# 1997–98 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1997–98 season was the 56th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
Wroxham were champions for the second season in a row, winning their fifth Eastern Counties Football League title

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
* Ely City, promoted from Division One
* Histon, promoted from Division One
* Sudbury Town, resigned from the Southern Football League and replaced reserve team

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wroxham | 42 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 97 | |
| 2 | Ely City | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 91 | 43 | +48 | 95 | |
| 3 | Histon | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 102 | 46 | +56 | 88 | |
| 4 | Sudbury Wanderers | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 100 | 55 | +45 | 79 | |
| 5 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 71 | |
| 6 | Sudbury Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 70 | |
| 7 | Halstead Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 80 | 64 | +16 | 65 | |
| 8 | Felixstowe Port & Town | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 64 | |
| 9 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 70 | +12 | 64 | |
| 10 | Fakenham Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 63 | |
| 11 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 61 | |
| 12 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 59 | |
| 13 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 55 | |
| 14 | Gorleston | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 54 | |
| 15 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 86 | 88 | −2 | 52 | |
| 16 | Warboys Town | 42 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 71 | 78 | −7 | 52 | |
| 17 | Diss Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 64 | 76 | −12 | 49 | |
| 18 | Bury Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 47 | |
| 19 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 61 | 85 | −24 | 43 | |
| 20 | Watton United | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 44 | 126 | −82 | 28 | |
| 21 | Clacton Town | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 46 | 140 | −94 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Tiptree United | 42 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 46 | 123 | −77 | 17 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Soham Town Rangers were deducted one point.

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
* Hadleigh United
* March Town United

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Ipswich Wanderers | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 35 | +65 | 89 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Maldon Town | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 84 | 29 | +55 | 80 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Swaffham Town | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 70 | |
| 4 | Needham Market | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 58 | |
| 5 | Stanway Rovers | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 57 | |
| 6 | Cambridge City reserves | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 56 | Resigned from the league |
| 7 | Chatteris Town | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 56 | |
| 8 | Norwich United | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 51 | |
| 9 | Whitton United | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 50 | |
| 10 | Haverhill Rovers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 49 | |
| 11 | Mildenhall Town | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 42 | |
| 12 | Downham Town | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 37 | |
| 13 | Thetford Town | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 32 | |
| 14 | Cornard United | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 32 | |
| 15 | March Town United | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 75 | −41 | 28 | |
| 16 | Hadleigh United | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 26 | |
| 17 | Brightlingsea United | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 22 | |
| 18 | Somersham Town | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 88 | −42 | 21 | |