The 2026–27 Eastern Counties Football League is the 84th season 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 14 May 2026.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 15 teams from the previous season.
Five clubs joined the division: Brantham Athletic, relegated from the Isthmian League Downham Town, relegated from the Isthmian League March Town United, transferred from the United Counties League Mildenhall Town, relegated from the Isthmian League Wisbech Town, transferred from the United Counties League
Three clubs left the division: Fakenham Town, promoted to the Isthmian League Hadleigh United, relegated to Division One North Mulbarton Wanderers, promoted to the Isthmian League
Premier Division table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Brantham Athletic Brantham Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200 Cornard United Sudbury Blackhouse Lane 2,000 Dereham Town Dereham Aldiss Park 3,000 Downham Town Downham Market Memorial Field 1,000 Ely City Ely Unwin Sports Ground 1,500 Great Yarmouth Town Great Yarmouth Wellesley Recreation Ground 3,600 Harleston Town Harleston Wilderness Lane 1,500 Haverhill Rovers Haverhill New Croft 3,000 Heacham Heacham Station Road 1,500 Ipswich Wanderers Ipswich Humber Doucy Lane 550 Kirkley & Pakefield Lowestoft Walmer Road 2,000 Lakenheath Lakenheath The Nest 1,500 March Town United March GER Sports Ground 1,000 Mildenhall Town Mildenhall Recreation Way 2,000 Soham Town Rangers Soham Julius Martin Lane 2,000 Stowmarket Town Stowmarket Greens Meadow 1,000 Thetford Town Thetford Mundford Road 1,500 Walsham-le-Willows Walsham le Willows Summer Road 1,000 Wisbech Town Wisbech Fenland Stadium 1,118 Woodbridge Town Martlesham Notcutts Park 3,000
Division One North
Division One North featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season.
Four clubs joined the division: Hadleigh United, relegated from the Premier Division Netherton United, promoted from the Peterborough & District League Newmarket Town reserves, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League Norwich United, promoted from the Anglian Combination
Four clubs left the division: FC Peterborough, promoted to the United Counties League Haverhill Borough, resigned from the league. Kings Park Rangers, folded at the end of the season. Leiston under 23s, relegated to the Suffolk & Ipswich League
Additionally, Stanway Pegasus was renamed to AFC Pegasus and FC Clacton was renamed to Clacton Town.
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity AFC Pegasus Stanway West Street 2,000 AFC Sudbury reserves Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500 Clacton Town Clacton-on-Sea Rush Green Bowl 3,000 Diss Town Diss Brewers Green Lane 2,500 Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers Horsford The Nest 1,000 FC Parson Drove Parson Drove Main Road 1,000 Framlingham Town Framlingham Badingham Road 1,000Gorleston reserves Gorleston-on-Sea The Nest 1,000 Hadleigh United Hadleigh Millfield 3,000 Halesworth Town Halesworth Dairy Hill 500 Holbeach United Holbeach Carters Park 4,000 Holland Clacton-on-Sea Dulwich Road 500 Long Melford Long Melford Stoneylands 1,000 Needham Market reserves Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000 Netherton United Peterborough The Grange 1,000 Newmarket Town reserves Newmarket Cricket Field Road 2,750 Norwich United Blofield Plantation Park 3,000 Whittlesey Athletic Whittlesey Feldale Field 1,000 Wivenhoe Town Wivenhoe Broad Lane 2,876 Wroxham reserves Wroxham Trafford Park 2,500
Division One South
Division One South featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season.
Five clubs joined the division: Athletic Newham, relegated from the Essex Senior League East Thurrock Community, promoted from the Essex & Suffolk Border League Hertford Heath, promoted from the Hertfordshire Senior County League London Fennecs, promoted from the Middlesex County League London Harts United, promoted from the Essex Alliance League
Four clubs left the division: Barkingside, relegated to the Essex Alliance League Clapton Community, promoted to the Essex Senior League FC Romania, relegated and folded at the end of the season Hutton, promoted to the Essex Senior League
Additionally, Newbury Forest was renamed to Marcelona.
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityAS London London New River Stadium 5,000Athletic Newham London Bobby Moore Sports Hub 800Basildon Town Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000Brimsdown London Parkside Stadium Burnham Ramblers Burnham-on-Crouch Leslie Fields 2,000Cannons Wood Harlow Parkside Stadium 3,500Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000Dunmow Town Great Dunmow Scraley Road 3,000East Thurrock Community Corringham Rookery Hill 3,500Enfield Borough Enfield The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500FC Baresi London Wodson Park 3,300Hertford Heath Stanstead Abbotts Recreation Ground 1,000Hoddesdon Town Hoddesdon Lowfield 3,000London Fennecs London Terence McMillan Stadium 2,000London Harts United Harlow The Harlow Arena 3,500Lymore Gardens London Parkside Stadium Marcelona Ilford Leslie Fields 2,000May & Baker Dagenham Parsloes Park 1,500NW London London Coles Park 2,500Rayleigh Town Rayleigh Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Southend Manor Southend-on-Sea Southchurch Park 2,000Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000
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