The 1999–2000 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 58th in the history of

Eastern Counties Football League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...

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competition in England.

Premier Division

The

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Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One: * Clacton Town * Mildenhall Town Sudbury Town merged with Sudbury Wanderers to form new club AFC Sudbury.

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won the league on the last day of the season, coming from behind to win 2-1 win away at

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with Wayne Goddard scoring the winner in the 76th minute. The victory meant that title rivals

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, who still had a game in hand against Warboys Town, could not catch them. Histon's victory gained them promotion to the Dr. Martens League and also saved Felixstowe Port & Town from relegation as, had Wroxham won, they would not have been promoted.

League table

Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs: * Cambridge City reserves * Ely City, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

References

External links

Eastern Counties Football League
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