title: 1979–80 United Counties League
text: # 1979–80 United Counties League
  
  The 1979–80 United Counties League season was the 73rd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.
  
  ## Premier Division
  
  The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stamford | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 29 | +47 | 58 | |
  | 2 | Desborough Town | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 55 | |
  | 3 | Irthlingborough Diamonds | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 50 | |
  | 4 | Potton United | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 45 | |
  | 5 | Rushden Town | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 45 | |
  | 6 | Rothwell Town | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 41 | |
  | 7 | Ampthill Town | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 39 | |
  | 8 | Wootton Blue Cross | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 37 | |
  | 9 | Stewart & Lloyds Corby | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 37 | |
  | 10 | Long Buckby | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 35 | |
  | 11 | Buckingham Town | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 35 | |
  | 12 | St Neots Town | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 32 | |
  | 13 | Olney Town | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 31 | Demoted to Division One |
  | 14 | Holbeach United | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 31 | |
  | 15 | Wolverton Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 29 | |
  | 16 | Bourne Town | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 23 | |
  | 17 | Kempston Rovers | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 22 | |
  | 18 | Eynesbury Rovers | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 20 | |
  | 19 | Northampton Spencer | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 68 | −45 | 19 | |
  
  ## Division One
  
  The Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
  
  * British Timken Duston
  * Ford Sports Daventry
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Northampton ON Chenecks | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 56 | |
  | 2 | Corby Gainsborough | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 23 | +51 | 55 | |
  | 3 | Biggleswade Town | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 103 | 42 | +61 | 48 | Transferred to the South Midlands League |
  | 4 | Higham Town | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 46 | |
  | 5 | Wootton Blue Cross reserves | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 43 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 6 | British Timken Duston | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 42 | |
  | 7 | British Timken Athletic | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 40 | |
  | 8 | Irthlingborough Diamonds reserves | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 40 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 9 | Irchester United | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 36 | |
  | 10 | Geddington Montrose | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 34 | |
  | 11 | Stewart & Lloyds Corby reserves | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 29 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 12 | Newport Pagnell Town | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 27 | |
  | 13 | Northampton Spencer reserves | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 25 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 14 | Rushden Town reserves | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 25 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 15 | Desborough Town reserves | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 70 | 117 | −47 | 25 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 16 | Ford Sports Daventry | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 50 | 84 | −34 | 21 | |
  | 17 | Ampthill Town reserves | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 80 | −59 | 14 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 18 | Kempston Rovers reserves | 34 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 27 | 108 | −81 | 6 | Joined Reserve Division |
  
  ## Division Two
  
  The Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:
  
  * Raunds Town, relegated from Division One
  * Cottingham
  * Buckingham Town reserves
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cottingham | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 67 | 20 | +47 | 43 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 2 | Sharnbrook | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 40 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 3 | Thrapston Venturas | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 39 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 4 | Long Buckby reserves | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 35 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 5 | Burton Park Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 28 | +36 | 34 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 6 | Rothwell Town reserves | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 33 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 7 | Towcester Town | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 31 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 8 | Raunds Town | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 29 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 9 | St Neots Town reserves | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 27 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 10 | Higham Town reserves | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 26 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 11 | Olney Town reserves | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 25 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 12 | Buckingham Town reserves | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 20 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 13 | Wolverton Town reserves | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 17 | Joined Reserve Division |
  | 14 | Bedford Avenue | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 99 | −71 | 12 | Resigned from the league |
  | 15 | Eynesbury Rovers reserves | 28 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 95 | −79 | 9 | Joined Reserve Division |
  