The 2017–18 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]
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.
Great Wakering Rovers were champions, winning their third Essex Senior League title and returned straight back to the Isthmian League along with FC Romania, who reached this level for the first time in their history and Basilodon United, who returned to the Isthmian League after 27 seasons in the Essex Senior League. Burnham Ramblers and Hackney Wick became the first Essex Senior League to be relegated in the history of the league.
League table
edit| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Great Wakering Rovers |
| Promoted | Basildon United FC Romania Great Wakering Rovers |
| 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 → | |
| 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 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 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] |
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
edit- ^ "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 Archived 17 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine Ilford Recorder, 17 July 2017
- ^ "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.