2012–13 Eastern Counties Football League
The 2012–13 season was the 71st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]
Dereham Town were crowned champions on 27 April 2013 after a 5–0 win over FC Clacton[2] and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history.
Premier Division
Season | 2012–13 |
---|---|
Champions | Dereham Town |
Promoted | Dereham Town |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,251 (3.29 per match) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
- For this season only, the FA were to promote a second club from two of the following six Step 5 leagues: Combined Counties League, Eastern Counties League, Essex Senior League, Kent League, Spartan South Midlands League and the Sussex County League. This was to fulfil the expansion of the Isthmian League Divisions One North and South from 22 to 24 clubs each.[3] The two clubs were to be promoted on a points per game basis,[4] and the two runners-up with the best PPG were VCD Athletic (Kent Football League) and Guernsey (Combined Counties League). Three others – Aylesbury United (Spartan South Midlands League), Redhill (Sussex County League) and Barkingside (Essex Senior League) – were also confirmed as promoted by the FA on 17 May, due to resignations and non-promotions elsewhere.
- From this league, only Brantham Athletic, Dereham Town, Haverhill Rovers, Stanway Rovers and Wisbech Town applied for promotion.[5][6] Brantham later withdrew their application, and Wisbech withdrew theirs after securing the runners-up position at the end of the season.[7]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dereham Town | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 85 | 35 | +50 | 87 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
2 | Wisbech Town | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 83 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
3 | Gorleston | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 91 | 37 | +54 | 77 | |
4 | Brantham Athletic | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 85 | 50 | +35 | 73 | |
5 | Godmanchester Rovers | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 67 | |
6 | Walsham-le-Willows | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 65 | |
7 | Mildenhall Town | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 64 | |
8 | Hadleigh United | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 61 | |
9 | Stanway Rovers | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 61 | |
10 | Haverhill Rovers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 55 | |
11 | Ely City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 52 | |
12 | Kirkley & Pakefield | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 52 | |
13 | Norwich United | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 48 | |
14 | Felixstowe & Walton United | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 45 | |
15 | Woodbridge Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 41 | |
16 | Cambridge Regional College | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 83 | −27 | 35 | |
17 | Diss Town | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 82 | −39 | 31 | |
18 | Wivenhoe Town | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 85 | −55 | 26 | |
19 | Thetford Town | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 85 | −44 | 24 | |
20 | Clacton | 38 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 44 | 118 | −74 | 17 |
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Division One
Season | 2012–13 |
---|---|
Champions | Cambridge University Press |
Promoted | Brightlingsea Regent Newmarket Town |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 1,161 (3.79 per match) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
- Braintree Town reserves
- Great Yarmouth Town, relegated from Premier Division
- Newmarket Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Saffron Walden Town, which skipped the previous season
Newmarket Town achieved promotion to the Premier Division on the 13 April 2013.[9] Cambridge University Press withdrew from the league on April 6, 2013.[10]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cambridge University Press | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 94 | 32 | +62 | 82 | Resigned to the Cambridgeshire County League |
2 | Newmarket Town | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 34 | +50 | 76 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
3 | Brightlingsea Regent | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 29 | +61 | 72 | |
4 | Ipswich Wanderers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 63 | |
5 | Fakenham Town | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 63 | |
6 | Saffron Walden Town | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 62 | |
7 | Whitton United | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 87 | 46 | +41 | 57 | |
8 | Braintree Town reserves | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 86 | 65 | +21 | 57 | |
9 | Swaffham Town | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 54 | |
10 | Great Yarmouth Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 52 | |
11 | Halstead Town | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 49 | |
12 | Team Bury | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 45 | |
13 | Long Melford | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 31[a] | |
14 | March Town United | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 84 | −46 | 28[b] | |
15 | Debenham LC | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 57 | 91 | −34 | 27 | |
16 | Downham Town | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 41 | 84 | −43 | 27 | |
17 | Stowmarket Town | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 100 | −59 | 19 | |
18 | Cornard United | 34 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 154 | −137 | 4 |
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results
References
- ^ "Eastern Counties League 2012–13". Non League Matters.
- ^ "Dereham Town crowned champions". EDP. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "National League System changes 2012-13 confirmed". The Onion Sack. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ "Step 4 application form". TheFA.com. 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Applications For Promotion - Step 5 To Step 4". The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League. 11 December 2012.
- ^ "Step 4 applications received". TheFA.com. 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Fenmen not going up but Spalding still could". Peterborough Telegraph. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : Premier Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". Mitoo. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "PROMOTION CONFIRMED FOR NEWMARKET TOWN". Eastern Counties Football League. Retrieved 14 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS TO WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE". Eastern Counties Football League. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Thurlow Nunn League : First Division : Fixtures & Results Grid". Mitoo. Retrieved 1 April 2013.