2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2015–16 season was the 74th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.

Norwich United were champions, winning their second Eastern Counties Football League title in a row 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	2015–16
Champions	Norwich United
Promoted	Norwich United
Relegated	Whitton United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,298 (3.42 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from the Division One:

The following five clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Godmanchester Rovers, Ipswich Wanderers, Mildenhall Town, Norwich United and Stanway Rovers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norwich United	38	32	2	4	90	30	+60	98	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Godmanchester Rovers	38	30	4	4	130	38	+92	94
3	Stanway Rovers	38	28	6	4	102	38	+64	90
4	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	25	7	6	73	26	+47	82
5	Kirkley & Pakefield	38	22	7	9	78	44	+34	73
6	Mildenhall Town	38	18	10	10	76	42	+34	64
7	Hadleigh United	38	16	7	15	62	58	+4	55
8	Saffron Walden Town	38	17	3	18	50	48	+2	54
9	Long Melford	38	16	5	17	63	58	+5	53
10	Clacton	38	15	4	19	65	79	−14	49
11	Brantham Athletic	38	14	5	19	56	62	−6	47
12	Haverhill Rovers	38	11	8	19	40	73	−33	41
13	Newmarket Town	38	11	6	21	58	90	−32	39
14	Walsham-le-Willows	38	10	8	20	62	75	−13	38
15	Ipswich Wanderers	38	9	11	18	54	76	−22	38
16	Gorleston	38	10	7	21	43	79	−36	37
17	Fakenham Town	38	10	6	22	45	84	−39	36
18	Swaffham Town	38	9	8	21	55	92	−37	35
19	Thetford Town	38	9	6	23	57	98	−41	33
20	Whitton United	38	6	4	28	39	108	−69	22	Relegated to Division One

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

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FCC	FAK	FEL	GOD	GOR	HAD	HAV	IPS	KIR	LOM	MIL	NEW	NOR	SAF	STA	SWA	THE	WAL	WHI
Brantham Athletic		0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	4–1	7–3	0–2	3–0
Clacton	2–0		3–1	1–2	1–4	4–0	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	0–1	2–4	3–0	2–4	4–1	3–0	1–1	4–3
Fakenham Town	1–3	1–5		0–2	1–6	0–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–3	3–6	0–2	1–1	2–6	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Felixstowe & Walton United	3–2	3–0	2–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0
Godmanchester Rovers	4–2	2–4	5–0	3–2		1–1	4–0	6–0	5–1	7–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	6–1	6–1	8–0	4–3	3–0
Gorleston	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3		1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–5	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–4	3–0	1–3	1–3	4–2
Hadleigh United	5–0	1–0	2–2	0–4	2–3	4–2		1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Haverhill Rovers	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–4		1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–1
Ipswich Wanderers	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–4	3–1	2–2		1–2	0–3	2–1	4–1	2–6	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–1
Kirkley & Pakefield	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1		5–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	3–0	4–4	4–3	7–0
Long Melford	0–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	0–7	4–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0		0–2	6–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	4–1	3–0	5–1
Mildenhall Town	0–1	3–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	6–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	3–0	1–2		3–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–0
Newmarket Town	1–4	0–2	3–4	1–3	1–5	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0
Norwich United	4–0	4–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	4–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	4–1		2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
Saffron Walden Town	0–1	4–0	4–1	2–3	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–2		1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–2
Stanway Rovers	2–1	6–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	2–0	6–1	6–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	3–0	7–0	4–0
Swaffham Town	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–4	2–5	1–1	1–5	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–4	1–1	4–1	0–2	1–3	0–2		3–1	1–2	7–0
Thetford Town	0–2	4–2	5–2	0–2	0–4	4–0	0–1	1–3	1–4	0–3	3–3	0–0	5–3	2–3	0–1	0–5	6–2		3–2	0–0
Walsham-le-Willows	3–1	4–6	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	5–1	2–2	1–4	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	5–2		0–2
Whitton United	3–3	0–3	1–3	0–7	1–3	5–0	2–4	0–2	0–0	0–4	2–0	1–5	3–2	0–4	1–3	2–4	0–1	1–0	4–2

Source: FA Full Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Brantham Athletic

Clacton

Fakenham Town

Felixstowe & Walton United

Whitton United class=notpageimage| Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Brantham Athletic	Brantham Leisure Centre	1,200
Clacton	The Rush Green Bowl	3,000
Fakenham Town	Clipbush Park	2,000
Felixstowe & Walton United	Dellwood Avenue	2,000
Godmanchester Rovers	Bearscroft Lane	1,050
Gorleston	Emerald Park	3,000
Hadleigh United	Millfield	3,000
Haverhill Rovers	New Croft	3,000
Ipswich Wanderers	Humber Doucy Lane	1,000
Kirkley & Pakefield	Walmer Road	2,000
Long Melford	Stoneylands
Mildenhall Town	Recreation Way	2,000
Newmarket Town	Cricket Field Road	2,750
Norwich United	Plantation Park	3,000
Saffron Walden Town	Catons Lane	2,000
Stanway Rovers	Hawthorns	1,500
Swaffham Town	Shoemakers Lane
Thetford Town	Mundford Road	1,500
Walsham-le-Willows	Summer Road	1,000
Whitton United	King George V Playing Fields	1,000

