1973–74 United Counties League
# 1973–74 United Counties League

The 1973–74 United Counties League season was the 67th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

* St Neots Town, transferred from the Eastern Counties League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kempston Rovers | 32 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 72 | 16 | +56 | 55 |
| 2 | Holbeach United | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 43 |
| 3 | Stamford | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 40 |
| 4 | Spalding United | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 39 |
| 5 | St Neots Town | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 37 |
| 6 | Desborough Town | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 33 |
| 7 | Long Buckby | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 33 |
| 8 | Biggleswade Town | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 33 |
| 9 | Wolverton Town | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 31 |
| 10 | Rushden Town | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Irthlingborough Diamonds | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 30 |
| 12 | Bourne Town | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 30 |
| 13 | Rothwell Town | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 |
| 14 | Ampthill Town | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 27 |
| 15 | Wootton Blue Cross | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 24 |
| 16 | Northampton Spencer | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 71 | −41 | 18 |
| 17 | Potton United | 32 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 74 | −52 | 11 |

## Division One

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

* Belsize
* Northampton ON Chenecks

Also, Kettering Park Wanderers changed name to Burton Park Wanderers.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stewart & Lloyds Corby | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 107 | 26 | 4.115 | 65 | |
| 2 | British Timken Athletic | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 98 | 41 | 2.390 | 58 | |
| 3 | Corby Gainsborough | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 2.000 | 50 | |
| 4 | Bedford Eaglets | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 86 | 54 | 1.593 | 48 | Resigned from the league |
| 5 | Rushden Town reserves | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 78 | 53 | 1.472 | 48 | |
| 6 | Desborough Town reserves | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 71 | 54 | 1.315 | 48 | |
| 7 | Northampton ON Chenecks | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 81 | 58 | 1.397 | 44 | |
| 8 | Burton Park Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 55 | 1.236 | 43 | |
| 9 | Olney Town | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 1.214 | 41 | |
| 10 | V S Rugby | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 56 | 1.161 | 41 | |
| 11 | Sharnbrook | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 76 | 76 | 1.000 | 37 | |
| 12 | Raunds Town | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 65 | 0.938 | 37 | |
| 13 | Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 61 | 1.016 | 36 | |
| 14 | Higham Town | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 71 | 0.887 | 36 | |
| 15 | Belsize | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 47 | 1.383 | 33 | |
| 16 | Eynesbury Rovers | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 82 | 0.610 | 31 | |
| 17 | Biggleswade Town reserves | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 100 | 0.490 | 23 | Resigned from the league |
| 18 | Rothwell Town reserves | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 37 | 90 | 0.411 | 15 | |
| 19 | St Neots Town reserves | 38 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 38 | 112 | 0.339 | 14 | Resigned from the league |
| 20 | British Timken Duston | 38 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 130 | 0.238 | 12 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

The Division Two featured 16 clubs which competed the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

* Newport Pagnell Town, transferred from the South Midlands League
* Long Buckby reserves
* Northampton Spencer reserves

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Woodford United | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 22 | 4.227 | 65 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Irchester United | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 105 | 41 | 2.561 | 62 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Geddington Montrose | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 86 | 46 | 1.870 | 50 | |
| 4 | Ampthill Town reserves | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 87 | 44 | 1.977 | 45 | |
| 5 | Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 47 | 1.340 | 43 | |
| 6 | Bedford United | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 66 | 66 | 1.000 | 36 | |
| 7 | Newport Pagnell Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 57 | 50 | 1.140 | 35 | |
| 8 | Bedford Avenue | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 71 | 1.028 | 35 | |
| 9 | Raunds Town reserves | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 77 | 85 | 0.906 | 35 | |
| 10 | Wootton Blue Cross reserves | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 34 | |
| 11 | Blisworth | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 69 | 0.855 | 34 | |
| 12 | Long Buckby reserves | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 79 | 84 | 0.940 | 33 | |
| 13 | Kempston Rovers reserves | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 65 | 0.969 | 32 | |
| 14 | Higham Town reserves | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 71 | 1.000 | 31 | |
| 15 | Northampton Spencer reserves | 36 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 63 | 78 | 0.808 | 31 | |
| 16 | Deanshanger Athletic | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 73 | 108 | 0.676 | 28 | |
| 17 | Olney Town reserves | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 80 | 0.450 | 24 | |
| 18 | Higham Rovers | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 44 | 84 | 0.524 | 23 | |
| 19 | British Timken Duston reserves | 36 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 31 | 122 | 0.254 | 8 | Resigned from the league |
