1980–81 Eastern Counties Football League

The 1980–81 season was the third under this name and the 39th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.^[1]

The league featured 22 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Gorleston won the league for the second season in a row, winning their fourth Eastern Counties Football League title.

League table

Town & Country League

Season	1980–81
Champions	Gorleston
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,458 (3.16 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gorleston	42	32	7	3	98	33	+65	71
2	Sudbury Town	42	28	8	6	99	37	+62	64
3	Tiptree United	42	23	10	9	81	52	+29	56
4	Ely City	42	21	13	8	100	48	+52	55
5	Great Yarmouth Town	42	22	9	11	95	59	+36	53
6	March Town United	42	20	12	10	63	47	+16	52
7	Saffron Walden Town	42	17	14	11	70	56	+14	48
8	Lowestoft Town	42	15	15	12	69	60	+9	45
9	Bury Town	42	16	11	15	66	62	+4	43
10	Newmarket Town	42	17	8	17	64	76	−12	42
11	Wisbech Town	42	16	9	17	73	74	−1	41
12	Stowmarket	42	14	11	17	63	79	−16	39
13	Colchester United reserves	42	15	8	19	85	72	+13	38
14	Brantham Athletic	42	12	14	16	61	61	0	38
15	Clacton Town	42	13	12	17	50	60	−10	38
16	Felixstowe Town	42	13	8	21	56	81	−25	34
17	Braintree & Crittall Athletic	42	12	10	20	43	74	−31	34
18	Soham Town Rangers	42	8	17	17	38	68	−30	33
19	Thetford Town	42	10	11	21	54	91	−37	31
20	Haverhill Rovers	42	9	12	21	44	55	−11	30
21	Chatteris Town	42	7	7	28	50	117	−67	21
22	Histon	42	3	12	27	36	96	−60	18

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