2018–19 Eastern Counties Football League
The 2018–19 Eastern Counties Football League is the 76th season in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division, [|Division One North] and Division One South.
Premier Division
At the end of season 2017–18, the following 8 teams left the Premier Division:- Coggeshall Town, promoted to Isthmian League North Division
- Felixstowe & Walton United, promoted to Isthmian League North Division
- Fakenham Town, relegated to Division One North
- Haverhill Borough, relegated to Division One North
- Ipswich Wanderers, relegated to Division One North
- Saffron Walden Town, transferred to Essex Senior League
- Stanway Rovers, transferred to Essex Senior League
- Wivenhoe Town, relegated to Division One South
- Framlingham Town, promoted from Division One
- Norwich United, relegated from Isthmian League North Division
- Whitton United, promoted from Division One
- Woodbridge Town, promoted from Division One
League table
Stadia and locations
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
Brantham Athletic | Brantham Leisure Centre | 1,200 |
Ely City | Unwin Sports Ground | 1,500 |
Clacton | The Rush Green Bowl | 3,000 |
Framlingham Town | Badingham Road | |
Godmanchester Rovers | Bearscroft Lane | 1,050 |
Gorleston | Emerald Park | 3,000 |
Great Yarmouth Town | Wellesley Recreation Ground | 3,600 |
Hadleigh United | Millfield | 3,000 |
Haverhill Rovers | New Croft | 3,000 |
Histon | Bridge Road | 4,300 |
Kirkley & Pakefield | Walmer Road | 2,000 |
Long Melford | Stoneylands | |
Newmarket Town | Cricket Field Road | 2,750 |
Norwich United | Plantation Park | 3,000 |
Stowmarket Town | Greens Meadow | 1,000 |
Thetford Town | Mundford Road | 1,500 |
Walsham-le-Willows | Summer Road | 1,000 |
Whitton United | King George V Playing Fields | 1,000 |
Woodbridge Town | Notcutts Park | 3,000 |
Wroxham | Trafford Park | 2,000 |
Division One North
It was the first season Division One was split into two sections. Division One North featured 12 clubs which competed in Division One last season, along with seven new clubs:- Fakenham Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Felixstowe & Walton United Reserves, joined from the Reserve Division
- Harleston Town, promoted from the Anglian Combination
- Haverhill Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
- Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the Premier Division
- Lakenheath, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League
- Mulbarton Wanderers, promoted from the Anglian Combination
League table
Stadia and locations
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
A.F.C. Sudbury Reserves | King's Marsh | 2,500 |
Cornard United | Blackhouse Lane | 2,000 |
Debenham LC | Maitlands | 1,000 |
Diss Town | Brewers Green Lane | 2,500 |
Downham Town | Memorial Field | 1,000 |
Fakenham Town | Clipbush Park | 2,000 |
Felixstowe & Walton United Reserves | Dellwood Avenue | 2,000 |
Harleston Town | The Recreation Ground | |
Haverhill Borough | New Croft | 3,000 |
Ipswich Wanderers | Humber Doucy Lane | 1,000 |
King's Lynn Town Reserves | The Walks | 5,733 |
Lakenheath | The Nest | |
Leiston Reserves | Victory Road | 2,500 |
March Town United | The GER Sports Ground | |
Mulbarton Wanderers | The Common | |
Needham Market Reserves | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
Norwich CBS | Crostwick Lane | |
Swaffham Town | Shoemakers Lane | |
Wisbech St Mary | Beechings Close |
Division One South (Eastern Senior League)
It was the first season Division One was split into two sections. Division One South featured four clubs which competed in Division One last season, along with 15 new clubs:- Benfleet, joined from the Essex Olympian League
- Brightlingsea Regent Reserves, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Burnham Ramblers, relegated from the Essex Senior League
- Coggeshall United, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Fire United, joined from the Middlesex County League
- Frenford, joined from the Essex Olympian League
- Hackney Wick, relegated from the Essex Senior League
- Harwich & Parkeston, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Hashtag United, new club
- Lopes Tavares, joined from the Essex Alliance League
- May & Baker, joined from the Essex Olympian League
- Newbury Forest, joined from the Essex Olympian League
- White Ensign, joined from the Essex Olympian League
- Wivenhoe Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Wormley Rovers, joined from the Herts County League
League table
Stadia and locations
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
Benfleet | Park Lane | 4,100 |
Braintree Town Reserves | Cressing Road | 4,202 |
Brightlingsea Regent Reserves | North Road | 1,000 |
Burnham Ramblers | Leslie Fields | 2,000 |
Coggeshall United | West Street | |
Fire United | Terence MacMillan Stadium | |
Frenford | Jack Carter Centre | |
Hackney Wick | The Old Spotted Dog Ground | |
Halstead Town | Rosemary Lane | 1,000 |
Harwich & Parkeston | Royal Oak | |
Hashtag United | Coles Park | 2,500 |
Holland | Dulwich Road | |
Little Oakley | Memorial Ground | |
Lopes Tavares | Terence MacMillan Stadium | |
May & Baker | Gale Street | 1,000 |
Newbury Forest | Oakside | 3,000 |
White Ensign | Basildon Sports Village | |
Wivenhoe Town | Broad Lane | 2,876 |
Wormley Rovers | Wormley Sports Club |