2024–25 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2024–25 Eastern Counties Football League was the 82nd season in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division at Step 5, and the geographically separated Division One North and Division One South (Eastern Senior League), both at Step 6 of the English football league system. The constitution was announced on 17 May 2024.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Cornard United, promoted from Division One North
• Great Yarmouth Town, promoted from Division One North
• Stowmarket Town, relegated from the Isthmian League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Downham Town	33	19	8	6	63	38	+25	65	Promotion to the Isthmian League
2	Brantham Athletic	32	20	4	8	66	38	+28	64	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Ely City	34	19	6	9	59	41	+18	63
4	Mulbarton Wanderers	33	19	4	10	58	26	+32	61
5	Fakenham Town	32	19	4	9	64	43	+21	61
6	Dereham Town	32	16	9	7	52	28	+24	57
7	Walsham-le-Willows	31	17	5	9	62	38	+24	56
8	Thetford Town	33	16	7	10	82	47	+35	55
9	Woodbridge Town	33	16	5	12	60	56	+4	53
10	Cornard United	32	15	6	11	58	55	+3	51
11	Great Yarmouth Town	31	11	11	9	50	38	+12	44
12	Soham Town Rangers	30	11	9	10	52	49	+3	42
13	Kirkley & Pakefield	32	10	9	13	42	50	−8	39
14	Heacham	34	11	6	17	50	61	−11	39
15	Harleston Town	32	9	7	16	39	57	−18	34
16	Hadleigh United	31	9	7	15	36	55	−19	34
17	Lakenheath	34	8	8	18	50	71	−21	32
18	Stowmarket Town	33	9	5	19	50	84	−34	32
19	Long Melford (R)	32	2	6	24	21	79	−58	12	Relegation to Division One North or Division One South
20	Sheringham (R)	32	1	6	25	28	88	−60	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(R) Relegated

Stadia and locations

Brantham Athletic

Cornard United

Dereham Town

Downham Town

Ely City

Fakenham Town

Great Yarmouth Town

Hadleigh United

Harleston Town

Heacham

Kirkley & Pakefield

Lakenheath

Long Melford

Mulbarton Wanderers

Soham Town Rangers

Sheringham

Stowmarket Town

Thetford Town

Walsham-le-Willows

Woodbridge Town

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Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Brantham Athletic	Brantham Leisure Centre	1,200
Cornard United	Blackhouse Lane
Dereham Town	Aldiss Park	3,000
Downham Town	Memorial Field	1,000
Ely City	Unwin Sports Ground	1,500
Fakenham Town	Clipbush Park	2,000
Great Yarmouth Town	Wellesley Recreation Ground	3,600
Hadleigh United	Millfield	3,000
Harleston Town	Wilderness Lane
Heacham	Station Road
Kirkley & Pakefield	Walmer Road	2,000
Lakenheath	The Nest
Long Melford	Stoneylands
Mulbarton Wanderers	The Common
Sheringham	Weybourne Road
Soham Town Rangers	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Stowmarket Town	Greens Meadow	1,000
Thetford Town	Mundford Road	1,500
Walsham-le-Willows	Summer Road	1,000
Woodbridge Town	Notcutts Park	3,000

Division One North

Division One North featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs.

• Gorleston reserves, promoted from the Anglian Combination
• Pinchbeck United, relegated from the United Counties League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Haverhill Rovers (T)	34	29	3	2	103	31	+72	90	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Stanway Pegasus (Q)	34	25	2	7	84	29	+55	77	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Harwich & Parkeston (Q)	32	23	5	4	91	37	+54	74
4	Framlingham Town	33	20	6	7	98	32	+66	66
5	Diss Town	33	19	7	7	64	37	+27	64
6	Gorleston reserves	33	17	7	9	75	58	+17	58
7	FC Peterborough	33	17	7	9	71	55	+16	58
8	Holbeach United	33	16	4	13	66	51	+15	52
9	FC Parson Drove	32	14	4	14	52	54	−2	46
10	Pinchbeck United	32	12	7	13	49	52	−3	43
11	Holland	32	13	3	16	65	65	0	42
12	AFC Sudbury reserves	34	13	3	18	50	65	−15	42
13	Whittlesey Athletic	34	12	5	17	43	84	−41	41
14	Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers	35	10	8	17	56	69	−13	38
15	Whitton United	34	11	2	21	38	58	−20	35
16	Wivenhoe Town	33	9	4	20	44	72	−28	31
17	Leiston reserves	31	9	3	19	48	75	−27	30
18	Haverhill Borough	33	6	8	19	46	72	−26	26	Relegation to a feeder league
19	Needham Market under 23s	34	5	7	22	35	70	−35	22
20	Swaffham Town (R)	33	2	3	28	17	129	−112	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Stadia and locations

