2003–04 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2003–04 season was the 62nd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their fourth Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999, while Maldon Town were promoted to the Southern Football League for the first time in their history.

Premier Division

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2003–04
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Promoted	Maldon Town
Relegated	Fakenham Town Tiptree United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,541 (3.34 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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

• Halstead Town
• King's Lynn reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	42	32	5	5	123	30	+93	101
2	Maldon Town	42	30	6	6	107	35	+72	96	Promoted to the Southern League
3	Wroxham	42	29	8	5	108	36	+72	95
4	Diss Town	42	27	5	10	104	54	+50	86
5	Soham Town Rangers	42	24	8	10	88	62	+26	80
6	Clacton Town	42	19	14	9	65	54	+11	71
7	Halstead Town	42	19	9	14	77	54	+23	66
8	Lowestoft Town	42	19	8	15	66	68	−2	65
9	Bury Town	42	17	11	14	86	82	+4	62
10	Newmarket Town	42	18	7	17	76	78	−2	61
11	Norwich United	42	17	10	15	51	58	−7	61
12	Mildenhall Town	42	16	12	14	72	61	+11	60
13	Histon reserves	42	14	10	18	70	77	−7	52
14	Wisbech Town	42	13	8	21	64	82	−18	46
15	King's Lynn reserves	42	11	11	20	63	71	−8	44
16	Great Yarmouth Town	42	10	13	19	59	67	−8	43
17	Woodbridge Town	42	12	6	24	52	78	−26	42
18	Dereham Town	42	10	9	23	42	85	−43	39
19	Stowmarket Town	42	11	6	25	42	88	−46	39
20	Gorleston	42	9	10	23	56	86	−30	37
21	Tiptree United	42	9	7	26	40	95	−55	34	Relegated to Division One
22	Fakenham Town	42	2	5	35	30	140	−110	11

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

Division One

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One

Season	2003–04
Champions	Cambridge City reserves
Promoted	Cambridge City reserves Harwich & Parkeston Leiston
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,238 (3.26 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division
• Harwich & Parkeston, relegated from the Premier Division
• Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the Premier Division
• Kirkley, joined from the Anglian Combination

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Cambridge City reserves	38	25	8	5	76	40	+36	83	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Harwich & Parkeston	38	24	8	6	89	48	+41	80
3	Leiston	38	22	8	8	74	40	+34	74
4	Stanway Rovers	38	20	10	8	69	43	+26	70
5	Kirkley	38	18	10	10	84	60	+24	64
6	Whitton United	38	19	5	14	85	57	+28	62
7	Godmanchester Rovers	38	17	8	13	54	52	+2	59
8	Ipswich Wanderers	38	17	9	12	51	36	+15	58
9	Swaffham Town	38	15	13	10	62	54	+8	58
10	Haverhill Rovers	38	17	5	16	73	66	+7	56
11	Ely City	38	19	1	18	60	58	+2	55
12	Cornard United	38	15	7	16	53	60	−7	52
13	Long Melford	38	14	8	16	62	66	−4	50
14	Needham Market	38	14	5	19	67	73	−6	47
15	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	12	9	17	52	63	−11	45
16	March Town United	38	12	5	21	70	99	−29	41
17	Downham Town	38	9	7	22	43	79	−36	34
18	Hadleigh United	38	6	13	19	42	57	−15	31
19	Thetford Town	38	6	6	26	38	85	−47	24
20	Somersham Town	38	4	5	29	34	102	−68	17	Resigned to the Cambridgeshire League
21	Warboys Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

External links

• Eastern Counties Football League