The Norfolk & Suffolk League was a football league covering the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk in England.
History The league was established in 1897, starting with six clubs, Beccles Caxton, Great Yarmouth Town, Kirkley, Lowestoft Town, Lynn Town and Norwich CEYMS.Norfolk & Suffolk League 1897–1939 Non-League Matters Lowestoft won the inaugural league title and went on to win six of the first seven championships. By the early 1900s it had attracted the two biggest clubs in the region, Ipswich Town and Norwich City. The league gradually expanded, reaching 14 clubs in the 1920s and after a slight contraction, losing many of its better clubs to the newly established Eastern Counties League, it had sixteen members by the late 1930s. During the late 1950s it had 18 members. However, it had lost most of the Suffolk-based clubs and in 1964 the league merged with the East Anglian League to form the Anglian Combination.
Champions SeasonChampions1897–98Lowestoft Town1898–99Lowestoft Town1899–1900Norwich CEYMS1900–01Lowestoft Town1901–02Lowestoft Town1902–03Lowestoft Town1903–04Lowestoft Town1904–05Norwich City1905–06Lynn Town1906–07Norwich CEYMS1907–08Lynn Town1908–09Cromer1909–10Lynn Town1910–11Norwich CEYMS1911–1216th Lancers1912–13Lynn Town1913–14Great Yarmouth Town1919–20Norwich City Reserves1920–21Gorleston1921–22Lynn Town1922–23Lynn Town1923–24Lynn Town1924–25Lynn Town1925–26Gorleston1926–27Great Yarmouth Town1927–28Great Yarmouth Town1928–29Lowestoft Town1929–30Gorleston1930–31Lowestoft Town1931–32Gorleston1932–33Gorleston1933–34Gorleston1934–35Gorleston1935–36Norwich CEYMS1936–37Norwich City 'A'1937–38Eastern Coachworks1938–39Holt United1946–47Bungay Town1947–48Bungay Town1948–49Bungay Town1949–50Gothic1950–51Gothic1951–52Bungay Town1952–53Beccles Town1953–54North Walsham Town1954–55Thetford Town1955–56Gothic1956–57Gothic1957–58Sheringham1958–59Gothic1959–60CNS Old Boy's Union1960–61Gothic1961–62Gothic1962–63CNS Old Boy's Union1963–64CNS Old Boy's Union
Member clubs Member clubs during the league's existence included:
12th Lancers 16th Lancers Beccles Caxton Beccles Town Boulton & Paul Bungay Town Bury Town CNS Old Boy's Union Carrow Works City Wanderers Cromer Dereham Town Diss Town Eastern Coachworks Eastern Counties United Electricity Works Fakenham Town Frosts Athletic Gorleston Gothic Great Yarmouth Town Holt United Ipswich Town King's Lynn Kirkley Lakenheath Leiston Lowestoft Town Mortons Athletic North Walsham Athletic North Walsham Town Norwich CEYMS Norwich City Norwich City 'A' Norwich Reserves Norwich Electricity Norwich Federation Norwich St Barnabas Norwich St James Norwich YMCA RAF Bircham Newton RAF Feltwell RAF Marham Reepham Town Sheringham Sprowston Athletic Swaffham Town Thetford Recreation Thetford Town Thorpe Village Wymondham Town
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