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2025–26 United Counties League

United Counties League
Season2025–26

The 2025–26 season is the 119th 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 15 May 2025.[1]

Premier Division North

United Counties League
Premier Division North
Season2025–26
Top goalscorerMatthew Cotton
(Boston Town)
(23 goals)
Biggest home winBoston Town 7–0 Blackstones
(20 September 2025)
Biggest away winHucknall Town 0–5 Sherwood Colliery
(3 September 2025)
Harrowby United 0–5 Boston Town
(4 October 2025)
Kimberley Miners Welfare 2–7 Sherwood Colliery
(4 November 2025)
Blackstones 0–5 Clay Cross Town
(17 January 2026)
Highest scoringEastwood 7–5 Kimberley Miners Welfare
(27 December 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2026.

At the end of the 2024–25 season, four teams left the division:

Before the 2025–26 season, four teams joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sherwood Colliery 29 19 5 5 78 36 +42 62 Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2 Boston Town 29 16 6 7 66 36 +30 54 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Grantham Town 28 15 9 4 53 32 +21 54
4 Newark Town 28 15 5 8 58 46 +12 50
5 Belper United 30 15 3 12 56 53 +3 48
6 Eastwood 29 13 7 9 45 42 +3 46
7 Gresley Rovers 27 13 3 11 43 40 +3 42
8 Clay Cross Town 26 12 3 11 60 40 +20 39
9 AFC Mansfield 28 11 6 11 45 43 +2 39
10 Skegness Town 30 10 7 13 49 60 −11 37
11 Kimberley Miners Welfare 28 11 3 14 46 49 −3 36
12 Hucknall Town 25 10 5 10 43 42 +1 35
13 Melton Town 29 10 5 14 40 52 −12 35
14 Wisbech Town 26 10 3 13 36 46 −10 33
15 Deeping Rangers 26 9 6 11 30 42 −12 33
16 Heanor Town 31 8 6 17 43 57 −14 30
17 Newark and Sherwood United 26 7 7 12 29 38 −9 28
18 Harrowby United 28 8 4 16 28 65 −37 28
19 Blackstones 26 8 3 15 29 55 −26 27 Relegation to Division One
20 Ashby Ivanhoe 25 7 4 14 43 46 −3 25
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[2]

Results table

Home \ Away MAN ASH BEL BLA BOS CCT DEE EAS GRA GRE HAR HEA HUC KMW MEL N&S NWT SWC SKE WIS
AFC Mansfield — 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–2 0–2 5–1 4–2 0–1
Ashby Ivanhoe 0–2 — 4–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–3 4–0 3–1
Belper United 1–0 0–3 — 2–2 2–0 3–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 1–4 2–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 4–0
Blackstones 2–1 3–0 — 1–2 0–5 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 4–3 1–2 0–4
Boston Town 3–1 3–2 4–1 7–0 — 3–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 6–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 7–2
Clay Cross Town 2–3 1–2 2–1 — 1–2 1–2 2–0 5–0 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–0
Deeping Rangers 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–3 3–2 1–1
Eastwood 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 — 1–0 2–0 0–2 7–5 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 3–0
Grantham Town 4–1 6–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 — 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 5–2 1–1
Gresley Rovers 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 — 2–1 1–2 5–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–5 3–2
Harrowby United 1–5 0–0 0–5 0–7 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 — 0–4 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 0–2 2–3
Heanor Town 1–2 0–2 1–2 5–2 1–4 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 — 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–3
Hucknall Town 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 — 1–2 2–4 2–0 0–5
Kimberley Miners Welfare 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 0–2 — 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–7 0–2 1–2
Melton Town 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 5–1 3–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–3 — 0–4 0–1 3–1 3–2
Newark and Sherwood United 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–4 1–1 — 2–0 2–0
Newark Town 4–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 — 1–1 4–1 0–0
Sherwood Colliery 2–2 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–0 6–0 2–3 5–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 — 1–0
Skegness Town 0–2 6–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–5 — 2–0
Wisbech Town 2–3 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–3 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 United Counties League Premier Division North
Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 United Counties League Premier Division North (Nottinghamshire)
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Mansfield Mansfield (Forest Town) Forest Town Stadium
Ashby Ivanhoe Ashby-de-la-Zouch NFU Sports Ground
Belper United Eastwood Coronation Park
Eastwood
Blackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000
Boston Town Boston Tattershall Road 6,000
Clay Cross Town Clay Cross Mill Lane
Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000
Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500
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
Melton Town Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village
Newark and Sherwood United Grantham Dickens Road
Newark Town Newark-on-Trent YMCA Sports Village
Sherwood Colliery Mansfield Woodhouse Debdale Park 1,000
Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium
Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118

