1998–99 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1998–99 season was the 57th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

Wroxham were champions for the third season in a row, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.

Premier Division

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsWroxham
RelegatedEly City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,425 (3.08 per match)

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Wroxham 42 27 10 5 88 36 +52 91
2 Fakenham Town 42 25 10 7 96 50 +46 85
3 Great Yarmouth Town 42 23 9 10 69 36 +33 78
4 Histon 42 19 17 6 80 53 +27 74
5 Lowestoft Town 42 19 12 11 78 53 +25 69
6 Felixstowe Port & Town 42 20 9 13 78 56 +22 69
7 Soham Town Rangers 42 19 12 11 77 73 +4 69
8 Newmarket Town 42 19 11 12 70 55 +15 68
9 Sudbury Town 42 20 8 14 75 67 +8 68 Clubs merged to AFC Sudbury
10 Sudbury Wanderers 42 17 8 17 72 62 +10 59
11 Bury Town 42 15 14 13 47 46 +1 59
12 Diss Town 42 14 15 13 54 59 −5 57
13 Maldon Town 42 16 8 18 69 69 0 56
14 Halstead Town 42 14 11 17 59 71 −12 53
15 Warboys Town 42 14 10 18 70 88 −18 52
16 Stowmarket Town 42 12 11 19 59 72 −13 47
17 Gorleston 42 12 10 20 52 78 −26 46
18 Harwich & Parkeston 42 9 14 19 42 63 −21 41
19 Woodbridge Town 42 9 11 22 49 73 −24 38
20 Watton United 42 9 10 23 53 83 −30 37
21 Ipswich Wanderers 42 5 13 24 49 82 −33 28
22 Ely City 42 3 11 28 39 100 −61 20 Relegated to Division One
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1998–99
ChampionsClacton Town
PromotedClacton Town
Mildenhall Town
Matches played306
Goals scored974 (3.18 per match)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Clacton Town 34 22 9 3 92 26 +66 75 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Mildenhall Town 34 21 8 5 79 26 +53 71
3 Downham Town 34 21 4 9 65 47 +18 67
4 Tiptree United 34 20 5 9 76 46 +30 65
5 Needham Market 34 18 7 9 78 43 +35 61
6 Swaffham Town 34 18 7 9 56 35 +21 61
7 Dereham Town 34 17 7 10 62 41 +21 58
8 Chatteris Town 34 16 6 12 51 51 0 54
9 Cornard United 34 14 11 9 49 42 +7 53
10 Whitton United 34 13 9 12 52 57 −5 48
11 Stanway Rovers 34 11 10 13 43 48 −5 43
12 Haverhill Rovers 34 9 11 14 38 54 −16 38
13 Norwich United 34 10 6 18 38 59 −21 36
14 Brightlingsea United 34 7 11 16 53 68 −15 32
15 March Town United 34 8 6 20 43 71 −28 30
16 Hadleigh United 34 7 3 24 34 79 −45 24
17 Somersham Town 34 5 8 21 33 87 −54 23
18 Thetford Town 34 3 4 27 32 94 −62 13
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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