1970–71 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1970–71 Eastern Counties Football League was the 29th season in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League.

Two new clubs joined the league this season:

Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their ninth Eastern Counties Football League title.

League table

Football league season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lowestoft Town (C)	40	30	6	4	114	37	3.081	66
2	Wisbech Town	40	26	5	9	96	57	1.684	57
3	Ely City	40	24	6	10	109	71	1.535	54
4	Gorleston	40	22	6	12	81	49	1.653	50
5	Sudbury Town	40	22	5	13	96	62	1.548	49
6	Norwich City 'A'	40	20	9	11	70	55	1.273	49
7	March Town United	40	17	11	12	82	67	1.224	45
8	Thetford Town	40	19	6	15	73	58	1.259	44
9	Braintree & Crittall	40	15	14	11	58	44	1.318	44
10	St Neots Town	40	18	8	14	82	77	1.065	44
11	Chatteris Town	40	18	6	16	70	71	0.986	42
12	Newmarket Town	40	15	7	18	66	73	0.904	37
13	Clacton Town	40	15	6	19	77	83	0.928	36
14	King's Lynn reserves	40	14	8	18	69	91	0.758	36	Resigned from the league
15	Maldon Town	40	13	9	18	61	68	0.897	35
16	Gothic	40	12	10	18	68	88	0.773	34
17	Stowmarket	40	11	10	19	63	88	0.716	32
18	Great Yarmouth Town	40	14	3	23	68	91	0.747	31
19	Soham Town Rangers	40	8	7	25	55	87	0.632	23
20	Histon	40	6	9	25	56	104	0.538	21
21	Haverhill Rovers	40	3	5	32	36	129	0.279	11

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

"Eastern Counties League 1935-1975". Non League Matters. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
"1970-71 Eastern Counties League". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
"Braintree & Crittall Athletic". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
"Wisbech Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
"Lowestoft Town". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

2024–25
clubs

Premier Division	Brantham Athletic Cornard United Dereham Town Downham Town Ely City Fakenham Town Great Yarmouth Town Hadleigh United Harleston Town Heacham Kirkley & Pakefield Lakenheath Long Melford Mulbarton Wanderers Sheringham Soham Town Rangers Stowmarket Town Thetford Town Walsham-le-Willows Woodbridge Town
Division One North	AFC Sudbury Reserves Diss Town Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers FC Parson Drove FC Peterborough Framlingham Town Gorleston F.C. Reserves Harwich & Parkeston Haverhill Borough Haverhill Rovers Holbeach United Holland Leiston FC U23s Needham Market Reserves Pinchbeck United Stanway Pegasus Swaffham Town Whittlesey Athletic Whitton United Wivenhoe Town
Division One South	AS London Barkingside Basildon Town Brimsdown Burnham Ramblers Cannons Wood Coggeshall Town Dunmow Town Enfield Borough FC Baresi Hackney Wick Harlow Town Hoddesdon Town Hutton May & Baker Newbury Forest NW London Rayleigh Town Southend Manor St Margaretsbury

Seasons

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Port Vale Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Brentford Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington York City