2002–03 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2002–03 season was the 61st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their third Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2002–03
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Relegated	Ely City Harwich & Parkeston Ipswich Wanderers
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,696 (3.35 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Histon reserves, promoted from Division One
• Norwich United, promoted from Division One
• Wisbech Town, relegated from the Southern League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	44	31	10	3	122	37	+85	103
2	Wroxham	44	29	6	9	121	53	+68	93
3	Soham Town Rangers	44	25	11	8	91	62	+29	86
4	Lowestoft Town	44	25	7	12	108	65	+43	82
5	Diss Town	44	26	3	15	98	62	+36	81
6	Wisbech Town	44	23	9	12	101	73	+28	78
7	Stowmarket Town	44	22	9	13	65	56	+9	75
8	Great Yarmouth Town	44	19	11	14	67	57	+10	68
9	Bury Town	44	18	11	15	75	66	+9	65
10	Mildenhall Town	44	18	11	15	69	65	+4	64[lower-alpha 1]
11	Clacton Town	44	17	10	17	62	61	+1	61
12	Tiptree United	44	17	7	20	73	90	−17	58
13	Histon reserves	44	15	11	18	80	84	−4	56
14	Fakenham Town	44	13	16	15	61	61	0	55
15	Gorleston	44	13	10	21	79	91	−12	49
16	Norwich United	44	13	10	21	44	63	−19	49
17	Maldon Town	44	13	8	23	57	63	−6	47
18	Newmarket Town	44	11	13	20	58	76	−18	46
19	Dereham Town	44	12	9	23	55	86	−31	45
20	Woodbridge Town	44	11	12	21	55	96	−41	45
21	Ipswich Wanderers	44	11	8	25	59	92	−33	41	Relegated to Division One
22	Harwich & Parkeston	44	10	6	28	58	126	−68	36
23	Ely City	44	5	10	29	38	111	−73	22[lower-alpha 2]

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

1. Mildenhall Town were deducted one point.
2. Ely City were deducted four points.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2002–03
Champions	Halstead Town
Promoted	Halstead Town King's Lynn reserves
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,182 (3.46 per match)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• Felixstowe & Walton United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Godmanchester Rovers, joined from the Cambridgeshire League
• Long Melford, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
• Swaffham Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Halstead Town	36	24	7	5	76	37	+39	79	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	King's Lynn reserves	36	24	4	8	108	56	+52	76
3	Whitton United	36	21	8	7	93	44	+49	71
4	Hadleigh United	36	20	9	7	65	40	+25	69
5	Stanway Rovers	36	19	10	7	78	39	+39	67
6	Long Melford	36	18	10	8	69	38	+31	64
7	Leiston	36	18	9	9	76	51	+25	63
8	Swaffham Town	36	18	3	15	62	62	0	57
9	Cambridge City reserves	36	16	7	13	67	49	+18	55
10	Haverhill Rovers	36	16	6	14	67	55	+12	54
11	Needham Market	36	15	8	13	71	59	+12	53
12	Godmanchester Rovers	36	10	13	13	53	53	0	43
13	Cornard United	36	11	5	20	44	70	−26	38
14	Somersham Town	36	11	5	20	59	87	−28	38
15	March Town United	36	9	10	17	54	86	−32	37
16	Felixstowe & Walton United	36	10	6	20	51	71	−20	36
17	Thetford Town	36	9	5	22	38	74	−36	32
18	Downham Town	36	4	6	26	33	88	−55	18
19	Warboys Town	36	2	3	31	18	123	−105	9

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

References

1. "Eastern Counties League 1997–2011". Non League Matters.

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League