Premier Division South

At the end of the 2024–25 season, two teams left the division:

Before the 2025–26 season, three teams joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Nuneaton Town 29 23 4 2 77 26 +51 73 Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2 March Town United 27 17 5 5 59 27 +32 56 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Histon 30 17 5 8 68 50 +18 56
4 Coventry United 26 16 5 5 61 23 +38 53
5 Moulton 31 15 5 11 54 50 +4 50
6 Atherstone Town 24 15 3 6 48 31 +17 48
7 Lutterworth Town 26 13 6 7 46 29 +17 45
8 Newport Pagnell Town 29 14 3 12 65 49 +16 45
9 Aylestone Park 24 12 6 6 52 37 +15 42
10 Hinckley 30 11 4 15 60 60 0 37
11 Leicester Nirvana 26 10 6 10 41 45 −4 36
12 Eynesbury Rovers 27 11 3 13 45 51 −6 36
13 Northampton ON Chenecks 28 10 3 15 40 46 −6 33
14 Daventry Town 25 9 4 12 37 42 −5 31
15 Godmanchester Rovers 25 8 6 11 31 45 −14 30
16 Northampton Sileby Rangers 29 6 6 17 38 69 −31 24
17 Easington Sports 27 6 5 16 38 66 −28 23
18 Yaxley 29 6 5 18 31 73 −42 23
19 GNG Oadby Town 26 4 4 18 36 78 −42 16 Relegation to Division One
20 Bugbrooke St Michaels 26 4 2 20 24 54 −30 14
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[2]

Results table

Home \ Away ATH AYP BSM CVU DAV EAS EYN GNG GOD HIN HIS LEI LUT MTU MOU NPT NOC NSR NUN YAX
Atherstone Town — 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2
Aylestone Park 2–2 — 3–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–4 0–1 3–1 4–2 1–1
Bugbrooke St Michaels 0–2 — 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 5–0
Coventry United 5–1 0–1 — 2–0 2–1 9–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–1
Daventry Town 2–2 0–4 3–1 — 0–1 1–4 3–0 3–1 6–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–3
Easington Sports — 1–4 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–4 0–5 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–1
Eynesbury Rovers 0–1 3–3 2–1 — 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–5 1–0
GNG Oadby Town 1–3 2–1 2–3 4–3 — 2–3 0–5 3–1 2–2 0–6 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–4
Godmanchester Rovers 2–4 1–3 0–2 1–4 — 4–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0
Hinckley 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 8–2 0–1 — 3–3 1–2 2–5 1–5 3–4 3–1 1–1 1–2 5–2
Histon 3–0 0–1 5–3 3–4 5–3 2–2 — 2–1 2–4 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–2
Leicester Nirvana 3–0 0–0 3–3 0–2 3–1 1–3 — 0–6 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1
Lutterworth Town 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 — 1–2 4–3 3–0 0–0 4–0
March Town United 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 — 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 4–0
Moulton 1–1 2–6 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–4 3–1
Newport Pagnell Town 4–3 4–1 1–0 4–2 5–0 4–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 — 1–3 3–1 0–1 7–0
Northampton ON Chenecks 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 6–2 1–3 0–2 4–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 — 1–3
Northampton Sileby Rangers 3–4 1–3 3–1 0–5 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 1–3 2–2 1–5 0–1 2–1 — 1–1
Nuneaton Town 4–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 5–0 4–0 4–0 — 6–1
Yaxley 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 4–2 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Atherstone Town Atherstone Sheepy Road
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
Moulton Moulton Brunting Road
Newport Pagnell Town Newport Pagnell Willen Road 2,000
Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Old Northamptonians Sports Ground
Northampton Sileby Rangers Fernie Fields
Nuneaton Town Nuneaton The Oval 4,614
Yaxley Yaxley Leading Drove 1,000
  1. ^ home of Coventry Rugby Club (groundshare)

Division One

At the end of the 2024–25 season, three teams left the division:

