2007–08 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2007–08 season was the 66th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.

Soham Town Rangers were champions, winning their first 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	2007–08
Champions	Soham Town Rangers
Promoted	Soham Town Rangers
Relegated	Ipswich Wanderers Newmarket Town Swaffham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,630 (3.53 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

Also, Kirkley changed name to Kirkley & Pakefield.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Soham Town Rangers	42	31	6	5	108	34	+74	99	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Needham Market	42	29	7	6	114	56	+58	94
3	Wroxham	42	27	6	9	103	44	+59	87
4	Dereham Town	42	23	7	12	92	59	+33	76
5	Mildenhall Town	42	22	10	10	75	47	+28	76
6	Kirkley & Pakefield	42	21	10	11	82	54	+28	73
7	Stanway Rovers	42	20	10	12	82	62	+20	70
8	Felixstowe & Walton United	42	20	7	15	82	74	+8	67
9	Leiston	42	17	11	14	65	57	+8	62
10	Haverhill Rovers	42	19	5	18	72	66	+6	62
11	Lowestoft Town	42	18	4	20	88	91	−3	58
12	Wisbech Town	42	18	4	20	60	83	−23	58
13	Cambridge Regional College	42	16	9	17	77	63	+14	57
14	King's Lynn reserves	42	15	9	18	66	64	+2	54
15	Norwich United	42	13	8	21	49	75	−26	47
16	Walsham-le-Willows	42	14	5	23	54	98	−44	47
17	Woodbridge Town	42	13	7	22	67	96	−29	46
18	Harwich & Parkeston	42	13	4	25	62	98	−36	43
19	Histon reserves	42	12	4	26	67	84	−17	40
20	Swaffham Town	42	10	9	23	59	99	−40	38	Relegated to Division One
21	Newmarket Town	42	8	6	28	62	107	−45	30
22	Ipswich Wanderers	42	7	4	31	44	119	−75	25

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

Swaffham Town were deducted one point.

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2007–08
Champions	Tiptree United
Promoted	Ely City Tiptree United Whitton United
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,188 (3.47 per match)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

Clacton Town, who also changed name to Clacton
Diss Town
Halstead Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Tiptree United	36	28	2	6	88	39	+49	86	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Ely City	36	22	8	6	81	42	+39	74
3	Whitton United	36	18	10	8	94	42	+52	64
4	Diss Town	36	19	6	11	86	47	+39	63
5	Hadleigh United	36	18	9	9	71	42	+29	63
6	Halstead Town	36	18	10	8	72	45	+27	63
7	Saffron Walden Town	36	17	10	9	49	36	+13	61
8	Gorleston	36	17	9	10	87	62	+25	60
9	Debenham LC	36	17	10	9	66	38	+28	58
10	Clacton	36	16	10	10	73	59	+14	58
11	Great Yarmouth Town	36	12	8	16	58	71	−13	44
12	Downham Town	36	11	10	15	42	67	−25	43
13	Thetford Town	36	9	12	15	59	71	−12	39
14	Stowmarket Town	36	10	9	17	61	76	−15	39
15	March Town United	36	6	14	16	54	82	−28	32
16	Godmanchester Rovers	36	8	6	22	36	76	−40	30
17	Fakenham Town	36	6	6	24	40	112	−72	24
18	Cornard United	36	4	9	23	36	94	−58	21
19	Long Melford	36	5	4	27	35	87	−52	19

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

Halstead Town were deducted one point.
Debenham LC 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 (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (Premier, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern Football League (Premier, Midlands, South & West)
Levels 9–10	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 9 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Football Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

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

Other

Portsmouth F.C. 7–4 Reading F.C.

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

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