2021–22 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties League Division One North
Season	2021–22
Champions	Sheringham
Promoted	Sheringham; Harleston Town
Relegated	Wisbech St Mary

Eastern Counties League Premier Division
Season	2021–22
Champions	Gorleston
Promoted	Gorleston; Wroxham
Relegated	Swaffham Town

Eastern Counties Football League
Season	2021–22
Champions	Gorleston
Relegated	Brimsdown; Wisbech St Mary
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Eastern Counties Football League, also known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship reasons, is the 79th season in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division at Step 5, and the geographically separated Division One North and Division One South (Eastern Senior League), both at Step 6 of the English football league system.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by the Football Association on 18 May 2021,[1] and were subject to appeal. The league constitution was published on 27 June.[2]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[3][4][5]

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs that competed in the division last season. Four arrivals were:

Promoted from Division One North

Four departures were:

Promoted to Isthmian League North
- Stowmarket Town

Transferred to Essex Senior League Premier
- FC Clacton
- Stanway Rovers

Transferred to United Counties League Premier South
- Godmanchester Rovers

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gorleston (C, P)	38	26	6	6	87	36	+51	84	Promotion to Step 4
2	Wroxham[lower-alpha 1] (P)	38	26	5	7	104	28	+76	83	Promotion to Step 4
3	Mildenhall Town	38	21	7	10	79	42	+37	70
4	Mulbarton Wanderers	38	20	8	10	67	48	+19	68
5	Norwich United	38	20	7	11	62	45	+17	67
6	Fakenham Town	38	19	6	13	68	56	+12	63
7	Walsham-le-Willows	38	18	7	13	63	47	+16	61
8	Newmarket Town	38	18	6	14	71	59	+12	60
9	Kirkley & Pakefield	38	17	8	13	63	48	+15	59
10	March Town United	38	17	6	15	72	63	+9	57
11	Woodbridge Town	38	15	9	14	64	63	+1	54
12	Lakenheath	38	13	11	14	63	56	+7	50
13	Ely City	38	12	9	17	60	77	−17	45
14	Thetford Town	38	12	8	18	61	60	+1	44
15	Hadleigh United	38	11	10	17	46	62	−16	43
16	Whitton United	38	10	8	20	46	94	−48	38
17	Haverhill Rovers	38	10	6	22	46	71	−25	36
18	Brantham Athletic	38	9	9	20	32	63	−31	36
19	Long Melford	38	6	14	18	46	70	−24	32	Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
20	Swaffham Town (R)	38	3	4	31	20	132	−112	13	Relegation to Step 6

Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[7]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Automatically promoted as one of 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) at the end of the 2021–22 season.[6]
Reprieved as one of twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom in Step 5.[6]

Stadia and locations

Location of the Norfolk-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Premier Division

Location of the Suffolk-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Premier Division

March Town United

Ely City

Location of the Cambridgeshire-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Premier Division

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Brantham Athletic	Brantham	Brantham Leisure Centre	1,200
Ely City	Ely	Unwin Sports Ground	1,500
Fakenham Town	Fakenham	Clipbush Park
Gorleston	Gorleston-on-Sea	Emerald Park
Hadleigh United	Hadleigh	Millfield	3,000
Haverhill Rovers	Haverhill	New Croft	3,000
Kirkley & Pakefield	Lowestoft	Walmer Road	2,000
Lakenheath	Lakenheath	The Nest
Long Melford	Long Melford	Stoneylands
March Town United	March	GER Sports Ground
Mildenhall Town	Mildenhall	Recreation Way	2,000
Mulbarton Wanderers	Mulbarton	Mulberry Park
Newmarket Town	Newmarket	Cricket Field Road	2,750
Norwich United	Blofield	Plantation Park	3,000
Swaffham Town	Swaffham	Shoemakers Lane
Thetford Town	Thetford	Mundford Road
Walsham-le-Willows	Walsham le Willows	Summer Road
Whitton United	Ipswich	King George V Playing Fields	1,000
Woodbridge Town	Woodbridge	Notcutts Park	3,000
Wroxham	Wroxham	Trafford Park	2,500

Division One North

Division One North comprises 16 teams, three fewer than those competing at the time the previous season was aborted. Six arrivals awee:

Promoted from Anglian Combination
- Harleston Town
- University of East Anglia

Promoted from Peterborough and District League
- Parson Drove
- Peterborough North End Sports

Transferred from United Counties League Division One
- Huntingdon Town
- Whittlesey Athletic

Nine departures were:

Promoted to the Premier Division

Transferred to Division One South
- AFC Sudbury Reserves
- Cornard United
- Haverhill Borough
- Ipswich Wanderers, after request

King's Lynn Town withdrew their reserve team before the constitution was ratified.

