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2022–23 United Counties League

The 2022–23 season was the 116th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. The league operated 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 12 May 2022,[1] and were subject to appeals.

Premier Division North

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United Counties League
Premier Division North
Season2022–23
ChampionsAnstey Nomads
PromotedAnstey Nomads
Quorn
RelegatedHeather St John's
Selston
Matches played380
Goals scored1,278 (3.36 per match)

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.

Also, Newark were renamed Newark and Sherwood United.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Anstey Nomads 38 29 6 3 91 20 +71 93 Promoted to the Northern Premier League
2 Quorn 38 25 7 6 96 53 +43 82 Qualified for an inter-step play-off, then promoted to the Northern Premier League
3 Loughborough Students 38 24 9 5 98 32 +66 81
4 Melton Town 38 25 4 9 84 49 +35 79
5 Sleaford Town 38 24 5 9 77 38 +39 77
6 Boston Town 38 19 10 9 58 46 +12 67
7 Sherwood Colliery 38 22 3 13 76 42 +34 63
8 Newark and Sherwood United 38 17 11 10 78 54 +24 62
9 Skegness Town 38 19 5 14 52 42 +10 62
10 Kimberley Miners Welfare 38 16 11 11 78 61 +17 59
11 Wisbech Town 38 16 5 17 64 85 −21 53
12 Deeping Rangers 38 14 7 17 74 74 0 49
13 Heanor Town 38 14 5 19 73 75 −2 47
14 Belper United 38 11 10 17 59 84 −25 43
15 Leicester Nirvana 38 9 8 21 46 75 −29 35 Transferred to the Premier Division South
16 Eastwood 38 7 7 24 41 100 −59 28
17 Pinchbeck United 38 8 3 27 40 86 −46 27
18 AFC Mansfield 38 5 8 25 35 88 −53 23
19 Heather St John's 38 4 9 25 31 74 −43 21 Relegated to the Midland League
20 Selston 38 3 5 30 27 100 −73 14 Relegated to Division One
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]

Inter-step play-off

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29 April 2023 Great Wakering Rovers0–5 Quorn Great Wakering
15:00 Report
Stadium: Burroughs Park
Attendance: 230
Referee: Christopher Hastings

Stadia and locations

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Location of the Premier Division North clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Mansfield Mansfield (Forest Town) Forest Town Stadium
Anstey Nomads Anstey Cropston Road
Belper United Belper Christchurch Meadow[a]
Boston Town Boston Tattershall Road 6,000
Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000
Eastwood Eastwood Coronation Park
Heanor Town Heanor Town Ground
Heather St John's Heather St John's Park
Kimberley Miners Welfare Kimberley Stag Ground
Leicester Nirvana Leicester Hamilton Park
Loughborough Students Loughborough Loughborough University Stadium 3,000
Melton Town Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village
Newark and Sherwood United Collingham Station Road
Pinchbeck United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700
Quorn Quorn Farley Way Stadium 1,400
Selston Selston Mansfield Road
Sherwood Colliery Mansfield Woodhouse Debdale Park
Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium
Sleaford Town Sleaford Eslaforde Park 1,000
Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118
  1. ^ home of Belper Town (groundshare)

Premier Division South

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United Counties League
Premier Division South
Season2022–23
ChampionsCoventry Sphinx
PromotedCoventry Sphinx
Rugby Town
RelegatedLong Buckby
Rothwell Corinthians
Matches played306
Goals scored1,078 (3.52 per match)

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

The club finishing the season in second position was initially required to play in an inter-step playoff with a team from step 4. Due to ground grading failures higher up the pyramid, three step 4 clubs were reprieved, and the three step 5 runners-up with the highest PPG (points per game) were automatically promoted. Rugby Town were one of those three.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Coventry Sphinx 34 28 2 4 106 22 +84 86 Promoted to the Northern Premier League
2 Rugby Town 34 26 5 3 99 36 +63 83
3 Newport Pagnell Town 34 22 7 5 83 34 +49 73
4 Wellingborough Town 34 20 7 7 74 47 +27 67
5 Milton Keynes Irish 34 19 8 7 67 38 +29 65 Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League
6 Histon 34 17 6 11 73 53 +20 57
7 March Town United 34 15 7 12 68 54 +14 52
8 Coventry United 34 15 3 16 69 68 +1 48
9 Desborough Town 34 12 8 14 48 59 −11 44
10 Bugbrooke St Michaels 34 13 5 16 44 59 −15 44
11 Easington Sports 34 12 5 17 38 46 −8 41
12 Cogenhoe United 34 10 8 16 53 58 −5 38
13 GNG Oadby Town 34 10 4 20 54 85 −31 34
14 Godmanchester Rovers 34 8 8 18 39 70 −31 32
15 Eynesbury Rovers 34 9 4 21 52 88 −36 31
16 Lutterworth Town 34 9 4 21 45 91 −46 31
17 Rothwell Corinthians 34 5 7 22 35 74 −39 22 Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League
18 Long Buckby 34 4 6 24 31 96 −65 18
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]

