2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2000–01 season was the 59th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title after the new club was formed in 1999.

Premier Division

Football league season

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

Also, Felixstowe Port & Town merged with Walton United to form new club Felixstowe & Walton United.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	42	32	7	3	134	37	+97	103
2	Gorleston	42	29	8	5	99	41	+58	95
3	Lowestoft Town	42	26	10	6	99	41	+58	88
4	Maldon Town	42	20	10	12	68	52	+16	70
5	Clacton Town	42	19	11	12	79	58	+21	68
6	Wroxham	42	18	9	15	88	66	+22	63
7	Woodbridge Town	42	17	12	13	62	67	−5	63
8	Great Yarmouth Town	42	18	8	16	64	59	+5	62
9	Soham Town Rangers	42	18	6	18	68	70	−2	60
10	Stowmarket Town	42	16	12	14	55	58	−3	60
11	Diss Town	42	16	10	16	69	66	+3	58
12	Ipswich Wanderers	42	16	8	18	54	52	+2	56
13	Fakenham Town	42	17	5	20	60	68	−8	56
14	Tiptree United	42	15	10	17	70	64	+6	55
15	Mildenhall Town	42	15	9	18	59	58	+1	54
16	Bury Town	42	15	9	18	56	73	−17	54
17	Ely City	42	12	10	20	61	74	−13	46
18	Felixstowe & Walton United	42	12	9	21	45	75	−30	45
19	Harwich & Parkeston	42	11	6	25	51	98	−47	39
20	Newmarket Town	42	9	9	24	50	83	−33	36
21	Warboys Town	42	7	9	26	38	105	−67	30	Relegated to Division One
22	Halstead Town	42	7	7	28	42	106	−64	28	Relegated to Division One

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

Football league season

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Swaffham Town	32	24	5	3	83	27	+56	77	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Dereham Town	32	22	5	5	83	23	+60	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Stanway Rovers	32	22	5	5	86	29	+57	71
4	Needham Market	32	20	5	7	70	33	+37	65
5	Chatteris Town	32	17	6	9	73	46	+27	57	Resigned to the Peterborough and District League
6	Hadleigh United	32	16	5	11	51	46	+5	53
7	Haverhill Rovers	32	15	7	10	67	39	+28	52
8	Cambridge City reserves	32	14	9	9	62	47	+15	51
9	Downham Town	32	14	7	11	71	60	+11	49
10	Norwich United	32	12	5	15	53	46	+7	41
11	Cornard United	32	10	3	19	37	85	−48	33
12	Whitton United	32	8	6	18	41	64	−23	30
13	Somersham Town	32	7	8	17	42	69	−27	29
14	Wisbech Town reserves	32	8	4	20	42	72	−30	28
15	Thetford Town	32	7	4	21	37	81	−44	25
16	Brightlingsea United	32	4	7	21	32	88	−56	19
17	March Town United	32	3	7	22	18	93	−75	15

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

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

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)
Lower leagues	Combined Counties League Essex Senior League Spartan South Midlands League

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