2025–26 Eastern Counties Football League

The 2025–26 Eastern Counties Football League is the 83rd season 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 constitution was announced on 15 May 2025.[1]

Premier Division

Eastern Counties Football League
Premier Division
Season2025–26
Biggest home winFakenham Town 7–0 Cornard United
(30 August 2025)
Ely City 8–1 Cornard United
(17 January 2026)
Haverhill Rovers 8–1 Stowmarket Town
(3 February 2026)
Biggest away winWoodbridge Town 0–5 Mulbarton Wanderers
(9 August 2025)
Ely City 0–5 Mulbarton Wanderers
(8 November 2025)
Highest scoringHaverhill Rovers 8–3 Woodbridge Town
(14 February 2026)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 9 March 2026.

The Premier Division featured 16 teams from the previous season, along with two clubs:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mulbarton Wanderers (T) 28 24 1 3 83 15 +68 73 Promotion to the Isthmian League North Division
2 Soham Town Rangers 30 19 1 10 62 37 +25 58 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Ely City 30 17 4 9 69 36 +33 55
4 Haverhill Rovers 27 17 4 6 64 35 +29 55
5 Thetford Town 31 16 7 8 57 37 +20 55
6 Fakenham Town 29 16 5 8 55 34 +21 53
7 Great Yarmouth Town 28 16 4 8 49 31 +18 52
8 Ipswich Wanderers 29 15 4 10 48 34 +14 49
9 Harleston Town 28 12 6 10 39 41 −2 42
10 Walsham-le-Willows 29 9 8 12 45 46 −1 35
11 Woodbridge Town 27 11 2 14 44 64 −20 35
12 Kirkley & Pakefield 29 10 2 17 40 54 −14 32
13 Stowmarket Town 30 9 5 16 48 72 −24 32
14 Dereham Town 28 8 7 13 40 41 −1 31
15 Heacham 29 6 5 18 33 73 −40 23
16 Lakenheath 27 5 5 17 29 62 −33 20
17 Hadleigh United 28 5 3 20 25 68 −43 18 Relegation to Step 6
18 Cornard United 29 4 5 20 28 78 −50 17
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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[2]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away COR DER ELY FAK GYT HAD HAR HVR HEA IPS K&P LAK MUL STR STW THE WLW WOO
Cornard United 1–1 1–2 2–0
Dereham Town 3–0 0–2 2–1
Ely City 2–0 0–2 1–1
Fakenham Town 1–0 7–2
Great Yarmouth Town 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2
Hadleigh United 1–2 1–5 0–0 4–2
Harleston Town 1–1 3–2 1–1
Haverhill Rovers 1–2 1–0 1–3
Heacham 0–3 2–6
Ipswich Wanderers 3–2 1–0 2–0
Kirkley & Pakefield 4–3 1–3 2–0
Lakenheath 4–2 1–2 2–3
Mulbarton Wanderers
Soham Town Rangers 3–0 4–2
Stowmarket Town 2–1 3–1
Thetford Town 0–0 3–1 1–0
Walsham-le-Willows 2–0 3–1
Woodbridge Town 0–5 0–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Cornard United Sudbury (Little Cornard) Blackhouse Lane
Dereham Town Dereham Aldiss Park 3,000
Ely City Ely Unwin Sports Ground 1,500
Fakenham Town Fakenham Clipbush Park 2,000
Great Yarmouth Town Great Yarmouth Wellesley Recreation Ground 3,600
Hadleigh United Hadleigh Millfield 3,000
Harleston Town Harleston Wilderness Lane
Haverhill Rovers Haverhill New Croft 3,000
Heacham Heacham Station Road
Ipswich Wanderers Ipswich Humber Doucy Lane 550
Kirkley & Pakefield Lowestoft Walmer Road 2,000
Lakenheath Lakenheath The Nest
Mulbarton Wanderers Mulbarton Mulberry Park
Soham Town Rangers Soham Julius Martin Lane 2,000
Stowmarket Town Stowmarket Greens Meadow 1,000
Thetford Town Thetford Mundford Road 1,500
Walsham-le-Willows Walsham le Willows Summer Road 1,000
Woodbridge Town Martlesham Notcutts Park 3,000

