2009–10 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2009–10 season was the 68th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

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

Premier Division

Football league season
Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsNeedham Market
PromotedNeedham Market
Matches played380
Goals scored1,230 (3.24 per match)

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Needham Market 38 27 7 4 83 32 +51 88 Promoted to the Isthmian League
2 Cambridge Regional College 38 27 6 5 96 29 +67 87
3 Leiston 38 26 4 8 87 38 +49 82
4 Kirkley & Pakefield 38 22 5 11 76 47 +29 71
5 Stanway Rovers 38 20 8 10 74 47 +27 68
6 Mildenhall Town 38 20 6 12 80 59 +21 66
7 Felixstowe & Walton United 38 18 10 10 55 51 +4 64
8 Wroxham 38 17 8 13 55 51 +4 59
9 Ely City 38 17 6 15 54 55 −1 57
10 Dereham Town 38 16 8 14 70 58 +12 56
11 Wisbech Town 38 16 8 14 61 55 +6 56
12 Haverhill Rovers 38 12 11 15 55 61 −6 47
13 Walsham-le-Willows 38 13 7 18 53 65 −12 46
14 Debenham LC 38 14 4 20 49 62 −13 46
15 Norwich United 38 11 10 17 61 67 −6 43
16 Newmarket Town 38 11 6 21 55 67 −12 39
17 Histon reserves 38 10 5 23 54 84 −30 35
18 Hadleigh United 38 8 10 20 42 76 −34 34
19 Woodbridge Town 38 6 2 30 40 102 −62 20
20 Wivenhoe Town 38 1 5 32 30 124 −94 8
21 Harwich & Parkeston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Resigned from the league, record expunged
22 King's Lynn reserves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Club folded, record expunged
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Harwich & Parkeston resigned from the league on 9 February 2010 and their record was expunged.
  2. ^ King's Lynn folded on 9 December 2009 and their record was expunged.

Division One

Football league season
Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2009–10
ChampionsGreat Yarmouth Town
PromotedBrantham Athletic
Clacton
Great Yarmouth Town
Matches played342
Goals scored1,196 (3.5 per match)

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Great Yarmouth Town 36 28 6 2 96 28 +68 90 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Clacton 36 27 7 2 117 40 +77 88
3 Brantham Athletic 36 26 6 4 112 34 +78 84
4 Gorleston 36 25 4 7 67 33 +34 79
5 Diss Town 36 20 9 7 83 50 +33 69
6 Halstead Town 36 20 7 9 91 47 +44 67
7 March Town United 36 20 5 11 71 51 +20 65
8 Saffron Walden Town 36 16 8 12 66 40 +26 56
9 Team Bury 36 15 4 17 59 69 −10 49
10 Whitton United 36 13 8 15 51 59 −8 47
11 Thetford Town 36 11 10 15 51 63 −12 43
12 Godmanchester Rovers 36 11 9 16 55 70 −15 42
13 Cornard United 36 10 6 20 51 72 −21 36
14 Swaffham Town 36 10 5 21 43 84 −41 35
15 Stowmarket Town 36 9 6 21 46 64 −18 33
16 Long Melford 36 6 8 22 37 86 −49 26
17 Ipswich Wanderers 36 7 3 26 39 92 −53 24
18 Downham Town 36 6 4 26 33 130 −97 22
19 Fakenham Town 36 2 5 29 28 84 −56 11
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.

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