2013–14 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2013–14 season was the 72nd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England. The season started on 10 August 2013 and finished on 26 April 2014.^[1]

Hadleigh United were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title, while Brightlingsea Regent were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2013–14
Champions	Hadleigh United
Promoted	Brightlingsea Regent
Relegated	Woodbridge Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,349 (3.55 per match)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hadleigh United	38	26	5	7	105	48	+57	83
2	Brightlingsea Regent	38	25	8	5	87	41	+46	83	Promoted to the Isthmian League
3	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	24	9	5	85	45	+40	81
4	Gorleston	38	23	9	6	90	63	+27	78
5	Godmanchester Rovers	38	24	5	9	82	43	+39	77
6	Norwich United	38	22	7	9	63	42	+21	73
7	Haverhill Rovers	38	20	3	15	66	55	+11	63
8	Walsham-le-Willows	38	17	10	11	79	54	+25	61
9	Newmarket Town	38	15	13	10	76	66	+10	58
10	Mildenhall Town	38	16	9	13	74	54	+20	57
11	Brantham Athletic	38	15	8	15	71	75	−4	53
12	Kirkley & Pakefield	38	14	8	16	67	72	−5	50
13	Stanway Rovers	38	12	8	18	66	65	+1	44
14	Cambridge Regional College	38	12	3	23	66	70	−4	39	Club folded
15	Clacton	38	7	12	19	55	84	−29	33
16	Thetford Town	38	7	9	22	48	83	−35	30
17	Ely City	38	8	6	24	49	85	−36	30
18	Diss Town	38	8	5	25	47	102	−55	29
19	Wivenhoe Town	38	6	7	25	33	79	−46	25
20	Woodbridge Town	38	5	4	29	40	123	−83	19	Relegated to Division One

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	BRI	CRC	DIS	ELY	FCC	FEL	GOD	GOR	HAD	HAV	KIR	MIL	NEW	NOR	STA	THE	WAL	WIV	WOO
Brantham Athletic		1–2	3–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	0–6	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	5–0
Brightlingsea Regent	3–1		2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	5–0	2–4	4–1	6–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	5–0	4–0
Cambridge Regional College	2–4	2–0		4–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	5–1
Diss Town	3–3	0–0	3–1		1–3	3–3	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–5	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–3	4–3	2–3	0–11	2–1	3–1
Ely City	1–4	1–3	2–3	1–2		0–1	2–3	1–5	1–3	0–5	2–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–1	3–3	0–4	0–1	1–1
Clacton	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–4		1–3	2–3	1–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–3
Felixstowe & Walton United	1–1	1–3	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–3		2–1	4–4	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	6–2	2–2	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Godmanchester Rovers	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–3	6–2	0–2		0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	5–0	2–1
Gorleston	3–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–4		3–1	1–0	5–2	4–3	2–2	5–4	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–0
Hadleigh United	5–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–4	2–2		1–0	7–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	5–2	4–1	2–3	3–1	4–0
Haverhill Rovers	4–2	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–2	4–0	3–2	3–4	4–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0
Kirkley & Pakefield	1–2	1–3	4–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1		0–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	5–3	3–3	2–1	2–3
Mildenhall Town	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–4	3–0	3–3		0–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	7–0
Newmarket Town	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	5–7	3–4	4–1	2–2	4–4		5–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0
Norwich United	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–1
Stanway Rovers	3–3	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–4	4–2	2–3	0–1	3–1	0–2	4–4	0–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	9–1
Thetford Town	3–3	0–2	1–5	1–0	2–3	4–4	0–1	1–1	1–5	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–1		1–2	2–2	2–1
Walsham-le-Willows	4–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–2		4–0	2–2
Wivenhoe Town	1–3	1–3	1–3	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–0
Woodbridge Town	2–4	4–2	1–5	1–2	3–3	2–1	1–5	0–5	0–1	1–6	3–5	3–5	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–3	1–1	0–5	2–1

Source: Mitoo^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2013–14
Champions	Whitton United
Promoted	Fakenham Town Ipswich Wanderers Whitton United
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,244 (3.64 per match)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

AFC Sudbury reserves
Dereham Town reserves
Haverhill Borough, promoted from Essex and Suffolk Border Football League
Needham Market reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Whitton United	36	25	8	3	79	36	+43	83	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Fakenham Town	36	23	8	5	94	33	+61	77
3	Ipswich Wanderers	36	23	6	7	97	37	+60	75
4	Haverhill Borough	36	23	5	8	65	37	+28	74
5	Saffron Walden Town	36	20	10	6	91	45	+46	70
6	Halstead Town	36	21	7	8	80	39	+41	70
7	Swaffham Town	36	21	5	10	94	47	+47	68
8	Great Yarmouth Town	36	19	8	9	82	50	+32	65
9	Braintree Town reserves	36	17	7	12	65	54	+11	58
10	Team Bury	36	16	6	14	58	53	+5	54
11	Long Melford	36	14	2	20	51	68	−17	44
12	Debenham LC	36	11	7	18	58	63	−5	40
13	Dereham Town reserves	36	9	8	19	57	67	−10	35
14	Stowmarket Town	36	11	1	24	53	94	−41	34
15	Needham Market reserves	36	10	2	24	52	98	−46	32
16	AFC Sudbury reserves	36	10	2	24	49	114	−65	32
17	Downham Town	36	6	5	25	47	120	−73	23
18	Cornard United	36	6	3	27	41	96	−55	21
19	March Town United	36	4	6	26	31	93	−62	18

