Essex Senior Football League

Essex Senior League
Countries  England
Founded 1971
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid Level 9
Feeder to Isthmian League
Promotion to Isthmian League Division One North
Relegation to Essex Olympian League Premier Division
Domestic cup(s) Essex Senior League Challenge Cup
Current champions Enfield
Most championships Basildon United (5 titles)
Website Football Mitoo

The Essex Senior Football League is an English football league covering Essex, northeast Greater London and the eastern part of Hertfordshire. It is a feeder to Division One North of Isthmian League and has a single division which sits at step 5 (or level 9) of the National League System.

There is no automatic relegation from the Essex Senior League, as the league consistently operates with several teams fewer than the maximum allowed for a step 5 league, which is 22. For a team to be relegated from the Essex Senior League they would have to resign their Senior Status and join an Intermediate League.

Contents

Founder members

The Essex Senior League was formed in 1971 with 9 founder members. The finishing positions for the 1971-72 season were as follows:

1 Witham Town
2 Billericay Town
3 Pegasus Athletic
4 Tiptree United
5 Saffron Walden Town
6 Basildon United
7 Heybridge Swifts
8 Southend United 'A'
9 Stansted

List of champions and cup winners

Season Champions League Cup winners
1971–72 Witham Town
1972–73 Billericay Town Billericay Town
1973–74 Saffron Walden Town Not played
1974–75 Billericay Town Colchester United 'A'
1975–76 Billericay Town Brentwood
1976–77 Basildon United Billericay Town
1977–78 Basildon United Basildon United
1978–79 Basildon United Brentwood
1979–80 Basildon United Canvey Island
1980–81 Bowers United Witham Town
1981–82 Heybridge Swifts Bowers United
1982–83 Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Swifts
1983–84 Heybridge Swifts Stansted
1984–85 Maldon Town Chelmsford City reserves
1985–86 Witham Town Ford United
1986–87 Canvey Island Purfleet
1987–88 Purfleet Purfleet
1988–89 Brightlingsea United East Thurrock United
1989–90 Brightlingsea United Southend Manor
1990–91 Southend Manor Brentwood
1991–92 Ford United East Thurrock United
1992–93 Canvey Island Canvey Island
1993–94 Basildon United Basildon United
1994–95 Great Wakering Rovers Sawbridgeworth Town
1995–96 Romford Romford
1996–97 Ford United Concord Rangers
1997–98 Concord Rangers Basildon United
1998–99 Bowers United Bowers United
1999–00 Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Town
2000–01 Brentwood Southend Manor
2001–02 Leyton Enfield Town
2002–03 Enfield Town Ilford
2003–04 Concord Rangers Enfield Town
2004–05 Enfield Town Waltham Abbey
2005–06 AFC Hornchurch AFC Hornchurch
2006–07 Brentwood Town Brentwood Town
2007–08 Concord Rangers Eton Manor
2008–09 Romford Barkingside
2009–10 Stansted Bethnal Green United
2010–11 Enfield 1893 Stansted

Former members

Notable former Essex Senior League players

Several players have gone on to join Football League teams having played in the Essex Senior League.

External links

Essex Senior League
National teams
National Football Centre
League system
Domestic cups
Others
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