1988–89 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1988–89 season was the 47th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

It was the first season the league consisted of two divisions. Sudbury Town were champions, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	1988–89
Champions	Sudbury Town
Relegated	Ely City Soham Town Rangers
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,420 (3.38 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The Premier Division featured 21 clubs which competed in the Eastern Counties League last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sudbury Town	40	29	6	5	117	46	+71	93
2	Braintree Town	40	26	7	7	106	41	+65	85
3	Wisbech Town	40	24	12	4	84	40	+44	84
4	March Town United	40	22	9	9	76	49	+27	72
5	Great Yarmouth Town	40	21	9	10	75	50	+25	72
6	Histon	40	19	7	14	87	57	+30	64
7	Haverhill Rovers	40	18	8	14	63	63	0	62
8	Stowmarket Town	40	17	9	14	69	51	+18	60
9	Thetford Town	40	17	8	15	79	74	+5	59
10	Felixstowe Town	40	15	11	14	82	67	+15	56
11	Gorleston	40	15	10	15	58	69	−11	55
12	Lowestoft Town	40	15	8	17	68	71	−3	53
13	Watton United	40	14	7	19	70	82	−12	49
14	Harwich & Parkeston	40	12	11	17	60	64	−4	47
15	Tiptree United	40	13	6	21	60	70	−10	45
16	Newmarket Town	40	10	12	18	39	63	−24	42
17	Brantham Athletic	40	11	8	21	57	90	−33	41
18	Clacton Town	40	9	13	18	42	65	−23	40
19	Chatteris Town	40	9	9	22	44	75	−31	36
20	Ely City	40	8	6	26	48	108	−60	30	Relegated to Division One
21	Soham Town Rangers	40	6	4	30	36	125	−89	22

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

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1988–89
Champions	Wroxham
Promoted	Wroxham Halstead Town
Matches played	182
Goals scored	648 (3.56 per match)
1989–90 →

It was the first Division One season, it was formed by:

• Clubs joined from the Peterborough and District League:
  • Coalite Yaxley
  • Downham Town
  • Huntingdon United
  • Long Sutton Athletic
  • Somersham Town
  • Warboys Town
• Clubs joined from the Anglian Combination:
  • Diss Town
  • Fakenham Town
  • Wroxham
• Plus:
  • Bury Town reserves
  • Halstead Town, transferred from the Essex Senior League
  • King's Lynn reserves
  • Loadwell Wanderers, joined from the Ipswich Sunday League
  • Mildenhall Town, joined from the Cambridgeshire County League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wroxham	26	20	2	4	90	22	+68	62	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Halstead Town	26	20	2	4	88	30	+58	62
3	Diss Town	26	18	5	3	65	31	+34	59
4	Fakenham Town	26	13	5	8	42	31	+11	44
5	Downham Town	26	10	8	8	49	46	+3	38
6	Loadwell Wanderers	26	10	7	9	57	47	+10	37
7	Long Sutton Athletic	26	8	7	11	40	44	−4	31
8	Bury Town reserves	26	9	4	13	38	53	−15	31
9	Huntingdon United	26	8	7	11	30	48	−18	31
10	Coalite Yaxley	26	8	5	13	38	42	−4	29
11	King's Lynn reserves	26	7	8	11	33	39	−6	29
12	Warboys Town	26	7	5	14	31	57	−26	26
13	Mildenhall Town	26	2	8	16	23	72	−49	14
14	Somersham Town	26	3	5	18	24	86	−62	14

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

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League