The 2022–23 season was the 80th season 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, Suffolk ...

, a

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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, both at Step 6 of the

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. The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by the Football Association and published on the league's website on 13 May 2022, subject to appeals. Ipswich Wanderers were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history, while Thetford Town lost their inter-step play-off tie.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs: * Harleston Town, promoted from Division One North * Ipswich Wanderers, promoted from Division One South *

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, promoted from Division One North * Soham Town Rangers, relegated from the

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League table

Inter-step play-off

Stadia and locations

Division One North

Division One North featured eleven clubs which competed in the previous season, along with eight new clubs. * Transferred from Division One South: **

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reserves ** Cornard United ** Harwich & Parkeston ** Haverhill Borough **

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*Plus: **

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, promoted from the

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** Holbeach United, relegated from the

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** Swaffham Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Division One South featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs: * Basildon Town, promoted from the

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* Cannons Wood, formerly DTFC, promoted from the Essex Alliance League * Enfield Borough, transferred from the

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* NW London, promoted from the Middlesex County League * Sporting Bengal United, relegated from the Essex Senior League * St Margaretsbury, relegated from the Essex Senior League * Stanway Pegasus, promoted from the Essex and Suffolk Border League *

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, relegated from the Southern Counties East League

League table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

References

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