1999–2000 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1999–2000 season was the 58th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

Histon were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsHiston
PromotedHiston
Matches played420
Goals scored1,303 (3.1 per match)

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

Sudbury Town merged with Sudbury Wanderers to form new club AFC Sudbury.

Histon won the league on the last day of the season, coming from behind to win 2-1 win away at Gorleston with Wayne Goddard scoring the winner in the 76th minute. The victory meant that title rivals Wroxham, who still had a game in hand against Warboys Town, could not catch them. Histon's victory gained them promotion to the Southern Football League and also saved Felixstowe Port & Town from relegation as, had Wroxham won, they would not have been promoted.[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Histon 40 29 6 5 95 42 +53 93 Promoted to the Southern Football League
2 Wroxham 40 28 8 4 86 39 +47 92
3 AFC Sudbury 40 28 6 6 106 48 +58 90
4 Clacton Town 40 22 9 9 92 59 +33 75
5 Lowestoft Town 40 20 10 10 58 36 +22 70
6 Mildenhall Town 40 18 9 13 62 52 +10 63
7 Woodbridge Town 40 17 9 14 63 51 +12 60
8 Diss Town 40 17 9 14 69 62 +7 60
9 Maldon Town 40 18 6 16 61 63 −2 60
10 Ipswich Wanderers 40 16 8 16 59 60 −1 56
11 Fakenham Town 40 14 12 14 55 55 0 54
12 Great Yarmouth Town 40 14 10 16 50 52 −2 52
13 Gorleston 40 14 9 17 76 69 +7 51
14 Newmarket Town 40 14 8 18 60 69 −9 50
15 Warboys Town 40 13 9 18 55 65 −10 48
16 Soham Town Rangers 40 12 5 23 52 76 −24 41
17 Bury Town 40 8 12 20 38 65 −27 36
18 Halstead Town 40 8 8 24 52 89 −37 32
19 Stowmarket Town 40 8 8 24 40 83 −43 32
20 Harwich & Parkeston 40 7 8 25 42 84 −42 29
21 Felixstowe Port & Town 40 7 7 26 32 84 −52 28
22 Watton United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned to the Anglian Combination, record expunged
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1999–2000
ChampionsTiptree United
PromotedEly City
Tiptree United
Matches played306
Goals scored1,003 (3.28 per match)

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Tiptree United 34 23 9 2 89 19 +70 78 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Ely City 34 23 4 7 89 34 +55 73
3 Stanway Rovers 34 21 8 5 68 31 +37 71
4 Downham Town 34 22 4 8 77 36 +41 70
5 Needham Market 34 20 5 9 76 46 +30 64[a]
6 Cambridge City reserves 34 18 6 10 70 44 +26 60
7 Dereham Town 34 16 5 13 53 36 +17 53
8 Hadleigh United 34 15 7 12 52 44 +8 52
9 Swaffham Town 34 16 4 14 47 42 +5 52
10 Cornard United 34 14 10 10 42 44 −2 52
11 Whitton United 34 14 6 14 64 58 +6 48
12 Somersham Town 34 14 6 14 55 58 −3 48
13 March Town United 34 10 7 17 48 78 −30 37
14 Haverhill Rovers 34 9 7 18 40 71 −31 34
15 Norwich United 34 6 3 25 44 99 −55 21
16 Chatteris Town 34 4 7 23 31 75 −44 19
17 Brightlingsea United 34 5 4 25 31 84 −53 19
18 Thetford Town 34 3 4 27 27 104 −77 13
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Needham Market were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 1997–2011". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ a b "Felixstowe joy as Histon win to take crown". East Anglian Daily Times. 8 May 2000. p. 36.