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
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
.
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
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Harleston Town
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Sheringham
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Dist ...
Promoted from
Division One South
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Ipswich Wanderers
Relegated from the
Northern Premier League Division One Central
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Soham Town Rangers
;From the Premier Division
Promoted to the
Isthmian League North
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Gorleston
Gorleston-on-Sea (), known colloquially as Gorleston, is a town in the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England, to the south of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday B ...
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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
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Swaffham Town
Transferred to the
United Counties League Premier South
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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 ...
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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
Premier Division
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Swaffham Town
Relegated from the
United Counties League Premier South
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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
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AFC Sudbury Reserves
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Cornard United
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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, ...
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Haverhill Borough
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Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
;From Division One North
Promoted to the
Premier Division
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A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
*
Harleston Town
*
Sheringham
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Dist ...
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 ...
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Peterborough North End Sports, resigned from the league
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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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University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
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 ...
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Stanway Pegasus
Promoted from the
Essex Alliance League
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sporting Bengal United
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Enfield Borough
;From Division One South
Promoted to the
Essex Senior League
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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 ...
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Halstead Town
Promoted to the
Premier Division
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Ipswich Wanderers
Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two
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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
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AFC Sudbury Reserves
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Cornard United
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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, ...
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Haverhill Borough
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Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
Division One South table
References
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