# 2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2000–01 season was the 59th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title 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 two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Ely City
* Tiptree United
Also, Felixstowe Port & Town merged with Walton United to form new club Felixstowe & Walton United.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 134 | 37 | +97 | 103 | |
| 2 | Gorleston | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 99 | 41 | +58 | 95 | |
| 3 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 99 | 41 | +58 | 88 | |
| 4 | Maldon Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 70 | |
| 5 | Clacton Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 79 | 58 | +21 | 68 | |
| 6 | Wroxham | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 88 | 66 | +22 | 63 | |
| 7 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 63 | |
| 8 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 62 | |
| 9 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 60 | |
| 10 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 60 | |
| 11 | Diss Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 58 | |
| 12 | Ipswich Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 56 | |
| 13 | Fakenham Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 56 | |
| 14 | Tiptree United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 55 | |
| 15 | Mildenhall Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 54 | |
| 16 | Bury Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 54 | |
| 17 | Ely City | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 74 | −13 | 46 | |
| 18 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 45 | |
| 19 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 51 | 98 | −47 | 39 | |
| 20 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 83 | −33 | 36 | |
| 21 | Warboys Town | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 105 | −67 | 30 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Halstead Town | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 42 | 106 | −64 | 28 | Relegated to Division One |

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:
* Wisbech Town reserves

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Swaffham Town | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 77 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Dereham Town | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 23 | +60 | 71 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Stanway Rovers | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 86 | 29 | +57 | 71 | |
| 4 | Needham Market | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 65 | |
| 5 | Chatteris Town | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 57 | Resigned to the Peterborough and District League |
| 6 | Hadleigh United | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 53 | |
| 7 | Haverhill Rovers | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 52 | |
| 8 | Cambridge City reserves | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 51 | |
| 9 | Downham Town | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Norwich United | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 41 | |
| 11 | Cornard United | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 37 | 85 | −48 | 33 | |
| 12 | Whitton United | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 30 | |
| 13 | Somersham Town | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 29 | |
| 14 | Wisbech Town reserves | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 28 | |
| 15 | Thetford Town | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 81 | −44 | 25 | |
| 16 | Brightlingsea United | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 88 | −56 | 19 | |
| 17 | March Town United | 32 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 93 | −75 | 15 | |
* ↑ March Town United were deducted one point.