1997–98 United Counties League

The 1997–98 United Counties League season was the 91st in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	40	29	6	5	113	45	+68	93	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Northampton Spencer	40	27	2	11	105	59	+46	83
3	Spalding United	40	24	10	6	77	47	+30	82
4	Desborough Town	40	23	9	8	89	49	+40	78
5	Stewarts & Lloyds Corby	40	24	6	10	68	39	+29	78
6	Ford Sports Daventry	40	22	10	8	74	38	+36	76
7	Stotfold	40	21	9	10	89	60	+29	72
8	Boston Town	40	23	6	11	82	48	+34	75
9	Mirrlees Blackstone	40	20	7	13	69	50	+19	67
10	St. Neots Town	40	20	3	17	67	60	+7	63
11	Buckingham Town	40	18	7	15	58	49	+9	61
12	Cogenhoe United	40	17	9	14	68	53	+15	60
13	Long Buckby	40	14	8	18	64	68	−4	50
14	Potton United	40	11	10	19	46	62	−16	43
15	Wellingborough Town	40	11	5	24	46	77	−31	38
16	Holbeach United	40	10	8	22	39	76	−37	38
17	Wootton Blue Cross	40	9	6	25	53	99	−46	33
18	Yaxley	40	9	3	28	57	102	−45	30
19	Bourne Town	40	8	5	27	48	96	−48	29
20	Eynesbury Rovers	40	6	10	24	29	72	−43	28
21	Kempston Rovers	40	2	5	33	18	110	−92	11

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

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Higham Town	34	26	4	4	91	23	+68	82
2	Cottingham	34	23	4	7	84	40	+44	73
3	Harrowby United	34	20	4	10	94	61	+33	64
4	Bugbrooke St Michaels	34	18	7	9	90	47	+43	61
5	Blisworth	34	19	4	11	73	54	+19	61
6	Wellingborough Whitworth	34	17	5	12	78	55	+23	56
7	Daventry Town	34	16	5	13	87	66	+21	53
8	St Ives Town	34	15	7	12	66	57	+9	52
9	Newport Pagnell Town	34	16	4	14	61	56	+5	52
10	Rothwell Corinthians	34	14	8	12	77	58	+19	50
11	Olney Town	34	15	5	14	65	55	+10	50
12	Northampton Vanaid	34	14	5	15	90	54	+36	47
13	Thrapston Town	34	12	7	15	74	59	+15	43
14	Burton Park Wanderers	34	13	3	18	58	71	−13	42
15	Northampton ON Chenecks	34	10	8	16	54	61	−7	38
16	Irchester United	34	7	5	22	43	85	−42	26
17	Sharnbrook	34	6	4	24	50	82	−32	22
18	Huntingdon United	34	0	1	33	22	273	−251	1	Resigned from the league

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