Anglian Combination

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The Anglian Combination Football League is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk and is also known as the Dolphin Autos Anglian Combination Football League after its principal sponsor. Dolphin Autos took over from Lovewell Blake as the league's main sponsor for the 2006-07 season, ending a period of 14 years of sponsorship from Lovewell Blake since 1992.

It consists of well over 100 teams and has seven divisions - the Anglian Combination Premier Division plus divisions 1 - 6. Its top division is currently at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.

The league was formed in 1964, as a merger of the East Anglian League and the Norfolk & Suffolk League and had a transitional season in 1964-65 before settling down to a regular format for 1965-66 of four divisions for first teams and three for reserves. A further division for first teams was added for 1966-67, and that format remained unchanged until the previously separate reserve divisions incorporated into the main structure for the 2003-04 season. The winners of the Premier Division are also known as the Sterry Cup winners and are eligible for promotion to the Eastern Counties Football League.

1 Clubs for 2006-07 season
2 Anglian Combination Winners
3 Cup competitions
4 External link

[edit] Clubs for 2006-07 season

Premier Division (Sterry Cup)

Division One (East Anglian Division 1 Cup)

Division Two (Allerton Cup)

Division Three (East Anglian Division 2 Cup)

Division Four (George Hunt Cup)

Division Five (W.P. Baker Cup)

Division Six (Tom Tillett Cup)

[edit] Anglian Combination Winners

[edit] 1964-65

For the league's first "transitional" season, the members of the amalgamating leagues were split into three tiers, "Senior", "Junior" and "Reserves". Each of these three tiers was split into two parallel divisions, designated simply "A" and "B".

Season	Senior A	Senior B	Junior A	Junior B	Reserves A	Reserve B
1964-65	C N S O B U	Dereham Town	York Athletic	Southwold Town	Gothic res	Henderson res

[edit] 1965-2003

After the initial transitional season, the first teams in the league were split into four divisions, based on their finishing positions in 1964-65. These became the Premier Division, Divisions 1, 2 and 3. A Division 4 was added for 1966-67. Reserve sides were similarly split into three divisions, Reserve Divisions 1, 2 and 3.

Season	Premier	One	Two	Three	Four	Res One	Res Two	Res Three
1965-66	C N S O B U	York Athletic	Horsford United	Poringland	N/A	Watton United res	Thorpe Village res	Norman Old Boys res
1966-67	Watton United	Horsford United	North Walsham Town	Eaton Rangers	Hellesdon	Watton United res	Bungay Town res	Shipdham res
1967-68	Watton United	Diss Town	Earlham Y C	Hellesdon	Birds Eye (Lowestoft)	Norman Old Boys res	Reepham Town res	Holt United res
1968-69	Gorleston	Sheringham	Hellesdon	Birds Eye (Lowestoft)	Thetford Rovers	York Athletic res	Holt United res	Sextons res
1969-70	St Andrews	Hellesden	Birds Eye (Lowestoft)	Overstrand	Earlham Rangers	Watton United res	Thorpe Village res	Fakenham Town res
1970-71	C N S O B U	Wymondham Town	Lakenham Y C	Boulton & Paul	Bodham	St Andrews res	Hoveton United res	Shipdham res
1971-72	C N S O B U	Fakenham Town	Southrepps	Beccles Town	Stags	Hoveton United res	Fakenham Town res	Hellesdon res
1972-73	Hellesdon	Reepham Town	Thetford Rovers	Salhouse	Gorleston res	Henderson res	Wymondham Old Boys res	Norwich Lads Club res
1973-74	C N S O B U	Diss Town	Swaffham Town	Carrow	Wells Town	Norwich Union res	Thetford Rovers res	Aylsham Wanderers res
1974-75	C N S O B U	Bungay Town	Southwold Town	Newton Flotman	Wortwell	St Andrews res	Fakenham Town res	Newton Flotman res
1975-76	St Andrews	Southwold United	Wroxham	Wortwell	Yarmouth Town res	St Andrews res	Newton Flotman res	Sprowston Wanderers res
1976-77	Diss Town	Wroxham	Newton Flotman	Gorleston res	Mundham & Seething	St Andrews res	Beccles Town res	Earlham Spinney res
1977-78	Lowestoft Town res	Brundall United	Wortwell	Brandon Town	Town Hall	St Andrews res	Sheringham res	Holt United res
1978-79	Diss Town	Newton Flotman	Kirkley	Lakeford Rangers	Bradenham Wanderers	Wroxham res	Thetford Rovers res	Wortwell res
1979-80	Lowestoft Town res	Kirkley	Lakeford Rangers	Bradenham Wanderers	Acle United	Fakenham Town res	C E Y M S res	Kirkley res
1980-81	Hoveton United	Bungay Town	Gorleston res	Harleston Town	South Walsham	Hoveton United res	Kirkley res	Bradenham Wanderers res
1981-82	Wroxham	Wymondham Town	Harleston Town	Mundford	Mundham & Seething	Hoveton United res	Bradenham Wanderers res	Attleborough res
1982-83	Wroxham	Gorleston res	Bradenham Wanderers	Acle United	Hempnall	Wroxham res	C E Y M S res	Wells Town res
1983-84	Wroxham	Blofield United	Swaffham Town	Hempnall	Mulbarton United	Wroxham res	Wells Town res	East Harling res
1984-85	Wroxham	Thetford Rovers	Hempnall	Ashlea	North Walsham Town	Wroxham res	Thetford Rovers res	Loddon United res
1985-86	Watton United	Wymondham Town	Wortwell	Thurton & Ashby	Mattishall	Watton United res	Blofield United res	Poringland United res
1986-87	St Andrews	Ashlea	Aylsham Wanderers	Town Hall	Watton United res	Wroxham res	Aylsham Wanderers res	Loddon United res
1987-88	Wroxham	Bungay Town	Town Hall	Watton United	Beccles Caxton	Wroxham res	Carrow res	Hempnall res
1988-89	Norwich United	Kirkley	Stalham Town	Poringland Wanderers	Wroxham res	St Andrews res	Overstrand res	Ashlea res
1989-90	Newton Flotman	Dereham Hobbies	Mulbarton United	Attleborough Town	Norwich United res	Blofield United res	Lakeford Rangers res	Stalham Town res
1990-91	Blofield United	Wymondham Town	Mattishall	Scole United	Corton	Newton Flotman res	Stalham Town res	Mulbarton United res
1991-92	Overstrand	Horsford United	Diss Town res	Town Hall Scripts	South Walsham	Wymondham Town res	Mulbarton United res	Reepham Town res
1992-93	Mulbarton United	Wroxham res	Thorpe Village	South Walsham	Anglian Windows	Carrow res	Loddon United res	Caister United res
1993-94	Blofield United	Lowestoft Town res	Poringland Wanderers	Anglian Windows	Halvergate United	Blofield United	Thorpe Village res	C E Y M S res
1994-95	Wroxham res	Thorpe Village	North Walsham Town	Acle United	Hingham Athletic	St Andrews	Poringland Wanderers res	Wortwell res
1995-96	Horsford United	Loddon United	Attleborough Town	Scole United	Thetford Town res	Blofield United	Beccles Town res	Anglian Windows res
1996-97	Mulbarton United	Acle United	Scole United	Swaffham Town res	Downham Town res	Acle United res	Brandon Town res	Aylsham Wanderers res
1997-98	Dereham Town	Scole United	Wells Town	East Harling	Great Ryburgh	Acle United res	Oulton Broad / L R res	Thetford Rovers res
1998-99	Attleborough Town	Lakeford Rangers	Sprowston Athletic	Watton United res	Dereham Town res	Acle United res	Caister United res	Saham Toney res
1999-00	Kirkley	Sprowston Athletic	Norwich Union	Dereham Town res	Hindringham	Acle United res	Scole United res	Wells Town res
2000-01	Blofield United	Gorleston res	Halvergate United	Holt United	Gayton United	Blofield United res	Wells Town res	Watton United res
2001-02	Kirkley	Beccles Town	Hindringham	Gayton United	Fosters Athletic	Wells Town res	Halvergate United res	Fosters Athletic res
2002-03	Kirkley	Halvergate United	Horsford United	Sheringham	Southwold Town	Kirkley res	Norwich Union res	Costessey Sports res

