The East Anglian League was a football league in the East Anglia region of England.

East Anglian League
Founded1903
Folded1964
CountryEngland

History

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The league was established in 1903 as the South East Anglian League. The founder member clubs were Chelmsford City, Colchester Crown, Colchester Town, Harwich & Parkeston and Ipswich Town, with Ipswich winning the inaugural league title. In 1908 it was renamed the East Anglian League. By the 1960s the league was dominated by clubs from Norfolk and in 1964 it merged with the Norfolk & Suffolk League (also largely consisting of Norfolk-based clubs) to form the Anglian Combination.[1]

Champions

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Season Division One Division Two
1903–04 Ipswich Town
1904–05 Colchester Crown
1905–06 Kings Own Scot Borders
1906–07 Colchester Crown
1907–08 King's Royal Rifles Corps
1908–09 Norwich City Reserves[2]
1909–10 Norwich City Reserves
1910–11 Norwich City Reserves
1911–12 Norwich City Reserves
1912–13 Norwich City Reserves
1913–14
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35 Eastern Coachworks
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40 Cambridge Town[3]
1940–41 Cambridge Town[3]
1941–42 Cambridge Town[3]
1942–43 Cambridge Town[3]
1943–44
1944–45 Cambridge Town[3]
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48 Carrow
1948–49 Carrow
1949–50 Thorpe
1950–51 North Walsham
1951–52 North Walsham Town
1952–53 Gorleston Reserves
1953–54 Norman Old Boys
1954–55 RAF Horsham St Faith
1955–56 RAF Horsham St Faith
1956–57 Great Yarmouth Town Reserves
1957–58 Lowestoft Town Reserves
1958–59 Norman Old Boys
1959–60 Norwich City 'B' Costessey Sports
1960–61 Norwich City 'B' Oulton Broad
1961–62 Norman Old Boys
1962–63 Holt United Great Yarmouth Town Reserves
1963–64 Lowestoft Town Reserves

Member clubs

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References

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  1. ^ Norfolk & Suffolk League 1946–1964 Non-League Matters
  2. ^ East Anglian League Non-League Matters
  3. ^ a b c d e Playing record Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Cambridge City F.C.