1986–87 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1986–87 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 45th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

League Table

The league featured 22 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sudbury Town	44	29	9	6	113	43	+70	67
2	Braintree Town	44	28	9	7	106	49	+57	65
3	Bury Town	44	26	10	8	114	52	+62	62	Promoted to the Southern Football League
4	March Town United	44	28	6	10	80	45	+35	62
5	Tiptree United	44	24	12	8	82	50	+32	60
6	Great Yarmouth Town	44	22	13	9	70	33	+37	57
7	Colchester United reserves	44	19	11	14	82	58	+24	49
8	Watton United	44	18	12	14	77	71	+6	48
9	Lowestoft Town	44	15	17	12	53	53	0	47
10	Stowmarket Town	44	18	10	16	94	66	+28	46
11	Wisbech Town	44	17	12	15	72	60	+12	46
12	Clacton Town	44	14	18	12	60	61	−1	46
13	Haverhill Rovers	44	13	15	16	60	57	+3	41
14	Harwich & Parkeston	44	15	9	20	70	76	−6	39
15	Chatteris Town	44	16	7	21	62	82	−20	39
16	Newmarket Town	44	12	13	19	43	62	−19	37
17	Felixstowe Town	44	12	11	21	56	92	−36	35
18	Gorleston	44	11	11	22	73	101	−28	33
19	Brantham Athletic	44	10	10	24	59	102	−43	30
20	Soham Town Rangers	44	11	7	26	62	112	−50	29
21	Histon	44	8	11	25	47	88	−41	27
22	Ely City	44	11	4	29	44	102	−58	26
23	Thetford Town	44	4	13	27	33	97	−64	21

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