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Essex Senior Football League
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It has been suggested that Essex Senior League Challenge Cup be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) |
| Essex Senior League | |
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| Country |  England |
| Founded |
1971 |
| Divisions | 1 |
| No. of teams | 17 |
| Feeder to | Isthmian League |
| Level(s) on pyramid | Level 9 |
| Website | Link |
The Essex Senior Football League is an English football league covering Essex and East London. It is a feeder to the Isthmian League. It has a single division which sits at step 5 (or level 9) of the National League System. In 2006 the Football Association asked this league and the Kent League to consider a possible future merger.
Since the 1972-73 season, member teams of the Essex Senior League have been able to compete in the Essex Senior League Challenge Cup. Since its inauguration Basildon United and Brentwood Town have won the tournament three times, more than any other team.
For a team to be relegated from the Essex Senior League they would have to resign their Senior Status and join an Intermediate League.
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The Essex Senior League was formed in 1971 with 9 founder members. The finishing postitions for the 1971/72 season were as follows:
| 1 | Witham Town |
| 2 | Billericay Town |
| 3 | Pegasus Athletic |
| 4 | Tiptree United |
| 5 | Saffron Walden Town |
| 6 | Basildon United |
| 7 | Heybridge Swifts |
| 8 | Southend United 'A' |
| 9 | Stansted |
- 5 Times - Basildon United
- 3 Times - Billericay Town, Heybridge Swifts
- 2 Times - Bowers United, Brentwood Town, Brightlingsea United, Canvey Island, Concord Rangers, Enfield Town, Ford United, Saffron Walden Town, Witham Town
- 1 Time - Great Wakering Rovers, AFC Hornchurch, Leyton, Maldon Town, Purfleet, Romford, Southend Manor
On eleven occasions a team has won both the Essex Senior League and the Essex Senior League Challenge Cup in the same season. They are:
- 1972-73 - Billericay Town
- 1977-78 - Basildon United
- 1982-83 - Heybridge Swifts
- 1987-88 - Purfleet
- 1992-93 - Canvey Island
- 1993-94 - Basildon United
- 1995-96 - Romford
- 1998-99 - Bowers United
- 1999-00 - Saffron Walden Town
- 2005-06 - AFC Hornchurch
- 2006-07 - Brentwood Town
Several players have gone on to join Football League teams having played in the Essex Senior League.
- Ben Barnett (left Southend Manor to briefly join Leyton Orient in 2000)
- Gary Hart (left Stansted for £1000 and a set of kit to join Brighton & Hove Albion in 1998)
- Michael Kightly (left Basildon United to join Southend United in 2002)
- Trevor Putney (left Brentwood to join Ipswich Town in 1980)
- Ian Renshaw (left Basildon United to join Scarborough)
- Steve Tilson (left Witham Town to join Southend United in 1988)
- Stuart Wardley (left Saffron Walden Town to join QPR in 1999)
- John Warner (left Burnham Ramblers to join Colchester United in 1988)