1977–78 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1977–78 season was the 36th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.[1]

The league featured 21 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Lowestoft Town were champions, winning their tenth Eastern Counties Football League title.

At the end of the season the league was renamed the Town & Country League.

League table

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Eastern Counties
Football League
Season1977–78
ChampionsLowestoft Town
Matches played420
Goals scored1,438 (3.42 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lowestoft Town 40 30 7 3 108 27 +81 67
2 Great Yarmouth Town 40 27 7 6 95 45 +50 61
3 Bury Town 40 23 11 6 74 41 +33 57
4 Gorleston 40 22 12 6 99 38 +61 56
5 Wisbech Town 40 20 8 12 74 55 +19 48
6 Thetford Town 40 20 8 12 93 67 +26 48
7 Haverhill Rovers 40 21 5 14 88 54 +34 47
8 Colchester United reserves 40 19 7 14 68 49 +19 45
9 Clacton Town 40 17 10 13 69 66 +3 44
10 Saffron Walden Town 40 19 6 15 71 70 +1 44
11 Ely City 40 18 5 17 75 72 +3 41
12 Sudbury Town 40 17 7 16 70 79 −9 41
13 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 40 14 9 17 53 57 −4 37
14 Stowmarket 40 12 8 20 43 59 −16 32
15 Histon 40 12 8 20 46 67 −21 32
16 March Town United 40 12 7 21 65 89 −24 31
17 Felixstowe Town 40 11 7 22 44 74 −30 29
18 Gothic 40 10 3 27 60 108 −48 23 Resigned from the league
19 Chatteris Town 40 8 5 27 60 107 −47 21
20 Newmarket Town 40 9 2 29 44 104 −60 20
21 Soham Town Rangers 40 4 8 28 39 110 −71 16
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Eastern Counties League 1975–1997". Non League Matters.
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