1998–99 Eastern Counties Football League

Eastern Counties
Football League
Division One
Season	1998–99
Champions	Clacton Town
Promoted	Clacton Town; Mildenhall Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	974 (3.18 per match)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was the 57th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

Wroxham were champions for the third season in a row, winning their sixth Eastern Counties Football League title.

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	Wroxham	42	27	10	5	88	36	52	91
2	Fakenham Town	42	25	10	7	96	50	46	85
3	Great Yarmouth Town	42	23	9	10	69	36	33	78
4	Histon	42	19	17	6	80	53	27	74
5	Lowestoft Town	42	19	12	11	78	53	25	69
6	Felixstowe Port & Town	42	20	9	13	78	56	22	69
7	Soham Town Rangers	42	19	12	11	77	73	4	69
8	Newmarket Town	42	19	11	12	70	55	15	68
9	Sudbury Town	42	20	8	14	75	67	8	68	Clubs merged to AFC Sudbury
10	Sudbury Wanderers	42	17	8	17	72	62	10	59	Clubs merged to AFC Sudbury
11	Bury Town	42	15	14	13	47	46	1	59
12	Diss Town	42	14	15	13	54	59	−5	57
13	Maldon Town	42	16	8	18	69	69	0	56
14	Halstead Town	42	14	11	17	59	71	−12	53
15	Warboys Town	42	14	10	18	70	88	−18	52
16	Stowmarket Town	42	12	11	19	59	72	−13	47
17	Gorleston	42	12	10	20	52	78	−26	46
18	Harwich & Parkeston	42	9	14	19	42	63	−21	41
19	Woodbridge Town	42	9	11	22	49	73	−24	38
20	Watton United	42	9	10	23	53	83	−30	37
21	Ipswich Wanderers	42	5	13	24	49	82	−33	28
22	Ely City	42	3	11	28	39	100	−61	20	Relegated to Division One

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Clacton Town	34	22	9	3	92	26	66	75	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Mildenhall Town	34	21	8	5	79	26	53	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Downham Town	34	21	4	9	65	47	18	67
4	Tiptree United	34	20	5	9	76	46	30	65
5	Needham Market	34	18	7	9	78	43	35	61
6	Swaffham Town	34	18	7	9	56	35	21	61
7	Dereham Town	34	17	7	10	62	41	21	58
8	Chatteris Town	34	16	6	12	51	51	0	54
9	Cornard United	34	14	11	9	49	42	7	53
10	Whitton United	34	13	9	12	52	57	−5	48
11	Stanway Rovers	34	11	10	13	43	48	−5	43
12	Haverhill Rovers	34	9	11	14	38	54	−16	38
13	Norwich United	34	10	6	18	38	59	−21	36
14	Brightlingsea United	34	7	11	16	53	68	−15	32
15	March Town United	34	8	6	20	43	71	−28	30
16	Hadleigh United	34	7	3	24	34	79	−45	24
17	Somersham Town	34	5	8	21	33	87	−54	23
18	Thetford Town	34	3	4	27	32	94	−62	13

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