Before the 2025–26 season, seven teams joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Retford 32 26 3 3 84 24 +60 81 Promotion to the Premier Division North or Premier Division South
2 Stapleford Town 34 21 8 5 81 48 +33 71 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Retford United 31 21 7 3 88 28 +60 70
4 Coalville Town 33 21 7 5 74 28 +46 70
5 Staveley Miners Welfare 35 18 7 10 63 38 +25 61
6 FCV Grace Dieu 33 16 12 5 73 40 +33 60
7 South Normanton Athletic 32 17 7 8 63 36 +27 58
8 Dunkirk 32 13 8 11 58 53 +5 47
9 Sandiacre Town 31 13 6 12 47 48 −1 45
10 Pinxton 31 14 3 14 52 57 −5 45
11 Southwell City 31 12 8 11 49 51 −2 44
12 Swallownest 29 11 6 12 44 52 −8 39
13 Dronfield Town 31 11 6 14 53 65 −12 39
14 Clifton All Whites 30 11 5 14 50 61 −11 38
15 Clipstone 32 11 2 19 52 66 −14 35
16 Pinchbeck United 32 8 10 14 39 56 −17 34
17 Radford 32 7 12 13 44 50 −6 33
18 Sleaford Town 34 9 5 20 40 62 −22 32
19 Shirebrook Town 35 8 8 19 41 73 −32 32
20 Gedling Miners Welfare 30 8 7 15 49 65 −16 31
21 West Bridgford 32 8 6 18 39 62 −23 30 Possible relegation to a feeder league
22 Holwell Sports 35 7 6 22 47 81 −34 27
23 Rainworth Miners Welfare 33 3 3 27 20 106 −86 12
Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[2]

Results table

Home \ Away CAW CLP COA DRO DUN GRD GMW HWS PNB PNX RAD RMW RTF RFU SAN SHI SLE SNA SWC STP SMW SWA WES
Clifton All Whites — 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 0–4
Clipstone — 0–2 4–2 0–1 1–2 3–1
Coalville Town — 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 1–1
Dronfield Town 1–0 — 4–1 2–0
Dunkirk 2–1 6–0 — 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–0
FCV Grace Dieu — 8–2 4–2 3–0 0–1
Gedling Miners Welfare 1–1 — 3–4 0–1 7–0 2–2
Holwell Sports 3–1 0–5 — 3–3 0–1 2–3
Pinchbeck United 1–0 2–2 — 0–0 4–0
Pinxton 3–2 — 2–1
Radford 4–4 0–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–1
Rainworth Miners Welfare 0–1 — 2–4 0–6 1–2 0–6
Retford 4–3 1–1 2–1 — 3–1
Retford United 3–1 — 9–2 3–0 1–0
Sandiacre Town 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 — 4–0
Shirebrook Town 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–3
Sleaford Town 2–0 2–5 — 0–0 0–1 1–3
South Normanton Athletic 7–0 0–3 — 1–1 3–2 0–2
Southwell City 3–2 1–2 4–0 — 2–1 2–0
Stapleford Town —
Staveley Miners Welfare 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 —
Swallownest 1–4 2–1 3–2 0–0 —
West Bridgford 1–2 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 United Counties League Division One
Location of the clubs in the 2025–26 United Counties League Division One (Nottinghamshire)
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Clifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton) Green Lane
Clipstone Clipstone Lido Ground
Coalville Town Coalville The Mander Cruickshank Stadium
Dronfield Town Dronfield Stonelow Ground 500
Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk) Lenton Lane
FCV Grace Dieu Thringstone FCV Academy, Grace Dieu Manor Park
Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling Plains Road
Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill Welby Road 1,000
Pinchbeck United Pinchbeck Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700
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
Shirebrook Town Shirebrook Langwith Road 2,000
Sleaford Town Sleaford Eslaforde Park 1,000
South Normanton Athletic South Normanton Lees Lane 3,000
Southwell City Southwell Centenary Ground, Brinkley
Stapleford Town Stapleford, Nottinghamshire Hickings Lane
Staveley Miners Welfare Staveley Inkersall Road 5,000
Swallownest Swallownest (The Swall Siro) Miners Welfare Ground 500
West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way

References

  1. ^ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 2-6 in 2025-26 term". The Football Association. 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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