Division One North

Eastern Counties Football League
Division One North
Season2025–26
Biggest home winDussindale & Hellesdon Rovers 7–1 Holbeach United
(16 August 2025)
Holland 6–0 Haverhill Borough
(15 November 2025)
Framlingham Town 6–0 Wroxham reserves
(20 December 2025)
Holland 6–0 AFC Sudbury reserves
(7 February 2026)
Biggest away winLeiston under 23s 0–6 Framlingham Town
(12 August 2025)
AFC Sudbury reserves 0–6 Wroxham reserves
(31 January 2026)
Highest scoringHolbeach United 4–6 Diss Town
(17 January 2026)
Leiston under 23s 6–4 FC Parson Drove
(28 February 2026)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 9 March 2026.

Division One North featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Holland (T) 33 24 5 4 98 40 +58 77 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Kings Park Rangers (T) 31 23 5 3 63 25 +38 74 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Framlingham Town 31 21 6 4 72 29 +43 69
4 FC Peterborough 33 19 6 8 73 44 +29 63
5 Stanway Pegasus 32 16 6 10 69 46 +23 54
6 Wroxham reserves 30 15 7 8 58 42 +16 52
7 Halesworth Town 31 13 9 9 52 43 +9 48
8 Whittlesey Athletic 33 14 5 14 61 52 +9 47
9 Haverhill Borough 32 13 6 13 57 52 +5 45
10 FC Clacton 33 13 4 16 62 66 −4 43
11 Long Melford 33 12 7 14 54 67 −13 43
12 Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers 33 13 3 17 52 57 −5 42
13 FC Parson Drove 31 12 5 14 54 68 −14 41
14 Holbeach United 31 11 7 13 47 68 −21 40
15 AFC Sudbury reserves 34 12 3 19 58 88 −30 39
16 Gorleston reserves 34 11 5 18 59 66 −7 38
17 Diss Town 33 10 6 17 47 71 −24 36
18 Needham Market reserves 32 8 2 22 53 73 −20 26 Possible relegation to a feeder league
19 Wivenhoe Town 31 5 3 23 31 76 −45 18
20 Leiston under 23s 31 4 4 23 37 84 −47 16
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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[2]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away SUD DIS DHR CLA FPD PET FRA GOR HAL HVB HLB HLD KPR LEI LNM NHM STP WHI WIV WRO
AFC Sudbury reserves 3–0 1–2 4–0
Diss Town 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–4
Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers 7–1 5–1 6–2 1–0
FC Clacton 2–1 1–3 6–1
FC Parson Drove 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
FC Peterborough 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–0
Framlingham Town 3–1 1–1 2–0
Gorleston reserves 1–2 1–2 2–0
Halesworth Town 0–2 1–2 1–0
Haverhill Borough 0–1 2–2 6–2 0–0
Holbeach United 2–2 0–5 3–2 3–2
Holland 3–2 1–1 4–3
Kings Park Rangers 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1
Leiston under 23s 2–1 2–2 0–6 1–2 3–4
Long Melford 2–1 3–2 1–4
Needham Market reserves 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–2
Stanway Pegasus 0–0 2–0 5–0
Whittlesey Athletic 3–1 0–2 5–0 2–1 1–2
Wivenhoe Town 4–3 1–0 0–0 1–2
Wroxham reserves 2–1 4–1 4–2 1–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Sudbury reserves Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500
Diss Town Diss Brewers Green Lane 2,500
Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers Horsford The Nest 1,000
FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Rush Green Bowl 3,000
FC Parson Drove Parson Drove Main Road
FC Peterborough Peterborough The Focus Centre
Framlingham Town Framlingham Badingham Road
Gorleston reserves Gorleston-on-Sea The Nest (groundshare with Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers) 1,000
Halesworth Town Halesworth Dairy Hill
Haverhill Borough Haverhill New Croft (groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) 3,000
Holbeach United Holbeach Carters Park 4,000
Holland Clacton-on-Sea (Holland-on-Sea) Dulwich Road
Kings Park Rangers Sudbury (Little Cornard) Blackhouse Lane (groundshare with Cornard United)
Leiston under 23s Leiston Victory Road 2,500
Long Melford Long Melford Stoneylands
Needham Market reserves Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000
Stanway Pegasus Stanway West Street (groundshare with Coggeshall Town) 2,000
Whittlesey Athletic Whittlesey Feldale Field
Wivenhoe Town Wivenhoe Broad Lane 2,876
Wroxham reserves Wroxham Trafford Park 2,500

