1980–81 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1980–81 season was the third under this name and the 39th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

The league featured 22 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Gorleston won the league for the second season in a row, winning their fourth Eastern Counties Football League title.

League table

Football league season

Town & Country League
Season	1980–81
Champions	Gorleston
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,458 (3.16 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gorleston	42	32	7	3	98	33	+65	71
2	Sudbury Town	42	28	8	6	99	37	+62	64
3	Tiptree United	42	23	10	9	81	52	+29	56
4	Ely City	42	21	13	8	100	48	+52	55
5	Great Yarmouth Town	42	22	9	11	95	59	+36	53
6	March Town United	42	20	12	10	63	47	+16	52
7	Saffron Walden Town	42	17	14	11	70	56	+14	48
8	Lowestoft Town	42	15	15	12	69	60	+9	45
9	Bury Town	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	43
10	Newmarket Town	42	17	8	17	64	76	−12	42
11	Wisbech Town	42	16	9	17	73	74	−1	41
12	Stowmarket	42	14	11	17	63	79	−16	39
13	Colchester United reserves	42	15	8	19	85	72	+13	38
14	Brantham Athletic	42	12	14	16	61	61	0	38
15	Clacton Town	42	13	12	17	50	60	−10	38
16	Felixstowe Town	42	13	8	21	56	81	−25	34
17	Braintree & Crittall Athletic	42	12	10	20	43	74	−31	34
18	Soham Town Rangers	42	8	17	17	38	68	−30	33
19	Thetford Town	42	10	11	21	54	91	−37	31
20	Haverhill Rovers	42	9	12	21	44	55	−11	30
21	Chatteris Town	42	7	7	28	50	117	−67	21
22	Histon	42	3	12	27	36	96	−60	18

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

References

"Eastern Counties League 1975–1997". Non League Matters.

External links

Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties League

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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

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1980–81 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Town & Country League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Lancashire Combination (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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

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