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2002–03 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2002–03 season was the 61st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

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

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AFC Sudbury 44 31 10 3 122 37 +85 103
2 Wroxham 44 29 6 9 121 53 +68 93
3 Soham Town Rangers 44 25 11 8 91 62 +29 86
4 Lowestoft Town 44 25 7 12 108 65 +43 82
5 Diss Town 44 26 3 15 98 62 +36 81
6 Wisbech Town 44 23 9 12 101 73 +28 78
7 Stowmarket Town 44 22 9 13 65 56 +9 75
8 Great Yarmouth Town 44 19 11 14 67 57 +10 68
9 Bury Town 44 18 11 15 75 66 +9 65
10 Mildenhall Town 44 18 11 15 69 65 +4 64[a]
11 Clacton Town 44 17 10 17 62 61 +1 61
12 Tiptree United 44 17 7 20 73 90 −17 58
13 Histon reserves 44 15 11 18 80 84 −4 56
14 Fakenham Town 44 13 16 15 61 61 0 55
15 Gorleston 44 13 10 21 79 91 −12 49
16 Norwich United 44 13 10 21 44 63 −19 49
17 Maldon Town 44 13 8 23 57 63 −6 47
18 Newmarket Town 44 11 13 20 58 76 −18 46
19 Dereham Town 44 12 9 23 55 86 −31 45
20 Woodbridge Town 44 11 12 21 55 96 −41 45
21 Ipswich Wanderers 44 11 8 25 59 92 −33 41 Relegated to Division One
22 Harwich & Parkeston 44 10 6 28 58 126 −68 36
23 Ely City 44 5 10 29 38 111 −73 22[b]
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Mildenhall Town were deducted one point.
  2. ^ Ely City were deducted four points.

Division One

Division One featured 15 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 Halstead Town 36 24 7 5 76 37 +39 79 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 King's Lynn reserves 36 24 4 8 108 56 +52 76
3 Whitton United 36 21 8 7 93 44 +49 71
4 Hadleigh United 36 20 9 7 65 40 +25 69
5 Stanway Rovers 36 19 10 7 78 39 +39 67
6 Long Melford 36 18 10 8 69 38 +31 64
7 Leiston 36 18 9 9 76 51 +25 63
8 Swaffham Town 36 18 3 15 62 62 0 57
9 Cambridge City reserves 36 16 7 13 67 49 +18 55
10 Haverhill Rovers 36 16 6 14 67 55 +12 54
11 Needham Market 36 15 8 13 71 59 +12 53
12 Godmanchester Rovers 36 10 13 13 53 53 0 43
13 Cornard United 36 11 5 20 44 70 −26 38
14 Somersham Town 36 11 5 20 59 87 −28 38
15 March Town United 36 9 10 17 54 86 −32 37
16 Felixstowe & Walton United 36 10 6 20 51 71 −20 36
17 Thetford Town 36 9 5 22 38 74 −36 32
18 Downham Town 36 4 6 26 33 88 −55 18
19 Warboys Town 36 2 3 31 18 123 −105 9
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.