Division One South

Eastern Counties Football League
Division One South
Season2025–26
Biggest home winStansted 11–0 NW London
(22 November 2025)
Biggest away winAS London 0–7 Rayleigh Town
(1 November 2025)
Highest scoringStansted 11–0 NW London
(22 November 2025)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 9 March 2026.

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


League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hutton (T) 35 24 8 3 96 41 +55 80 Promotion to Step 5
2 Clapton Community (T) 36 24 6 6 89 43 +46 78 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Coggeshall Town 32 20 8 4 75 37 +38 68
4 Rayleigh Town 34 19 6 9 89 44 +45 63
5 Newbury Forest 34 18 9 7 92 51 +41 63
6 Brimsdown 35 16 11 8 79 58 +21 59
7 Lymore Gardens 33 18 3 12 68 56 +12 57
8 Burnham Ramblers 35 15 8 12 76 67 +9 53
9 Stansted 33 13 12 8 63 41 +22 51
10 Basildon Town 32 14 7 11 69 55 +14 49
11 Hoddesdon Town 33 14 6 13 50 56 −6 48
12 Cannons Wood 36 11 5 20 70 88 −18 38
13 AS London 34 10 7 17 41 62 −21 37
14 Enfield Borough 31 11 3 17 57 78 −21 36
15 NW London 36 10 5 21 67 104 −37 35
16 Dunmow Town 35 9 7 19 63 89 −26 34
17 FC Baresi 35 9 7 19 56 82 −26 34
18 May & Baker 35 9 7 19 61 92 −31 34
19 Southend Manor 34 10 4 20 51 94 −43 34 Possible relegation to a feeder league
20 FC Romania 34 9 5 20 61 84 −23 32
21 Barkingside 34 5 6 23 26 77 −51 21
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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[2]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away ASL BRK BAS BRM BUR CNW CLA COG DUN EFB BSI ROM HOD HUT LYG M&B NBF NWL RAY SEM STA
AS London 0–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 0–3 3–4 0–2 0–3 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–7 1–1
Barkingside 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–4 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–5 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–2
Basildon Town 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–4 5–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–3 3–1 1–1 7–1 1–1
Brimsdown 5–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–5 2–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 5–0 2–1 5–2 1–1
Burnham Ramblers 0–2 2–4 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–6 2–2 2–1
Cannons Wood 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–3 0–4 2–5 0–6 3–1 5–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 0–2
Clapton Community 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–0
Coggeshall Town 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 4–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 1–0
Dunmow Town 3–3 2–3 4–2 3–4 2–3 1–4 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 5–1 1–6 7–1 0–3 4–3 1–1
Enfield Borough 1–1 3–3 4–3 1–4 4–2 4–2 3–2 2–3 1–1 0–6 4–0 3–2 0–4
FC Baresi 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–6 3–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 5–2 1–6 2–3
FC Romania 1–0 3–3 2–1 3–4 2–0 4–4 0–3 0–3 2–6 3–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 4–5 6–3 0–6 2–2 2–2 0–1
Hoddesdon Town 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–1
Hutton 3–2 2–2 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 6–0 4–1 6–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0
Lymore Gardens 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–3 4–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 5–1 3–3 5–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 4–1
May & Baker 0–2 3–2 0–4 1–7 1–0 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–3 4–2 5–3 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–3 1–1
Newbury Forest 3–0 2–1 4–4 5–3 0–3 4–2 1–2 5–0 5–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–4
NW London 0–1 3–0 2–6 2–4 4–3 1–2 4–4 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 2–3 2–2 1–4 2–2 4–2 0–1
Rayleigh Town 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 5–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 4–1 2–4 3–4 4–1 5–0 2–2
Southend Manor 1–3 1–7 3–0 3–3 2–2 0–4 2–6 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–4 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–5 3–2 0–3
Stansted 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–3 1–2 11–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

