2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League
Appearance
Season | 2016–17 |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season was 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
Champions | Mildenhall Town |
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Promoted | Mildenhall Town |
Relegated | Swaffham Town |
The Premier Division consisted 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Mildenhall Town (C, P) | 40 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 29 | +68 | 99 | Promoted to IL Division One North |
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 (R) | 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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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
Champions | Stowmarket Town |
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Promoted | Stowmarket Town Coggeshall Town Haverhill Borough |
Division One consisted 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
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Stowmarket Town (C, P) | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 108 | 22 | +86 | 93[a] | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Coggeshall Town (P) | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 127 | 34 | +93 | 90 | |
3 | Haverhill Borough (P) | 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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
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.