2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties Football League

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season is the 74th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties League Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 21 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

• Norwich United – promoted to Isthmian League Division One North
• Whitton United – relegated to Division One

The following 3 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

• Ely City – promoted from Division One
• Great Yarmouth Town – promoted from Division One
• Wivenhoe Town – promoted from Division One

League table

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

Division One

Eastern Counties League Division One

Division One consists of 21 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

• Ely City – promoted to Premier Division
• Great Yarmouth Town – promoted from Division One
• Wivenhoe Town – promoted from Division One

The following 5 clubs joined Division One before the season -

• Coggeshall Town – promoted from Essex and Suffolk Border League Premier Division
• Framlingham Town – promoted from Suffolk and Ipswich League Senior Division
• Holland – promoted from Essex and Suffolk Border League Premier Division
• Whitton United – relegated from Premier Division
• Wisbech St Mary – promoted from Cambridgeshire County League Premier Division

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League