2009–10 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2009–10 season was the 68th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

Needham Market were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2009–10
Champions	Needham Market
Promoted	Needham Market
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,230 (3.24 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Needham Market	38	27	7	4	83	32	+51	88	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Cambridge Regional College	38	27	6	5	96	29	+67	87
3	Leiston	38	26	4	8	87	38	+49	82
4	Kirkley & Pakefield	38	22	5	11	76	47	+29	71
5	Stanway Rovers	38	20	8	10	74	47	+27	68
6	Mildenhall Town	38	20	6	12	80	59	+21	66
7	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	18	10	10	55	51	+4	64
8	Wroxham	38	17	8	13	55	51	+4	59
9	Ely City	38	17	6	15	54	55	−1	57
10	Dereham Town	38	16	8	14	70	58	+12	56
11	Wisbech Town	38	16	8	14	61	55	+6	56
12	Haverhill Rovers	38	12	11	15	55	61	−6	47
13	Walsham-le-Willows	38	13	7	18	53	65	−12	46
14	Debenham LC	38	14	4	20	49	62	−13	46
15	Norwich United	38	11	10	17	61	67	−6	43
16	Newmarket Town	38	11	6	21	55	67	−12	39
17	Histon reserves	38	10	5	23	54	84	−30	35
18	Hadleigh United	38	8	10	20	42	76	−34	34
19	Woodbridge Town	38	6	2	30	40	102	−62	20
20	Wivenhoe Town	38	1	5	32	30	124	−94	8
21	Harwich & Parkeston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged
22	King's Lynn reserves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded, record expunged

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

Harwich & Parkeston resigned from the league on 9 February 2010 and their record was expunged.
King's Lynn folded on 9 December 2009 and their record was expunged.

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2009–10
Champions	Great Yarmouth Town
Promoted	Brantham Athletic Clacton Great Yarmouth Town
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,196 (3.5 per match)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

Team Bury, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
Whitton United, demoted from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Great Yarmouth Town	36	28	6	2	96	28	+68	90	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Clacton	36	27	7	2	117	40	+77	88
3	Brantham Athletic	36	26	6	4	112	34	+78	84
4	Gorleston	36	25	4	7	67	33	+34	79
5	Diss Town	36	20	9	7	83	50	+33	69
6	Halstead Town	36	20	7	9	91	47	+44	67
7	March Town United	36	20	5	11	71	51	+20	65
8	Saffron Walden Town	36	16	8	12	66	40	+26	56
9	Team Bury	36	15	4	17	59	69	−10	49
10	Whitton United	36	13	8	15	51	59	−8	47
11	Thetford Town	36	11	10	15	51	63	−12	43
12	Godmanchester Rovers	36	11	9	16	55	70	−15	42
13	Cornard United	36	10	6	20	51	72	−21	36
14	Swaffham Town	36	10	5	21	43	84	−41	35
15	Stowmarket Town	36	9	6	21	46	64	−18	33
16	Long Melford	36	6	8	22	37	86	−49	26
17	Ipswich Wanderers	36	7	3	26	39	92	−53	24
18	Downham Town	36	6	4	26	33	130	−97	22
19	Fakenham Town	36	2	5	29	28	84	−56	11

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

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, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) 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 Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (Premier, One) 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 Youth Cup
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Hull City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Portsmouth Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Cardiff City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Doncaster Rovers Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
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