2007–08 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2007–08 season was the 66th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.[1]

Soham Town Rangers 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
Season2007–08
ChampionsSoham Town Rangers
PromotedSoham Town Rangers
RelegatedIpswich Wanderers
Newmarket Town
Swaffham Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,630 (3.53 per match)

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

Also, Kirkley changed name to Kirkley & Pakefield.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Soham Town Rangers 42 31 6 5 108 34 +74 99 Promoted to the Southern League
2 Needham Market 42 29 7 6 114 56 +58 94
3 Wroxham 42 27 6 9 103 44 +59 87
4 Dereham Town 42 23 7 12 92 59 +33 76
5 Mildenhall Town 42 22 10 10 75 47 +28 76
6 Kirkley & Pakefield 42 21 10 11 82 54 +28 73
7 Stanway Rovers 42 20 10 12 82 62 +20 70
8 Felixstowe & Walton United 42 20 7 15 82 74 +8 67
9 Leiston 42 17 11 14 65 57 +8 62
10 Haverhill Rovers 42 19 5 18 72 66 +6 62
11 Lowestoft Town 42 18 4 20 88 91 −3 58
12 Wisbech Town 42 18 4 20 60 83 −23 58
13 Cambridge Regional College 42 16 9 17 77 63 +14 57
14 King's Lynn reserves 42 15 9 18 66 64 +2 54
15 Norwich United 42 13 8 21 49 75 −26 47
16 Walsham-le-Willows 42 14 5 23 54 98 −44 47
17 Woodbridge Town 42 13 7 22 67 96 −29 46
18 Harwich & Parkeston 42 13 4 25 62 98 −36 43
19 Histon reserves 42 12 4 26 67 84 −17 40
20 Swaffham Town 42 10 9 23 59 99 −40 38[a] Relegated to Division One
21 Newmarket Town 42 8 6 28 62 107 −45 30
22 Ipswich Wanderers 42 7 4 31 44 119 −75 25
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Swaffham Town were deducted one point.

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season2007–08
ChampionsTiptree United
PromotedEly City
Tiptree United
Whitton United
Matches played342
Goals scored1,188 (3.47 per match)

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Tiptree United 36 28 2 6 88 39 +49 86 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Ely City 36 22 8 6 81 42 +39 74
3 Whitton United 36 18 10 8 94 42 +52 64
4 Diss Town 36 19 6 11 86 47 +39 63
5 Hadleigh United 36 18 9 9 71 42 +29 63
6 Halstead Town 36 18 10 8 72 45 +27 63[a]
7 Saffron Walden Town 36 17 10 9 49 36 +13 61
8 Gorleston 36 17 9 10 87 62 +25 60
9 Debenham LC 36 17 10 9 66 38 +28 58[b]
10 Clacton 36 16 10 10 73 59 +14 58
11 Great Yarmouth Town 36 12 8 16 58 71 −13 44
12 Downham Town 36 11 10 15 42 67 −25 43
13 Thetford Town 36 9 12 15 59 71 −12 39
14 Stowmarket Town 36 10 9 17 61 76 −15 39
15 March Town United 36 6 14 16 54 82 −28 32
16 Godmanchester Rovers 36 8 6 22 36 76 −40 30
17 Fakenham Town 36 6 6 24 40 112 −72 24
18 Cornard United 36 4 9 23 36 94 −58 21
19 Long Melford 36 5 4 27 35 87 −52 19
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Halstead Town were deducted one point.
  2. ^ Debenham LC were deducted three points.

References

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