2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties Football League
Season 2016–17
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The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season is the 74th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties League Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 21 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

The following 3 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mildenhall Town 19 18 0 1 52 14 +38 54 Possible promotion to Isthmian League Division One North (subject to criteria below)
2 Stanway Rovers 20 12 5 3 39 23 +16 41
3 Newmarket Town 19 11 3 5 45 35 +10 36
4 Great Yarmouth Town 18 11 3 4 31 21 +10 36
5 Felixstowe & Walton United 16 11 2 3 36 13 +23 35
6 Gorleston 14 10 4 0 37 9 +28 34
7 Brantham Athletic 21 9 5 7 34 31 +3 32
8 Kirkley & Pakefield 19 8 6 5 44 25 +19 30
9 Thetford Town 18 9 2 7 34 19 +15 29
10 Haverhill Rovers 18 8 5 5 35 29 +6 29
11 Godmanchester Rovers 21 7 6 8 35 39 −4 27
12 Ipswich Wanderers 19 8 1 10 39 41 −2 25
13 Fakenham Town 20 7 4 9 28 33 −5 25
14 Wivenhoe Town 20 5 9 6 35 31 +4 24
15 Saffron Walden Town 16 5 4 7 31 34 −3 19
16 Long Melford 21 4 6 11 21 37 −16 18
17 Hadleigh United 20 5 3 12 22 39 −17 18
18 Walsham-le-Willows 18 5 1 12 26 47 −21 16
19 Ely City 17 4 3 10 21 30 −9 15
20 Swaffham Town 20 1 4 15 20 53 −33 7 Relegation to Division One
21 Clacton 22 1 2 19 17 79 −62 5
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions[1]

Division One

Eastern Counties League Division One

Division One consists of 21 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

The following 5 clubs joined Division One before the season -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Coggeshall Town 20 15 3 2 71 19 +52 48 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Stowmarket Town 19 12 6 1 48 11 +37 42
3 Holland 17 11 2 4 55 19 +36 35
4 Haverhill Borough 17 10 4 3 40 24 +16 34
5 Framlingham Town 19 10 4 5 38 29 +9 34
6 Woodbridge Town 16 10 3 3 59 19 +40 33
7 Diss Town 17 10 3 4 36 24 +12 33
8 Halstead Town 17 9 6 2 34 23 +11 33
9 Wisbech St Mary 20 9 5 6 36 30 +6 32
10 Downham Town 17 9 4 4 33 22 +11 31
11 Braintree Town Reserves 20 9 1 10 31 34 −3 28
12 Team Bury 19 9 0 10 43 47 −4 27
13 Cornard United 20 6 6 8 34 39 −5 24
14 AFC Sudbury Reserves 19 6 2 11 30 41 −11 20
15 March Town United 19 5 5 9 30 48 −18 20
16 King's Lynn Town Reserves 17 5 4 8 26 28 −2 19
17 Whitton United 21 6 0 15 35 60 −25 18
18 Debenham LC 16 4 4 8 21 38 −17 16
19 Needham Market Reserves 22 4 2 16 39 86 −47 14
20 Leiston Reserves 20 2 2 16 19 72 −53 8
21 Dereham Town Reserves 18 0 2 16 15 60 −45 2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

References

  1. ↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.

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