2008–09 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2008–09 season was the 67th in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football league in England.^[1]

Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their twelfth Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2008–09
Champions	Lowestoft Town
Promoted	Lowestoft Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,541 (3.67 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• Ely City, promoted from Division One
• Tiptree United, promoted from Division One
• Whitton United, promoted from Division One
• Wivenhoe Town, relegated from the Isthmian League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lowestoft Town	40	32	4	4	114	46	+68	100	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Cambridge Regional College	40	26	5	9	86	54	+32	83
3	Needham Market	40	26	3	11	94	64	+30	81
4	Dereham Town	40	25	4	11	108	67	+41	79
5	Wroxham	40	24	6	10	86	52	+34	78
6	Kirkley & Pakefield	40	23	7	10	78	44	+34	76
7	Leiston	40	22	9	9	90	41	+49	75
8	Tiptree United	40	20	5	15	90	72	+18	65	Transferred to the Essex Senior League
9	Stanway Rovers	40	19	7	14	81	65	+16	64
10	Walsham-le-Willows	40	15	9	16	60	62	−2	54
11	Mildenhall Town	40	16	5	19	75	81	−6	53
12	Felixstowe & Walton United	40	16	1	23	75	110	−35	49
13	Histon reserves	40	14	6	20	77	88	−11	48
14	Ely City	40	12	6	22	59	82	−23	42
15	King's Lynn reserves	40	11	8	21	57	81	−24	41
16	Wisbech Town	40	11	6	23	59	82	−23	39
17	Wivenhoe Town	40	12	2	26	65	105	−40	38
18	Woodbridge Town	40	9	10	21	52	77	−25	37
19	Norwich United	40	8	10	22	46	74	−28	34
20	Harwich & Parkeston	40	9	6	25	47	98	−51	33
21	Haverhill Rovers	40	7	7	26	42	96	−54	28
22	Whitton United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Record expunged, demoted to Division One[a]

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

1. Whitton United withdrawn from the league in January 2009, their record was expunged. The club was admitted to Division One for the next season.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2008–09
Champions	Newmarket Town
Promoted	Debenham LC Hadleigh United Newmarket Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,326 (3.49 per match)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• Brantham Athletic, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
• Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the Premier Division
• Newmarket Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Swaffham Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Newmarket Town	38	29	4	5	85	29	+56	91	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Hadleigh United	38	26	4	8	79	40	+39	82
3	Debenham LC	38	25	3	10	91	36	+55	78
4	Halstead Town	38	23	9	6	97	47	+50	78
5	Great Yarmouth Town	38	22	7	9	79	46	+33	73
6	Gorleston	38	21	8	9	87	59	+28	71
7	Clacton	38	22	4	12	97	58	+39	70
8	Brantham Athletic	38	20	6	12	81	57	+24	66
9	Diss Town	38	17	8	13	78	63	+15	59
10	Godmanchester Rovers	38	15	7	16	58	57	+1	52
11	Cornard United	38	14	8	16	62	63	−1	50
12	Stowmarket Town	38	13	11	14	52	67	−15	50
13	March Town United	38	13	6	19	62	74	−12	45
14	Saffron Walden Town	38	10	14	14	48	51	−3	44
15	Downham Town	38	9	7	22	48	95	−47	34
16	Thetford Town	38	9	6	23	55	84	−29	33
17	Ipswich Wanderers	38	7	8	23	57	84	−27	29
18	Swaffham Town	38	7	6	25	38	102	−64	27
19	Long Melford	38	6	5	27	33	104	−71	23
20	Fakenham Town	38	4	5	29	39	110	−71	17

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

References

1. "Eastern Counties League 1997–2011". Non League Matters.

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League