2021–22 Essex Senior Football League
Season | 2021–22 |
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The 2021–22 Essex Senior Football League season is the 51st in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.
The proposed constitution for this season was published on 22 May 2021,[1] based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 announced by the FA five days earlier, and it was subject to appeal. The constitution was ratified at the league's annual general meeting (AGM) on 24 June.[2]
After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[3][4][5]
Essex Senior League[]
At the end of the 2020–21 season, the following teams left the league:
- Promoted to Step 4, to the Isthmian League North Division
- Transferred within Step 5, to the Spartan South Midlands League
The remaining 16 teams, together with the following, form the Essex Senior League for 2021–22:
- Promoted from Step 6, from the Eastern Senior League
- Transferred within Step 5, from the Eastern Counties League
Cockfosters were initially moved to the Spartan South Midlands League, but they won their appeal and the transfer was reversed.[2]
League table[]
Prior to the first match(es) being played the Pos column shows alphabetic sequence of teams rather than league position.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Walthamstow | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 63 | Promotion to Step 4 |
2 | Stansted | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 53 | Promotion to Step 4 or qualification for inter-step play-offs[a] |
3 | Stanway Rovers | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 50 | |
4 | Redbridge | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 48 | |
5 | Enfield | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 43 | |
6 | Saffron Walden Town | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 43 | |
7 | White Ensign | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 42 | |
8 | Athletic Newham | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 41 | |
9 | Cockfosters | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 40 | |
10 | Takeley | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 38 | |
11 | FC Clacton | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 38 | |
12 | Little Oakley | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 37 | |
13 | West Essex | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 36 | |
14 | Woodford Town | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 29 | |
15 | Hoddesdon Town | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 28 | |
16 | Ilford | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 25 | |
17 | St Margaretsbury | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 19 | |
18 | Clapton | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 18 | |
19 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 68 | −44 | 16 | |
20 | Southend Manor | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 68 | −47 | 11 | Possible relegation to Step 6[b] |
21 | Sporting Bengal United | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 99 | −81 | 4 | Relegation to Step 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results[7]
Notes:
- ^ The 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted at the end of the 2021–22 season. The remaining six runners-up will contest inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[6]
- ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at Step 5 will be reprieved.[6]
Stadia and locations[]
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Athletic Newham | Plaistow | Terence McMillan Stadium | 2,000 |
Clapton | |||
Cockfosters | Cockfosters | Chalk Lane | 1,000 |
Enfield | Bishop's Stortford | Woodside Park | 4,525 (525 seated) |
FC Clacton | Clacton-on-Sea | Austin Arena | 3,000 (200 seated) |
Hoddesdon Town | Hoddesdon | Lowfield | 3,000 (100 seated) |
Ilford | Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium | 3,500 (216 seated) |
Little Oakley | Little Oakley | Memorial Ground | |
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) |
Stanway Rovers | Stanway | Hawthorns | 1,500 (100 seated) |
Takeley | Takeley | Station Road | 2,000 |
Walthamstow | Walthamstow | Wadham Lodge | 3,500 |
West Essex | Dagenham | Mayesbrook Park | 2,500 (200 seated) |
White Ensign | Great Wakering | Burroughs Park | 3,000 (250 seated) |
Woodford Town | Woodford | Ashton Playing Fields |
References[]
- ^ "Proposed ESL Constitution 2021/22". Essex Senior Football League. 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Revised Premier Division Constitution As Cockfosters Win Appeal". Essex Senior Football League. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Essex Senior Football League seasons
- 2021–22 in English football leagues