 | |
| 15 | Rothwell Town | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 30 | |
| 16 | British Timken Duston | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 30 | Demoted to Division One |
| 17 | Eynesbury Rovers | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 25 | |
| 18 | Wolverton Town | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 36 | 78 | −42 | 20 | Transferred to the London Spartan League |
| 19 | St Neots Town | 36 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 91 | −66 | 11 | Relegated to Division One |

## Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, relegated from the Premier Division:

* Northampton Spencer

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Newport Pagnell Town | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 48 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Cottingham | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 41 | |
| 3 | Raunds Town | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 40 | |
| 4 | British Timken Athletic | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 35 | |
| 5 | Towcester Town | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 29 | |
| 6 | Olney Town | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 29 | |
| 7 | Corby Gainsborough | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 29 | |
| 8 | Irchester Eastfield | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 28 | |
| 9 | Thrapston Venturas | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 26 | |
| 10 | Higham Town | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | Northampton ON Chenecks | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 20 | |
| 12 | Ford Sports Daventry | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 20 | |
| 13 | Burton Park Wanderers | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 18 | |
| 14 | Sharnbrook | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 18 | |
| 15 | Northampton Spencer | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 14 | |
