2000–01 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2000–01 season was the 59th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

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

Premier Division

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2000–01
ChampionsAFC Sudbury
RelegatedHalstead Town
Warboys Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,471 (3.18 per match)

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

Also, Felixstowe Port & Town merged with Walton United to form new club Felixstowe & Walton United.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AFC Sudbury 42 32 7 3 134 37 +97 103
2 Gorleston 42 29 8 5 99 41 +58 95
3 Lowestoft Town 42 26 10 6 99 41 +58 88
4 Maldon Town 42 20 10 12 68 52 +16 70
5 Clacton Town 42 19 11 12 79 58 +21 68
6 Wroxham 42 18 9 15 88 66 +22 63
7 Woodbridge Town 42 17 12 13 62 67 −5 63
8 Great Yarmouth Town 42 18 8 16 64 59 +5 62
9 Soham Town Rangers 42 18 6 18 68 70 −2 60
10 Stowmarket Town 42 16 12 14 55 58 −3 60
11 Diss Town 42 16 10 16 69 66 +3 58
12 Ipswich Wanderers 42 16 8 18 54 52 +2 56
13 Fakenham Town 42 17 5 20 60 68 −8 56
14 Tiptree United 42 15 10 17 70 64 +6 55
15 Mildenhall Town 42 15 9 18 59 58 +1 54
16 Bury Town 42 15 9 18 56 73 −17 54
17 Ely City 42 12 10 20 61 74 −13 46
18 Felixstowe & Walton United 42 12 9 21 45 75 −30 45
19 Harwich & Parkeston 42 11 6 25 51 98 −47 39
20 Newmarket Town 42 9 9 24 50 83 −33 36
21 Warboys Town 42 7 9 26 38 105 −67 30 Relegated to Division One
22 Halstead Town 42 7 7 28 42 106 −64 28
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2000–01
ChampionsSwaffham Town
PromotedDereham Town
Swaffham Town
Matches played272
Goals scored948 (3.49 per match)

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Swaffham Town 32 24 5 3 83 27 +56 77 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Dereham Town 32 22 5 5 83 23 +60 71
3 Stanway Rovers 32 22 5 5 86 29 +57 71
4 Needham Market 32 20 5 7 70 33 +37 65
5 Chatteris Town 32 17 6 9 73 46 +27 57 Resigned to the Peterborough and District League
6 Hadleigh United 32 16 5 11 51 46 +5 53
7 Haverhill Rovers 32 15 7 10 67 39 +28 52
8 Cambridge City reserves 32 14 9 9 62 47 +15 51
9 Downham Town 32 14 7 11 71 60 +11 49
10 Norwich United 32 12 5 15 53 46 +7 41
11 Cornard United 32 10 3 19 37 85 −48 33
12 Whitton United 32 8 6 18 41 64 −23 30
13 Somersham Town 32 7 8 17 42 69 −27 29
14 Wisbech Town reserves 32 8 4 20 42 72 −30 28
15 Thetford Town 32 7 4 21 37 81 −44 25
16 Brightlingsea United 32 4 7 21 32 88 −56 19
17 March Town United 32 3 7 22 18 93 −75 15[a]
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ March Town United were deducted one point.

References

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