2024–25 Essex Senior Football League

The 2024–25 season is the 54th in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.[1] Solely for this season, there were no relegations from Step 4 into the league.

The league featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs.

Tilbury were champions with Sporting Bengal United winning the playoffs. Both were promoted to the Isthmian League. Coggeshall Town finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Eastern Counties Football League.

League table

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Essex Senior
Football League
Season2024–25
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stanway Rovers 22 16 5 1 58 25 +33 53 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Woodford Town 20 15 3 2 45 13 +32 48 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Takeley 22 14 5 3 48 19 +29 47
4 Great Wakering Rovers 21 15 1 5 50 22 +28 46
5 Saffron Walden Town 21 14 3 4 52 25 +27 45
6 Barking 21 13 3 5 43 28 +15 42
7 Romford 22 12 4 6 45 28 +17 40
8 Buckhurst Hill 20 9 5 6 39 29 +10 32
9 White Ensign 20 9 3 8 34 33 +1 30
10 Athletic Newham 21 8 5 8 37 30 +7 29
11 Frenford 23 7 4 12 41 45 −4 25
12 Little Oakley 18 6 5 7 30 33 −3 23
13 Benfleet 19 7 0 12 33 35 −2 21
14 Ilford 21 5 6 10 27 35 −8 21
15 West Essex 21 5 5 11 27 38 −11 20
16 Hullbridge Sports 23 6 2 15 40 58 −18 20
17 Halstead Town 21 5 2 14 33 69 −36 17
18 Sawbridgeworth Town 21 3 4 14 28 65 −37 13
19 Stansted 20 3 3 14 20 50 −30 12 Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20 FC Clacton 21 1 4 16 17 67 −50 7
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. 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[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Step 4.

Results table

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Home \ Away ATN BAR BEN BUC FCC FRE GWR HAL HUL ILF LOA ROM SAF SAW STN STR TAK WSX WHI WOD
Athletic Newham 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2
Barking 5–2 2–4 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2
Benfleet 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 6–3 2–1 2–3 1–3 0–1
Buckhurst Hill 0–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 4–0 1–2 2–1
FC Clacton 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–4 2–3 0–1 1–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–1
Frenford 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 4–1 1–2 2–4 2–4 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–4 3–2
Great Wakering Rovers 3–1 0–2 5–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 6–1 5–0 0–0
Halstead Town 0–4 2–5 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–4 3–2 4–3 1–3 0–6 0–4
Hullbridge Sports 1–6 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–3 0–5 3–3 5–0 0–3 4–1 1–3
Ilford 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 0–2
Little Oakley 2–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 2–1
Romford 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 5–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
Saffron Walden Town 0–1 3–2 1–1 7–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–1
Sawbridgeworth Town 2–4 0–2 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–5 1–0 1–1 4–7 0–6 0–2
Stansted 0–1 5–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–4
Stanway Rovers 2–0 8–0 3–1 5–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–0
Takeley 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 6–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0
West Essex 3–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 0–0
White Ensign 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–4 7–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–4
Woodford Town 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 6–0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

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Final

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Stadium and locations

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Athletic Newham
 
Barking
 
Buckhurst Hill
 
Frenford
 
Ilford
 
West Essex
 
Woodford Town
Locations of the Essex Senior League clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic Newham Dagenham Parsloes Park 2,000
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Benfleet South Benfleet Woodside Stadium 4,100
Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane 1,500
Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000
FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Austin Arena 3,000 (200 seated)
Frenford Ilford The Jack Carter Centre 2,000
Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500
White Ensign
Halstead Town Halstead Rosemary Lane 1,500
Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500
Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley Little Oakley Memorial Ground 500
Romford Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane 2,000
Sawbridgeworth Town Sawbridgeworth Crofters End 2,500
Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000
Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns 1,500 (100 seated)
Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000
West Essex Walthamstow Wadham Lodge 3,500
Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields 3,000

References

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  1. ^ The Football Association (17 May 2024). "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The FA. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.