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, and were subject to appeals.
Premier Division North
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs. Promoted from Division One: Belper United Kimberley Miners Welfare Transferred from the Northern Counties East League AFC Mansfield Sherwood Colliery Plus: Wisbech Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League
Also, Newark were renamed Newark and Sherwood United.
League table
Inter-step play-off
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAFC Mansfield Mansfield (Forest Town) Forest Town Stadium Anstey Nomads Anstey Cropston Road Belper United Belper Christchurch Meadow Boston Town Boston Tattershall Road 6,000Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000Eastwood 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 3,000Melton Town Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village Newark and Sherwood United Collingham Station RoadPinchbeck United Spalding Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700Quorn Quorn Farley Way Stadium 1,400Selston Selston Mansfield Road Sherwood Colliery Mansfield Woodhouse Debdale Park Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium Sleaford Town Sleaford Eslaforde Park 1,000Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118
Premier Division South
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs: Histon, relegated from the Northern Premier League March Town United, transferred from the Eastern Counties League Milton Keynes Irish, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League
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
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBugbrooke 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 Easington Addison Road Eynesbury Rovers Eynesbury Alfred Hall Memorial Ground GNG Oadby Town Oadby Wigston Road 3,000Godmanchester Rovers Godmanchester Bearscroft Lane Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300Long Buckby Long Buckby Station Road 1,000Lutterworth Town Lutterworth Dunley Way March Town United March GER Sports Ground Milton Keynes Irish Milton Keynes Manor FieldsNewport Pagnell Town Newport Pagnell Willen Road 2,000Rothwell Corinthians Rothwell Sergeants Lawn Rugby Town Rugby Butlin Road 6,000Wellingborough Town Wellingborough London Road 2,500
Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs. Promoted from the Central Midlands Alliance: Bildworth Welfare Newark Town Transferred from the Northern Counties East League: Clipstone Rainworth Miners Welfare Plus: Grantham Town academy, promoted from the Lincolnshire League Southwell City, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAylestone Park Leicester Saffron Lane 1,128Barrow Town Barrow upon Soar Barrow Road Birstall United Birstall Meadow Lane Blackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000Blidworth Welfare Blidworth Welfare GroundBourne Town Bourne Abbey Lawn 2,000Clifton 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 7,500Harrowby United Grantham Dickens Road Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill Welby Road 1,000Hucknall Town Hucknall Watnall Road / RM StadiumKirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe Ratby Lane 3,000Newark 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 1,000West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way
League Cup
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links United Counties League The FA Full-Time