The Northamptonshire Football Combination is a football

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 competition based in England

England

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. It has a total of eight divisions (five first-team divisions and three reserve divisions), the most senior of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System

National League System

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.

Recent divisional champions

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division Two	Division Three	Division Four
2000-01	Cold Ashby Rovers	Stanwick Rovers	Northamptonshire Police	Stanion United	N/A
2001-02	Cold Ashby Rovers	Rushden Rangers	Weavers Old Boys	Kettering Park Rovers	N/A
2002-03	Milton	Caledonian Strip Mills	Finedon Volta	Wellingborough Darndale	N/A
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 Harborough Town F.C. Harborough Town F.C are a football club based in the town of Market Harborough in the south of Leicestershire. They currently play in the United Counties League Division One. They have yet to reach the first round of the FA Cup.- History :...	Welford Victoria	Corby Danesholme Vikings	Corby Everards	Long Buckby Ravens
2010-11	Brixworth All Saints	Ringstead Rangers	Wellingborough Ranelagh	Corby Locomotives	Dainite Sports

Current structure

Sitting at Step 7 of the National League system, the Northamptonshire Combination has a promotion and relegation agreement with the United Counties League.

United Counties Football League

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 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

Burton Park Wanderers F.C.

Burton Park Wanderers F.C. is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They joined the United Counties League in 1968. In the 1974–75 season, they reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One....

, Harborough Town

Harborough Town F.C.

Harborough Town F.C are a football club based in the town of Market Harborough in the south of Leicestershire. They currently play in the United Counties League Division One. They have yet to reach the first round of the FA Cup.- History :...

 and Woodford United

Woodford United F.C.

Woodford United F.C. are a football club based in Woodford Halse, near Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. They were established in 1946. Members of the Southern Football League Division One Central the club plays their home games at Byfield Road, in Woodford Halse.-History:Woodford United was...

, now of the Southern League

Southern Football League

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. 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

Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C.

Bugbrooke St Michaels F.C. is a football club based in Bugbrooke, near Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. In the 1999–2000 season, they reached the 1st round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of United Counties League Division One. Bugbrooke reached the final of the Northamptonshire...

 are the best known example, with an 'A' and 'B' side involved in the competition, in addition to their first and reserve teams.

2011–12 members

Premier Division

• Brixworth All Saints
• Corby Khalsa
• Corby Pegasus
• Gretton
• Harpole
• Heyford Athletic
• Kislingbury
• Medbourne
• Milton
• Moulton
• Ringstead Rangers
• Roade
• Weldon United
• Welford Victoria

Division One

• Burton United
• Corby Everards
• Corby Quantum Print Vikings
• Earls Barton United
• Finedon Volta
• James King Blisworth
• Kettering Nomads
• Spratton
• Stanion United
• Stanwick Rovers
• Wootton St. George

Division Two

• Clipston
• Cold Ashby Rovers
• Corby Locomotives
• Corby Strip Mills
• Great Doddington
• Kettering Ise Lodge
• Kettering Orchard Park Reserves
• Weedon
• Wellingborough Old Grammarians
• Wellingborough Rising Sun
• Wollaston Victoria

Division Three

• Corby Eagles
• Corby Redstar
• CSV United
• Dainite Sports
• Daventry Comms
• Hillmorton
• Islip United
• Northampton Exiles
• Ristee Towers
• West Haddon
• Wilbarston
• Wilby

Division Four

• Corby Hellenic Fisher
• Corby Kingswood
• Corby United
• Daventry Drayton Grange
• Ferrers
• FC Higham
• Higham Town
• Kettering Panthers
• Kettering Park Rovers
• Kettering Weekley Eagles
• Walgrave Amber