2001–02 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	2001–02
Champions	Norwich United
Promoted	Norwich United; Histon reserves
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,206 (3.53 per match)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Eastern Counties
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	AFC Sudbury
Relegated	Felixstowe & Walton United; Swaffham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,530 (3.31 per match)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season was the 60th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

AFC Sudbury were champions, winning their second 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 two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AFC Sudbury	42	32	4	6	139	54	+85	100
2	Wroxham	42	29	6	7	113	47	+66	93
3	Lowestoft Town	42	24	8	10	106	55	+51	80
4	Clacton Town	42	20	16	6	83	41	+42	76
5	Gorleston	42	21	8	13	78	69	+9	71
6	Stowmarket Town	42	20	10	12	75	64	+11	70
7	Bury Town	42	19	7	16	70	53	+17	64
8	Woodbridge Town	42	16	14	12	62	61	+1	62
9	Ely City	42	19	5	18	71	72	−1	62
10	Maldon Town	42	17	10	15	78	78	0	61
11	Mildenhall Town	42	18	7	17	68	68	0	61
12	Dereham Town	42	16	7	19	59	64	−5	55
13	Soham Town Rangers	42	16	8	18	68	80	−12	55^[a]
14	Fakenham Town	42	13	13	16	59	66	−7	52
15	Tiptree United	42	13	10	19	53	69	−16	49
16	Diss Town	42	14	7	21	66	84	−18	49
17	Great Yarmouth Town	42	13	9	20	41	65	−24	48
18	Harwich & Parkeston	42	13	5	24	46	81	−35	44
19	Newmarket Town	42	10	13	19	65	89	−24	43
20	Ipswich Wanderers	42	11	8	23	53	69	−16	41
21	Felixstowe & Walton United	42	7	9	26	38	88	−50	30	Relegated to Division One
22	Swaffham Town	42	7	4	31	39	113	−74	25	Relegated to Division One

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

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Norwich United	36	25	7	4	83	22	+61	82	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Histon reserves	36	25	4	7	99	34	+65	79	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Haverhill Rovers	36	23	7	6	85	31	+54	76
4	Leiston	36	24	4	8	74	36	+38	76
5	Needham Market	36	22	5	9	79	42	+37	71
6	King's Lynn reserves	36	19	8	9	84	44	+40	65
7	Stanway Rovers	36	18	5	13	72	52	+20	59
8	Somersham Town	36	15	8	13	51	60	−9	53
9	Wisbech Town reserves	36	15	5	16	58	64	−6	50	Resigned from the league
10	Cambridge City reserves	36	13	7	16	79	67	+12	46
11	Cornard United	36	14	3	19	60	73	−13	45
12	Whitton United	36	12	6	18	49	58	−9	42
13	Halstead Town	36	11	8	17	53	68	−15	41
14	Hadleigh United	36	11	8	17	51	72	−21	41
15	Downham Town	36	11	5	20	60	82	−22	38
16	Warboys Town	36	9	7	20	38	75	−37	34
17	Brightlingsea United	36	9	4	23	49	105	−56	31	Resigned to the Essex and Suffolk Border League
18	Thetford Town	36	7	6	23	37	97	−60	27
19	March Town United	36	3	5	28	45	124	−79	14

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