The 2026–27 season is the 120th 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 14 May 2026.
Premier Division North At the end of the 2025–26 season, six teams left the division: Boston Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Grantham Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Harrowby United, relegated to Division One. Melton Town, resigned to the Leicestershire Senior League. Newark and Sherwood United, resigned to the Nottinghamshire Football League. Wisbech Town, transferred to Eastern Counties League Premier Division.
Before the 2026–27 season, four teams joined the division: Aylestone Park, transferred from Premier Division South Hinckley, transferred from Premier Division South Leicester Nirvana, transferred from Premier Division South Sheffield, transferred from Northern Counties East League Premier Division
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Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAFC Mansfield Mansfield (Forest Town) Forest Town Arena 1,600Ashby Ivanhoe Ashby-de-la-Zouch NFU Sports Ground 1,000Aylestone Park Leicester Saffron Lane, Wigston 1,128Belper United Belper Station Road, Mickleover 1,500Blackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000Clay Cross Town Clay Cross Mill Lane 1,000Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000Eastwood Eastwood Coronation Park 2,500Gresley Rovers Church Gresley Moat Ground 2,400Heanor Town Heanor Town Ground 2,700Hinckley Hinckley Kirkby Road, Barwell 2,500 Hucknall Town Hucknall RM Stadium 4,000Kimberley Miners Welfare Kimberley Stag Ground 1,000Leicester Nirvana Leicester (Hamilton) Hamilton Park 1,000Newark Town Newark-on-Trent YMCA Sports Village 1,000Sheffield Dronfield Home of Football Ground 2,089Sherwood Colliery Mansfield Woodhouse Debdale Park 1,000Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium 1,000
Premier Division South At the end of the 2025–26 season, ten teams left the division: Aylestone Park, transferred to Premier Division North Bugbrooke St Michaels, relegated to Spartan South Midlands League Division One Coventry United, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Easington Sports, transferred to Combined Counties League Premier Division North GNG Oadby Town, relegated to the Midland League Division One Hinckley, transferred to Premier Division North Leicester Nirvana, transferred to Premier Division North March Town United, transferred to Eastern Counties League Premier Division Newport Pagnell Town, transferred to Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Nuneaton Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
Before the 2026–27 season, nine teams joined the division: Coton Green, transferred from the Midland League Premier Division Coventry Sphinx, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Desborough Town, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One FC Stratford, promoted from the Hellenic League Division One FC Peterborough, promoted from the Eastern Counties League Division One North Highgate United, transferred from the Midland League Premier Division Knowle, promoted from the Midland League Division One Rugby Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands St Neots Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAtherstone Town Atherstone, Warwickshire Sheepy Road 3,500Coton Green Tamworth, Staffordshire New Mill Lane, Fazeley 1,500Coventry Sphinx Coventry, West Midlands Sphinx Drive 1,000Daventry Town Daventry, Northamptonshire Elderstubbs 1,855Desborough Town Desborough, Northamptonshire Waterworks Field 1,000Eynesbury Rovers Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire Alfred Hall Memorial Ground 1,000FC Stratford Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Knights Lane 3,000FC Peterborough Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Millfield Autoparts Stadium 1,000Godmanchester Rovers Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire Bearscroft Lane 1,050Highgate United Shirley, West Midlands The Coppice 2,000Histon Histon, Cambridgeshire Bridge Road, Impington 4,300Knowle Knowle, West Midlands Robins' Nest 1,000Lutterworth Town Lutterworth, Leicestershire Dunley Way 1,000Moulton Moulton, Northamptonshire Brunting Road 1,000Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton, Northamptonshire Old Northamptonians Sports Ground 1,000Northampton Sileby Rangers Fernie Fields 1,000Rugby Town Rugby, Warwickshire Butlin Road 5,000St Neots Town St Neots. Cambridgeshire New Rowley Park 3,500Yaxley Yaxley, Cambridgeshire Leading Drove 1,000
Division One At the end of the 2025–26 season, six teams left the division: Coalville Town, transferred to Midland League Division One FCV Grace Dieu, transferred to Midland League Division One Holwell Sports, transferred to Midland League Division One Rainworth Miners Welfare, relegated to Regional Feeder League Retford, promoted to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division Retford United, promoted to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division
Before the 2026–27 season, five teams joined the division: Cotgrave, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League Harrowby United, relegated from Premier Division North Louth Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League Division One Maltby Main, transferred from the Northern Counties East League Division One Selston, promoted from the Central Midlands Alliance League
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityClifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton) Green Lane 1,000Clipstone Clipstone Lido Ground 1,000Cotgrave Cotgrave Woodview 1,000Dronfield Town Dronfield Stonelow Ground 500Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk) Lenton Lane 1,500Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling Plains Road 2,000Harrowby United Grantham Dickens Road 1,500Louth Town Saltfleetby Marshlands 500Maltby Main Maltby Muglet Lane 2,000Pinchbeck United Pinchbeck Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700Pinxton Pinxton The Welfare Ground 2,000Radford Nottingham (Radford) Selhurst Street 1,000Sandiacre Town Sandiacre St Giles Park 1,000Selston Selston Mansfield Road 1,000Shirebrook Town Shirebrook Langwith Road 2,000Sleaford Town Sleaford Eslaforde Park 1,000South Normanton Athletic South Normanton Lees Lane 3,000Southwell City Southwell Centenary Ground, Brinkley Stapleford Town Stapleford Hickings Lane Staveley Miners Welfare Staveley Inkersall Road 5,000Swallownest Swallownest (The Swall Siro) Miners Welfare Ground 500West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way 1,000
References
External links United Counties League The FA Full-Time