2017–18 Essex Senior Football League
The 2017–18 Essex Senior Football League season was the 47th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.[1] The constitution for the Essex Senior League was ratified at the league's AGM on 22 June, although Ilford were expelled for missing deadlines and fines.[2] The club were readmitted to the league on 17 July following an appeal.[3]
Clubs
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Great Wakering Rovers |
| Promoted | Great Wakering Rovers Basildon United FC Romania |
| Relegated | Burnham Ramblers Hackney Wick |
| Matches played | 420 |
| Goals scored | 1,509 (3.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Brian Moses (29 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 785 Hackney Wick 1–2 Clapton (7 October 2017) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:
- Great Wakering Rovers, relegated from the Isthmian League
Also, London Bari merged with Middlesex County League club Hackney Wick and took their name, while Haringey & Waltham changed name to Woodford Town 2017.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Wakering Rovers | 40 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 107 | 29 | +78 | 94 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Basildon United | 40 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 29 | +54 | 92 | |
| 3 | FC Romania | 40 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 98 | 37 | +61 | 91 | |
| 4 | Redbridge | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 97 | 56 | +41 | 88 | |
| 5 | Takeley | 40 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 104 | 36 | +68 | 82 | |
| 6 | Clapton | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 63 | |
| 7 | West Essex | 40 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 62 | |
| 8 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 75 | +1 | 55 | |
| 9 | Enfield 1893 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 75 | −11 | 51 | |
| 10 | Sporting Bengal United | 40 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 69 | 87 | −18 | 50 | |
| 11 | Tower Hamlets | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 63 | 78 | −15 | 49 | |
| 12 | Woodford Town 2017 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 66 | 86 | −20 | 48 | |
| 13 | Ilford | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 47 | |
| 14 | Southend Manor | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 81 | −16 | 46 | |
| 15 | Hullbridge Sports | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 69 | 97 | −28 | 45 | |
| 16 | Barkingside | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 64 | 74 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Waltham Forest | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 87 | −25 | 42 | |
| 18 | Stansted | 40 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 40 | |
| 19 | Wadham Lodge | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 66 | 102 | −36 | 40 | |
| 20 | Burnham Ramblers | 40 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 120 | −56 | 34 | Relegated to the Eastern Counties League |
| 21 | Hackney Wick | 40 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 48 | 89 | −41 | 29[a] |
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [4]
Notes:
- ^ Hackney Wick were deducted three points on 29 March for fielding an ineligible player.
References
- ^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SHOCK AS ILFORD FC VOTED OUT OF ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE". Clapton FC News. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Essex Senior League: Ilford win appeal and back in the division Ilford Recorder, 17 July 2017
- ^ "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.