1981–82 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1981–82 season was the 40th and the last under this name in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

The league featured 22 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Braintree & Crittall changed name to Braintree.

Tiptree United were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title.

League table

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Town & Country League
Season1981–82
ChampionsTiptree United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,349 (2.92 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tiptree United 42 28 9 5 78 32 +46 65
2 Sudbury Town 42 25 10 7 82 38 +44 60
3 Gorleston 42 24 8 10 91 44 +47 56
4 Great Yarmouth Town 42 22 11 9 84 44 +40 55
5 Wisbech Town 42 21 9 12 67 40 +27 51
6 Saffron Walden Town 42 21 9 12 75 57 +18 51
7 Newmarket Town 42 19 11 12 72 56 +16 49
8 Brantham Athletic 42 18 13 11 59 50 +9 49
9 Chatteris Town 42 17 15 10 58 49 +9 49
10 Colchester United reserves 42 15 14 13 67 63 +4 44
11 Haverhill Rovers 42 12 17 13 52 53 −1 41
12 March Town United 42 13 15 14 58 62 −4 41
13 Lowestoft Town 42 15 9 18 68 63 +5 39
14 Felixstowe Town 42 14 10 18 66 81 −15 38
15 Ely City 42 12 13 17 55 78 −23 37
16 Histon 42 12 12 18 48 74 −26 36
17 Thetford Town 42 9 18 15 51 70 −19 36
18 Bury Town 42 12 10 20 52 77 −25 34
19 Braintree 42 10 8 24 44 86 −42 28
20 Clacton Town 42 7 9 26 43 74 −31 23
21 Soham Town Rangers 42 6 9 27 37 75 −38 21
22 Stowmarket 42 5 11 26 42 83 −41 21
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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