# Norfolk & Suffolk League

The Norfolk & Suffolk League was a football league covering the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk in England.

## History

The league was established in 1897, starting with six clubs, Beccles Caxton, Great Yarmouth Town, Kirkley, Lowestoft Town, Lynn Town and Norwich CEYMS. Lowestoft won the inaugural league title and went on to win six of the first seven championships. By the early 1900s it had attracted the two biggest clubs in the region, Ipswich Town and Norwich City. The league gradually expanded, reaching 14 clubs in the 1920s and after a slight contraction, losing many of its better clubs to the newly established Eastern Counties League, it had sixteen members by the late 1930s. During the late 1950s it had 18 members. However, it had lost most of the Suffolk-based clubs and in 1964 the league merged with the East Anglian League to form the Anglian Combination.

## Champions

| Season | Champions |
| 1897–98 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1898–99 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1899–1900 | Norwich CEYMS |
| 1900–01 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1901–02 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1902–03 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1903–04 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1904–05 | Norwich City |
| 1905–06 | Lynn Town |
| 1906–07 | Norwich CEYMS |
| 1907–08 | Lynn Town |
| 1908–09 | Cromer |
| 1909–10 | Lynn Town |
| 1910–11 | Norwich CEYMS |
| 1911–12 | 16th Lancers |
| 1912–13 | Lynn Town |
| 1913–14 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 1919–20 | Norwich City Reserves |
| 1920–21 | Gorleston |
| 1921–22 | Lynn Town |
| 1922–23 | Lynn Town |
| 1923–24 | Lynn Town |
| 1924–25 | Lynn Town |
| 1925–26 | Gorleston |
| 1926–27 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 1927–28 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 1928–29 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1929–30 | Gorleston |
| 1930–31 | Lowestoft Town |
| 1931–32 | Gorleston |
| 1932–33 | Gorleston |
| 1933–34 | Gorleston |
| 1934–35 | Gorleston |
| 1935–36 | Norwich CEYMS |
| 1936–37 | Norwich City 'A' |
| 1937–38 | Eastern Coachworks |
| 1938–39 | Holt United |
| 1946–47 | Bungay Town |
| 1947–48 | Bungay Town |
| 1948–49 | Bungay Town |
| 1949–50 | Gothic |
| 1950–51 | Gothic |
| 1951–52 | Bungay Town |
| 1952–53 | Beccles Town |
| 1953–54 | North Walsham Town |
| 1954–55 | Thetford Town |
| 1955–56 | Gothic |
| 1956–57 | Gothic |
| 1957–58 | Sheringham |
| 1958–59 | Gothic |
| 1959–60 | CNS Old Boy's Union |
| 1960–61 | Gothic |
| 1961–62 | Gothic |
| 1962–63 | CNS Old Boy's Union |
| 1963–64 | CNS Old Boy's Union |

## Member clubs

Member clubs during the league's existence included:
* 12th Lancers
* 16th Lancers
* Beccles Caxton
* Beccles Town
* Boulton & Paul
* Bungay Town
* Bury Town
* CNS Old Boy's Union
* Carrow Works
* City Wanderers
* Cromer
* Dereham Town
* Diss Town
* Eastern Coachworks
* Eastern Counties United
* Electricity Works
* Fakenham Town
* Frosts Athletic
* Gorleston
* Gothic
* Great Yarmouth Town
* Holt United
* Ipswich Town
* King's Lynn
* Kirkley
* Lakenheath
* Leiston
* Lowestoft Town
* Mortons Athletic
* North Walsham Athletic
* North Walsham Town
* Norwich CEYMS
* Norwich City
* Norwich City 'A'
* Norwich Reserves
* Norwich Electricity
* Norwich Federation
* Norwich St Barnabas
* Norwich St James
* Norwich YMCA
* RAF Bircham Newton
* RAF Feltwell
* RAF Marham
* Reepham Town
* Sheringham
* Sprowston Athletic
* Swaffham Town
* Thetford Recreation
* Thetford Town
* Thorpe Village
* Wymondham Town