# 1998–99 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1998–99 season was the 57th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
Wroxham were champions for the third season in a row, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Ipswich Wanderers
* Maldon Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wroxham | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 91 | |
| 2 | Fakenham Town | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 96 | 50 | +46 | 85 | |
| 3 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 78 | |
| 4 | Histon | 42 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 74 | |
| 5 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 78 | 53 | +25 | 69 | |
| 6 | Felixstowe Port & Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 69 | |
| 7 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 69 | |
| 8 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 68 | |
| 9 | Sudbury Town | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 75 | 67 | +8 | 68 | Clubs merged to AFC Sudbury |
| 10 | Sudbury Wanderers | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 59 | Clubs merged to AFC Sudbury |
| 11 | Bury Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 59 | |
| 12 | Diss Town | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 57 | |
| 13 | Maldon Town | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 56 | |
| 14 | Halstead Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 53 | |
| 15 | Warboys Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 70 | 88 | −18 | 52 | |
| 16 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 47 | |
| 17 | Gorleston | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 78 | −26 | 46 | |
| 18 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 41 | |
| 19 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 38 | |
| 20 | Watton United | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 83 | −30 | 37 | |
| 21 | Ipswich Wanderers | 42 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 28 | |
| 22 | Ely City | 42 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 100 | −61 | 20 | Relegated to Division One |

## Division One

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
* Clacton Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Dereham Town, joined from the Anglian Combination
* Tiptree United, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Clacton Town | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 92 | 26 | +66 | 75 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Mildenhall Town | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 71 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Downham Town | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 67 | |
| 4 | Tiptree United | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 65 | |
| 5 | Needham Market | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 61 | |
| 6 | Swaffham Town | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 61 | |
| 7 | Dereham Town | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 58 | |
| 8 | Chatteris Town | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 54 | |
| 9 | Cornard United | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 53 | |
| 10 | Whitton United | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 48 | |
| 11 | Stanway Rovers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 43 | |
| 12 | Haverhill Rovers | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 38 | |
| 13 | Norwich United | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 36 | |
| 14 | Brightlingsea United | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 32 | |
| 15 | March Town United | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 30 | |
| 16 | Hadleigh United | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 34 | 79 | −45 | 24 | |
| 17 | Somersham Town | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 87 | −54 | 23 | |
| 18 | Thetford Town | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 32 | 94 | −62 | 13 | |