# 2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2015–16 season was the 74th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
Norwich United were champions, winning their second Eastern Counties Football League title in a row and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from the Division One:
* Long Melford
* Saffron Walden Town
* Swaffham Town
The following five clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Godmanchester Rovers, Ipswich Wanderers, Mildenhall Town, Norwich United and Stanway Rovers.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norwich United | 38 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 98 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 130 | 38 | +92 | 94 | |
| 3 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 38 | +64 | 90 | |
| 4 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 82 | |
| 5 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 73 | |
| 6 | Mildenhall Town | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 64 | |
| 7 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 55 | |
| 8 | Saffron Walden Town | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 54 | |
| 9 | Long Melford | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 53 | |
| 10 | Clacton | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 65 | 79 | −14 | 49 | |
| 11 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 47 | |
| 12 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 41 | |
| 13 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 58 | 90 | −32 | 39 | |
| 14 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 38 | |
| 15 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 38 | |
| 16 | Gorleston | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 37 | |
| 17 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 36 | |
| 18 | Swaffham Town | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 92 | −37 | 35 | |
| 19 | Thetford Town | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 57 | 98 | −41 | 33 | |
| 20 | Whitton United | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 39 | 108 | −69 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | FCC | FAK | FEL | GOD | GOR | HAD | HAV | IPS | KIR | LOM | MIL | NEW | NOR | SAF | STA | SWA | THE | WAL | WHI |
| Brantham Athletic | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Clacton | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Fakenham Town | 1–3 | 1–5 | | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Godmanchester Rovers | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 8–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| Gorleston | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| Hadleigh United | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Haverhill Rovers | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Ipswich Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 7–0 |
| Long Melford | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Mildenhall Town | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Newmarket Town | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Norwich United | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Saffron Walden Town | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Stanway Rovers | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| Swaffham Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 |
| Thetford Town | 0–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 6–2 | | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | 3–1 | 4–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | | 0–2 |
| Whitton United | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Brantham Athletic | Brantham Leisure Centre | 1,200 |
| Clacton | The Rush Green Bowl | 3,000 |
| 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 |
| Long Melford | Stoneylands | |
| Mildenhall Town | Recreation Way | 2,000 |
| Newmarket Town | Cricket Field Road | 2,750 |
| Norwich United | Plantation Park | 3,000 |
| Saffron Walden Town | Catons Lane | 2,000 |
| Stanway Rovers | Hawthorns | 1,500 |
| Swaffham Town | Shoemakers Lane | |
| Thetford Town | Mundford Road | 1,500 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | Summer Road | 1,000 |
| Whitton United | King George V Playing Fields | 1,000 |

## Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from Premier Division:
* Diss Town
* Ely City
* Wivenhoe Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Wivenhoe Town | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 101 | 34 | +67 | 89 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Ely City | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 86 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Great Yarmouth Town | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 98 | 37 | +61 | 80 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Halstead Town | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 75 | |
| 5 | King's Lynn Town reserves | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 70 | |
| 6 | Leiston reserves | 36 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 86 | 69 | +17 | 59 | |
| 7 | Diss Town | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 54 | |
| 8 | Haverhill Borough | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 52 | |
| 9 | Woodbridge Town | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 52 | |
| 10 | AFC Sudbury reserves | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 52 | |
| 11 | March Town United | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Braintree Town reserves | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 76 | 89 | −13 | 49 | |
| 13 | Debenham LC | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 41 | |
| 14 | Stowmarket Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 40 | |
| 15 | Cornard United | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 32 | |
| 16 | Downham Town | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 81 | −46 | 31 | |
| 17 | Dereham Town reserves | 35 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 25 | |
| 18 | Team Bury | 35 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 90 | −58 | 20 | |
| 19 | Needham Market reserves | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 42 | 120 | −78 | 17 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFS | BRA | COR | DEB | DER | DIS | DOW | ELY | GYT | HAL | HAV | KLT | LEI | MAR | NEM | STO | TBU | WIV | WOO |
| A.F.C. Sudbury reserves | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–7 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 |
| Braintree Town reserves | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 3–3 |
| Cornard United | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Debenham LC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–7 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Dereham Town reserves | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 |
| Diss Town | 0–1 | 9–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Downham Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Ely City | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Great Yarmouth Town | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 9–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Halstead Town | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Haverhill Borough | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| King's Lynn Town reserves | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Leiston Reserves | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 2–4 | 5–2 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 |
| March Town United | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Needham Market reserves | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–10 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Stowmarket Town | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Team Bury | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 0–0 |
| Wivenhoe Town | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Woodbridge Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |

### 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 |
| Diss Town | Brewers Green Lane | 2,500 |
| Downham Town | Memorial Field | 1,000 |
| Ely City | Unwin Sports Ground | 1,500 |
| 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 |
| March Town United | The GER Sports Ground | |
| Needham Market reserves | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
| Stowmarket Town | Greens Meadow | 1,000 |
| Team Bury | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
| Wivenhoe Town | Broad Lane | 2,876 |
| Woodbridge Town | Notcutts Park | 3,000 |