2002–03 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2002–03
Champions	Halstead Town
Promoted	Halstead Town; King's Lynn reserves
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,182 (3.46 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Relegated	Ely City; Harwich & Parkeston; Ipswich Wanderers
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,696 (3.35 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the 61st in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their third Eastern Counties Football League title in a row after the new club was formed in 1999.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	44	31	10	3	122	37	+85	103
2	Wroxham	44	29	6	9	121	53	+68	93
3	Soham Town Rangers	44	25	11	8	91	62	+29	86
4	Lowestoft Town	44	25	7	12	108	65	+43	82
5	Diss Town	44	26	3	15	98	62	+36	81
6	Wisbech Town	44	23	9	12	101	73	+28	78
7	Stowmarket Town	44	22	9	13	65	56	+9	75
8	Great Yarmouth Town	44	19	11	14	67	57	+10	68
9	Bury Town	44	18	11	15	75	66	+9	65
10	Mildenhall Town	44	18	11	15	69	65	+4	64^[a]
11	Clacton Town	44	17	10	17	62	61	+1	61
12	Tiptree United	44	17	7	20	73	90	−17	58
13	Histon reserves	44	15	11	18	80	84	−4	56
14	Fakenham Town	44	13	16	15	61	61	0	55
15	Gorleston	44	13	10	21	79	91	−12	49
16	Norwich United	44	13	10	21	44	63	−19	49
17	Maldon Town	44	13	8	23	57	63	−6	47
18	Newmarket Town	44	11	13	20	58	76	−18	46
19	Dereham Town	44	12	9	23	55	86	−31	45
20	Woodbridge Town	44	11	12	21	55	96	−41	45
21	Ipswich Wanderers	44	11	8	25	59	92	−33	41	Relegated to Division One
22	Harwich & Parkeston	44	10	6	28	58	126	−68	36
23	Ely City	44	5	10	29	38	111	−73	22^[b]

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Halstead Town	36	24	7	5	76	37	+39	79	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	King's Lynn reserves	36	24	4	8	108	56	+52	76	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Whitton United	36	21	8	7	93	44	+49	71
4	Hadleigh United	36	20	9	7	65	40	+25	69
5	Stanway Rovers	36	19	10	7	78	39	+39	67
6	Long Melford	36	18	10	8	69	38	+31	64
7	Leiston	36	18	9	9	76	51	+25	63
8	Swaffham Town	36	18	3	15	62	62	0	57
9	Cambridge City reserves	36	16	7	13	67	49	+18	55
10	Haverhill Rovers	36	16	6	14	67	55	+12	54
11	Needham Market	36	15	8	13	71	59	+12	53
12	Godmanchester Rovers	36	10	13	13	53	53	0	43
13	Cornard United	36	11	5	20	44	70	−26	38
14	Somersham Town	36	11	5	20	59	87	−28	38
15	March Town United	36	9	10	17	54	86	−32	37
16	Felixstowe & Walton United	36	10	6	20	51	71	−20	36
17	Thetford Town	36	9	5	22	38	74	−36	32
18	Downham Town	36	4	6	26	33	88	−55	18
19	Warboys Town	36	2	3	31	18	123	−105	9

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.