The 2019–20 season was the 77th season in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division, Division One North and Division One South.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by the Northern Premier League's South Shields, was dismissed later in June.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs: Mildenhall Town, relegated from the Isthmian League Stanway Rovers, transferred from the Essex Senior League Swaffham Town, promoted from Division One North
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Brantham Athletic Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200 Ely City Unwin Sports Ground 1,500 Clacton The Rush Green Bowl 3,000 Godmanchester Rovers Bearscroft Lane 1,050 Gorleston Emerald Park 3,000 Hadleigh United Millfield 3,000 Haverhill Rovers New Croft 3,000 Kirkley & Pakefield Walmer Road 2,000 Long Melford Stoneylands Mildenhall Town Recreation Way 2,000 Newmarket Town Cricket Field Road 2,750 Norwich United Plantation Park 3,000 Stanway Rovers Hawthorns 1,500 Stowmarket Town Greens Meadow 1,000 Swaffham Town Shoemakers Lane Thetford Town Mundford Road 1,500 Walsham-le-Willows Summer Road 1,000 Whitton United King George V Playing Fields 1,000 Woodbridge Town Notcutts Park 3,000 Wroxham Trafford Park 2,000
Division One North
Division One North featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs: Framlingham Town, relegated from the Premier Division Great Yarmouth Town, relegated from the Premier Division Sheringham, promoted from the Anglian Combination
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity AFC Sudbury reserves King's Marsh 2,500 Cornard United Blackhouse Lane 2,000 Debenham LC Maitlands 1,000 Diss Town Brewers Green Lane 2,500 Downham Town Memorial Field 1,000 Fakenham Town Clipbush Park 2,000 Felixstowe & Walton United reserves Dellwood Avenue 2,000 Framlingham Town Badingham Road Great Yarmouth Town Wellesley Recreation Ground 3,600 Haverhill Borough New Croft (artificial, groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) 3,000 Ipswich Wanderers Humber Doucy Lane 1,000 King's Lynn Town reserves The Walks 5,733 Lakenheath The Nest Leiston reserves Victory Road 2,500 March Town United The GER Sports Ground Mulbarton Wanderers The Common Needham Market reserves Bloomfields 4,000 Norwich CBS FDC Bowthorpe Sheringham Weybourne Road Wisbech St Mary Beechings Close
Division One South
Division One South featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from the Essex Senior League: Barkingside Leyton Athletic
League table
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Barkingside Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500 Benfleet Park Lane (groundshare with Canvey Island) 4,100 Brightlingsea Regent reserves North Road 1,000 Burnham Ramblers Leslie Fields 2,000 Coggeshall United West Street (groundshare with Coggeshall Town) Fire United Terence MacMillan Stadium (groundshare with Lopes Tavares) Frenford Jack Carter Centre Hackney Wick Coles Park (groundshare with Haringey Borough) Halstead Town Rosemary Lane 1,000 Harwich & Parkeston Royal Oak Holland Dulwich Road Leyton Athletic Wadham Lodge Little Oakley Memorial Ground Lopes Tavares Terence MacMillan Stadium (groundshare with Fire United) May & Baker Gale Street (groundshare with Barking RFC) 1,000 Newbury Forest Oakside (groundshare with Redbridge) 3,000 White Ensign Basildon Sports Village Wivenhoe Town Broad Lane 2,876 Wormley Rovers Wormley Playing Fields
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