The 2021–22 season was the 115th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England. The league operated three divisions in the English football league system for the first time since the 1979–80 season. These are the Premier Divisions North and South at Step 5, both firsts in the league, and Division One at Step 6.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal.
After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons. As part of the National League System's restructure, the FA's Alliance and Leagues Committees recommended the league's expansion to gain another Step 5 division. At the end of the past season, Shepshed Dynamo left the league through promotion to the new Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, the only former Premier Division club to do so.
Premier Division North
In its first season the Premier Division North featured nine clubs which competed in the Premier Division last season, along with nine new clubs. Transferred from the Midland League: Gresley Rovers Heather St John's Long Eaton United Newark Selston Promoted from the East Midlands Counties League: Eastwood Heanor Town Plus: Melton Town, promoted from Division One Skegness Town, promoted from the Northern Counties East League In addition, Loughborough University began to compete as Loughborough Students.
League table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAnstey Nomads Anstey Cropston Road Boston Town Boston Tattershall Road 6,000Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000Eastwood Eastwood Coronation Park Gresley Rovers Church Gresley Moat Ground 2,400Heather St John's Heather St John's Park Heanor Town Heanor Town Ground Holbeach United Holbeach Carters Park 4,000Leicester Nirvana Leicester Hamilton Park Long Eaton United Long Eaton Grange Park 3,000Loughborough Students Loughborough Loughborough University Stadium 3,000Melton Town Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village Newark Newark-on-Trent Hawton Lane Pinchbeck United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700Quorn Quorn Farley Way Stadium 1,400Selston Selston Mansfield Road Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium Sleaford Town Sleaford Eslaforde Park 1,000
Premier Division South
In its first season the Premier Division South featured ten clubs which competed in the Premier Division last season, along with eleven new clubs. Promoted from Division One: Bugbrooke St Michaels Long Buckby Transferred from the Midland League: Coventry Sphinx Coventry United Transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League: Biggleswade United Eynesbury Rovers Newport Pagnell Town Potton United Plus: Easington Sports, transferred from the Hellenic League Godmanchester Rovers, transferred from the Eastern Counties League Leicester Road, promoted from the Midland League
In September 2021 Leicester Road were renamed Hinckley LRFC.
League table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBiggleswade United Biggleswade Second Meadow 2,000Bugbrooke St. Michaels Bugbrooke Birds Close 2,500Cogenhoe United Cogenhoe Compton Park 5,000Coventry Sphinx Coventry Sphinx Drive Coventry United Butts Park Arena 4,000Desborough Town Desborough Waterworks Field Easington Sports Banbury Addison Road Eynesbury Rovers Eynesbury Alfred Hall Memorial Ground GNG Oadby Town Oadby Wigston Road 3,000Godmanchester Rovers Godmanchester Bearscroft Lane Harborough Town Market Harborough Bowden Park Hinckley Leicester Road Hinckley Leicester Road Stadium 4,329Long Buckby Long Buckby Station Road 1,000Lutterworth Town Lutterworth Dunley Way Newport Pagnell Town Newport Pagnell Willen Road 2,000Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton The Old Northamptonians Sports Ground 1,000Peterborough Northern Star Peterborough Branch Bros Stadium 600Potton United Potton The Hollow Rothwell Corinthians Rothwell Sergeants Lawn Rugby Town Rugby Butlin Road 6,000Wellingborough Town Wellingborough London Road 2,500
Division One
Division One featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 14 new clubs: Transferred from the East Midland Counties League: Barrow Town Belper United Borrowash Victoria Clifton All Whites Dunkirk Gedling Miners Welfare Graham Street Prims Hucknall Town Ingles Kimberley Miners Welfare Radford West Bridgford Transferred from the Midland League: Hinckley Kirby Muxloe
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAylestone Park Leicester Saffron Lane 1,128Barrow Town Barrow upon Soar Riverside Park 2,000Belper United Belper Christchurch Meadow 2,650Birstall United Birstall Meadow Lane Blackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000Borrowash Victoria Spondon Borrowash Road Bourne Town Bourne Abbey Lawn 2,000Clifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton) Green Lane Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk) Lenton Lane 1,500Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling Plains Road Graham Street Prims Spondon Borrowash RoadHarrowby United Grantham Dickens Road Hinckley AFC Heather Kirkby Road 2,500Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill Welby Road 1,000Hucknall Town Hucknall Watnall Road 5,000Ingles Shepshed The Dovecote Stadium Kimberley Miners Welfare Kimberley Stag Ground Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe Ratby Lane 3,000Lutterworth Athletic Lutterworth Hall Park Radford Nottingham (Radford) Selhurst Street Saffron Dynamo Cosby Cambridge Road St Andrews Leicester Canal Street 1,000West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way
References
External links United Counties League The FA Full-Time