The 2023–24 Eastern Counties Football League was the 81st season in the history of the Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division at Step 5, and the geographically separated Division One North and Division One South (Eastern Senior League), both at Step 6 of the English football league system.
The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division in the league promotes two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaced the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there was only one club relegated from the Step 5 division.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs: Dereham Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League Downham Town, promoted from Division One North Heacham, promoted from Division One North
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Note: Thetford Town played an ineligible player in their play-off semi-final away at Mulbarton Wanderers on 27 April 2024. The league originally removed Thetford from the playoffs and instated Mulbarton into the final. Following an appeal by Thetford, the FA ordered the semi-final to be replayed.
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity Brantham Athletic Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200 Dereham Town Aldiss Park 3,000 Downham Town Memorial Field 1,000 Ely City Unwin Sports Ground 1,500 Fakenham Town Clipbush Park 2,000 Hadleigh United Millfield 3,000 Harleston Town Wilderness Lane Heacham Station Road Kirkley & Pakefield Walmer Road 2,000 Lakenheath The Nest Long Melford Stoneylands Mildenhall Town Recreation Way 2,000 Mulbarton Wanderers The Common Newmarket Town Cricket Field Road 2,750 Norwich United Plantation Park 3,000 Sheringham Weybourne Road Soham Town Rangers Julius Martin Lane 2,000 Thetford Town Mundford Road 1,500 Walsham-le-Willows Summer Road 1,000 Woodbridge Town Notcutts Park 3,000
Division One North
Division One North featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs. Relegated from the Premier Division Haverhill Rovers Whitton United Transferred from Division One South Stanway Pegasus Wivenhoe Town Plus: Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers, promoted from the Anglian Combination FC Peterborough, promoted from the Peterborough and District League
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium Capacity AFC Sudbury reserves King's Marsh 2,500 Cornard United Blackhouse Lane Diss Town Brewers Green Lane 2,500 Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers The Nest 1,000 FC Parson Drove Main Road FC Peterborough The Focus Centre Framlingham Town Badingham Road Great Yarmouth Town Wellesley Recreation Ground 3,600 Harwich & Parkeston Royal Oak Haverhill Borough New Croft (artificial, groundshare with Haverhill Rovers) 3,000 Haverhill Rovers New Croft 3,000 Holbeach United Carters Park 4,000 Holland Dulwich Road Leiston u23s Victory Road 2,500 Needham Market u23s Bloomfields 4,000 Norwich CBS FDC Bowthorpe Stanway Pegasus The Stanway School Swaffham Town Shoemakers Lane Whittlesey Athletic Feldale Field Whitton United King George V Playing Fields 1,000Wivenhoe Town Broad Lane 2,876
Division One South
Division One South featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs: Brimsdown, promoted from the Essex Alliance League Clapton, relegated from the Essex Senior League Clapton Community, promoted from the Middlesex County League Dunmow Town, promoted from the Essex and Suffolk Border League Harlow Town, resigned from the Southern League Hoddesdon Town, relegated from the Spartan South Midlands League Hutton, promoted from the Essex Olympian League Southend Manor, relegated from the Essex Senior League
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium CapacityBarkingside Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500Basildon Town Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United) 3,500Benfleet Park Lane (groundshare with Canvey Island) 4,100Brimsdown Wormley Playing Fields (groundshare with Wormley Rovers) 500Burnham Ramblers Leslie Fields 2,000Cannons Wood Parkside Stadium (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Clapton Terence McMillan Stadium (groundshare with Athletic Newham) 2,000Clapton Community The Old Spotted Dog Ground 2,000Dunmow Town Scraley Road (groundshare with Heybridge Swifts) 3,000Enfield Borough The Maurice Rebak Stadium (groundshare with Wingate & Finchley) 1,500Hackney Wick Spa Road (groundshare with Witham Town) 2,500Harlow Town The Harlow Arena 3,500Hoddesdon Town Lowfield 3,000Hutton New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town) 3,500May & Baker Parkside Stadium (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Newbury Forest Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge) 3,000NW London The Harlow Arena (groundshare with Harlow Town) 2,000Park View New River Stadium 5,000Southend Manor Southchurch Park 2,000St Margaretsbury Recreation Ground 1,000Tower Hamlets Mile End Stadium (groundshare with Sporting Bengal United) 2,000Wormley Rovers Wormley Playing Fields 500
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