# 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.
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

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

| 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 | |
| 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 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ March Town United were deducted three points.

## Division One

It was the first Division One season, it was formed by:
* Clubs joined from the Peterborough and District League:
** Coalite Yaxley
** Downham Town
** Huntingdon United
** Long Sutton Athletic
** Somersham Town
** Warboys Town
* Clubs joined from the Anglian Combination:
** Diss Town
** Fakenham Town
** Wroxham
* Plus:
** Bury Town reserves
** Halstead Town, transferred from the Essex Senior League
** King's Lynn reserves
** Loadwell Wanderers, joined from the Ipswich Sunday League
** Mildenhall Town, joined from the Cambridgeshire County League

### League table

| 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 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 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 | |