2004–05 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2004–05
Champions	Ipswich Wanderers
Promoted	Ipswich Wanderers; Kirkley; Needham Market
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,326 (3.49 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2004–05
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Relegated	Gorleston; Great Yarmouth Town; Stowmarket Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,661 (3.6 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 63rd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their fifth Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

Premier Division

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	42	31	7	4	105	30	+75	100
2	Bury Town	42	27	9	6	83	43	+40	90
3	Halstead Town	42	24	10	8	83	53	+30	82
4	Lowestoft Town	42	24	8	10	94	57	+37	80
5	Wroxham	42	22	9	11	106	59	+47	75
6	Mildenhall Town	42	20	11	11	68	54	+14	71
7	Soham Town Rangers	42	20	10	12	88	58	+30	70
8	Clacton Town	42	19	13	10	79	61	+18	68^[a]
9	Cambridge City reserves	42	19	8	15	78	75	+3	65
10	Leiston	42	16	9	17	66	74	−8	59^[b]
11	Harwich & Parkeston	42	17	4	21	72	85	−13	55
12	Diss Town	42	15	8	19	77	71	+6	53
13	Newmarket Town	42	14	9	19	67	76	−9	51
14	Norwich United	42	12	11	19	50	63	−13	47
15	Dereham Town	42	12	10	20	69	89	−20	46
16	Wisbech Town	42	12	10	20	59	84	−25	46
17	Woodbridge Town	42	12	8	22	62	85	−23	44
18	King's Lynn reserves	42	13	5	24	58	92	−34	44
19	Histon reserves	42	13	7	22	61	82	−21	43^[c]
20	Stowmarket Town	42	11	5	26	66	88	−22	38	Relegated to Division One
21	Gorleston	42	8	10	24	57	113	−56	34
22	Great Yarmouth Town	42	7	7	28	31	87	−56	28

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

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

Fakenham Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Saffron Walden Town, returned to league system after leaving Essex Senior League in 2003
Tiptree United, relegated from the Premier Division
Walsham-le-Willows, joined from the Suffolk and Ipswich League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ipswich Wanderers	38	27	8	3	103	29	+74	89	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Needham Market	38	26	7	5	103	50	+53	85
3	Kirkley	38	25	6	7	99	34	+65	81
4	Walsham-le-Willows	38	24	4	10	97	49	+48	76
5	Haverhill Rovers	38	22	10	6	77	41	+36	76
6	Stanway Rovers	38	23	4	11	89	57	+32	73
7	March Town United	38	21	8	9	74	54	+20	71
8	Tiptree United	38	19	6	13	75	70	+5	63
9	Ely City	38	17	2	19	72	66	+6	53
10	Fakenham Town	38	15	6	17	62	78	−16	51
11	Cornard United	38	15	5	18	43	62	−19	50
12	Swaffham Town	38	14	4	20	51	86	−35	46
13	Long Melford	38	13	6	19	62	68	−6	45
14	Whitton United	38	10	10	18	51	67	−16	40
15	Saffron Walden Town	38	10	6	22	55	83	−28	36
16	Hadleigh United	38	9	7	22	46	83	−37	34
17	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	9	6	23	46	74	−28	33
18	Downham Town	38	10	3	25	45	94	−49	33
19	Thetford Town	38	6	6	26	41	98	−57	24
20	Godmanchester Rovers	38	5	6	27	35	83	−48	21

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.