The 1988–89 season was the 47th 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, Suffolk ...
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football
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competition in England.
It was the first season the league consisted of two divisions. Sudbury Town were champions, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 21 clubs which competed in the Eastern Counties League last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.
League table
Division One
It was the first Division One season, it was formed by:
*Clubs joined from the
Peterborough and District League
The Peterborough & District Football League is a football competition in England. It has a total of six divisions, the highest of which, the Premier Division, sits at step 7 of the National League System (level 11 of the English football league ...
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Coalite Yaxley
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Downham Town
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Huntingdon United
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Long Sutton Athletic
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Somersham Town
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Warboys Town
*Clubs joined from the
Anglian Combination
The Anglian Combination (currently known as the Fosters Solicitors Anglian Combination for sponsorship reasons) is an English association football, football league that operates in East Anglia. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern ...
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Diss Town
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Fakenham Town
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Wroxham
Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres, and in 2001, had a population of 1,532 in 666 households. A reduced population of 1,502 in 653 household ...
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Bury Town
Bury Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club, based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Ram Meadow.
History Early history
The club was established by William Lake at a meeti ...
reserves
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Halstead Town, transferred from the
Essex Senior League
The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthmia ...
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King's Lynn
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is north-east of Peterborough, north-north-east of Cambridg ...
reserves
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Loadwell Wanderers, joined from the Ipswich Sunday League
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Mildenhall Town, joined from the
Cambridgeshire County League
League table
References
External links
Eastern Counties Football League
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1988-89
1988–89 in English football leagues