The 2017–18 season was the 75th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. It was also the last season to have a single division at Step 6.
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017, and the Eastern Counties divisions constitutions were ratified at the league's AGM on 17 June 2017.
Coggeshall Town were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time in their history. Felixstove & Walton United finished second and were promoted due to expansion of step 4 up to seven divisions.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs: Coggeshall Town, promoted from Division One Haverhill Borough, promoted from Division One Histon, relegated from the Southern Football League Stowmarket Town, promoted from Division One Wroxham, relegated from the Isthmian League
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Brantham Athletic Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200 Coggeshall Town West Street Ely City Unwin Sports Ground 1,500 Fakenham Town Clipbush Park 2,000 Clacton The Rush Green Bowl 3,000 Felixstowe & Walton United Dellwood Avenue 2,000 Godmanchester Rovers Bearscroft Lane 1,050 Gorleston Emerald Park 3,000 Great Yarmouth Town Wellesley Recreation Ground 3,600 Hadleigh United Millfield 3,000 Haverhill Borough New Croft (artificial, groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) 3,000 Haverhill Rovers New Croft 3,000 Histon Bridge Road 4,300 Ipswich Wanderers Humber Doucy Lane 1,000 Kirkley & Pakefield Walmer Road 2,000 Long Melford Stoneylands Newmarket Town Cricket Field Road 2,750 Saffron Walden Town Catons Lane 2,000 Stanway Rovers Hawthorns 1,500 Stowmarket Town Greens Meadow 1,000 Thetford Town Mundford Road 1,500 Walsham-le-Willows Summer Road 1,000 Wivenhoe Town Broad Lane 2,876 Wroxham Trafford Park 2,000
Division One
Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs: Little Oakley, promoted from the Essex and Suffolk Border League Norwich United reserves Spixworth, promoted from the Anglian Combination, with a name change to Norwich CBS Swaffham Town, relegated from Premier Division
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity A.F.C. Sudbury reserves King's Marsh 2,500 Braintree Town reserves Cressing Road 4,202 Cornard United Blackhouse Lane 2,000 Debenham LC Maitlands 1,000 Diss Town Brewers Green Lane 2,500 Downham Town Memorial Field 1,000 Framlingham Town Badingham Road Halstead Town Rosemary Lane 1,000 Holland Rush Green Bowl (groundshare with F.C. Clacton) 3,000 King's Lynn Town reserves The Walks 5,733 Leiston reserves Victory Road 2,500 Little Oakley Memorial Ground March Town United The GER Sports Ground Needham Market reserves Bloomfields 4,000 Norwich CBS the FDC Norwich United reserves Plantation Park 3,000 Swaffham Town Shoemakers Lane Team Bury Ram Meadow 3,500 Whitton United King George V Playing Fields 1,000 Wisbech St Mary Beechings Close Woodbridge Town Notcutts Park 3,000
References
External links Eastern Counties Football League