# 2008–09 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2008–09 season was the 67th in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football league in England.
Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their twelfth Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Ely City, promoted from Division One
* Tiptree United, promoted from Division One
* Whitton United, promoted from Division One
* Wivenhoe Town, relegated from the Isthmian League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lowestoft Town | 40 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 114 | 46 | +68 | 100 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Cambridge Regional College | 40 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 54 | +32 | 83 | |
| 3 | Needham Market | 40 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 94 | 64 | +30 | 81 | |
| 4 | Dereham Town | 40 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 108 | 67 | +41 | 79 | |
| 5 | Wroxham | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 86 | 52 | +34 | 78 | |
| 6 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 76 | |
| 7 | Leiston | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 90 | 41 | +49 | 75 | |
| 8 | Tiptree United | 40 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 90 | 72 | +18 | 65 | Transferred to the Essex Senior League |
| 9 | Stanway Rovers | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 81 | 65 | +16 | 64 | |
| 10 | Walsham-le-Willows | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 | |
| 11 | Mildenhall Town | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 75 | 81 | −6 | 53 | |
| 12 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 40 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 75 | 110 | −35 | 49 | |
| 13 | Histon reserves | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 77 | 88 | −11 | 48 | |
| 14 | Ely City | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 82 | −23 | 42 | |
| 15 | King's Lynn reserves | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 81 | −24 | 41 | |
| 16 | Wisbech Town | 40 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 59 | 82 | −23 | 39 | |
| 17 | Wivenhoe Town | 40 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 65 | 105 | −40 | 38 | |
| 18 | Woodbridge Town | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 52 | 77 | −25 | 37 | |
| 19 | Norwich United | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 34 | |
| 20 | Harwich & Parkeston | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 47 | 98 | −51 | 33 | |
| 21 | Haverhill Rovers | 40 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 96 | −54 | 28 | |
| 22 | Whitton United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Record expunged, demoted to Division One |
* ↑ Whitton United withdrawn from the league in January 2009, their record was expunged. The club was admitted to Division One for the next season.

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Brantham Athletic, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
* Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the Premier Division
* Newmarket Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Swaffham Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 85 | 29 | +56 | 91 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 82 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Debenham LC | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 91 | 36 | +55 | 78 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Halstead Town | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 97 | 47 | +50 | 78 | |
| 5 | Great Yarmouth Town | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 73 | |
| 6 | Gorleston | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 87 | 59 | +28 | 71 | |
| 7 | Clacton | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 97 | 58 | +39 | 70 | |
| 8 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 81 | 57 | +24 | 66 | |
| 9 | Diss Town | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 78 | 63 | +15 | 59 | |
| 10 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 52 | |
| 11 | Cornard United | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Stowmarket Town | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 50 | |
| 13 | March Town United | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 45 | |
| 14 | Saffron Walden Town | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 44 | |
| 15 | Downham Town | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 48 | 95 | −47 | 34 | |
| 16 | Thetford Town | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 55 | 84 | −29 | 33 | |
| 17 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 29 | |
| 18 | Swaffham Town | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 38 | 102 | −64 | 27 | |
| 19 | Long Melford | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 104 | −71 | 23 | |
| 20 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 39 | 110 | −71 | 17 | |