[edit] 2003-present

In 2003 the league was re-organised, reducing the number of divisions from eight to seven. The reserve divisions were included within the main structure of the league, allowing the reserve teams the possibility of promotion to the divisions containing other clubs' first teams.

Season	Premier	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six
2003-04	Cromer Town	Watton United	Sheringham	Southwold Town	Sprowston Athletic res	Norwich Union res	Hindringham res
2004-05	Blofield United	Sheringham	Southwold Town	Norwich St Johns	Kirkley res	Cromer Town res	Sprowston Wanderers res
2005-06	Cromer Town	Dersingham Rovers	Mundford	Kirkley res	Beccles Caxton	Thetford Rovers	Foulsham

[edit] Cup competitions

In addition to the league, clubs take part in the following cup competitions:

Don Frost Memorial Cup

Single match between the winners of the Senior League (Mummery) Cup and the winners of the Premier Division from the previous season.

Senior League Cup

Cup competition for all clubs in the Premier Division and Division 1. The two teams drawn together for each tie play one match with extra-time then penalties separating the sides.

Junior League Cup

Cup competition for any side competing in Divisions 2,3,4,5 and 6 plus the reserve sides of Eastern Counties League clubs competing in the Norfolk or Suffolk county cups. The two teams drawn together for each tie play one match with extra-time then penalties separating the sides.

Reserve League Cup

Cup competition for any of the reserve sides in Divisions 2,3,4,5 and 6.

Norfolk Senior County Cup

Norfolk's premier cup competition with all teams from Norfolk that play in the Premier Division, Division 1 and any Norfolk sides that compete in the Eastern Counties League or Ridgeons League.

Norfolk Junior County Cup

Main cup competition for junior sides from Norfolk that compete in Divisions 2,3,4,5 and 6 of the league as well as sides from the lower leagues.

Suffolk Senior County Cup

Open to teams from Suffolk that play in the Premier Division and Division 1 as well as Suffolk teams playing in the Eastern Counties League.

Suffolk Junior County Cup

Cup competition for teams from Suffolk in Divisions 2,3,4,5 and 6 as well as reserve sides of clubs that are in the Eastern Counties League that are competing in the Suffolk Senior Cup.

[edit] External link

Official League Site

Anglian Combination Premier Division 2006-07

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