Blackstones and Bourne Town were initially moved to this division from the United Counties League but they successfully appealed and their transfers were rescinded.

Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sheringham (C, P)	30	24	3	3	84	28	+56	75	Promotion to Step 5
2	Harleston Town (O, P)	30	23	4	3	77	23	+54	73	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Downham Town	30	18	9	3	56	26	+30	63
4	Norwich CBS	30	16	4	10	68	48	+20	52
5	Framlingham Town	30	15	4	11	56	43	+13	49
6	Whittlesey Athletic	30	12	9	9	60	52	+8	45
7	Huntingdon Town	30	11	9	10	48	49	−1	42
8	Peterborough North End Sports (R)	30	10	8	12	50	50	0	38	Resignation from the league[lower-alpha 1]
9	Leiston Reserves	30	9	9	12	49	54	−5	36
10	Great Yarmouth Town	30	9	9	12	43	51	−8	36
11	Debenham LC	30	10	6	14	50	64	−14	36
12	University of East Anglia	30	10	5	15	41	40	+1	35
13	Diss Town	30	8	6	16	46	56	−10	30
14	Needham Market Reserves	30	8	5	17	54	71	−17	29
15	FC Parson Drove	30	7	7	16	28	62	−34	28	Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
16	Wisbech St Mary (R)	30	0	3	27	16	109	−93	3	Relegation to level 11

Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Peterborough North End Sports requested for a voluntary relegation to the Peterborough and District League at the end of the season.[8] They were placed bottom for relegation purposes.[9]
All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top nine second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[9]

Stadia and locations

University of East Anglia

Location of the Norfolk-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Division One North

Debenham LC

Framlingham Town

Leiston Reserves

Needham Market Reserves

Location of the Suffolk-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Division One North

FC Parson Drove

Huntingdon Town

Peterborough NE Sports

Whittlesey Athletic

Wisbech St Mary

Location of the Cambridgeshire-based clubs in the 2021–22 Eastern Counties League Division One North

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Debenham LC	Debenham	Friends' Meadow	1,000
Diss Town	Diss	Brewers Green Lane
Downham Town	Downham Market	Memorial Field
FC Parson Drove	Parson Drove	Main Road
Framlingham Town	Framlingham	Badingham Road
Great Yarmouth Town	Great Yarmouth	Wellesley Recreation Ground	3,600
Harleston Town	Harleston	Wilderness Lane
Huntingdon Town	Huntingdon	Jubilee Park
Leiston Reserves	Leiston	Victory Road	2,250
Needham Market Reserves	Needham Market	Bloomfields
Norwich CBS	Bowthorpe	Football Development Centre
Peterborough North End Sports	Peterborough	Lincoln Road[lower-alpha 1]	2,300
Sheringham	Sheringham	Weybourne Road
University of East Anglia	Dereham	Aldiss Park	2,500
Whittlesey Athletic	Whittlesey	Feldale Field
Wisbech St Mary	Wisbech St Mary	Beechings Close

Groundshare with Peterborough Sports

Division One South (Eastern Senior League)

Division One South comprises 20 teams, three more than those competing at the time the previous season was aborted. Six arrivals were:

Promoted from Essex Olympian League
- Buckhurst Hill

Transferred from Division One North
- AFC Sudbury Reserves
- Cornard United
- Haverhill Borough
- Ipswich Wanderers, after request

Transferred from Spartan South Midlands League Division One
- Park View

Three departures were:

Promoted to Essex Senior League Premier Division

Eastern Counties League Division One South
(Eastern Senior League)
Season	2021–22
Champions	Ipswich Wanderers
Promoted	Ipswich Wanderers Halstead Town
Relegated	Brimsdown

Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Wanderers (C, P)	38	33	4	1	127	19	+108	103	Promotion to Step 5
2	Buckhurst Hill	38	31	5	2	144	29	+115	98	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Benfleet	38	23	5	10	74	48	+26	74
4	Halstead Town (O, P)	38	23	2	13	99	72	+27	71
5	Wivenhoe Town	38	21	7	10	83	59	+24	70
6	Burnham Ramblers	38	21	5	12	91	66	+25	68
7	Wormley Rovers	38	17	7	14	70	75	−5	58
8	Holland	38	17	6	15	72	73	−1	57
9	Frenford	38	14	9	15	80	77	+3	51
10	May & Baker	38	12	13	13	60	60	0	49
11	Barkingside	38	15	4	19	55	76	−21	49
12	Hackney Wick	38	11	11	16	65	72	−7	44
13	Harwich & Parkeston	38	11	11	16	53	61	−8	44
14	AFC Sudbury Reserves	38	13	5	20	74	103	−29	44
15	Coggeshall United	38	12	7	19	51	67	−16	43
16	Newbury Forest	38	12	2	24	70	104	−34	38
17	Park View	38	10	6	22	65	103	−38	36
18	Cornard United	38	10	5	23	52	93	−41	35	Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 1]
19	Haverhill Borough	38	6	7	25	43	98	−55	25	Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 1]
20	Brimsdown (R)	38	4	7	27	45	118	−73	19	Relegation to level 11

Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[7]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top nine second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[9]

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury Reserves	Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
Barkingside	London (Ilford)	Cricklefield Stadium[lower-alpha 1]	3,500
Benfleet	Canvey Island	Park Lane[lower-alpha 2]	4,100
Brimsdown	Tilbury	Chadfields[lower-alpha 3]	4,000
Buckhurst Hill	Buckhurst Hill	Roding Lane
Burnham Ramblers	Burnham-on-Crouch	Leslie Fields	2,000
Coggeshall United	Coggeshall	West Street
Cornard United	Great Cornard	Blackhouse Lane
Frenford	London (Ilford)	The Jack Carter Centre	2,000
Hackney Wick	Witham	Spa Road[lower-alpha 4]	2,500
Halstead Town	Halstead	Rosemary Lane
Harwich & Parkeston	Harwich	Royal Oak
Haverhill Borough	Haverhill	New Croft[lower-alpha 5]	3,000
Holland	Holland-on-Sea	Dulwich Road
Ipswich Wanderers	Rushmere	Humber Doucy Lane
May & Baker	Aveley	Parkside[lower-alpha 6]	3,500
Newbury Forest	London (Barkingside)	Oakside Stadium[lower-alpha 7]	3,000
Park View	London (Wood Green)	New River Stadium	5,000
Wivenhoe Town	Wivenhoe	Broad Lane	2,876
Wormley Rovers	Wormley	Wormley Playing Fields	500

Groundshare with Ilford
Groundshare with Canvey Island
Groundshare with Tilbury
Groundshare with Witham Town
Groundshare with Haverhill Rovers
Groundshare with Aveley
Groundshare with Redbridge

References

"League Allocations Announced". Thurlow Nunn League. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
"League Constitution for Season 2021/22". Thurlow Nunn League. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
"Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
"FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
"EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 5 Promotion". Google Docs.
"The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
"Peterborough North End seek a voluntary relegation after one season away from the Peterborough League". Peterborough Telegraph. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 6 Relegation". Google Docs.

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[table_note_WRO0.074854382814306-7] Automatically promoted as one of 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) at the end of the 2021–22 season.[6]

[table_note_res_REP0.074854382814306-8] Reprieved as one of twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom in Step 5.[6]

[table_note_res_RES0.77631327080369-12] Peterborough North End Sports requested for a voluntary relegation to the Peterborough and District League at the end of the season.[8] They were placed bottom for relegation purposes.[9]

[table_note_res_REP0.77631327080369-13] All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top nine second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[9]

[14] Groundshare with Peterborough Sports

[table_note_res_REP0.16450264452235-15] All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top nine second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[9]

[16] Groundshare with Ilford

[17] Groundshare with Canvey Island

[18] Groundshare with Tilbury

[19] Groundshare with Witham Town

[20] Groundshare with Haverhill Rovers

[21] Groundshare with Aveley

[22] Groundshare with Redbridge

[1] "League Allocations Announced". Thurlow Nunn League. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[2] "League Constitution for Season 2021/22". Thurlow Nunn League. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[3] "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[4] "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[5] "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[pro/rel-6] Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 5 Promotion". Google Docs.

[Steps_1_to_6_League_Tables-9] "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

[10] "Peterborough North End seek a voluntary relegation after one season away from the Peterborough League". Peterborough Telegraph. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[Step6-11] Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 6 Relegation". Google Docs.