# 1989–90 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1989–90 season was the 48th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
Sudbury Town were champions for the second time in a row, winning their seventh Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Halstead Town
* Wroxham

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sudbury Town | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 130 | 52 | +78 | 88 | Promoted to the Southern Football League |
| 2 | Thetford Town | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 86 | 56 | +30 | 76 | |
| 3 | Braintree Town | 40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 94 | 49 | +45 | 75 | |
| 4 | Harwich & Parkeston | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 73 | |
| 5 | Gorleston | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 69 | |
| 6 | Great Yarmouth Town | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 62 | +18 | 67 | |
| 7 | Histon | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 85 | 60 | +25 | 65 | |
| 8 | Brantham Athletic | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 78 | 63 | +15 | 65 | |
| 9 | March Town United | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 65 | |
| 10 | Wisbech Town | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 63 | |
| 11 | Stowmarket Town | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 60 | |
| 12 | Wroxham | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 76 | −5 | 57 | |
| 13 | Felixstowe Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 51 | |
| 14 | Halstead Town | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 82 | 99 | −17 | 49 | |
| 15 | Haverhill Rovers | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 44 | |
| 16 | Watton United | 40 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 43 | |
| 17 | Newmarket Town | 40 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 43 | |
| 18 | Lowestoft Town | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 65 | 77 | −12 | 41 | |
| 19 | Tiptree United | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 37 | |
| 20 | Clacton Town | 40 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 48 | 89 | −41 | 29 | |
| 21 | Chatteris Town | 40 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 208 | −186 | 3 | |

## Division One

Division One featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:
* Cornard United, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
* Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division
* Norwich United, joined from the Anglian Combination
* Soham Town Rangers, relegated from the Premier Division
* Woodbridge Town, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
Also, Loadwell Ipswich changed name to Ipswich Wanderers.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cornard United | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 71 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Norwich United | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 91 | 26 | +65 | 69 | |
| 3 | Soham Town Rangers | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 68 | |
| 4 | Fakenham Town | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 63 | |
| 5 | Ely City | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 57 | |
| 6 | Diss Town | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 37 | +26 | 55 | |
| 7 | King's Lynn reserves | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 55 | |
| 8 | Downham Town | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 52 | |
| 9 | Woodbridge Town | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 43 | |
| 10 | Mildenhall Town | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 43 | |
| 11 | Long Sutton Athletic | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ipswich Wanderers | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 35 | |
| 13 | Somersham Town | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 30 | |
| 14 | Huntingdon United | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 29 | |
| 15 | Coalite Yaxley | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 66 | −37 | 27 | |
| 16 | Bury Town reserves | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 82 | −46 | 22 | |
| 17 | Warboys Town | 32 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 113 | −93 | 11 | |