1977–78 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1977–78 Eastern Counties League season was the 36th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

At the end of the season the league was renamed The Town & Country League.

Clubs

The league featured 21 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lowestoft Town	40	30	7	3	108	27	+81	67
2	Great Yarmouth Town	40	27	7	6	95	45	+50	61
3	Bury Town	40	23	11	6	74	41	+33	57
4	Gorleston	40	22	12	6	99	38	+61	56
5	Wisbech Town	40	20	8	12	74	55	+19	48
6	Thetford Town	40	20	8	12	93	67	+26	48
7	Haverhill Rovers	40	21	5	14	88	54	+34	47
8	Colchester United reserves	40	19	7	14	68	49	+19	45
9	Clacton Town	40	17	10	13	69	66	+3	44
10	Saffron Walden Town	40	19	6	15	71	70	+1	44
11	Ely City	40	18	5	17	75	72	+3	41
12	Sudbury Town	40	17	7	16	70	79	−9	41
13	Braintree & Crittall Athletic	40	14	9	17	53	57	−4	37
14	Stowmarket	40	12	8	20	43	59	−16	32
15	Histon	40	12	8	20	46	67	−21	32
16	March Town United	40	12	7	21	65	89	−24	31
17	Felixstowe Town	40	11	7	22	44	74	−30	29
18	Gothic	40	10	3	27	60	108	−48	23	Resigned from the league
19	Chatteris Town	40	8	5	27	60	107	−47	21
20	Newmarket Town	40	9	2	29	44	104	−60	20
21	Soham Town Rangers	40	4	8	28	39	110	−71	16

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