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

Results

Home \ Away	AFS	BRA	COR	DEB	DER	DOW	FAK	GYT	HAL	HAV	IPS	LOM	MAR	NEM	SAF	STO	SWA	TBU	WHI
AFC Sudbury reserves		1–1	6–1	3–1	1–3	0–7	0–10	5–0	1–2	0–2	0–9	1–3	2–1	0–7	4–1	5–1	1–6	1–4	0–1
Braintree Town reserves	6–2		2–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–3	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–2
Cornard United	0–1	0–1		2–1	2–3	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–4	0–5	4–0	2–3	2–3	1–5	0–1	0–2
Debenham LC	0–2	0–3	1–3		5–2	4–1	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	3–4	0–0	4–0	4–2	0–1	2–2
Dereham Town reserves	1–2	1–4	8–1	2–2		5–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–3
Downham Town	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1		0–5	4–4	0–4	0–3	1–6	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–3	1–5	1–5	1–4
Fakenham Town	1–0	4–4	8–0	2–1	4–1	6–0		3–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–3
Great Yarmouth Town	8–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–0	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	6–0	7–1	0–5	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Halstead Town	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	4–2		1–2	4–2	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–4	4–1	5–1	0–2	1–2
Haverhill Borough	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–3	3–3	3–1		2–1	2–1	5–1	0–1	0–4	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–2
Ipswich Wanderers	5–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	12–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	3–2		4–1	5–0	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–3	1–2	3–0
Long Melford	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–2		2–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–3
March Town United	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–2		3–1	1–2	0–7	0–2	0–1	1–5
Needham Market reserves	7–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–6	1–2	4–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–5
Saffron Walden Town	1–1	6–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	8–0	4–3	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	6–3		6–0	3–0	1–1	2–2
Stowmarket Town	2–1	2–5	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–6	1–2	0–6	1–2	1–1	6–2	3–1		2–4	1–2	2–1
Swaffham Town	4–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	7–0	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–0	1–1	7–1		4–1	1–0
Team Bury	3–1	0–2	4–3	1–4	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	7–1	5–0	0–2	2–1	0–8		1–2
Whitton United	5–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1

Source: Mitoo^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Season 2013/14 League Dates". thurlow nunn league. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
^ "Thurlow Nunn League : Premier Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". Mitoo. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ "Thurlow Nunn League : First Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". Mitoo. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

External links

Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties League

2023–24
clubs

Premier Division	Brantham Athletic Dereham Town Downham Town Ely City Fakenham Town Hadleigh United Harleston Town Heacham Kirkley & Pakefield Lakenheath Long Melford Mildenhall Town Mulbarton Wanderers Newmarket Town ~~Norwich United~~ Sheringham Soham Town Rangers Thetford Town Walsham-le-Willows Woodbridge Town
Division One North	AFC Sudbury Reserves Cornard United Diss Town Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers FC Peterborough Framlingham Town Great Yarmouth Town Harwich & Parkeston Haverhill Borough Haverhill Rovers Holbeach United Holland Leiston Reserves Needham Market Reserves Norwich CBS Parson Drove Stanway Pegasus Swaffham Town Whittlesey Athletic Whitton United Wivenhoe Town
Division One South	Barkingside Basildon Town Benfleet Brimsdown Burnham Ramblers Cannons Wood Clapton Clapton Community Dunmow Town Enfield Borough Hackney Wick Harlow Town Hoddesdon Town Hutton May & Baker Newbury Forest NW London Park View Southend Manor St Margaretsbury Tower Hamlets Wormley Rovers

Seasons

as Eastern Counties League	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
as Town & Country League	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
as Eastern Counties League	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

2013–14 in English football

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National teams

2014 FIFA World Cup

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development League (League 1, League 2) U21 Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development League (League 1, League 2, League 3) FA Youth Cup

Women's competitions

Super League ('13, '14)
FA Women's Cup (Final)
FA WSL Cup
- '13
  - final
- '14
  - final

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Cardiff City Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Hull City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Charlton Athletic Derby County Doncaster Rovers Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield Wednesday Watford Wigan Athletic Yeovil Town
League One	Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Leyton Orient Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Bury Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Fleetwood Town Hartlepool United Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Torquay United Wycombe Wanderers York City
Conference Premier	Luton Town