2023–24 Essex Senior Football League

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The 2023–24 season is the 53rd in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2023.[1] Beginning from this season, a four team play-off system was introduced at Step 5 (this league) to guarantee a second promotion place to Step 4, replacing the inter-step play-off.[2]

The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

League table[edit]

Essex Senior
Football League
Season2023–24
ChampionsTilbury
PromotedTilbury
RelegatedCoggeshall Town
Ilford
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tilbury (C, P) 37 27 5 5 79 25 +54 86 Promotion to Step 4
2 Romford (Q) 36 24 4 8 85 49 +36 76 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Woodford Town (Q) 36 22 7 7 80 47 +33 73
4 Barking 37 19 10 8 75 47 +28 67
5 Sporting Bengal United 37 20 7 10 75 54 +21 67
6 Great Wakering Rovers 35 18 6 11 76 46 +30 60
7 Stanway Rovers 37 17 6 14 68 50 +18 57
8 Saffron Walden Town 36 17 6 13 58 55 +3 57
9 Little Oakley 37 14 10 13 63 56 +7 52
10 Athletic Newham 37 16 4 17 58 54 +4 52
11 Halstead Town 37 14 9 14 70 67 +3 51
12 Hullbridge Sports 37 14 7 16 51 56 −5 49
13 West Essex 37 11 9 17 66 73 −7 42
14 White Ensign 37 10 10 17 49 65 −16 40
15 FC Clacton 36 10 10 16 56 79 −23 40
16 Buckhurst Hill 37 12 3 22 48 70 −22 39
17 Takeley 36 9 11 16 56 73 −17 38
18 Frenford 38 9 8 21 52 83 −31 35
19 Ilford (R) 37 9 5 23 55 108 −53 32 Relegation to Step 6
20 Coggeshall Town (R) 37 4 5 28 40 103 −63 17
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2024. Source: Essex Senior League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Step 4.

Stadia and locations[edit]

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Locations of the Essex Senior League clubs
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Greater London Essex Senior League football clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic Newham Plaistow Terence McMillan Stadium 2,000
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane
Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000
FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Austin Arena 3,000 (200 seated)
Frenford Ilford The Jack Carter Centre 2,000
Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500
White Ensign
Halstead Town Halstead Rosemary Lane
Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500
Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley Little Oakley Memorial Ground
Romford Corringham Rookery Hill 3,500
Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane 2,000
Sporting Bengal United Mile End Mile End Stadium (groundshare with Tower Hamlets) 2,000 (439 seated)
Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns 1,500 (100 seated)
Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000
Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000
West Essex Walthamstow Wadham Lodge 3,500
Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Football Association (15 May 2023). "NLS Step 1-6 allocations". The FA. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ The Football Association (17 March 2023). "Step 5 to 4 promotion/relegation update". The FA. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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