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2005–06 Eastern Counties Football League

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The 2005–06 season was the 64th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their eleventh Eastern Counties Football League title, while Bury Town were promoted after ten seasons in the Eastern Counties Football League along with AFC Sudbury.

Premier Division

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season2005–06
ChampionsLowestoft Town
PromotedBury Town
AFC Sudbury
Matches played462
Goals scored1,661 (3.6 per match)

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lowestoft Town 42 30 4 8 121 43 +78 94
2 Bury Town 42 29 5 8 100 32 +68 92 Promoted to the Isthmian League
3 AFC Sudbury 42 28 5 9 114 56 +58 89
4 Wisbech Town 42 25 7 10 98 55 +43 82
5 Mildenhall Town 42 23 9 10 100 68 +32 78
6 Needham Market 42 22 9 11 79 41 +38 75
7 Ipswich Wanderers 42 23 6 13 69 38 +31 75
8 Wroxham 42 21 6 15 77 62 +15 69
9 Leiston 42 21 5 16 89 69 +20 68
10 Soham Town Rangers 42 18 11 13 75 51 +24 65
11 Diss Town 42 20 5 17 89 78 +11 65
12 Dereham Town 42 18 10 14 99 64 +35 64
13 Histon reserves 42 15 11 16 71 84 −13 56
14 Kirkley 42 15 6 21 60 76 −16 51
15 King's Lynn reserves 42 12 13 17 68 78 −10 49
16 Woodbridge Town 42 14 6 22 64 83 −19 48
17 Newmarket Town 42 13 6 23 53 91 −38 45
18 Halstead Town 42 11 7 24 67 124 −57 40
19 Cambridge City reserves 42 10 8 24 60 107 −47 38 Resigned from the league
20 Norwich United 42 10 6 26 47 82 −35 36
21 Harwich & Parkeston 42 10 2 30 41 100 −59 32
22 Clacton Town 42 0 1 41 20 179 −159 1
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
Season2005–06
ChampionsStanway Rovers
PromotedFelixstowe & Walton United
Stanway Rovers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,566 (3.39 per match)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stanway Rovers 42 33 4 5 106 29 +77 103 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Felixstowe & Walton United 42 30 5 7 107 48 +59 95
3 Fulbourn Institute 42 30 4 8 109 60 +49 94 Resigned to the Cambridgeshire League
4 Tiptree United 42 29 3 10 125 56 +69 90
5 Walsham-le-Willows 42 23 10 9 91 46 +45 79
6 Whitton United 42 22 7 13 83 63 +20 73
7 Ely City 42 20 10 12 88 68 +20 70
8 Haverhill Rovers 42 21 7 14 77 60 +17 70
9 Swaffham Town 42 19 12 11 90 71 +19 69
10 Debenham LC 42 17 10 15 60 70 −10 61
11 Fakenham Town 42 15 11 16 64 69 −5 56
12 Saffron Walden Town 42 14 12 16 56 62 −6 54
13 Great Yarmouth Town 42 14 10 18 54 60 −6 52
14 Godmanchester Rovers 42 12 10 20 53 73 −20 46
15 Long Melford 42 9 11 22 59 84 −25 38
16 Stowmarket Town 42 10 8 24 63 95 −32 38
17 Cornard United 42 11 4 27 59 96 −37 37
18 Gorleston 42 9 12 21 50 74 −24 35[a]
19 March Town United 42 9 6 27 46 91 −45 33
20 Downham Town 42 8 9 25 41 99 −58 33
21 Hadleigh United 42 6 13 23 38 78 −40 31
22 Thetford Town 42 7 10 25 47 114 −67 31
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Gorleston were deducted four points.

References

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