2020–21 Essex Senior Football League

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Essex Senior Football League
Season2020–21
ChampionsNone
PromotedHashtag United
Matches played109
Goals scored417 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorerElliott Long
Olly Miles
(9 goals)
Biggest home winCockfosters 8–1 Clapton (15 September 2020)
Walthamstow 7–0 Sawbridgeworth Town (17 October 2020)
Biggest away winSouthend Manor 0–7 Takeley (27 October 2020)
Highest scoringCockfosters 8–1 Clapton (15 September 2020)
Takeley 7–2 Sawbridgeworth Town (29 September 2020)
Longest winning runCockfosters
6 games
Longest unbeaten runCockfosters
7 games
Longest winless runClapton
10 games
Longest losing runWoodford Town
9 games
Highest attendance300
Cockfosters 1–2 Hashtag United (17 October 2020)
Enfield 0–3 Saffron Walden Town (28 October 2020)
Lowest attendance0
(All Sporting Bengal United home matches played behind closed doors)
Average attendance108

The 2020–21 Essex Senior Football League season was the 50th in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July,[1] and were subject to appeal. The league comprised 18 teams, a drop of one from the previous aborted season, with Tower Hamlets having been relocated to the Southern Counties East League.

The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The league season was subsequently abandoned.[2]

Promotions, relegation and restructure[]

The scheduled restructure of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties leagues at step 5 for 2021-22, along with a new division in the Northern Premier League at step 4.[3] Promotions from step 5 to 4 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), while teams were promoted into step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[3]

League Table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Hashtag United (P) 12 10 1 1 29 10 +19 31 Promotion to the Isthmian League North Division
2 Stansted 15 9 2 4 27 19 +8 29
3 Walthamstow 12 9 0 3 35 16 +19 27
4 Cockfosters 11 8 2 1 29 9 +20 26
5 Saffron Walden Town 15 6 5 4 34 16 +18 23
6 Hadley 8 7 0 1 23 9 +14 21 Transfer to the Spartan South Midlands League
7 Hoddesdon Town 13 6 1 6 25 25 0 19
8 West Essex 12 5 2 5 27 20 +7 17
9 Takeley 11 5 1 5 34 19 +15 16
10 Enfield 14 4 2 8 22 29 −7 14
11 Redbridge 9 4 1 4 19 19 0 13
12 Sporting Bengal United 13 4 1 8 16 27 −11 13
13 St Margaretsbury 11 3 3 5 11 25 −14 12
14 Sawbridgeworth Town 15 3 3 9 23 47 −24 12
15 Ilford 11 2 4 5 20 27 −7 10
16 Southend Manor 12 6 1 5 19 33 −14 10[a]
17 Woodford Town 13 1 1 11 11 29 −18 4
18 Clapton 11 0 4 7 13 38 −25 4
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[4]
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Southend Manor were deducted 9 points.

Results Table[]

Home \ Away CLA COC ENF HAD HAS HOD ILF RED SAF SAW SBU SOU STM STS TAK WAL WSX WOD
Clapton — 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–2
Cockfosters 8–1 — 1–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 4–2 3–1
Enfield — 1–0 6–1 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–1
Hadley — 5–2 1–0 4–0
Hashtag United 3–0 3–2 — 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0
Hoddesdon Town 0–1 — 0–4 2–1 5–3 4–2 1–3
Ilford 1–1 2–5 — 6–2 1–1 0–0 3–0
Redbridge 4–0 — 2–2 2–3
Saffron Walden Town 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 — 5–0 0–1 1–2 2–1
Sawbridgeworth Town 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–4 2–2 — 3–2 2–4 3–2
Sporting Bengal United 0–2 2–3 4–3 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1
Southend Manor 3–2 2–1 2–5 2–0 — 0–1 0–7 2–1
St Margaretsbury 3–3 1–0 1–3 — 1–3 2–1
Stansted 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 5–0 — 2–1 1–0
Takeley 5–1 1–3 3–4 7–2 5–0 1–2 — 2–1
Walthamstow 6–1 2–1 2–1 7–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 — 3–1
West Essex 5–1 0–2 6–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 — 3–3
Woodford Town 0–2 —
Source: The FA FULLTIME
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations[]

2020–21 Essex Senior Football League is located in Southeast England
Clapton
Clapton
Cockfosters
Cockfosters
Enfield
Enfield
Hadley
Hadley
Hashtag United
Hashtag United
Hoddesdon Town
Hoddesdon Town
Ilford
Ilford
Redbridge
Redbridge
Saffron Walden Town
Saffron Walden Town
Sawbridgeworth Town
Sawbridgeworth Town
Sporting Bengal United
Sporting Bengal United
Southend Manor
Southend Manor
St. Margaretsbury
St. Margaretsbury
Stansted
Stansted
Takeley
Takeley
Walthamstow
Walthamstow
West Essex
West Essex
Woodford Town
Woodford Town
Locations of the Essex Senior Football League clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Clapton Plaistow Terence McMillan Stadium 2,000
Cockfosters Cockfosters Chalk Lane 1,000
Enfield Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525 (525 seated)
Hadley Arkley Brickfield Lane 2,000 (150 seated)
Hashtag United Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 2,661 (300 seated)
Hoddesdon Town Hoddesdon Lowfield 3,000 (100 seated)
Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)
Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000 (316 seated)
Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane 2,000
Sawbridgeworth Town Sawbridgeworth Crofters End 2,500 (175 seated)
Sporting Bengal United Mile End Mile End Stadium 2,000 (439 seated)
Southend Manor Southend-on-Sea Southchurch Park 2,000 (500 seated)
St. Margaretsbury Stanstead Abbotts Recreation Ground 1,000 (60 seated)
Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000 (200 seated)
Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000
Walthamstow Walthamstow Wadham Lodge 3,500
West Essex Dagenham Mayesbrook Park 2,500 (200 seated)
Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields

References[]

  1. ^ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ "FA Update On Steps 3-6". 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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