2016–17 United Counties League

The 2016–17 United Counties League season (known as the 2016–17 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

United Counties League
Premier Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	Peterborough Sports
Promoted	Peterborough Sports
Relegated	Harrowby United Huntingdon Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,777 (3.85 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

• Peterborough Sports
• Northampton ON Chenecks

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Peterborough Sports	42	36	4	2	150	34	+116	112	Promoted to the Northern Premier League 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	42	5	6	31	35	165	−130	20[a]	Relegated to Division One
22	Huntingdon Town	42	2	4	36	37	151	−114	10

Source: UCFL Tables fchd
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[1]
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]

• Eynesbury Rovers
• Newport Pagnell Town
• Peterborough Sports

Division One

United Counties League
Division One

Season	2016–17
Champions	Daventry Town
Promoted	Daventry Town Wellingborough Whitworth
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,438 (4.2 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Daventry Town, voluntarily demoted from the Northern Premier League
• Melton Mowbray, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League and changed name to Melton Town
• Whittlesey Athletic, promoted from the Peterborough and District League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Daventry Town	36	28	3	5	103	43	+60	87	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Wellingborough Whitworth	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[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

Source: UCFL Tables fchd
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[1]
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]