2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Norwich United |
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← 2014–15 2016–17 → | |
The 2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League season (known as the 2015–16 Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 74th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
Premier Division
| Champions | Norwich United |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Norwich United |
| Relegated | Whitton United |
The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs.[1]
The following 3 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -
- Diss Town - relegated to Division One
- Ely City - relegated to Division One
- Wivenhoe Town - relegated to Division One
The following 3 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -
- Long Melford - promoted from Division One
- Saffron Walden Town - promoted from Division One
- Swaffham Town - promoted from Division One
The following five clubs applied for promotion to Step 4:[2] Godmanchester Rovers, Ipswich Wanderers, Mildenhall Town, Norwich United and Stanway Rovers.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich United (C) (P) | 38 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 30 | +60 | 98 | Promotion to 2016–17 Isthmian League Division One North |
| 2 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 130 | 38 | +92 | 94 | |
| 3 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 38 | +64 | 90 | |
| 4 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 82 | |
| 5 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 73 | |
| 6 | Mildenhall Town | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 64 | |
| 7 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 55 | |
| 8 | Saffron Walden Town | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 54 | |
| 9 | Long Melford | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 53 | |
| 10 | Clacton | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 65 | 79 | −14 | 49 | |
| 11 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 47 | |
| 12 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 41 | |
| 13 | Newmarket Town | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 58 | 90 | −32 | 39 | |
| 14 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 38 | |
| 15 | Ipswich Wanderers | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 38 | |
| 16 | Gorleston | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 37 | |
| 17 | Fakenham Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 36 | |
| 18 | Swaffham Town | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 92 | −37 | 35 | |
| 19 | Thetford Town | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 57 | 98 | −41 | 33 | |
| 20 | Whitton United (R) | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 39 | 108 | −69 | 22 | Relegation to Division One |
Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: FA Full Time
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BRA | FCC | FAK | FEL | GOD | GOR | HAD | HAV | IPS | KIR | LOM | MIL | NEW | NOR | SAF | STA | SWA | THE | WAL | WHI |
| Brantham Athletic | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
| Clacton | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | |
| Fakenham Town | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Godmanchester Rovers | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 8–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | |
| Gorleston | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| Hadleigh United | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Haverhill Rovers | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Ipswich Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 7–0 | |
| Long Melford | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Mildenhall Town | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Newmarket Town | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Norwich United | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Saffron Walden Town | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Stanway Rovers | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | |
| Swaffham Town | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | |
| Thetford Town | 0–2 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Walsham-le-Willows | 3–1 | 4–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | |
| Whitton United | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: FA Full Time
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Stadia and Locations
Locations of the 2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division teams
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Brantham Athletic | Brantham Leisure Centre | 1,200 |
| Clacton | The Rush Green Bowl | 3,000 |
| Fakenham Town | Clipbush Park | 2,000 |
| Felixstowe & Walton United | Dellwood Avenue | 2,000 |
| Godmanchester Rovers | Bearscroft Lane | 1,050 |
| Gorleston | Emerald Park | 3,000 |
| Hadleigh United | Millfield | 3,000 |
| Haverhill Rovers | New Croft | 3,000 |
| Ipswich Wanderers | Humber Doucy Lane | 1,000 |
| Kirkley & Pakefield | Walmer Road | 2,000 |
| Long Melford | Stoneylands | |
| Mildenhall Town | Recreation Way | 2,000 |
| Newmarket Town | Cricket Field Road | 2,750 |
| Norwich United | Plantation Park | 3,000 |
| Saffron Walden Town | Catons Lane | 2,000 |
| Stanway Rovers | Hawthorns | 1,500 |
| Swaffham Town | Shoemakers Lane | |
| Thetford Town | Mundford Road | 1,500 |
| Walsham-le-Willows | Summer Road | 1,000 |
| Whitton United | King George V Playing Fields | 1,000 |
Division One
