# 2005–06 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2005–06 season was the 64th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their eleventh Eastern Counties Football League title, while Bury Town were promoted after ten seasons in the Eastern Counties Football League along with AFC Sudbury.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Ipswich Wanderers
* Kirkley
* Needham Market

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 121 | 43 | +78 | 94 | |
| 2 | Bury Town | 42 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 100 | 32 | +68 | 92 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 3 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 114 | 56 | +58 | 89 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 4 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 98 | 55 | +43 | 82 | |
| 5 | Mildenhall Town | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 68 | +32 | 78 | |
| 6 | Needham Market | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 75 | |
| 7 | Ipswich Wanderers | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 75 | |
| 8 | Wroxham | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 69 | |
| 9 | Leiston | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 89 | 69 | +20 | 68 | |
| 10 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 65 | |
| 11 | Diss Town | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 89 | 78 | +11 | 65 | |
| 12 | Dereham Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 99 | 64 | +35 | 64 | |
| 13 | Histon reserves | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 56 | |
| 14 | Kirkley | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 76 | −16 | 51 | |
| 15 | King's Lynn reserves | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 78 | −10 | 49 | |
| 16 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 64 | 83 | −19 | 48 | |
| 17 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 53 | 91 | −38 | 45 | |
| 18 | Halstead Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 67 | 124 | −57 | 40 | |
| 19 | Cambridge City reserves | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 60 | 107 | −47 | 38 | Resigned from the league |
| 20 | Norwich United | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 47 | 82 | −35 | 36 | |
| 21 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 41 | 100 | −59 | 32 | |
| 22 | Clacton Town | 42 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 179 | −159 | 1 | |

## Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:
* Debenham LC, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
* Fulbourn Institute, joined from the Cambridgeshire League
* Gorleston, relegated from the Premier Division
* Great Yarmouth Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Stowmarket Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Stanway Rovers | 42 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 106 | 29 | +77 | 103 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 107 | 48 | +59 | 95 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Fulbourn Institute | 42 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 109 | 60 | +49 | 94 | Resigned to the Cambridgeshire League |
| 4 | Tiptree United | 42 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 125 | 56 | +69 | 90 | |
| 5 | Walsham-le-Willows | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 46 | +45 | 79 | |
| 6 | Whitton United | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 73 | |
| 7 | Ely City | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 88 | 68 | +20 | 70 | |
| 8 | Haverhill Rovers | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 70 | |
| 9 | Swaffham Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 90 | 71 | +19 | 69 | |
| 10 | Debenham LC | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 61 | |
| 11 | Fakenham Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 56 | |
| 12 | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 54 | |
| 13 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 52 | |
| 14 | Godmanchester Rovers | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 46 | |
| 15 | Long Melford | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 59 | 84 | −25 | 38 | |
| 16 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 63 | 95 | −32 | 38 | |
| 17 | Cornard United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 59 | 96 | −37 | 37 | |
| 18 | Gorleston | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 74 | −24 | 35 | |
| 19 | March Town United | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 46 | 91 | −45 | 33 | |
| 20 | Downham Town | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 41 | 99 | −58 | 33 | |
| 21 | Hadleigh United | 42 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 78 | −40 | 31 | |
| 22 | Thetford Town | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 47 | 114 | −67 | 31 | |
* ↑ Gorleston were deducted four points.