1989–90 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1989–90 season was the 48th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

Sudbury Town were champions for the second time in a row, winning their seventh Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	1989–90
Champions	Sudbury Town
Promoted	Sudbury Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,447 (3.45 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

• Halstead Town
• Wroxham

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sudbury Town	40	28	4	8	130	52	+78	88	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Thetford Town	40	23	7	10	86	56	+30	76
3	Braintree Town	40	22	9	9	94	49	+45	75
4	Harwich & Parkeston	40	20	13	7	77	42	+35	73
5	Gorleston	40	20	9	11	61	46	+15	69
6	Great Yarmouth Town	40	19	10	11	80	62	+18	67
7	Histon	40	19	8	13	85	60	+25	65
8	Brantham Athletic	40	19	8	13	78	63	+15	65
9	March Town United	40	18	11	11	68	58	+10	65
10	Wisbech Town	40	18	9	13	73	46	+27	63
11	Stowmarket Town	40	17	9	14	54	51	+3	60
12	Wroxham	40	16	9	15	71	76	−5	57
13	Felixstowe Town	40	13	12	15	59	61	−2	51
14	Halstead Town	40	14	7	19	82	99	−17	49
15	Haverhill Rovers	40	12	8	20	64	69	−5	44
16	Watton United	40	8	19	13	62	61	+1	43
17	Newmarket Town	40	10	13	17	42	54	−12	43
18	Lowestoft Town	40	11	8	21	65	77	−12	41
19	Tiptree United	40	9	10	21	46	68	−22	37
20	Clacton Town	40	7	8	25	48	89	−41	29
21	Chatteris Town	40	0	3	37	22	208	−186	3

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	1989–90
Champions	Cornard United
Promoted	Cornard United
Matches played	272
Goals scored	887 (3.26 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Division One featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

• Cornard United, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
• Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division
• Norwich United, joined from the Anglian Combination
• Soham Town Rangers, relegated from the Premier Division
• Woodbridge Town, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League

Also, Loadwell Ipswich changed name to Ipswich Wanderers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cornard United	32	22	5	5	88	32	+56	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Norwich United	32	21	6	5	91	26	+65	69
3	Soham Town Rangers	32	21	5	6	58	28	+30	68
4	Fakenham Town	32	18	9	5	60	30	+30	63
5	Ely City	32	17	6	9	59	44	+15	57
6	Diss Town	32	16	7	9	63	37	+26	55
7	King's Lynn reserves	32	16	7	9	50	40	+10	55
8	Downham Town	32	16	4	12	64	46	+18	52
9	Woodbridge Town	32	12	7	13	53	43	+10	43
10	Mildenhall Town	32	12	7	13	48	55	−7	43
11	Long Sutton Athletic	32	11	4	17	43	49	−6	37
12	Ipswich Wanderers	32	9	8	15	53	72	−19	35
13	Somersham Town	32	9	3	20	36	67	−31	30
14	Huntingdon United	32	7	8	17	36	57	−21	29
15	Coalite Yaxley	32	7	6	19	29	66	−37	27
16	Bury Town reserves	32	6	4	22	36	82	−46	22
17	Warboys Town	32	3	2	27	20	113	−93	11

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

1. "Eastern Counties League 1975–1997". Non League Matters.

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League