The 2025–26 Eastern Counties Football League is the 83rd season 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 (Eastern Senior League), both at Step 6 of the

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. The constitution was announced on 15 May 2025.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 16 teams from the previous season, along with two clubs: *

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, promoted from Divsion One North * Ipswich Wanderers, relegated from the

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Premier Division table

Results table

Stadia and locations

Division One North

Division One North featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs. *

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, relegated from the

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* Halesworth Town, promoted from the

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* Kings Park Rangers, promoted from the

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, relegated from the Premier Divison *

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reserves, promoted from the

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League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Division One South featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, with four new clubs: * Clapton Community, transferred from the Southern Counties East Football League Division One *

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, relegated from the Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division * Lymore Gardens, promoted from the

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, relegated from the

League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

References

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