The 2025–26 season is the 119th 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 15 May 2025.
Premier Division North
At the end of the 2024–25 season, four teams left the division: Bourne Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Lincoln United, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East Shirebrook Town, relegated to Division One Sleaford Town, relegated to Division One
Before the 2025–26 season, four teams joined the division: Blackstones, promoted from Division One Clay Cross Town, promoted from Division One Grantham Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Sherwood Colliery, relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One East
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAFC Mansfield Mansfield (Forest Town) Forest Town Stadium Ashby Ivanhoe Ashby-de-la-Zouch NFU Sports Ground Belper United Eastwood Coronation Park EastwoodBlackstones Stamford Lincoln Road 1,000Boston Town Boston Tattershall Road 6,000Clay Cross Town Clay Cross Mill Lane Deeping Rangers Market Deeping Haydon Whitham Stadium 2,000 Grantham Town Grantham South Kesteven Sports Stadium 7,500Gresley Rovers Church Gresley Moat Ground 2,400Harrowby United Grantham Dickens Road Heanor Town Heanor Town Ground 2,700Hucknall Town Hucknall RM Stadium 4,000Kimberley Miners Welfare Kimberley Stag Ground Melton Town Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village Newark and Sherwood United Grantham Dickens Road Newark Town Newark-on-Trent YMCA Sports Village Sherwood Colliery Mansfield Woodhouse Debdale Park 1,000Skegness Town Skegness Vertigo Stadium Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118
Premier Division South
At the end of the 2024–25 season, two teams left the division: St Neots Town, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands Rugby Borough, promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One East
Before the 2025–26 season, three teams joined the division: Atherstone Town, transferred from the Midland League Premier Division Moulton, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands Football League Division One Nuneaton Town, promoted from the Midland League Division One
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAtherstone Town Atherstone Sheepy Road Aylestone Park Leicester Saffron Lane 1,128Bugbrooke St Michaels Bugbrooke Birds Close 2,500Coventry United Coventry Nick Newbold Stadium 4,000Daventry Town Daventry Elderstubbs 1,855Easington Sports Banbury Addison Road Eynesbury Rovers Eynesbury Alfred Hall Memorial Ground GNG Oadby Town Leicester Riverside 3,000Godmanchester Rovers Godmanchester Bearscroft Lane Hinckley Barwell Kirkby Road 2,500 Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300Leicester Nirvana Leicester Hamilton Park Lutterworth Town Lutterworth Dunley Way March Town United March GER Sports Ground Moulton Moulton Brunting Road Newport Pagnell Town Newport Pagnell Willen Road 2,000Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Old Northamptonians Sports Ground Northampton Sileby Rangers Fernie Fields Nuneaton Town Nuneaton The Oval 4,614Yaxley Yaxley Leading Drove 1,000
Division One
At the end of the 2024–25 season, three teams left the division: Blackstones, promoted to the Premier Division North Clay Cross Town, promoted to the Premier Division North Selston, relegated to the Central Midlands Alliance
Before the 2025–26 season, seven teams joined the division: Dronfield Town, transferred from the Northern Counties East League FCV Grace Dieu, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League Pinchbeck United, transferred from the Eastern Counties Football League Shirebrook Town, relegated from Premier Division North Sleaford Town, relegated from Premier Division North South Normanton Athletic, promoted from the Central Midlands Alliance League Swallownest, transferred from the Northern Counties East League
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityClifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton) Green Lane Clipstone Clipstone Lido Ground Coalville Town Coalville The Mander Cruickshank StadiumDronfield Town Dronfield Stonelow Ground 500Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk) Lenton Lane FCV Grace Dieu Thringstone FCV Academy, Grace Dieu Manor Park Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling Plains Road Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill Welby Road 1,000Pinchbeck United Pinchbeck Sir Halley Stewart Field 2,700Pinxton Pinxton The Welfare Ground Radford Nottingham (Radford) Selhurst Street Rainworth Miners Welfare Rainworth Welfare Ground Retford Retford The Rail 1,000Retford United Cannon Park 2,000Sandiacre Town Sandiacre St Giles Park Shirebrook 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, Nottinghamshire Hickings LaneStaveley Miners Welfare Staveley Inkersall Road 5,000Swallownest Swallownest (The Swall Siro) Miners Welfare Ground 500West Bridgford West Bridgford Regatta Way
League Cup
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links United Counties League The FA Full-Time