Stadia and locations

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Location of the Premier Division South clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Bugbrooke St. Michaels Bugbrooke Birds Close 2,500
Cogenhoe United Cogenhoe Compton Park 5,000
Coventry Sphinx Coventry Sphinx Drive
Coventry United Butts Park Arena[a] 4,000
Desborough Town Desborough Waterworks Field
Easington Sports Easington Addison Road
Eynesbury Rovers Eynesbury Alfred Hall Memorial Ground
GNG Oadby Town Oadby Wigston Road 3,000
Godmanchester Rovers Godmanchester Bearscroft Lane
Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300
Long Buckby Long Buckby Station Road 1,000
Lutterworth Town Lutterworth Dunley Way
March Town United March GER Sports Ground
Milton Keynes Irish Milton Keynes Manor Fields
Newport Pagnell Town Newport Pagnell Willen Road 2,000
Rothwell Corinthians Rothwell Sergeants Lawn
Rugby Town Rugby Butlin Road 6,000
Wellingborough Town Wellingborough London Road 2,500
  1. ^ home of Coventry Rugby Club (groundshare)

Division One

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United Counties League
Division One
Season2022–23
ChampionsAylestone Park
PromotedAylestone Park
Hucknall Town
RelegatedGrantham Town academy
Matches played420
Goals scored1,697 (4.04 per match)

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Aylestone Park 40 30 5 5 153 41 +112 95 Promoted to the Premier Division South
2 Birstall United 40 27 8 5 123 42 +81 89 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Bourne Town 40 27 7 6 118 47 +71 88
4 Hucknall Town 40 25 7 8 96 46 +50 82 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division North
5 Newark Town 40 25 5 10 115 56 +59 80 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Radford 40 25 7 8 107 44 +63 79[a]
7 Clipstone 40 24 3 13 83 55 +28 75
8 Blackstones 40 17 13 10 76 62 +14 64
9 Harrowby United 40 14 11 15 76 85 −9 53
10 Kirby Muxloe 40 16 3 21 84 99 −15 51
11 Dunkirk 40 15 5 20 82 82 0 50
12 Clifton All Whites 40 14 8 18 70 95 −25 50
13 Rainworth Miners Welfare 40 14 5 21 62 93 −31 47
14 Southwell City 40 13 7 20 67 88 −21 46
15 Barrow Town 40 12 5 23 60 89 −29 41 Relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League
16 West Bridgford 40 13 1 26 56 88 −32 40
17 Holwell Sports 40 11 7 22 73 111 −38 40
18 Saffron Dynamo 40 12 4 24 53 98 −45 40
19 Gedling Miners Welfare 40 10 6 24 62 106 −44 36
20 St Andrews 40 9 5 26 46 133 −87 32
21 Grantham Town academy 40 4 4 32 35 137 −102 16 Relegated to feeder league
22 Blidworth Welfare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Resigned from the league, record expunged
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ Radford were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Blidworth Welfare resigned from the league on 7 November 2022 and their playing record of P15 W3 D2 L10 GF18 GA42 Pts11 was expunged.

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
      
2 Birstall United 3
5 Newark Town 2
2 Birstall United 1 (3)
4 Hucknall Town 1 (5)
3 Bourne Town 1 (2)
4 Hucknall Town 1 (4)

Stadia and locations

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Location of Division One clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Aylestone Park Leicester Saffron Lane 1,128
Barrow Town Barrow upon Soar Barrow Road
Birstall United Birstall Meadow Lane
Blackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000
Blidworth Welfare Blidworth Welfare Ground
Bourne Town Bourne Abbey Lawn 2,000
Clifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton) Green Lane
Clipstone Clipstone Lido Ground
Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk) Lenton Lane
Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling Plains Road
Grantham Town academy Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500
Harrowby United Grantham Dickens Road
Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill Welby Road 1,000
Hucknall Town Hucknall Watnall Road / RM Stadium
Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe Ratby Lane 3,000
Newark Town Newark-on-Trent YMCA Sports Village
Radford Nottingham (Radford) Selhurst Street
Rainworth Miners Welfare Rainworth Welfare Ground
Saffron Dynamo Cosby Cambridge Road
Southwell City Southwell Centenary Ground, Brinkley
St Andrews Leicester Canal Street 1,000
West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way

References

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  1. ^ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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