The 2022–23 Eastern Counties Football League, also known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship reasons, is 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, Suffol ...

, a football 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 (Eastern Senior League), 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.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs, of which 16 competed in the division last season. ;To the Premier Division Promoted from Division One North * Harleston Town *

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Promoted from Division One South * Ipswich Wanderers Relegated from the Northern Premier League Division One Central * Soham Town Rangers ;From the Premier Division Promoted to the Isthmian League North *

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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 househol ...

Relegated to Division One North * Swaffham Town Transferred to the United Counties League Premier South * March Town United

Premier Division table

Division One North

Division One North comprises 19 teams, three more than the previous season. ;To Division One North Promoted from the

Anglian Combination The Anglian Combination (known as the Hadley & Ottaway Anglian Combination under the terms of a sponsorship deal) is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk w ...

Heacham Heacham is a large village in West Norfolk, England, overlooking The Wash. It lies between King's Lynn, to the south, and Hunstanton, about to the north. It has been a seaside resort for over a century and a half. History There is evidence o ...

Relegated from the

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* Swaffham Town Relegated from the United Counties League Premier South *

Holbeach United Holbeach United Football Club is a football club based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Carters Park. History The club was established in 1929 and joined the King's Lynn League, before playin ...

Transferred from Division One South * AFC Sudbury Reserves * Cornard United *

Harwich & Parkeston Harwich & Parkeston Football Club is an English football club based in Harwich, Essex. The club are currently members of the and play at the Royal Oak ground. History The club was established in 1877, and reached their first cup final in 1891, ...

* Haverhill Borough *

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;From Division One North Promoted to the

* Harleston Town *

Relegated to the

Peterborough and District League Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire unti ...

* Peterborough North End Sports, resigned from the league *

Wisbech St Mary Wisbech St Mary is a village in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England. It is west of the town of Wisbech. It lies between two roads, the B1169 and the A47. The population of the civil parish (including Guyhirn and Thorney Toll) at the ...

Withdrew *

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Division One North table

Division One South (Eastern Senior League)

Division One South comprises 19 teams, one fewer than the previous season. ;To Division One South Promoted from the

Essex and Suffolk Border League The Essex and Suffolk Border Football League is a football competition based in England. The league has a total of four divisions headed by the Premier Division which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club may ...

* Stanway Pegasus Promoted from the Essex Alliance League * Cannons Wood, formerly DTFC Promoted from the

Essex Olympian League The Essex Olympian Football League is a football competition based in England, founded in the 1966–67 season. It has a total of six senior divisions and one under 21 division. The Premier Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National ...

* Basildon Town Promoted from the

Middlesex County League The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although it ...

* NW London Relegated 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 Isthm ...

* Sporting Bengal United * St Margaretsbury Relegated from the

Southern Counties East League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English association football, football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Until 2013, it was known as the Kent League. There was a previous Kent Footb ...

Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough covering much of the traditional East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former metropolitan boroughs of Stepney, Poplar, and Bethnal Green. 'Tower Hamlets' was originall ...

Transferred from the

Combined Counties League Division One The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half and ...

* Enfield Borough ;From Division One South Promoted to the

Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill is an affluent suburban town in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and adjacent to the northern boundary of the London Borough of Redbridge. The area developed following the op ...

* Halstead Town Promoted to the

* Ipswich Wanderers Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two *

Brimsdown Brimsdown is a neighbourhood of eastern Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, on the west side of the mid-to-lower Lea Valley. Geography The east of Brimsdown, that is, east of the eastern Lea Valley line is one of the boroug ...

Transferred to Division One North * AFC Sudbury Reserves * Cornard United *

* Haverhill Borough *

Division One South table

References

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