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 Athletic Newham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Barking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Benfleet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Buckhurst Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 FC Clacton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Frenford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Great Wakering Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Halstead Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hullbridge Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ilford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Little Oakley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Romford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Saffron Walden Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sawbridgeworth Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stanway Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Stansted 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Takeley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 West Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 White Ensign 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20 Woodford Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

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Final

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Stadia 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 Plaistow Terence McMillan Stadium 2,000
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Benfleet Canvey Island Park Lane (groundshare with Canvey Island) 4,100
Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane
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
Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500
Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley Little Oakley Memorial Ground
Romford Corringham Rookery Hill 3,500
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

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.