Division One

Football league season

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2015–16
Champions	Wivenhoe Town
Promoted	Ely City Great Yarmouth Town Wivenhoe Town
Matches played	341
Goals scored	1,231 (3.61 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wivenhoe Town	36	28	5	3	101	34	+67	89	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Ely City	36	28	2	6	87	38	+49	86
3	Great Yarmouth Town	36	26	2	8	98	37	+61	80
4	Halstead Town	36	24	3	9	78	49	+29	75
5	King's Lynn Town reserves	36	21	7	8	85	42	+43	70
6	Leiston reserves	36	19	2	15	86	69	+17	59
7	Diss Town	36	15	9	12	72	55	+17	54
8	Haverhill Borough	36	15	7	14	65	55	+10	52
9	Woodbridge Town	36	14	10	12	53	52	+1	52
10	AFC Sudbury reserves	36	15	7	14	55	55	0	52
11	March Town United	36	16	2	18	68	65	+3	50
12	Braintree Town reserves	36	15	4	17	76	89	−13	49
13	Debenham LC	36	11	8	17	56	73	−17	41
14	Stowmarket Town	36	11	7	18	60	69	−9	40
15	Cornard United	36	9	5	22	42	73	−31	32
16	Downham Town	36	8	7	21	35	81	−46	31
17	Dereham Town reserves	35	7	4	24	40	85	−45	25
18	Team Bury	35	5	5	25	32	90	−58	20
19	Needham Market reserves	36	5	2	29	42	120	−78	17

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

Results

Home \ Away	AFS	BRA	COR	DEB	DER	DIS	DOW	ELY	GYT	HAL	HAV	KLT	LEI	MAR	NEM	STO	TBU	WIV	WOO
A.F.C. Sudbury reserves		2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–2	2–3	0–0	6–0	0–7	8–1	2–0	0–0	1–6	3–0
Braintree Town reserves	2–0		1–2	2–3	2–3	4–3	0–0	0–4	0–3	1–3	5–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–6	3–3
Cornard United	0–2	2–4		1–3	1–4	1–3	0–1	0–3	3–2	0–4	2–0	1–3	0–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–4	0–0
Debenham LC	1–1	2–1	3–0		1–2	0–7	5–0	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–6	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–0	2–4	1–1
Dereham Town reserves	0–1	1–6	1–3	2–2		0–2	0–1	1–5	0–3	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–2	4–1	0–5	1–2
Diss Town	0–1	9–2	1–1	5–1	3–0		1–0	3–3	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Downham Town	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–4		2–2	2–3	2–3	0–3	2–2	0–5	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	3–1
Ely City	5–2	6–1	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	3–0		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Great Yarmouth Town	2–0	5–1	5–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	5–2		1–1	4–1	3–1	6–1	5–2	9–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0
Halstead Town	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–5	0–3		2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	5–2	2–3	2–1
Haverhill Borough	1–4	3–4	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	0–2	0–2	0–1		1–1	4–0	1–5	1–0	3–0	5–0	2–3	0–1
King's Lynn Town reserves	4–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	5–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1		3–1	2–1	7–1	2–2	6–0	4–0	4–0
Leiston Reserves	0–1	5–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	0–4	4–1	1–2	4–0		2–4	5–2	7–0	5–0	0–5	1–2
March Town United	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–3	4–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–4	3–1		3–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–2
Needham Market reserves	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–5	0–4	0–1	5–1	0–2	2–6	0–3	3–4	1–10	1–4	1–2		2–1	2–0	0–4	0–2
Stowmarket Town	0–0	2–3	0–3	2–0	7–0	1–1	1–4	4–1	0–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	0–3	4–0	4–1		1–2	2–2	1–0
Team Bury	1–0	0–5	0–1	1–2		1–2	4–1	0–3	3–4	0–3	0–3	1–3	2–3	0–3	6–3	0–1		0–4	0–0
Wivenhoe Town	2–0	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	6–1	3–0		2–1
Woodbridge Town	1–1	2–1	2–5	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–0	1–2

Source: FA Full Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Sudbury res

Braintree Town res

Dereham Town res

Leiston res

Needham Market res

Woodbridge Town class=notpageimage| Locations of Division One clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Sudbury reserves	King's Marsh	2,500
Braintree Town reserves	Cressing Road	4,202
Cornard United	Blackhouse Lane	2,000
Debenham LC	Maitlands	1,000
Dereham Town reserves	Aldiss Park	3,000
Diss Town	Brewers Green Lane	2,500
Downham Town	Memorial Field	1,000
Ely City	Unwin Sports Ground	1,500
Great Yarmouth Town	Wellesley Recreation Ground	3,600
Halstead Town	Rosemary Lane	1,000
Haverhill Borough	New Croft (groundshare with Haverhill Rovers)	3,000
King's Lynn Town reserves	The Walks	5,733
Leiston reserves	Victory Road	2,500
March Town United	The GER Sports Ground
Needham Market reserves	Bloomfields	4,000
Stowmarket Town	Greens Meadow	1,000
Team Bury	Ram Meadow	3,500
Wivenhoe Town	Broad Lane	2,876
Woodbridge Town	Notcutts Park	3,000

References

"Eastern Counties League 2015–16". Non League Matters.
^ "Senior Leagues Constitution 2015/16". Thurlow Nunn League. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
"Promotion To Step 4". FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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

Seasons

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2021–22
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2015–16 in English football

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National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern 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 Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, One) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Southern Combination League (One, Two) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) 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) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth
competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues (League 1, League 2) U21 Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues (League 1, League 2, League 3) FA Youth Cup

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

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