The 2016–17 Eastern Counties Football League season (known as the 2016–17 Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th in the history of the

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 Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from the Division One: * Ely City * Great Yarmouth Town *

Wivenhoe Town Wivenhoe Town F.C. is an English football club based in Wivenhoe, Essex. The club are currently members of the and play at Broad Lane. History The club was established as Wivenhoe Rangers by Frank Slaughter and students from Colchester Gram ...

League table

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must: # Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November # Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March # Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2 # Finish the season in one of the top three positions The following four teams have achieved criterion one: * Felixstowe & Walton United * Mildenhall Town *

Newmarket Town Newmarket Town Football Club is a football club based in Newmarket, Suffolk, England. Affiliated to the Suffolk County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Cricket Field Road. History The club was formed at a meeting at the Star ...

Stanway Rovers Stanway Rovers Football Club is a association football, football club based in Stanway, Essex, Stanway, near Colchester, in Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hawthorns. History The modern club was established on ...

Stadia and locations

Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs: * Coggeshall Town, promoted from

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* Framlingham Town, promoted from the

Suffolk and Ipswich League The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a association football, football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of eight divisions; the Senior Division and Divisions 1–3 for first teams, three divisions (Leagues A, B ...

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, promoted from the

* Whitton United, relegated from the Premier Division *

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, promoted from the

Cambridgeshire County League The Cambridgeshire County Football League, currently styled as the Cambridgeshire Fire Places Cambridgeshire County League for sponsorship purposes, is a football competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk, Norfolk and no ...

League table

Stadia and Locations

References

External links

Eastern Counties Football League
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