AS London
Barkingside
Cannons Wood
Clapton Community
Enfield Borough
May & Baker
Lymore Gardens & Newbury Forest
NW London
Locations of Division One South clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AS London London (Wood Green) New River Stadium 5,000
Barkingside Ilford (Barkingside) Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500
Basildon Town Basildon Gardiners Close (groundshare with Basildon United) 2,000
Brimsdown London (Brimsdown) Wormley Playing Fields (groundshare with Wormley Rovers) 500
Burnham Ramblers Burnham-on-Crouch Leslie Fields 2,000
Cannons Wood Harlow Parkside Stadium (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500
Clapton Community London (Forest Gate) The Old Spotted Dog Ground 2,000
Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000
Dunmow Town Great Dunmow Scraley Road (groundshare with Heybridge Swifts) 3,000
Enfield Borough Enfield The Maurice Rebak Stadium (groundshare with Wingate & Finchley) 1,500
FC Baresi London Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware) 3,300
FC Romania Cheshunt Theobalds Lane (groundshare with Cheshunt) 3,000
Hoddesdon Town Hoddesdon Lowfield 3,000
Hutton Hutton New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town) 3,500
Lymore Gardens London (Waltham Forest) Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge) 3,000
May & Baker Dagenham Parsloes Park 1,500
Newbury Forest Ilford (Barkingside) Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge) 3,000
NW London London (Tottenham) Coles Park (groundshare with Haringey Borough) 2,500
Rayleigh Town Rayleigh Thames Road (groundshare with Concord Rangers) 3,300
Southend Manor Southend-on-Sea Southchurch Park 2,000
Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000




Statistics

Team Average Highest Lowest
Clapton CFC 486 1,057 vs Hoddesdon Town 115 vs Barkingside
Coggeshall Town 103 165 vs Clapton CFC 82 vs AS London
Rayleigh Town 81 151 vs Basildon Town 48 vs FC Baresi
Stansted 79 113 vs Enfield Borough 48 vs NW London
Hoddesdon Town 78 105 vs Clapton CFC 58 vs Stansted
Burnham Ramblers 76 114 vs Clapton CFC 51 vs Enfield Borough & Hoddesdon Town
Barkingside 76 189 vs Clapton CFC 48 vs Rayleigh Town
Hutton 68 104 vs Rayleigh Town 33 vs Barkingside
Lymore Gardens 66 115 vs Brimsdown & Stansted 39 vs AS London
Basildon Town 65 114 vs Clapton CFC 45 vs Newbury Forest
Southend Manor 46 74 vs Clapton CFC 18 vs FC Baresi
Cannons Wood 45 150 vs Brimsdown 20 vs Burnham Ramblers, Newbury Forest & May & Baker
AS London 45 215 vs May & Baker 10 vs NW London
FC Romania 42 72 vs Hoddesdon Town 26 vs Enfield Borough
Brimsdown 38 50 vs FC Romania & Stansted 15 vs Cannons Wood
Dunmow Town 28 72 vs Clapton CFC 10 vs FC Baresi & FC Romania
NW London 21 48 vs Enfield Borough 10 vs Newbury Forest & FC Romania
Newbury Forest 19 50 vs Barkingside 15 vs AS London, Hutton, Southend Manor & Burnham Ramblers
FC Baresi 15 55 vs Clapton CFC 7 vs FC Romania & NW London
Enfield Borough* N/A
May & Baker*

*May & Baker and Enfield Borough attendances are limited on FA Full Time therefore an average cannot be found.



References

  1. ^ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 1-6 in 2024-25 term". www.thefa.com. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.