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2025–26 United Counties League
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.
| Season |
|---|
| ← 2024–25 |
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.
| Season |
|---|
| Matthew Cotton(Boston Town)(23 goals) |
| Boston Town 7–0 Blackstones(20 September 2025) |
| Hucknall 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) |
| Eastwood 7–5 Kimberley Miners Welfare(27 December 2025) |
| ← 2024–25 2026–27 → |
| All statistics correct as of 31 January 2026. |
At the end of the 2024–25 season, four teams left the division:
- Bourne Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
- Lincoln United, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East
- Shirebrook Town, relegated to Division One
- Sleaford Town, relegated to Division One
Before the 2025–26 season, four teams joined the division:
- Blackstones, promoted from Division One
- Clay Cross Town, promoted from Division One
- Grantham Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
- Sherwood Colliery, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One East
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 | Sherwood Colliery | ||||||||
| 5 | Newark Town | ||||||||
| 3 | Grantham Town | ||||||||
| 4 | Belper United |
| 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 |
| Season |
|---|
| Kyle Jardine(Nuneaton Town)(25 goals) |
| Coventry United 9–0 GNG Oadby Town(11 February 2026) |
| GNG Oadby Town 0–6 Newport Pagnell Town(13 September 2025)Leicester Nirvana 0–6 March Town United(1 November 2025) |
| Hinckley 8–2 Easington Sports(13 September 2025) |
| ← 2024–25 2026–27 → |
| All statistics correct as of 6 March 2026. |
At the end of the 2024–25 season, two teams left the division:
- St Neots Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
- Rugby Borough, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East
Before the 2025–26 season, three teams joined the division:
- Atherstone Town, transferred from the Midland League Premier Division
- Moulton, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands Football League Division One
- Nuneaton Town, promoted from the Midland League Division One
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 | Coventry United | ||||||||
| 5 | Aylestone Park | ||||||||
| 3 | Atherstone Town | ||||||||
| 4 | March Town United |
| 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 | 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 |
| Season |
|---|
| Lewis Chambers(Retford United)(35 goals) |
| Gedling Miners Welfare 7–0 Rainworth Miners Welfare(26 July 2025)Retford United 9–2 Sandiacre Town(9 August 2025)South Normanton Athletic 7–0 Rainworth Miners Welfare(19 August 2025)Coalville Town 7–0 Gedling Miners Welfare(22 November 2025) |
| Rainworth Miners Welfare 0–9 Retford(18 October 2025)Rainworth Miners Welfare 0–9 Clifton All Whites(24 February 2026) |
| Retford United 9–2 Sandiacre Town(9 August 2025) |
| ← 2024–25 2026–27 → |
| All statistics correct as of 6 March 2026. |
At the end of the 2024–25 season, three teams left the division:
- Blackstones, promoted to the Premier Division North
- Clay Cross Town, promoted to the Premier Division North
- Selston, relegated to the Central Midlands Alliance
Before the 2025–26 season, seven teams joined the division:
- Dronfield Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
- FCV Grace Dieu, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League
- Pinchbeck United, transferred from the Eastern Counties Football League
- Shirebrook Town, relegated from Premier Division North
- Sleaford Town, relegated from Premier Division North
- South Normanton Athletic, promoted from the Central Midlands Alliance League
- Swallownest, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 | Retford United | ||||||||
| 5 | Staveley Miners Welfare | ||||||||
| 3 | Stapleford Town | ||||||||
| 4 | Coalville Town |
| 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 |
| Tournament details |
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| England |
| 63 |
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Final
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