The United Counties League operated three divisions in the English football league system for the first time since the 1979–80 season . These are the Premier Divisions North and South at Step 5, both firsts in the league, and Division One at Step 6.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal.
At the end of the 2020–21 season, the following teams left the division:
The remaining nine teams, together with the following, formed Division One for 2021–22:
Transferred from the East Midland Counties League
Transferred from the Midland League
Stadia and locations [ ]
Club
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Aylestone Park Leicester
Saffron Lane
1,128
Barrow Town Barrow upon Soar
Barrow Road
Belper United Belper
Christchurch Meadow
Birstall United Birstall
Meadow Lane
Blackstones Stamford
Lincoln Road
1,000
Borrowash Victoria Spondon
Borrowash Road
Bourne Town Bourne
Abbey Lawn 2,000
Clifton All Whites Nottingham (Clifton)
Green Lane
Dunkirk Nottingham (Dunkirk)
Lenton Lane
Gedling Miners Welfare Gedling
Plains Road
Graham Street Prims Spondon
Borrowash Road
Harrowby United Grantham
Dickens Road
Hinckley AFC Heather
St. John's Park
Holwell Sports Asfordby Hill
Welby Road
1,000
Hucknall Town Hucknall
Watnall Road
Ingles Shepshed
The Dovecote Stadium
Kimberley Miners Welfare Kimberley
Stag Ground
Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe
Ratby Lane
3,000
Lutterworth Athletic Lutterworth
Hall Park
Radford Nottingham (Radford)
Selhurst Street
Saffron Dynamo Cosby
Cambridge Road
St Andrews Leicester
Canal Street
1,000
West Bridgford West Bridgford
Regatta Way
League table [ ]
Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Kimberley Miners Welfare (C) (P)
44
36
4
4
137
33
+104
112
Promotion to the Premier Division North
2
Hinckley AFC
44
33
4
7
148
56
+92
103
Qualification for the play-offs, then transfer to the Midland League
3
Belper United (P) (O)
44
31
5
8
126
50
+76
98
Qualification for the play-offs
4
Radford
44
32
1
11
105
47
+58
97
5
Hucknall Town
44
28
6
10
120
68
+52
90
6
Aylestone Park
44
25
11
8
144
52
+92
86
7
Dunkirk
44
22
8
14
94
77
+17
74
8
Barrow Town
44
20
10
14
87
69
+18
70
9
Kirby Muxloe
44
21
4
19
107
93
+14
67
10
Harrowby United
44
18
10
16
91
80
+11
64
11
Clifton All Whites
44
18
6
20
84
92
−8
60
12
Birstall United
44
17
8
19
65
80
−15
59
13
Gedling Miners Welfare
44
17
4
23
84
103
−19
55
14
Saffron Dynamo
44
14
10
20
76
96
−20
52
15
St Andrews
44
15
7
22
67
83
−16
51
16
Lutterworth Athletic
44
13
9
22
66
90
−24
48
Transfer to the Spartan South Midlands League
17
West Bridgford
44
14
5
25
73
104
−31
47
18
Ingles
44
13
6
25
0
0
0
45
Transfer to the Midland League
19
Bourne Town
44
11
11
22
57
100
−43
44
20
Holwell Sports
44
10
5
29
61
108
−47
35
21
Graham Street Prims
44
8
8
28
57
116
−59
32
Transfer to the Midland League
22
Blackstones
44
8
7
29
54
142
−88
31
Reprieve from relegation
23
Borrowash Victoria (R)
44
5
5
34
31
156
−125
20
Relegation to the Central Midlands League
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