1988–89 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1988–89 season was the 47th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

It was the first season the league consisted of two divisions. Sudbury Town were champions, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.

Premier Division

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season1988–89
ChampionsSudbury Town
RelegatedEly City
Soham Town Rangers
Matches played420
Goals scored1,420 (3.38 per match)

The Premier Division featured 21 clubs which competed in the Eastern Counties League last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sudbury Town 40 29 6 5 117 46 +71 93
2 Braintree Town 40 26 7 7 106 41 +65 85
3 Wisbech Town 40 24 12 4 84 40 +44 84
4 March Town United 40 22 9 9 76 49 +27 72[a]
5 Great Yarmouth Town 40 21 9 10 75 50 +25 72
6 Histon 40 19 7 14 87 57 +30 64
7 Haverhill Rovers 40 18 8 14 63 63 0 62
8 Stowmarket Town 40 17 9 14 69 51 +18 60
9 Thetford Town 40 17 8 15 79 74 +5 59
10 Felixstowe Town 40 15 11 14 82 67 +15 56
11 Gorleston 40 15 10 15 58 69 −11 55
12 Lowestoft Town 40 15 8 17 68 71 −3 53
13 Watton United 40 14 7 19 70 82 −12 49
14 Harwich & Parkeston 40 12 11 17 60 64 −4 47
15 Tiptree United 40 13 6 21 60 70 −10 45
16 Newmarket Town 40 10 12 18 39 63 −24 42
17 Brantham Athletic 40 11 8 21 57 90 −33 41
18 Clacton Town 40 9 13 18 42 65 −23 40
19 Chatteris Town 40 9 9 22 44 75 −31 36
20 Ely City 40 8 6 26 48 108 −60 30 Relegated to Division One
21 Soham Town Rangers 40 6 4 30 36 125 −89 22
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ March Town United were deducted three points.

Division One

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1988–89
ChampionsWroxham
PromotedWroxham
Halstead Town
Matches played182
Goals scored648 (3.56 per match)

It was the first Division One season, it was formed by:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Wroxham 26 20 2 4 90 22 +68 62 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Halstead Town 26 20 2 4 88 30 +58 62
3 Diss Town 26 18 5 3 65 31 +34 59
4 Fakenham Town 26 13 5 8 42 31 +11 44
5 Downham Town 26 10 8 8 49 46 +3 38
6 Loadwell Wanderers 26 10 7 9 57 47 +10 37
7 Long Sutton Athletic 26 8 7 11 40 44 −4 31
8 Bury Town reserves 26 9 4 13 38 53 −15 31
9 Huntingdon United 26 8 7 11 30 48 −18 31
10 Coalite Yaxley 26 8 5 13 38 42 −4 29
11 King's Lynn reserves 26 7 8 11 33 39 −6 29
12 Warboys Town 26 7 5 14 31 57 −26 26
13 Mildenhall Town 26 2 8 16 23 72 −49 14
14 Somersham Town 26 3 5 18 24 86 −62 14
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 1975–1997". Non League Matters.
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