# 2012–13 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2012–13 season was the 71st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
Dereham Town were crowned champions on 27 April 2013 after a 5–0 win over FC Clacton and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Godmanchester Rovers
* Thetford Town
* For this season only, the FA were to promote a second club from two of the following six Step 5 leagues: Combined Counties League, Eastern Counties League, Essex Senior League, Kent League, Spartan South Midlands League and the Sussex County League. This was to fulfil the expansion of the Isthmian League Divisions One North and South from 22 to 24 clubs each. The two clubs were to be promoted on a points per game basis, and the two runners-up with the best PPG were VCD Athletic (Kent Football League) and Guernsey (Combined Counties League). Three others – Aylesbury United (Spartan South Midlands League), Redhill (Sussex County League) and Barkingside (Essex Senior League) – were also confirmed as promoted by the FA on 17 May, due to resignations and non-promotions elsewhere.
* From this league, only Brantham Athletic, Dereham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Stanway Rovers and Wisbech Town applied for promotion. Brantham later withdrew their application, and Wisbech withdrew theirs after securing the runners-up position at the end of the season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Dereham Town | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 87 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Wisbech Town | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 83 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
| 3 | Gorleston | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 77 | |
| 4 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 85 | 50 | +35 | 73 | |
| 5 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 67 | |
| 6 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 65 | |
| 7 | Mildenhall Town | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 64 | |
| 8 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 61 | |
| 9 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 61 | |
| 10 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 55 | |
| 11 | Ely City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 52 | |
| 12 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 52 | |
| 13 | Norwich United | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 48 | |
| 14 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 45 | |
| 15 | Woodbridge Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 41 | |
| 16 | Cambridge Regional College | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 83 | −27 | 35 | |
| 17 | Diss Town | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 82 | −39 | 31 | |
| 18 | Wivenhoe Town | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 85 | −55 | 26 | |
| 19 | Thetford Town | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 85 | −44 | 24 | |
| 20 | Clacton | 38 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 44 | 118 | −74 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | CRC | FCC | DER | DIS | ELY | FEL | GOD | GOR | HAD | HAV | KIR | MIL | NOR | STA | THE | WAL | WIS | WIV | WOO |
| Brantham Athletic | | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Cambridge Regional College | 2–4 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Clacton | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Dereham Town | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Diss Town | 1–4 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Ely City | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Godmanchester Rovers | 1–0 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 9–0 | 1–1 |
| Gorleston | 0–2 | 6–1 | 10–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| Hadleigh United | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Haverhill Rovers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Mildenhall Town | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Norwich United | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Stanway Rovers | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Thetford Town | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 |
| Wisbech Town | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Wivenhoe Town | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 3–0 |
| Woodbridge Town | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

## Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Braintree Town reserves
* Great Yarmouth Town, relegated from Premier Division
* Newmarket Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Saffron Walden Town, which skipped the previous season
Newmarket Town achieved promotion to the Premier Division on the 13 April 2013. Cambridge University Press withdrew from the league on April 6, 2013.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Cambridge University Press | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 94 | 32 | +62 | 82 | Resigned to the Cambridgeshire County League |
| 2 | Newmarket Town | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 76 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Brightlingsea Regent | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 29 | +61 | 72 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Ipswich Wanderers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 63 | |
| 5 | Fakenham Town | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 63 | |
| 6 | Saffron Walden Town | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 62 | |
| 7 | Whitton United | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 87 | 46 | +41 | 57 | |
| 8 | Braintree Town reserves | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 86 | 65 | +21 | 57 | |
| 9 | Swaffham Town | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 54 | |
| 10 | Great Yarmouth Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 52 | |
| 11 | Halstead Town | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 49 | |
| 12 | Team Bury | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 45 | |
| 13 | Long Melford | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 31 | |
| 14 | March Town United | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 84 | −46 | 28 | |
| 15 | Debenham LC | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 27 | |
| 16 | Downham Town | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 41 | 84 | −43 | 27 | |
| 17 | Stowmarket Town | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 100 | −59 | 19 | |
| 18 | Cornard United | 34 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 154 | −137 | 4 | |
* ↑ Long Melford were deducted one point.
* ↑ March Town United were deducted one point.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | BRI | CAM | COR | DEB | DOW | FAK | GYT | HAL | IPS | LOM | MAR | NEW | SAF | STO | SWA | TBU | WHI |
| Braintree Town reserves | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 8–2 | 2–1 |
| Brightlingsea Regent | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Cambridge University Press | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 9–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–2 | 2–2 |
| Cornard United | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–9 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–7 |
| Debenham LC | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 14–0 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Downham Town | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Fakenham Town | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Great Yarmouth Town | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 7–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Halstead Town | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Ipswich Wanderers | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Long Melford | 1–8 | 0–6 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| March Town United | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–6 | 3–3 |
| Newmarket Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Saffron Walden Town | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Stowmarket Town | 4–0 | 0–6 | 0–6 | 11–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–7 |
| Swaffham Town | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| Team Bury | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 |
| Whitton United | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |