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

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2008–09
ChampionsLowestoft Town
PromotedLowestoft Town
Matches played420
Goals scored1,541 (3.67 per match)

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

League table

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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 ^ Whitton United withdrawn from the league in January 2009, their record was expunged.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

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2008–09
ChampionsNewmarket Town
PromotedDebenham LC
Hadleigh United
Newmarket Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,326 (3.49 per match)

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

League table

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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

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