# 2001–02 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2001–02 season was the 60th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their second Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Dereham Town
* Swaffham Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 139 | 54 | +85 | 100 | |
| 2 | Wroxham | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 113 | 47 | +66 | 93 | |
| 3 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 106 | 55 | +51 | 80 | |
| 4 | Clacton Town | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 76 | |
| 5 | Gorleston | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 78 | 69 | +9 | 71 | |
| 6 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 75 | 64 | +11 | 70 | |
| 7 | Bury Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 64 | |
| 8 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 62 | |
| 9 | Ely City | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 71 | 72 | −1 | 62 | |
| 10 | Maldon Town | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 61 | |
| 11 | Mildenhall Town | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 61 | |
| 12 | Dereham Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 55 | |
| 13 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 80 | −12 | 55 | |
| 14 | Fakenham Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 52 | |
| 15 | Tiptree United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 49 | |
| 16 | Diss Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 66 | 84 | −18 | 49 | |
| 17 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 48 | |
| 18 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 44 | |
| 19 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 89 | −24 | 43 | |
| 20 | Ipswich Wanderers | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 41 | |
| 21 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 38 | 88 | −50 | 30 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Swaffham Town | 42 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 39 | 113 | −74 | 25 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Soham Town Rangers were deducted one point.

## Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:
* Halstead Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Histon reserves
* King's Lynn reserves
* Leiston, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League
* Warboys Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Norwich United | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 83 | 22 | +61 | 82 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Histon reserves | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 99 | 34 | +65 | 79 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Haverhill Rovers | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 76 | |
| 4 | Leiston | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 76 | |
| 5 | Needham Market | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 79 | 42 | +37 | 71 | |
| 6 | King's Lynn reserves | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 84 | 44 | +40 | 65 | |
| 7 | Stanway Rovers | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 59 | |
| 8 | Somersham Town | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 53 | |
| 9 | Wisbech Town reserves | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 50 | Resigned from the league |
| 10 | Cambridge City reserves | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 79 | 67 | +12 | 46 | |
| 11 | Cornard United | 36 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 45 | |
| 12 | Whitton United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 42 | |
| 13 | Halstead Town | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 41 | |
| 14 | Hadleigh United | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 41 | |
| 15 | Downham Town | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 82 | −22 | 38 | |
| 16 | Warboys Town | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 75 | −37 | 34 | |
| 17 | Brightlingsea United | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 49 | 105 | −56 | 31 | Resigned to the Essex and Suffolk Border League |
| 18 | Thetford Town | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 97 | −60 | 27 | |
| 19 | March Town United | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 45 | 124 | −79 | 14 | |