Sudbury res

Diss Town

Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers & Gorleston res

FC Parson Drove

FC
Peterborough

Framlingham Town

Harwich & Parkeston

Haverhill Borough & Haverhill Rovers

Holbeach United

Holland

Leiston
res

Needham Market res

Pinchbeck United

Stanway Pegasus

Swaffham Town

Whittlesey Athletic

Whitton United

Wivenhoe Town

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Locations of Division One North clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury reserves	King's Marsh	2,500
Diss Town	Brewers Green Lane	2,500
Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers	The Nest	1,000
FC Parson Drove	Main Road
FC Peterborough	The Focus Centre
Framlingham Town	Badingham Road
Gorleston reserves	The Nest (groundshare with Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers)	1,000
Harwich & Parkeston	Royal Oak
Haverhill Borough	New Croft (artificial, groundshare with Haverhill Rovers)	3,000
Haverhill Rovers	New Croft	3,000
Holbeach United	Carters Park	4,000
Holland	Dulwich Road
Leiston reserves	Victory Road	2,500
Needham Market reserves	Bloomfields	4,000
Pinchbeck United	Sir Halley Stewart Field	2,700
Stanway Pegasus	West Street (groundshare with Coggeshall Town)	2,000
Swaffham Town	Shoemakers Lane
Whittlesey Athletic	Feldale Field
Whitton United	King George V Playing Fields	1,000
Wivenhoe Town	Broad Lane	2,876

Division One South

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

• Coggeshall Town, relegated from the Essex Senior League
• FC Baresi, promoted from the Essex Alliance League
• Rayleigh Town, promoted from the Essex Olympian League

Additionally, Park View was renamed to All Stars London.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Harlow Town (T)	34	25	5	4	88	28	+60	80	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Hackney Wick (Q)	33	25	4	4	82	34	+48	79	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Rayleigh Town	32	18	5	9	65	41	+24	59
4	Hutton	33	18	4	11	85	51	+34	58
5	All Stars London	30	18	3	9	86	38	+48	57
6	Cannons Wood	32	16	6	10	80	70	+10	54
7	Coggeshall Town	30	14	9	7	60	46	+14	51
8	Hoddesdon Town	30	13	10	7	55	46	+9	49
9	May & Baker	33	15	3	15	74	73	+1	48
10	Burnham Ramblers	32	13	5	14	57	62	−5	44
11	Basildon Town	32	12	5	15	56	60	−4	41
12	Dunmow Town	33	11	7	15	53	76	−23	40
13	Brimsdown	32	10	7	15	54	53	+1	37
14	NW London	33	10	7	16	50	88	−38	37
15	FC Baresi	33	11	3	19	71	91	−20	36
16	Southend Manor	32	8	9	15	67	76	−9	33
17	Enfield Borough	31	9	5	17	56	65	−9	32
18	Barkingside	32	8	6	18	39	62	−23	30	Relegation to a feeder league
19	Newbury Forest	31	6	6	19	47	94	−47	24
20	St Margaretsbury	32	3	5	24	22	93	−71	14

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Stadia and locations

Barkingside

Basildon Town

Brimsdown

Burnham Ramblers

Cannons Wood

Coggeshall Town

Dunmow Town

Enfield Borough

FC Baresi

Hackney Wick

Harlow Town

Hoddesdon Town

Hutton

May & Baker

Newbury Forest

NW London

AS London

Rayleigh Town

Southend Manor

St Margaretsbury

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Locations of Division One South clubs

Barkingside

Enfield Borough

Cannons Wood

May & Baker

NW London

AS
London

Newbury Forest

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Greater London Division One South football clubs

Team	Stadium	Capacity
All Stars London	New River Stadium	5,000
Barkingside	Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford)	3,500
Basildon Town	Gardiners Close (groundshare with Basildon United)	2,000
Brimsdown	Wormley Playing Fields (groundshare with Wormley Rovers)	500
Burnham Ramblers	Leslie Fields	2,000
Cannons Wood	Parkside Stadium (groundshare with Aveley)	3,500
Coggeshall Town	West Street	2,000
Dunmow Town	Catons Lane (groundshare with Saffron Walden Town)	3,000
Enfield Borough	The Maurice Rebak Stadium (groundshare with Wingate & Finchley)	1,500
FC Baresi	Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware)	3,300
Hackney Wick	Spa Road (groundshare with Witham Town)	2,500
Harlow Town	The Harlow Arena	3,500
Hoddesdon Town	Lowfield	3,000
Hutton	New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town)	3,500
May & Baker	Parsloes Park
Newbury Forest	Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge)	3,000
NW London	Coles Park (groundshare with Haringey Borough)	2,500
Rayleigh Town	Thames Road (groundshare with Concord Rangers)	3,300
Southend Manor	Southchurch Park	2,000
St Margaretsbury	Recreation Ground	1,000