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1995–96 Eastern Counties Football League

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The 1995–96 season was the 54th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

Halstead Town were champions, winning their second Eastern Counties Football League title in a row.

Premier Division

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season1995–96
ChampionsHalstead Town
RelegatedCornard United
Haverhill Rovers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,426 (3.09 per match)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Halstead Town 42 31 8 3 110 50 +60 101
2 Diss Town 42 29 9 4 94 32 +62 96
3 Wroxham 42 26 10 6 97 39 +58 88
4 Stowmarket Town 42 23 7 12 69 47 +22 76
5 Woodbridge Town 42 22 5 15 73 50 +23 71
6 Newmarket Town 42 18 13 11 78 58 +20 67
7 Harwich & Parkeston 42 25 8 9 102 55 +47 64[a]
8 Felixstowe Town 42 16 11 15 60 57 +3 59
9 Sudbury Wanderers 42 17 8 17 53 58 −5 59
10 Tiptree United 42 17 8 17 56 67 −11 59
11 Wisbech Town 42 16 9 17 76 67 +9 57
12 Soham Town Rangers 42 16 9 17 76 78 −2 57
13 Fakenham Town 42 17 5 20 67 67 0 56
14 Lowestoft Town 42 13 14 15 73 59 +14 53
15 Clacton Town 42 14 10 18 72 84 −12 52
16 Great Yarmouth Town 42 11 11 20 34 61 −27 44
17 Hadleigh United 42 10 9 23 33 85 −52 39
18 Sudbury Town reserves 42 9 11 22 49 86 −37 38
19 March Town United 42 10 7 25 39 67 −28 37
20 Watton United 42 8 13 21 41 73 −32 37
21 Haverhill Rovers 42 8 10 24 36 78 −42 34 Relegated to Division One
22 Cornard United 42 5 7 30 38 108 −70 22
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Harwich & Parkeston were deducted 19 points.

Division One

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season1995–96
ChampionsGorleston
PromotedGorleston
Warboys Town
Matches played272
Goals scored1,012 (3.72 per match)

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Gorleston 32 26 4 2 100 30 +70 82 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Warboys Town 32 22 7 3 79 33 +46 73
3 Ely City 32 19 6 7 82 40 +42 63
4 Thetford Town 32 20 2 10 72 52 +20 62
5 Ipswich Wanderers 32 17 8 7 87 41 +46 59
6 Whitton United 32 15 10 7 67 43 +24 55
7 Norwich United 32 14 7 11 58 46 +12 49
8 Mildenhall Town 32 14 5 13 53 61 −8 47
9 Swaffham Town 32 10 8 14 53 54 −1 38
10 Brightlingsea United 32 8 11 13 44 61 −17 35
11 Somersham Town 32 10 5 17 41 62 −21 35
12 Downham Town 32 9 7 16 46 80 −34 34
13 Histon 32 8 4 20 54 73 −19 28
14 King's Lynn reserves 32 8 4 20 46 91 −45 28 Resigned from the league
15 Stanway Rovers 32 6 9 17 35 67 −32 27
16 Chatteris Town 32 7 4 21 41 82 −41 25
17 Bury Town reserves 32 6 5 21 54 96 −42 23 Resigned from the league
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 1975–1997". Non League Matters.
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