# 2002–03 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2002–03 season was the 61st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their third Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
* Histon reserves, promoted from Division One
* Norwich United, promoted from Division One
* Wisbech Town, relegated from the Southern League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Sudbury | 44 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 122 | 37 | +85 | 103 | |
| 2 | Wroxham | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 121 | 53 | +68 | 93 | |
| 3 | Soham Town Rangers | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 91 | 62 | +29 | 86 | |
| 4 | Lowestoft Town | 44 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 108 | 65 | +43 | 82 | |
| 5 | Diss Town | 44 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 98 | 62 | +36 | 81 | |
| 6 | Wisbech Town | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 101 | 73 | +28 | 78 | |
| 7 | Stowmarket Town | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 75 | |
| 8 | Great Yarmouth Town | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 68 | |
| 9 | Bury Town | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 75 | 66 | +9 | 65 | |
| 10 | Mildenhall Town | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 64 | |
| 11 | Clacton Town | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 61 | |
| 12 | Tiptree United | 44 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 73 | 90 | −17 | 58 | |
| 13 | Histon reserves | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 80 | 84 | −4 | 56 | |
| 14 | Fakenham Town | 44 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 55 | |
| 15 | Gorleston | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 79 | 91 | −12 | 49 | |
| 16 | Norwich United | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 63 | −19 | 49 | |
| 17 | Maldon Town | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 47 | |
| 18 | Newmarket Town | 44 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 58 | 76 | −18 | 46 | |
| 19 | Dereham Town | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 55 | 86 | −31 | 45 | |
| 20 | Woodbridge Town | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 96 | −41 | 45 | |
| 21 | Ipswich Wanderers | 44 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 59 | 92 | −33 | 41 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Harwich & Parkeston | 44 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 58 | 126 | −68 | 36 | Relegated to Division One |
| 23 | Ely City | 44 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 111 | −73 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Mildenhall Town were deducted one point.
* ↑ Ely City were deducted four points.

## Division One

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Felixstowe & Walton United, relegated from the Premier Division
* Godmanchester Rovers, joined from the Cambridgeshire League
* Long Melford, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
* Swaffham Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Halstead Town | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 79 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | King's Lynn reserves | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 108 | 56 | +52 | 76 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Whitton United | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 93 | 44 | +49 | 71 | |
| 4 | Hadleigh United | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 69 | |
| 5 | Stanway Rovers | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 39 | +39 | 67 | |
| 6 | Long Melford | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 64 | |
| 7 | Leiston | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 63 | |
| 8 | Swaffham Town | 36 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 57 | |
| 9 | Cambridge City reserves | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 55 | |
| 10 | Haverhill Rovers | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 54 | |
| 11 | Needham Market | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 53 | |
| 12 | Godmanchester Rovers | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 43 | |
| 13 | Cornard United | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 38 | |
| 14 | Somersham Town | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 59 | 87 | −28 | 38 | |
| 15 | March Town United | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 86 | −32 | 37 | |
| 16 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 36 | |
| 17 | Thetford Town | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 38 | 74 | −36 | 32 | |
| 18 | Downham Town | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 88 | −55 | 18 | |
| 19 | Warboys Town | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 123 | −105 | 9 | |