# 2016–17 United Counties League

The 2016–17 United Counties League season (known as the 2016–17 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Peterborough Sports
* Northampton ON Chenecks

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Peterborough Sports | 42 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 150 | 34 | +116 | 112 | Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One South |
| 2 | Deeping Rangers | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 123 | 35 | +88 | 94 | |
| 3 | Yaxley | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 106 | 52 | +54 | 88 | |
| 4 | Desborough Town | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 89 | 53 | +36 | 84 | |
| 5 | Eynesbury Rovers | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 119 | 61 | +58 | 83 | |
| 6 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 114 | 60 | +54 | 82 | |
| 7 | Holbeach United | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 99 | 72 | +27 | 73 | |
| 8 | Northampton Sileby Rangers | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 100 | 79 | +21 | 70 | |
| 9 | Wellingborough Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 85 | −10 | 65 | |
| 10 | Newport Pagnell Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 93 | 56 | +37 | 63 | |
| 11 | Harborough Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 83 | 77 | +6 | 58 | |
| 12 | Northampton ON Chenecks | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 72 | 89 | −17 | 55 | |
| 13 | Cogenhoe United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 51 | |
| 14 | Sleaford Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 73 | 76 | −3 | 49 | |
| 15 | Peterborough Northern Star | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 48 | |
| 16 | Rothwell Corinthians | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 85 | −28 | 48 | |
| 17 | Leicester Nirvana | 42 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 66 | 87 | −21 | 46 | |
| 18 | Kirby Muxloe | 42 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 59 | 103 | −44 | 40 | |
| 19 | Oadby Town | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 62 | 117 | −55 | 37 | |
| 20 | Boston Town | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 48 | 94 | −46 | 34 | |
| 21 | Harrowby United | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 165 | −130 | 20 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Huntingdon Town | 42 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 37 | 151 | −114 | 10 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Harrowby United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Oadby Town on 5 November 2016.

#### Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
* Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
* Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
* Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
* Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following three teams have achieved criterion one:
* Eynesbury Rovers
* Newport Pagnell Town
* Peterborough Sports

## Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
* Daventry Town, voluntarily demoted from the Northern Premier League
* Melton Mowbray, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League and changed name to Melton Town
* Whittlesey Athletic, promoted from the Peterborough and District League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Daventry Town | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 103 | 43 | +60 | 87 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Wellingborough Whitworth | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 120 | 65 | +55 | 78 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Bugbrooke St Michaels | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 113 | 53 | +60 | 76 | |
| 4 | Olney Town | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 101 | 49 | +52 | 73 | |
| 5 | Buckingham Town | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 106 | 58 | +48 | 68 | |
| 6 | Potton United | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 64 | |
| 7 | Raunds Town | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 63 | |
| 8 | Irchester United | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 85 | 62 | +23 | 61 | |
| 9 | Melton Town | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 97 | 73 | +24 | 57 | |
| 10 | Thrapston Town | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 | |
| 11 | Oakham United | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 51 | |
| 12 | Lutterworth Athletic | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 83 | 71 | +12 | 50 | |
| 13 | Long Buckby | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 71 | 78 | −7 | 47 | |
| 14 | Blackstones | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 66 | 77 | −11 | 46 | |
| 15 | Bourne Town | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 62 | 77 | −15 | 38 | |
| 16 | Rushden & Higham United | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 79 | −24 | 35 | |
| 17 | Woodford United | 36 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 34 | 163 | −129 | 12 | Resigned to the Northamptonshire Combination |
| 18 | Stewarts & Lloyds Corby | 36 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 35 | 127 | −92 | 9 | |
| 19 | Burton Park Wanderers | 36 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 128 | −108 | 7 | |
| 20 | Whittlesey Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from the league |
* ↑ Whittlesey Athletic withdrawn from the league on 21 September due to ground grading, club record W=3 D=3 L=4 GF=28 GA=15 expunged.