# 2014–15 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2014–15 season was the 73rd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
Norwich United were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title.

## Premier Division

After the promotion of Brightlingsea Regent to the Isthmian League, the resignation of Cambridge Regional College and the relegation of Woodbridge Town to Division One at the end of the previous season, the Premier Division remained at 20 clubs, and featured three new clubs promoted from Division One:
* Fakenham Town
* Ipswich Wanderers
* Whitton United
The following four clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Godmanchester Rovers, Haverhill Rovers, Norwich United and Stanway Rovers. However, Norwich United, Godmanchester Rovers and Stanway Rovers all withdrew from the process, and with Haverhill Rovers outside the top three, it meant that no team would be promoted from the league for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norwich United | 38 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 103 | 24 | +79 | 101 | |
| 2 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 89 | 37 | +52 | 75 | |
| 3 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 74 | |
| 4 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 70 | |
| 5 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 67 | |
| 6 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 62 | |
| 7 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 60 | |
| 8 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 55 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 61 | +16 | 53 | |
| 10 | Mildenhall Town | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 52 | |
| 11 | Whitton United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 69 | +3 | 51 | |
| 12 | Gorleston | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 47 | |
| 13 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 45 | |
| 14 | Thetford Town | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 42 | |
| 15 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 40 | |
| 16 | Clacton | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 56 | 76 | −20 | 40 | |
| 17 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 40 | |
| 18 | Wivenhoe Town | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 37 | Relegated to Division One |
| 19 | Diss Town | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 103 | −71 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Ely City | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 106 | −64 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | DIS | ELY | FCC | FAK | FEL | GOD | GOR | HAD | HAV | IPS | KIR | MIL | NEW | NOR | STA | THE | WAL | WHI | WIV |
| Brantham Athletic | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Diss Town | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 |
| Ely City | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Clacton | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Fakenham Town | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | 2–3 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–6 | 1–0 |
| Godmanchester Rovers | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 11–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Gorleston | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hadleigh United | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Haverhill Rovers | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 1–8 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Ipswich Wanderers | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Mildenhall Town | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 |
| Newmarket Town | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Norwich United | 1–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Stanway Rovers | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Thetford Town | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | 2–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Whitton United | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 6–4 |
| Wivenhoe Town | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Brantham Athletic | Brantham Leisure Centre | 1,200 |
| Clacton | The Rush Green Bowl | 3,000 |
| Diss Town | Brewers Green Lane | 2,500 |
| Ely City | Unwin Sports Ground | 1,500 |
| Fakenham Town | Clipbush Park | 2,000 |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | Dellwood Avenue | 2,000 |
| Godmanchester Rovers | Bearscroft Lane | 1,050 |
| Gorleston | Emerald Park | 3,000 |
| Hadleigh United | Millfield | 3,000 |
| Haverhill Rovers | New Croft | 3,000 |
| Ipswich Wanderers | Humber Doucy Lane | 1,000 |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | Walmer Road | 2,000 |
| Mildenhall Town | Recreation Way | 2,000 |
| Newmarket Town | Cricket Field Road | 2,750 |
| Norwich United | Plantation Park | 3,000 |
| Stanway Rovers | Hawthorns | 1,500 |
| Thetford Town | Mundford Road | 1,500 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | Summer Road | 1,000 |
| Whitton United | King George V Playing Fields | 1,000 |
| Wivenhoe Town | Broad Lane | 2,876 |

## Division One

After Whitton United, Fakenham Town and Ipswich Wanderers were promoted to the Premier Division at the end of the previous season, Division One remained at 19 clubs, and featured three new clubs:
* King's Lynn Town reserves, promoted from the Peterborough and District League
* Leiston reserves
* Woodbridge Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Long Melford | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 101 | 33 | +68 | 86 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Swaffham Town | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 98 | 40 | +58 | 83 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Saffron Walden Town | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 78 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Great Yarmouth Town | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 76 | |
| 5 | King's Lynn Town reserves | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 76 | 38 | +38 | 65 | |
| 6 | Haverhill Borough | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 64 | |
| 7 | Debenham LC | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 62 | |
| 8 | March Town United | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 62 | |
| 9 | Downham Town | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 54 | |
| 10 | Halstead Town | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 54 | |
| 11 | Stowmarket Town | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 43 | |
| 12 | Team Bury | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 43 | |
| 13 | Braintree Town reserves | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 78 | −24 | 39 | |
| 14 | A.F.C. Sudbury reserves | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 36 | |
| 15 | Dereham Town reserves | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 90 | −40 | 29 | |
| 16 | Needham Market reserves | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 37 | 95 | −58 | 26 | |
| 17 | Woodbridge Town | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 25 | |
| 18 | Cornard United | 36 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 44 | 84 | −40 | 20 | |
| 19 | Leiston reserves | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 94 | −65 | 18 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFS | BRA | COR | DEB | DER | DOW | GYT | HAL | HAV | KLT | LEI | LOM | MAR | NEM | SAF | STO | SWA | TBU | WOO |
| A.F.C. Sudbury reserves | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–7 | 3–3 | 8–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Braintree Town reserves | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Cornard United | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Debenham LC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Dereham Town reserves | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Downham Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Great Yarmouth Town | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Halstead Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 6–0 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Haverhill Borough | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| King's Lynn Town reserves | 2–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Leiston reserves | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Long Melford | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 6–0 | 9–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| March Town United | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Needham Market reserves | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 4–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Saffron Walden Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Stowmarket Town | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–8 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Swaffham Town | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| Team Bury | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | | 2–0 |
| Woodbridge Town | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| A.F.C. Sudbury reserves | King's Marsh | 2,500 |
| Braintree Town reserves | Cressing Road | 4,202 |
| Cornard United | Blackhouse Lane | 2,000 |
| Debenham LC | Maitlands | 1,000 |
| Dereham Town reserves | Aldiss Park | 3,000 |
| Downham Town | Memorial Field | 1,000 |
| Great Yarmouth Town | Wellesley Recreation Ground | 3,600 |
| Halstead Town | Rosemary Lane | 1,000 |
| Haverhill Borough | New Croft (groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) | 3,000 |
| King's Lynn Town reserves | The Walks | 5,733 |
| Leiston reserves | Victory Road | 2,500 |
| Long Melford | Stoneylands | |
| March Town United | The GER Sports Ground | |
| Needham Market reserves | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
| Saffron Walden Town | Catons Lane | 2,000 |
| Stowmarket Town | Greens Meadow | 1,000 |
| Swaffham Town | Shoemakers Lane | |
| Team Bury | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
| Woodbridge Town | Notcutts Park | 3,000 |