1977–78 United Counties League

The 1977–78 United Counties League season was the 71st 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 one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stamford	38	30	2	6	93	31	+62	62
2	Rushden Town	38	22	8	8	66	29	+37	52
3	Wolverton Town	38	19	10	9	54	35	+19	48
4	Spalding United	38	21	6	11	49	41	+8	48	Transferred to the Midland League
5	Rothwell Town	38	14	16	8	45	41	+4	44
6	Irthlingborough Diamonds	38	19	5	14	73	50	+23	43
7	Stewart & Lloyds Corby	38	16	10	12	46	40	+6	42
8	Buckingham Town	38	14	13	11	44	39	+5	41
9	St Neots Town	38	15	10	13	46	45	+1	40
10	Olney Town	38	15	9	14	56	44	+12	39
11	Desborough Town	38	13	12	13	62	55	+7	38
12	Kempston Rovers	38	16	6	16	50	47	+3	38
13	Wootton Blue Cross	38	11	13	14	43	50	−7	35
14	Long Buckby	38	10	13	15	42	50	−8	33
15	Potton United	38	12	9	17	46	55	−9	33
16	Ampthill Town	38	9	13	16	44	66	−22	31
17	Bourne Town	38	8	11	19	53	78	−25	27
18	Northampton Spencer	38	7	13	18	41	66	−25	27
19	Eynesbury Rovers	38	5	13	20	37	69	−32	23
20	Holbeach United	38	3	10	25	24	83	−59	16

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