Founded | 1953 |
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Country | England |
Number of teams | 74 (including 25 reserve teams) |
Level on pyramid | Level 11 (Premier Division) |
Feeder to | United Counties League Division One |
Relegation to | None |
Domestic cup(s) | Knock-out cups for each division |
Current champions | James King Bliswoth (Premier Division) (2017–18) |
Website | www.northantscombination.co.uk |
Current: Current Season |
The Northamptonshire Combination Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions with many reserve teams competing in the bottom three. The most senior league is the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
Since season 1991–92, divisional champions have been as follow: [1] [2]
Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two | Division Three | Division Four | Division Five |
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1991–92 | Woodford United | Braunston United | Pattishall | Ford Sports A | – | – |
1992–93 | Milton | Crick Athletic | Weedon | Moulton Reserves | – | – |
1993–94 | Milton | Spratton | Flore Rovers | Earls Barton | – | – |
1994–95 | Milton | Wilby | Earls Barton | Brafield Unites | – | – |
1995–96 | Heyford Athletic | Brixworth All Saints | Woodford United Reserves | Wilby Reserves | – | – |
1996–97 | Towcester Town | Potterspury | Spratton Reserves | Wellingborough Grammarians OB Reserves | Rushden Saints | – |
1997–98 | Woodford United | Spencer United | Finedon Volta | Raunds Rangers | Ristee Towers | – |
1998–99 | Brixworth All Saints | Islip United | Harpole Reserves | Weavers Old Boys | Crown Wanderers | – |
1999–00 | Cold Ashby Rovers | Gretton | Rushden St Peters | Gretton Reserves | Northamptonshire Police | Kettering Park Rovers |
2000–01 | Cold Ashby Rovers | Stanwick Rovers | Northamptonshire Police | Stanion United | – | – |
2001–02 | Cold Ashby Rovers | Rushden Rangers | Weavers Old Boys | Kettering Park Rovers | – | – |
2002–03 | Milton | Caledonian Strip Mills | Finedon Volta | Wellingborough Darndale | – | – |
2003–04 | Moulton | Corby Hellenic | Ringstead Rangers | Corby Grampians | Rushden Arbuckle | – |
2004–05 | Caledonian Strip Mills | Priors Marston | Corby Grampians | Wilby | Yardley United | – |
2005–06 | Corby Hellenic Fisher | Corby Grampian | Welford Victoria | Corby Kingfisher Athletic | Cold Ashby Rovers | – |
2006–07 | Harpole | Whitefield Norpol | Corby Kingfisher Athletic | Punjab United | Wellingborough Raffertys | – |
2007–08 | Harpole | Weldon United | Cold Ashby Rovers | Corby Danesholme Vikings | Corby Strip Mills | – |
2008–09 | Harpole | Queen Eleanor Great Houghton | Finedon Volta | Wellingborough Old Grammarians | Kettering Ise Lodge | – |
2009–10 | Harborough Town | Welford Victoria | Corby Danesholme Vikings | Corby Everards | Long Buckby Ravens | – |
2010–11 | Brixworth All Saints | Ringstead Rangers | Wellingborough Ranelagh | Corby White Hart Locomotives | Dainite Sports | Corby Pegasus Reserves |
2011–12 | Harpole | Corby Quantum Print Vikings | Corby White Hart Locomotives | Corby Redstar | Daventry Drayton Grange | Bugbrooke St Michaels A |
2012–13 | Harpole | Earls Barton United | Corby Eagles | Northampton Exiles | Borough Alliance | Stanion Redstar Reserves |
2013–14 | Brixworth All Saints | Corby Eagles | Weedon | Wellingborough Rising Sun | Stanion Redstar Reserves | Weldon United A |
2014–15 | Corby Eagles | Daventry Dayton Grange | AFC Corby Shamrock | Desborough & Rothwell United | James King Bilsworth Reserves | Gretton Reserves |
2015–16 | *James King Blisworth | Wellingborough Rising Sun | Desborough & Rothwell United | AFC Houghton Magna | Corby Pegasus Reserves | FC Foto Gold |
2016–17 | *James King Blisworth | Gretton | Mereway | Weedon | Harpole Reserves | Irthlingborough Rangers |
2017–18 | *James King Blisworth | Wootton St George | Finedon Volta | Weldon United Reserves | Moulton Reserves | |
2018-19 | James King Blisworth | James King Blisworth Reserves | Wollaston Vics Reserves | Stanwick Rovers | Kettering All Saints | |
2019-20 | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | |
2020-21 | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | COVID VOID | |
2021-22 | Roade | Corby Locos | Thrapston Venturas | Kettering FC | David Green United | |
2022-23 | Irchester United | Higham Town | Corby Kingswood | Corby Siam Reserves | Weldon United |
Sitting at Step 7 of the National League system, the Northamptonshire Combination has a promotion and relegation agreement with the United Counties League. Promotion is dependent solely upon a team making an application to the UCL and meeting the requirements to do so. Rushden Rangers are the latest team to do so, following their merger with Higham Town at the end of the 2006–07 season. Other teams to have made the journey upwards include Burton Park Wanderers, Harborough Town and Woodford United, all playing in the United Counties League. Clubs in the Northamptonshire area wishing to resign from the United Counties League will be placed in this competition. The league also accommodates Reserve sides from higher-level teams in the Reserve Divisions. Bugbrooke St Michaels are the best known example, with an 'A' and 'B' side involved in the competition, in addition to their first and reserve teams.
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