The 2019–20 season was the 77th season in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into three divisions, the Premier Division, Division One North and Division One South.[1]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[2] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[3] A legal appeal against the decision, funded by the Northern Premier League's South Shields, was dismissed later in June.[4]
Premier Division
Football league season
The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]
Stadia and locations
Locations of the Premier Division clubs
Division One North
Football league season
Division One North featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]
Stadia and locations
Locations of Division One North clubs
Division One South
Football league season
Division One South featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, relegated from the Essex Senior League:
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]
Notes:
- ^ Leyton Athletic resigned from the league after playing, and losing, one game. This result had been expunged.[6]
Stadia and locations
Fire United & Lopes Tavares
Locations of Division One South clubs
Greater London Division One South football clubs
References
- ^ "2019/20 Club Allocations Announced by FA". Thurlow Nunn League. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "South Shields: Legal challenge to steps three to seven season voiding dismissed". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Leyton Athletic withdraw from Eastern Counties Football League". Guardian Newspapers. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
