1982–83 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1982–83 season was the 41st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

At the end of the previous season, the league called The Town & Country League was renamed back the Eastern Counties Football League. The league featured 22 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Saffron Walden Town were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title.

League table

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Season	1982–83
Champions	Saffron Walden Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,550 (3.35 per match)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saffron Walden Town	42	31	6	5	104	40	+64	68
2	Gorleston	42	27	9	6	97	50	+47	63
3	Great Yarmouth Town	42	26	9	7	101	52	+49	61
4	Brantham Athletic	42	25	8	9	96	46	+50	58
5	Sudbury Town	42	21	15	6	101	57	+44	57
6	Colchester United reserves	42	24	8	10	104	42	+62	56
7	Lowestoft Town	42	22	9	11	85	49	+36	53
8	Felixstowe Town	42	19	15	8	70	50	+20	53
9	Wisbech Town	42	22	7	13	83	67	+16	51
10	Newmarket Town	42	16	14	12	70	60	+10	46
11	March Town United	42	14	16	12	63	53	+10	44
12	Bury Town	42	16	11	15	68	57	+11	43
13	Tiptree United	42	13	10	19	61	71	−10	36
14	Stowmarket	42	13	10	19	62	84	−22	36
15	Haverhill Rovers	42	13	9	20	64	71	−7	35
16	Chatteris Town	42	11	10	21	65	85	−20	32
17	Soham Town Rangers	42	11	9	22	54	75	−21	31
18	Braintree	42	9	8	25	48	102	−54	26
19	Histon	42	9	6	27	53	101	−48	24
20	Clacton Town	42	8	8	26	44	100	−56	24
21	Thetford Town	42	7	6	29	36	109	−73	20
22	Ely City	42	2	3	37	21	129	−108	7

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

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

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1982–83 in English football

« 1981–82 1983–84 »

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 (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One North, One South)

Northern League (One, Two)
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)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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

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