Eastern Counties Football League

The Eastern Counties Football League is a regional English Football Association for clubs from the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and the north eastern Cambridgeshire.

Foundation

The Association took the game operating in the 1934/35 season with 10 teams at that time, including the subsequent UEFA Cup winners Ipswich Town mattered. First masters were jointly teams from Harwich and Lowestoft, after a due to a tie at end of season is translated playoff with 3:3 ended.

Game class structure

Until the 1987/88 season the number of participating teams in the game operating at increased gradually up to 20 teams. Numerous other teams were included in the game mode and split the matches then in the Premier Division and the First Division moved underneath in a significant expansion step for the season 1988/89. The Premier Division is currently located on the ninth level of the National League System. The master of the Premier Division is currently rising sorted by geographical location at the end of the season either in the Isthmian League Division One or the Southern Football League Division One on. The worst clubs in the First Division zehntklassigen descend into playing various sub-regional football associations.

Season 2011/12

On game operation of the 2011/12 season 21 teams take part in the game operation of the Premier Division. These are Brantham Athletic, Cambridge Regional College, Dereham Town, Diss Town, Ely City, Felixstowe & Walton United, FC Claction, Gorleston FC, ​​Great Yarmouth Town, Hadleigh United, Haverhill Rovers, Kirkley & Pakefield, Mildenhall Town, Newmarket Town, Norwich United, Stanway Rovers, Walsham -le- Willows, Wisbech Town, Wivenhoe Toe, Woodbridge Town and Wroxham.