2001–02 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2001–02 season was the 60th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

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

Premier Division
Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsAFC Sudbury
RelegatedFelixstowe & Walton United
Swaffham Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,530 (3.31 per match)

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AFC Sudbury 42 32 4 6 139 54 +85 100
2 Wroxham 42 29 6 7 113 47 +66 93
3 Lowestoft Town 42 24 8 10 106 55 +51 80
4 Clacton Town 42 20 16 6 83 41 +42 76
5 Gorleston 42 21 8 13 78 69 +9 71
6 Stowmarket Town 42 20 10 12 75 64 +11 70
7 Bury Town 42 19 7 16 70 53 +17 64
8 Woodbridge Town 42 16 14 12 62 61 +1 62
9 Ely City 42 19 5 18 71 72 −1 62
10 Maldon Town 42 17 10 15 78 78 0 61
11 Mildenhall Town 42 18 7 17 68 68 0 61
12 Dereham Town 42 16 7 19 59 64 −5 55
13 Soham Town Rangers 42 16 8 18 68 80 −12 55[lower-alpha 1]
14 Fakenham Town 42 13 13 16 59 66 −7 52
15 Tiptree United 42 13 10 19 53 69 −16 49
16 Diss Town 42 14 7 21 66 84 −18 49
17 Great Yarmouth Town 42 13 9 20 41 65 −24 48
18 Harwich & Parkeston 42 13 5 24 46 81 −35 44
19 Newmarket Town 42 10 13 19 65 89 −24 43
20 Ipswich Wanderers 42 11 8 23 53 69 −16 41
21 Felixstowe & Walton United 42 7 9 26 38 88 −50 30 Relegated to Division One
22 Swaffham Town 42 7 4 31 39 113 −74 25
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Soham Town Rangers were deducted one point.

Division One
Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2001–02
ChampionsNorwich United
PromotedNorwich United
Histon reserves
Matches played342
Goals scored1,206 (3.53 per match)

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Norwich United 36 25 7 4 83 22 +61 82 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Histon reserves 36 25 4 7 99 34 +65 79
3 Haverhill Rovers 36 23 7 6 85 31 +54 76
4 Leiston 36 24 4 8 74 36 +38 76
5 Needham Market 36 22 5 9 79 42 +37 71
6 King's Lynn reserves 36 19 8 9 84 44 +40 65
7 Stanway Rovers 36 18 5 13 72 52 +20 59
8 Somersham Town 36 15 8 13 51 60 −9 53
9 Wisbech Town reserves 36 15 5 16 58 64 −6 50 Resigned from the league
10 Cambridge City reserves 36 13 7 16 79 67 +12 46
11 Cornard United 36 14 3 19 60 73 −13 45
12 Whitton United 36 12 6 18 49 58 −9 42
13 Halstead Town 36 11 8 17 53 68 −15 41
14 Hadleigh United 36 11 8 17 51 72 −21 41
15 Downham Town 36 11 5 20 60 82 −22 38
16 Warboys Town 36 9 7 20 38 75 −37 34
17 Brightlingsea United 36 9 4 23 49 105 −56 31 Resigned to the Essex and Suffolk Border League
18 Thetford Town 36 7 6 23 37 97 −60 27
19 March Town United 36 3 5 28 45 124 −79 14
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.
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