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.[1]
Norwich United were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title.
Premier Division
[edit]Season | 2014–15 |
---|---|
Champions | Norwich United |
Relegated | Diss Town Ely City Wivenhoe Town |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,276 (3.36 per match) |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
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:[2]
The following four clubs applied for promotion to Step 4:[3] 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.[4][5][6]
League table
[edit]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 | |
20 | Ely City | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 106 | −64 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]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
[edit]Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions | Long Melford |
Promoted | Long Melford Saffron Walden Town Swaffham Town |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,126 (3.29 per match) |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
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:[2]
- King's Lynn Town reserves, promoted from the Peterborough and District League
- Leiston reserves
- Woodbridge Town, relegated from the Premier Division
League table
[edit]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 | |
3 | Saffron Walden Town | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 78 | |
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Eastern Counties League 2014–15". Non League Matters.
- ^ a b "LEAGUE CONSTITUTION 2014/15". thurlownunnleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Promotion To Step 4". NWCFL. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Freezer David (7 April 2015). "Norwich United decide against pursuit of promotion". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Wivenhoe Town Relegated". Thurlow Nunn League. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Promoted Clubs". Thurlow Nunn League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : Premier Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : First Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 25 July 2014.