Eastern Counties League
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| Country |
 England
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| Founded | 1935 |
| Divisions | Premier Division (1935–present) Division One (1988–present) |
| Number of teams | 42 21 (Premier Division) 21 (Division One) |
| Level on pyramid | Levels 9–10 |
| Feeder to | Isthmian League Division One North |
| Relegation to |
Anglian Combination Cambridgeshire League Essex & Suffolk Border League Suffolk & Ipswich League |
| Domestic cup(s) | League Cup First Division Cup |
| Current champions |
Norwich United (Premier Division) Wivenhoe Town (Division One) (2015–16) |
| Website | thurlownunnleague.co.uk |
 2016–17 season
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The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffolk, northern Essex and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is a feeder to Division One North of the Isthmian League.
During the early part of the 20th century there were several leagues covering East Anglia, including the Norfolk & Suffolk League, the East Anglian League, the Essex & Suffolk Border League and the Ipswich & District League, whilst some of the larger clubs (including Ipswich Town and Cambridge Town) played in the Southern Amateur League. Suggestions of forming a league to cover the whole region had been made since the early 1900s, but intensified after Norwich City were promoted to Division Two of the Football League in 1934 and saw a significant rise in attendances. During the 1934–35 season there was a strong movement in Harwich and Ipswich for the formation of such a league and after canvassing, a 'Meeting of Representatives of East Anglian Football Clubs' was held at the Picture House in Ipswich on 17 February 1935. The ten clubs in attendance were Cambridge Town, Harwich & Parkeston and Ipswich Town from the SAL, Colchester Town and Crittall Athletic from the Spartan League, and Gorleston, Great Yarmouth Town, King's Lynn, Lowestoft Town and Norwich CEYMS from the Norfolk & Suffolk League. Although Cambridge Town and Norwich CEYMS later decided against joining, a further four clubs were recruited; Bury Town and Thetford Town from the Norfolk & Suffolk League, Chelmsford City from the London League and Clacton Town from the Ipswich & District League.
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