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1993–94 Eastern Counties Football League
The 1993–94 season was the 52nd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... competition in England. Wroxham were champions, winning their third Eastern Counties Football League title in a row. Premier Division The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One: * Soham Town Rangers * Sudbury Wanderers League table Division One Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: * Brantham Athletic * Brightlingsea United League table References External links Eastern Counties Football League {{DEFAULTSORT:Eastern Counties Football L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, eastern Hertfordshire, southern Lincolnshire, and north and east London. The league is a feeder to Division One North of the Isthmian League, but may also see sides promoted to the Northern Premier League Midlands Division. History Formation During the early part of the 20th century there were several leagues covering East Anglia, including the Norfolk & Suffolk League, the East Anglian League, the Essex & Suffolk Border League and the Ipswich & District League, whilst some of the larger clubs (including Ipswich Town and Cambridge Town) played in the Southern Amateur League. Suggestions of forming a league to cover the whole region had been made since the early 1900s, but intensified after Norwich City were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harwich & Parkeston F
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring District, Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on-Sea to the south. It is the northernmost coastal town in Essex. Its position on the estuaries of the River Stour, Suffolk, Stour and River Orwell, Orwell rivers, with its usefulness to mariners as the only safe anchorage between the River Thames, Thames and the Humber, led to a long period of civil and military maritime significance. The town became a naval base in 1657 and was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath Side Battery. Harwich is the likely launch point of the ''Mayflower'', which carried English Puritans to North America, and is the presumed birthplace of ''Mayflower'' captain Christopher Jones (Mayflower captain), Christopher Jones. Harwich today is contiguous with Dovercou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warboys Town F
Warboys is a large village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, north-east of Huntingdon. Geology Igneous diorite rocks are located around below ground at Warboys. Discovered in the 1960s, it is suspected that these rocks form the remnants of a volcano of the Hercynian Orogeny (+300 MYA). History Warboys is a large parish and a village on what was the eastern side of Huntingdonshire bordering on Cambridgeshire. The place-name 'Warboys' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 974, where it appears as ''Wardebusc'' and ''Weardebusc''. The name is perhaps from the Old Norse ''vardi'' and ''buski'', and means 'beacon with bushes'. "Wearda" was also an Old English personal name, and it has been suggested this word means, literally, "bush of a man called Wearda", or, that the first element is from the Old English "weard" (‘watch, protection’). Additionally, the first Norman family to settle there was named Wardebois, whom, initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brightlingsea United F
Brightlingsea (, traditionally , , ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is situated between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea, at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 8,076. The town is an active though small port. Its traditional industries included fishery (with a renowned oyster fishery) and shipbuilding. With the decline of these industries, the town is largely a dormitory town for Colchester. Brightlingsea is a limb of Sandwich, one of the Cinque Ports. The town retains an active ceremonial connection with the Cinque Ports, electing a Deputy from a guild of Freemen. Brightlingsea was for many years twinned with French oyster fishery port Marennes, Charente-Maritime, but the relationship fell into disuse. In the mid-1990s, the port of Brightlingsea was used for the export of live animals for slaughter, leading to a protest campaign dubbed ''The Battle of Brightlingsea' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantham Athletic F
Brantham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. It is located close to the River Stour and the border with Essex, around north of Manningtree, and around southwest of Ipswich. History The name Brantham is of Old English origin - ''Brant'' for 'hill' and ''ham'' 'village' — hence, 'village on the hill'. Another possible translation may be 'burnt village', a name given after a Viking invasion coming up from the River Stour. Evidence of the village's Saxon heritage can be found in the form of some ninety silver coins from the time of Edward the Elder (899–924) in what has become known as the Brantham Hoard, found in the village in 2003. Brantham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 38 households and under the lordship of Aelfric of Weinhou. Until 1887 the local economy was almost entirely agricultural. This changed in 1887 when British Xylonite Ltd. purchased the Brooklands Farm and built their factory, which was lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodbridge Town F
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Hadleigh United F
Hadleigh may refer to: People *Boze Hadleigh, an American journalist who writes of celebrity gossip and entertainment *Hadleigh Parkes (born 1987), New Zealand-born Welsh rugby player Places *Hadleigh, Essex, a town in Essex **Hadleigh Bus Depot, one of the depots used by First Essex *Hadleigh Castle, a castle near Hadleigh, Essex *Hadleigh, Suffolk, a town in Suffolk **Hadleigh Railway, a seven and a half mile long single-track railway branch-line from Bentley to Hadleigh, Suffolk (now closed) **Hadleigh High School, a high school in Hadleigh, Suffolk **Hadleigh railway station Hadleigh railway station was a station in Hadleigh, Suffolk, the terminus of the Hadleigh Railway, a short branch line from Bentley Junction. The line opened in 1847. The original intermediate stations were at Bentley Church, Capel and Rayd ..., a railway station in Hadleigh, Suffolk ** Hadleigh United F.C., a football club in Hadleigh, Suffolk * Hadleigh Heath, a hamlet near Hadleigh, Suffolk Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Histon F
Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which runs east–west. In 2011, the parish had a population of 4,655. Histon forms part of the Cambridge built-up area. Etymology Suggestions for meanings of Histon include: "farmstead of the young warriors" or "landing place".Beating the bounds leaflet However, the latter of these is unlikely as Histon is situated above the floodline. The likely origin of the name is from the two Anglo-Saxons, Saxon/Old English words ''hyse'' and ''tun'' – ''hyse'' meaning "a young man or warrior", [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March Town United F
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. History The name of March comes from '' Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC, and several religious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakenham Town F
Fakenham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the River Wensum, about north-west of Norwich. The town is at the junction of several local roads, including the A148 from King's Lynn to Cromer, the A1067 to Norwich and the A1065 to Swaffham. The civil parish has an area of . In the 2001 census, it had a population of 7,357 in 3,292 households; this increased to 7,617 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish lies within the district of North Norfolk.Office for National Statistics Norfolk County Council(2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. and within the County of Norfolk. Fakenham has been a market town since 1250, known particularly for its corn, barley and wheat trading; in the 19th century, it became noted for its printing. Fakenham Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue to the south of the town. The town has a long na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Yarmouth Town F
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Watton United F
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