2021–22 Essex Senior Football League

The 2021–22 Essex Senior Football League season was the 51st in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

Essex Senior Football League
Season2021–22
ChampionsWalthamstow
PromotedWalthamstow
RelegatedSt Margaretsbury
Sporting Bengal United
2022–23 →

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Walthamstow (C, P) 40 28 8 4 92 30 +62 92 Promotion to the Isthmian League East Division
2 Saffron Walden Town 40 26 5 9 101 48 +53 83 Qualification for an inter-step play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 Redbridge 40 24 9 7 89 50 +39 81
4 Stansted 40 22 9 9 81 45 +36 75
5 Enfield 40 22 7 11 82 40 +42 73
6 Little Oakley 40 20 10 10 83 53 +30 70
7 FC Clacton 40 20 7 13 71 61 +10 67
8 Athletic Newham 40 18 12 10 78 55 +23 66
9 Cockfosters 40 17 9 14 78 65 +13 60
10 Takeley 40 18 6 16 73 73 0 60
11 White Ensign 40 16 11 13 85 67 +18 59
12 Stanway Rovers 40 16 9 15 67 52 +15 57
13 West Essex 40 16 9 15 68 67 +1 57
14 Woodford Town 40 16 7 17 68 64 +4 55
15 Hoddesdon Town 40 15 9 16 54 63 −9 54
16 Ilford 40 11 8 21 43 72 −29 41
17 Southend Manor 40 9 7 24 39 87 −48 34
18 Clapton 40 6 9 25 45 90 −45 27
19 Sawbridgeworth Town 40 7 6 27 37 94 −57 27
20 St Margaretsbury[lower-alpha 2] (R) 40 6 7 27 40 89 −49 25 Relegation to Step 6
21 Sporting Bengal United (R) 40 3 4 33 31 140 −109 13
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]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Contested an inter-step play-off match as one of the six runners-up from Step 5 with the fewest points per game (PPG) at the end of the 2021–22 season against one of the six third-from-bottom clubs also with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner stayed at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser remained at Step 5.[6]
  2. Relegated as one of four clubs with the fewest PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.[6]

Results
Home \ Away ATH CLA COC ENF CLC HOD ILF OAK RED SAF SAW SOU SBU STM STS STN TAK WAL WSX WHI WOD
Athletic Newham — 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 6–0 2–1 6–1 1–2 1–1 3–6 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–3
Clapton 2–0 — 1–2 1–4 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–5 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–4 0–4 0–5 0–2 0–4
Cockfosters 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 5–0 5–1 4–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 6–1
Enfield 1–2 2–0 3–1 — 1–2 5–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 6–1 4–0 1–1
F.C. Clacton 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–5 0–4 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–3
Hoddesdon Town 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 — 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–5 1–0 2–0 4–3 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–4 1–2
Ilford 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 — 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1
Little Oakley 1–1 3–5 1–4 2–3 3–4 3–0 0–0 — 1–3 1–2 4–1 4–0 8–0 1–1 4–3 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–3 2–1
Redbridge 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 — 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 4–2
Saffron Walden Town 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–3 — 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 7–1 2–3 4–1 3–3 3–1
Sawbridgesworth Town 0–6 1–1 2–1 1–5 0–4 2–0 3–0 1–5 0–3 0–3 — 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 0–2 1–3
Southend Manor 3–4 1–0 3–5 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–3 1–3 1–0 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–8 0–3 2–1 0–1
Sporting Bengal United 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–5 1–5 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–5 0–7 2–2 0–3 — 1–1 0–2 0–6 0–3 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–0
St Margaretsbury 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 1–2 5–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–5 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–5 1–2
Stansted 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 9–2 5–1 — 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0
Stanway Rovers 3–3 0–0 3–0 4–0 4–4 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–4 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 — 5–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 0–3
Takeley 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 4–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 4–1 4–0 4–1 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 — 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–5
Walthamstow 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 — 4–1 0–0 2–1
West Essex 2–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–4 4–1 4–0 8–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–4 1–1 — 1–1 1–0
White Ensign 0–2 3–3 8–3 1–0 4–3 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–0 3–2 7–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–5 1–1 — 2–3
Woodford Town 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 3–1 —
Source: The FA Full-Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the Essex Senior Football League clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic NewhamPlaistowTerence McMillan Stadium2,000
Clapton
CockfostersCockfostersChalk Lane1,000
EnfieldBishop's StortfordWoodside Park4,525 (525 seated)
FC ClactonClacton-on-SeaAustin Arena3,000 (200 seated)
Hoddesdon TownHoddesdonLowfield3,000 (100 seated)
IlfordIlfordCricklefield Stadium3,500 (216 seated)
Little OakleyLittle OakleyMemorial Ground
RedbridgeBarkingsideOakside Stadium3,000 (316 seated)
Saffron Walden TownSaffron WaldenCatons Lane2,000
Sawbridgeworth TownSawbridgeworthCrofters End2,500 (175 seated)
Sporting Bengal UnitedMile EndMile End Stadium2,000 (439 seated)
Southend ManorSouthend-on-SeaSouthchurch Park2,000 (500 seated)
St. MargaretsburyStanstead AbbottsRecreation Ground1,000 (60 seated)
StanstedStansted MountfitchetHargrave Park2,000 (200 seated)
Stanway RoversStanwayHawthorns1,500 (100 seated)
TakeleyTakeleyStation Road2,000
WalthamstowWalthamstowWadham Lodge3,500
West EssexDagenhamMayesbrook Park2,500 (200 seated)
White EnsignGreat WakeringBurroughs Park3,000 (250 seated)
Woodford TownWoodfordAshton Playing Fields

References
  1. "Proposed ESL Constitution 2021/22". Essex Senior Football League. 22 May 2021.
  2. "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. Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation". Google Docs.
  7. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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