2003–04 Eastern Counties Football League

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The 2003–04 season was the 62nd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their fourth Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999, while Maldon Town were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsAFC Sudbury
PromotedMaldon Town
RelegatedFakenham Town
Tiptree United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,541 (3.34 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 5 5 123 30 +93 101
2 Maldon Town 42 30 6 6 107 35 +72 96 Promoted to the Southern League
3 Wroxham 42 29 8 5 108 36 +72 95
4 Diss Town 42 27 5 10 104 54 +50 86
5 Soham Town Rangers 42 24 8 10 88 62 +26 80
6 Clacton Town 42 19 14 9 65 54 +11 71
7 Halstead Town 42 19 9 14 77 54 +23 66
8 Lowestoft Town 42 19 8 15 66 68 −2 65
9 Bury Town 42 17 11 14 86 82 +4 62
10 Newmarket Town 42 18 7 17 76 78 −2 61
11 Norwich United 42 17 10 15 51 58 −7 61
12 Mildenhall Town 42 16 12 14 72 61 +11 60
13 Histon reserves 42 14 10 18 70 77 −7 52
14 Wisbech Town 42 13 8 21 64 82 −18 46[a]
15 King's Lynn reserves 42 11 11 20 63 71 −8 44
16 Great Yarmouth Town 42 10 13 19 59 67 −8 43
17 Woodbridge Town 42 12 6 24 52 78 −26 42
18 Dereham Town 42 10 9 23 42 85 −43 39
19 Stowmarket Town 42 11 6 25 42 88 −46 39
20 Gorleston 42 9 10 23 56 86 −30 37
21 Tiptree United 42 9 7 26 40 95 −55 34 Relegated to Division One
22 Fakenham Town 42 2 5 35 30 140 −110 11
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wisbech Town were deducted one point.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2003–04
ChampionsCambridge City reserves
PromotedCambridge City reserves
Harwich & Parkeston
Leiston
Matches played380
Goals scored1,238 (3.26 per match)

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Cambridge City reserves 38 25 8 5 76 40 +36 83 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Harwich & Parkeston 38 24 8 6 89 48 +41 80
3 Leiston 38 22 8 8 74 40 +34 74
4 Stanway Rovers 38 20 10 8 69 43 +26 70
5 Kirkley 38 18 10 10 84 60 +24 64
6 Whitton United 38 19 5 14 85 57 +28 62
7 Godmanchester Rovers 38 17 8 13 54 52 +2 59
8 Ipswich Wanderers 38 17 9 12 51 36 +15 58[a]
9 Swaffham Town 38 15 13 10 62 54 +8 58
10 Haverhill Rovers 38 17 5 16 73 66 +7 56
11 Ely City 38 19 1 18 60 58 +2 55[b]
12 Cornard United 38 15 7 16 53 60 −7 52
13 Long Melford 38 14 8 16 62 66 −4 50
14 Needham Market 38 14 5 19 67 73 −6 47
15 Felixstowe & Walton United 38 12 9 17 52 63 −11 45
16 March Town United 38 12 5 21 70 99 −29 41
17 Downham Town 38 9 7 22 43 79 −36 34
18 Hadleigh United 38 6 13 19 42 57 −15 31
19 Thetford Town 38 6 6 26 38 85 −47 24
20 Somersham Town 38 4 5 29 34 102 −68 17 Resigned to the Cambridgeshire League
21 Warboys Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league, record expunged
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ipswich Wanderers were deducted two points.
  2. ^ Ely City were deducted three points.

References

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