2021–22 Essex Senior Football League

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Essex Senior Football League
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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:

The remaining 16 teams, together with the following, form the Essex Senior League for 2021–22:

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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. 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[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at Step 5 will be reprieved.[6]

Stadia and locations[]

Locations of the Essex Senior Football League clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
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[]

  1. ^ "Proposed ESL Constitution 2021/22". Essex Senior Football League. 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Revised Premier Division Constitution As Cockfosters Win Appeal". Essex Senior Football League. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. ^ "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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