| Champions | Wivenhoe Town |
|---|---|
| Promoted |
Wivenhoe Town Ely City Great Yarmouth Town |
Division One consists of 19 clubs.[1]
The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -
- Long Melford - promoted to Premier Division
- Saffron Walden Town - promoted to Premier Division
- Swaffham Town - promoted to Premier Division
The following 3 clubs joined Division One before the season -
- Diss Town - relegated from Premier Division
- Ely City - relegated from Premier Division
- Wivenhoe Town - relegated from Premier Division
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wivenhoe Town (C) (P) | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 101 | 34 | +67 | 89 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Ely City (P) | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 86 | |
| 3 | Great Yarmouth Town (P) | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 98 | 37 | +61 | 80 | |
| 4 | Halstead Town | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 75 | |
| 5 | King's Lynn Town Reserves | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 70 | |
| 6 | Leiston Reserves | 36 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 86 | 69 | +17 | 59 | |
| 7 | Diss Town | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 54 | |
| 8 | Haverhill Borough | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 52 | |
| 9 | Woodbridge Town | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 52 | |
| 10 | A.F.C. Sudbury Reserves | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 52 | |
| 11 | March Town United | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Braintree Town Reserves | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 76 | 89 | −13 | 49 | |
| 13 | Debenham LC | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 41 | |
| 14 | Stowmarket Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 40 | |
| 15 | Cornard United | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 32 | |
| 16 | Downham Town | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 81 | −46 | 31 | |
| 17 | Dereham Town Reserves | 35 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 25 | |
| 18 | Team Bury | 35 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 90 | −58 | 20 | |
| 19 | Needham Market Reserves | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 42 | 120 | −78 | 17 |
Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: FA Full Time
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | AFS | BRA | COR | DEB | DER | DIS | DOW | ELY | GYT | HAL | HAV | KLT | LEI | MAR | NEM | STO | TBU | WIV | WOO |
| A.F.C. Sudbury Reserves | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–7 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 | |
| Braintree Town Reserves | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 3–3 | |
| Cornard United | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | |
| Debenham LC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| Dereham Town Reserves | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | |
| Diss Town | 0–1 | 9–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Downham Town | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | |
| Ely City | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Great Yarmouth Town | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 9–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Halstead Town | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Haverhill Borough | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| King's Lynn Town Reserves | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| Leiston Reserves | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | |
| March Town United | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | |
| Needham Market Reserves | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–10 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | |
| Stowmarket Town | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Team Bury | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | ||
| Wivenhoe Town | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Woodbridge Town | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: FA Full Time
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Stadia and Locations
Locations of the 2015–16 Eastern Counties Football League First Division teams
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| A.F.C. Sudbury Reserves | King's Marsh | 2,500 |
| Braintree Town Reserves | Cressing Road | 4,202 |
| Cornard United | Blackhouse Lane | 2,000 |
| Debenham LC | Maitlands | 1,000 |
| Dereham Town Reserves | Aldiss Park | 3,000 |
| Diss Town | Brewers Green Lane | 2,500 |
| Downham Town | Memorial Field | 1,000 |
| Ely City | Unwin Sports Ground | 1,500 |
| Great Yarmouth Town | Wellesley Recreation Ground | 3,600 |
| Halstead Town | Rosemary Lane | 1,000 |
| Haverhill Borough | New Croft (groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) | 3,000 |
| King's Lynn Town Reserves | The Walks | 5,733 |
| Leiston Reserves | Victory Road | 2,500 |
| March Town United | The GER Sports Ground | |
| Needham Market Reserves | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
| Stowmarket Town | Greens Meadow | 1,000 |
| Team Bury | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
| Wivenhoe Town | Broad Lane | 2,876 |
| Woodbridge Town | Notcutts Park | 3,000 |
References
- 1 2 "Senior Leagues Constitution 2015/16". Thurlow Nunn League. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "Promotion To Step 4". FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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