The 2016–17 season was the 74th in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
Mildenhall 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.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from the Division One: Ely City Great Yarmouth Town Wivenhoe Town
The following five clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Felixstowe & Walton United, Mildenhall Town, Newmarket Town, Stanway Rovers.
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Brantham Athletic Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200 Clacton The Rush Green Bowl 3,000 Ely City Unwin Sports Ground 1,500 Fakenham Town Clipbush Park 2,000 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 Rovers New Croft 3,000 Ipswich Wanderers Humber Doucy Lane 1,000 Kirkley & Pakefield Walmer Road 2,000 Long Melford Stoneylands Mildenhall Town Recreation Way 2,000 Newmarket Town Cricket Field Road 2,750 Saffron Walden Town Catons Lane 2,000 Stanway Rovers Hawthorns 1,500 Swaffham Town Shoemakers Lane Thetford Town Mundford Road 1,500 Walsham-le-Willows Summer Road 1,000 Wivenhoe Town Broad Lane 2,876
Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs: Coggeshall Town, promoted from Essex and Suffolk Border League Framlingham Town, promoted from the Suffolk and Ipswich League Holland, promoted from the Essex and Suffolk Border League Whitton United, relegated from the Premier Division Wisbech St Mary, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity AFC Sudbury reserves King's Marsh 2,500 Braintree Town reserves Cressing Road 4,202 Coggeshall Town West Street Cornard United Blackhouse Lane 2,000 Debenham LC Maitlands 1,000 Dereham Town reserves Aldiss Park 3,000 Diss Town Brewers Green Lane 2,500 Downham Town Memorial Field 1,000 Framlingham Town Badingham Road Halstead Town Rosemary Lane 1,000 Haverhill Borough New Croft (groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) 3,000 Holland Rush Green Bowl (groundshare with FC Clacton) 3,000 King's Lynn Town reserves The Walks 5,733 Leiston reserves Victory Road 2,500 March Town United The GER Sports Ground Needham Market reserves Bloomfields 4,000 Stowmarket Town Greens Meadow 1,000 Team Bury Ram Meadow (groundshare with Bury Town) 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