2003–04 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2003–04 season was the 62nd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their fourth Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999, while Maldon Town 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	2003–04
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Promoted	Maldon Town
Relegated	Fakenham Town Tiptree United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,541 (3.34 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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

Halstead Town
King's Lynn reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	42	32	5	5	123	30	+93	101
2	Maldon Town	42	30	6	6	107	35	+72	96	Promoted to the Southern League
3	Wroxham	42	29	8	5	108	36	+72	95
4	Diss Town	42	27	5	10	104	54	+50	86
5	Soham Town Rangers	42	24	8	10	88	62	+26	80
6	Clacton Town	42	19	14	9	65	54	+11	71
7	Halstead Town	42	19	9	14	77	54	+23	66
8	Lowestoft Town	42	19	8	15	66	68	−2	65
9	Bury Town	42	17	11	14	86	82	+4	62
10	Newmarket Town	42	18	7	17	76	78	−2	61
11	Norwich United	42	17	10	15	51	58	−7	61
12	Mildenhall Town	42	16	12	14	72	61	+11	60
13	Histon reserves	42	14	10	18	70	77	−7	52
14	Wisbech Town	42	13	8	21	64	82	−18	46
15	King's Lynn reserves	42	11	11	20	63	71	−8	44
16	Great Yarmouth Town	42	10	13	19	59	67	−8	43
17	Woodbridge Town	42	12	6	24	52	78	−26	42
18	Dereham Town	42	10	9	23	42	85	−43	39
19	Stowmarket Town	42	11	6	25	42	88	−46	39
20	Gorleston	42	9	10	23	56	86	−30	37
21	Tiptree United	42	9	7	26	40	95	−55	34	Relegated to Division One
22	Fakenham Town	42	2	5	35	30	140	−110	11	Relegated to Division One

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

Wisbech Town were deducted one point.

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2003–04
Champions	Cambridge City reserves
Promoted	Cambridge City reserves Harwich & Parkeston Leiston
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,238 (3.26 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division
Harwich & Parkeston, relegated from the Premier Division
Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the Premier Division
Kirkley, joined from the Anglian Combination

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cambridge City reserves	38	25	8	5	76	40	+36	83	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Harwich & Parkeston	38	24	8	6	89	48	+41	80
3	Leiston	38	22	8	8	74	40	+34	74
4	Stanway Rovers	38	20	10	8	69	43	+26	70
5	Kirkley	38	18	10	10	84	60	+24	64
6	Whitton United	38	19	5	14	85	57	+28	62
7	Godmanchester Rovers	38	17	8	13	54	52	+2	59
8	Ipswich Wanderers	38	17	9	12	51	36	+15	58
9	Swaffham Town	38	15	13	10	62	54	+8	58
10	Haverhill Rovers	38	17	5	16	73	66	+7	56
11	Ely City	38	19	1	18	60	58	+2	55
12	Cornard United	38	15	7	16	53	60	−7	52
13	Long Melford	38	14	8	16	62	66	−4	50
14	Needham Market	38	14	5	19	67	73	−6	47
15	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	12	9	17	52	63	−11	45
16	March Town United	38	12	5	21	70	99	−29	41
17	Downham Town	38	9	7	22	43	79	−36	34
18	Hadleigh United	38	6	13	19	42	57	−15	31
19	Thetford Town	38	6	6	26	38	85	−47	24
20	Somersham Town	38	4	5	29	34	102	−68	17	Resigned to the Cambridgeshire League
21	Warboys Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

Ipswich Wanderers were deducted two points.
Ely City were deducted three points.

References

"Eastern Counties League 1997–2011". 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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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 North, One South) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Combined Counties League (Premier, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) 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) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) 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)

Cup competitions

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

European competitions

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

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