The 1997–98 season was the 56th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

Wroxham were champions for the second season in a row, winning their fifth Eastern Counties Football League title

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Wroxham 42 30 7 5 80 26 +54 97
2 Ely City 42 29 8 5 91 43 +48 95
3 Histon 42 27 7 8 102 46 +56 88
4 Sudbury Wanderers 42 25 4 13 100 55 +45 79
5 Great Yarmouth Town 42 21 8 13 80 60 +20 71
6 Sudbury Town 42 19 13 10 81 43 +38 70
7 Halstead Town 42 19 8 15 80 64 +16 65
8 Felixstowe Port & Town 42 20 4 18 58 43 +15 64
9 Lowestoft Town 42 18 10 14 82 70 +12 64
10 Fakenham Town 42 18 9 15 68 61 +7 63
11 Newmarket Town 42 18 7 17 68 52 +16 61
12 Woodbridge Town 42 15 14 13 74 71 +3 59
13 Stowmarket Town 42 17 4 21 63 81 −18 55
14 Gorleston 42 14 12 16 62 63 −1 54
15 Soham Town Rangers 42 16 5 21 86 88 −2 52[a]
16 Warboys Town 42 16 4 22 71 78 −7 52
17 Diss Town 42 13 10 19 64 76 −12 49
18 Bury Town 42 13 8 21 58 71 −13 47
19 Harwich & Parkeston 42 12 7 23 61 85 −24 43
20 Watton United 42 7 7 28 44 126 −82 28
21 Clacton Town 42 6 8 28 46 140 −94 26 Relegated to Division One
22 Tiptree United 42 3 8 31 46 123 −77 17
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Soham Town Rangers were deducted one point.

Division One

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Ipswich Wanderers 34 29 2 3 100 35 +65 89 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Maldon Town 34 26 2 6 84 29 +55 80
3 Swaffham Town 34 21 7 6 67 26 +41 70
4 Needham Market 34 17 7 10 53 39 +14 58
5 Stanway Rovers 34 16 9 9 64 37 +27 57
6 Cambridge City reserves 34 16 8 10 63 44 +19 56 Resigned from the league
7 Chatteris Town 34 16 8 10 56 53 +3 56
8 Norwich United 34 16 3 15 51 46 +5 51
9 Whitton United 34 14 8 12 66 55 +11 50
10 Haverhill Rovers 34 14 7 13 54 56 −2 49
11 Mildenhall Town 34 10 12 12 46 57 −11 42
12 Downham Town 34 10 7 17 50 72 −22 37
13 Thetford Town 34 9 5 20 47 74 −27 32
14 Cornard United 34 8 8 18 41 71 −30 32
15 March Town United 34 7 7 20 34 75 −41 28
16 Hadleigh United 34 6 8 20 32 60 −28 26
17 Brightlingsea United 34 5 7 22 30 67 −37 22
18 Somersham Town 34 4 9 21 46 88 −42 21
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 1997–2011". Non League Matters.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Eastern_Counties_Football_League
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