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2014–15 Eastern Counties Football League

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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

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2014–15
ChampionsNorwich United
RelegatedDiss Town
Ely City
Wivenhoe Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,276 (3.36 per match)

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

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

Results

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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
Source: FA Full-Time[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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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

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsLong Melford
PromotedLong Melford
Saffron Walden Town
Swaffham Town
Matches played342
Goals scored1,126 (3.29 per match)

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]

League table

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

Results

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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
Source: FA Full-Time[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 2014–15". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ a b "LEAGUE CONSTITUTION 2014/15". thurlownunnleague.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Promotion To Step 4". NWCFL. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Wivenhoe Town Relegated". Thurlow Nunn League. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Promoted Clubs". Thurlow Nunn League. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : Premier Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : First Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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