# 2004–05 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2004–05 season was the 63rd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.
AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their fifth Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Cambridge City reserves
* Harwich & Parkeston
* Leiston

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 105 | 30 | +75 | 100 | |
| 2 | Bury Town | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 83 | 43 | +40 | 90 | |
| 3 | Halstead Town | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 83 | 53 | +30 | 82 | |
| 4 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 94 | 57 | +37 | 80 | |
| 5 | Wroxham | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 106 | 59 | +47 | 75 | |
| 6 | Mildenhall Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 71 | |
| 7 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 88 | 58 | +30 | 70 | |
| 8 | Clacton Town | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 79 | 61 | +18 | 68 | |
| 9 | Cambridge City reserves | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 78 | 75 | +3 | 65 | |
| 10 | Leiston | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 66 | 74 | −8 | 59 | |
| 11 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 72 | 85 | −13 | 55 | |
| 12 | Diss Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 77 | 71 | +6 | 53 | |
| 13 | Newmarket Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 51 | |
| 14 | Norwich United | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 47 | |
| 15 | Dereham Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 89 | −20 | 46 | |
| 16 | Wisbech Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 59 | 84 | −25 | 46 | |
| 17 | Woodbridge Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 62 | 85 | −23 | 44 | |
| 18 | King's Lynn reserves | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 58 | 92 | −34 | 44 | |
| 19 | Histon reserves | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 61 | 82 | −21 | 43 | |
| 20 | Stowmarket Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 66 | 88 | −22 | 38 | Relegated to Division One |
| 21 | Gorleston | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 57 | 113 | −56 | 34 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Great Yarmouth Town | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 87 | −56 | 28 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Clacton Town were deducted two points.
* ↑ Leiston were awarded two points.
* ↑ Histon reserves were deducted three points.

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Fakenham Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Saffron Walden Town, returned to league system after leaving Essex Senior League in 2003
* Tiptree United, relegated from the Premier Division
* Walsham-le-Willows, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 103 | 29 | +74 | 89 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Needham Market | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 103 | 50 | +53 | 85 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Kirkley | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 99 | 34 | +65 | 81 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 97 | 49 | +48 | 76 | |
| 5 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 77 | 41 | +36 | 76 | |
| 6 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 89 | 57 | +32 | 73 | |
| 7 | March Town United | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 54 | +20 | 71 | |
| 8 | Tiptree United | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 75 | 70 | +5 | 63 | |
| 9 | Ely City | 38 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 78 | −16 | 51 | |
| 11 | Cornard United | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 50 | |
| 12 | Swaffham Town | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 86 | −35 | 46 | |
| 13 | Long Melford | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 45 | |
| 14 | Whitton United | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 67 | −16 | 40 | |
| 15 | Saffron Walden Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 83 | −28 | 36 | |
| 16 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 | |
| 17 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 33 | |
| 18 | Downham Town | 38 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 45 | 94 | −49 | 33 | |
| 19 | Thetford Town | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 98 | −57 | 24 | |
| 20 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 83 | −48 | 21 | |