1989–90 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1989–90 season was the 48th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

Sudbury Town were champions for the second time in a row, winning their seventh Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	Sudbury Town
Promoted	Sudbury Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,447 (3.45 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sudbury Town	40	28	4	8	130	52	+78	88	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Thetford Town	40	23	7	10	86	56	+30	76
3	Braintree Town	40	22	9	9	94	49	+45	75
4	Harwich & Parkeston	40	20	13	7	77	42	+35	73
5	Gorleston	40	20	9	11	61	46	+15	69
6	Great Yarmouth Town	40	19	10	11	80	62	+18	67
7	Histon	40	19	8	13	85	60	+25	65
8	Brantham Athletic	40	19	8	13	78	63	+15	65
9	March Town United	40	18	11	11	68	58	+10	65
10	Wisbech Town	40	18	9	13	73	46	+27	63
11	Stowmarket Town	40	17	9	14	54	51	+3	60
12	Wroxham	40	16	9	15	71	76	−5	57
13	Felixstowe Town	40	13	12	15	59	61	−2	51
14	Halstead Town	40	14	7	19	82	99	−17	49
15	Haverhill Rovers	40	12	8	20	64	69	−5	44
16	Watton United	40	8	19	13	62	61	+1	43
17	Newmarket Town	40	10	13	17	42	54	−12	43
18	Lowestoft Town	40	11	8	21	65	77	−12	41
19	Tiptree United	40	9	10	21	46	68	−22	37
20	Clacton Town	40	7	8	25	48	89	−41	29
21	Chatteris Town	40	0	3	37	22	208	−186	3

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

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1989–90
Champions	Cornard United
Promoted	Cornard United
Matches played	272
Goals scored	887 (3.26 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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

Cornard United, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division
Norwich United, joined from the Anglian Combination
Soham Town Rangers, relegated from the Premier Division
Woodbridge Town, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League

Also, Loadwell Ipswich changed name to Ipswich Wanderers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cornard United	32	22	5	5	88	32	+56	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Norwich United	32	21	6	5	91	26	+65	69
3	Soham Town Rangers	32	21	5	6	58	28	+30	68
4	Fakenham Town	32	18	9	5	60	30	+30	63
5	Ely City	32	17	6	9	59	44	+15	57
6	Diss Town	32	16	7	9	63	37	+26	55
7	King's Lynn reserves	32	16	7	9	50	40	+10	55
8	Downham Town	32	16	4	12	64	46	+18	52
9	Woodbridge Town	32	12	7	13	53	43	+10	43
10	Mildenhall Town	32	12	7	13	48	55	−7	43
11	Long Sutton Athletic	32	11	4	17	43	49	−6	37
12	Ipswich Wanderers	32	9	8	15	53	72	−19	35
13	Somersham Town	32	9	3	20	36	67	−31	30
14	Huntingdon United	32	7	8	17	36	57	−21	29
15	Coalite Yaxley	32	7	6	19	29	66	−37	27
16	Bury Town reserves	32	6	4	22	36	82	−46	22
17	Warboys Town	32	3	2	27	20	113	−93	11

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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National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) 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) Full Members' Cup (Final) Associate Members' Cup (Final)

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

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