2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League
Appearance
The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season (known as the 2016–17 Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
Premier Division
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Mildenhall Town |
Promoted | Mildenhall Town |
Relegated | Swaffham Town |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,430 (3.4 per match) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from the Division One:
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mildenhall Town | 40 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 29 | +68 | 99 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
2 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 40 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 94 | 31 | +63 | 90 | |
3 | Newmarket Town | 40 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 122 | 70 | +52 | 84 | |
4 | Gorleston | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 88 | 51 | +37 | 78 | |
5 | Great Yarmouth Town | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 68 | |
6 | Stanway Rovers | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 66 | |
7 | Thetford Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 65 | |
8 | Brantham Athletic | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 60 | |
9 | Saffron Walden Town | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 55 | |
10 | Ipswich Wanderers | 40 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 67 | 75 | −8 | 55 | |
11 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 73 | 61 | +12 | 54 | |
12 | Godmanchester Rovers | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 53 | |
13 | Ely City | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 47 | |
14 | Walsham-le-Willows | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 87 | −20 | 47 | |
15 | Fakenham Town | 40 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 46 | |
16 | Haverhill Rovers | 40 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 44 | |
17 | Long Melford | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 40 | |
18 | Hadleigh United | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 51 | 82 | −31 | 38 | |
19 | Wivenhoe Town | 40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 51 | 99 | −48 | 33 | Reprieved from relegation[a] |
20 | Clacton | 40 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 52 | 114 | −62 | 31 | |
21 | Swaffham Town | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 45 | 101 | −56 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[3]
- Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
- Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
- Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
- Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following four teams have achieved criterion one:[4]
Division One
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Stowmarket Town |
Promoted | Stowmarket Town Coggeshall Town Haverhill Borough |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,596 (3.8 per match) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:
- Coggeshall Town, promoted from Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Framlingham Town, promoted from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
- Holland, promoted from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Whitton United, relegated from the Premier Division
- Wisbech St Mary, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stowmarket Town | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 108 | 22 | +86 | 93[a] | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Coggeshall Town | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 127 | 34 | +93 | 90 | |
3 | Haverhill Borough | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 116 | 41 | +75 | 88 | |
4 | Woodbridge Town | 40 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 126 | 46 | +80 | 83 | |
5 | Holland | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 105 | 48 | +57 | 77 | |
6 | Diss Town | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 88 | 60 | +28 | 71 | |
7 | Framlingham Town | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 82 | 62 | +20 | 70 | |
8 | Braintree Town reserves | 40 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 69 | |
9 | Halstead Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 65 | |
10 | King's Lynn Town reserves | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 63 | |
11 | Whitton United | 40 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 73 | 90 | −17 | 54 | |
12 | Debenham LC | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 53 | |
13 | Wisbech St Mary | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 68 | 76 | −8 | 52 | |
14 | Downham Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 70 | +4 | 51 | |
15 | Cornard United | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 63 | 72 | −9 | 47 | |
16 | March Town United | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 91 | −42 | 37 | |
17 | Team Bury | 40 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 56 | 104 | −48 | 36 | |
18 | AFC Sudbury reserves | 40 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 63 | 92 | −29 | 35 | |
19 | Needham Market reserves | 40 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 54 | 151 | −97 | 22 | |
20 | Dereham Town reserves | 40 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 36 | 136 | −100 | 19 | Resigned from the league |
21 | Leiston reserves | 40 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 154 | −117 | 12 |
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
- ^ Stowmarket Town were deducted one point on 21 December for a contravention of league rules.
References
- ^ Plummer, Matt (2017). "Clacton and Wivenhoe are granted a reprieve from relegation". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
- ^ "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.