1978–79 United Counties League

The 1978–79 United Counties League season was the 72nd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

United Counties League
Premier Division

Season	1978–79
Champions	Irthlingborough Diamonds
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,062 (3.11 per match)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Irthlingborough Diamonds	36	25	5	6	88	31	+57	55
2	Rushden Town	36	22	7	7	72	29	+43	51
3	Kempston Rovers	36	20	7	9	55	23	+32	47
4	Desborough Town	36	20	3	13	82	59	+23	43
5	Potton United	36	18	7	11	59	49	+10	43
6	Wolverton Town	36	17	9	10	61	52	+9	43
7	Rothwell Town	36	14	12	10	56	50	+6	40
8	Stamford	36	15	9	12	61	47	+14	39
9	St Neots Town	36	16	7	13	59	51	+8	39
10	Wootton Blue Cross	36	15	8	13	77	63	+14	38
11	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	36	16	5	15	48	46	+2	37
12	Olney Town	36	14	9	13	36	43	−7	37
13	Buckingham Town	36	10	11	15	46	52	−6	31
14	Long Buckby	36	12	6	18	41	58	−17	30
15	Ampthill Town	36	10	5	21	44	74	−30	25
16	Bourne Town	36	9	6	21	51	86	−35	24
17	Northampton Spencer	36	7	9	20	47	76	−29	23
18	Holbeach United	36	9	4	23	51	94	−43	22
19	Eynesbury Rovers	36	6	5	25	28	79	−51	17

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

External links

• United Counties League