2022–23 Essex Senior Football League

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The 2022–23 season was the 52nd in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

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The proposed constitution for this season was published on 15 May 2022, [1] based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 announced by the FA three days earlier, and was subject to appeals.

The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

Enfield were champions, winning second Essex Senior League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League for the first time as a reformed club. Runners-up Redbridge won interstep playoff and also were promoted after seven seasons in the Essex Senior League.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League
Season2022–23
Champions Enfield
Promoted Enfield
Redbridge
Relegated Clapton
Southend Manor
Matches played380
Goals scored1,309 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerHassan Nalbant (29 goals)
2023–24
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Enfield 38302611436+7892Promoted to the Isthmian League
2 Redbridge 3827658233+4987Qualified for an inter-step play-off, then promoted to the Isthmian League
3 Woodford Town 3823788648+3876
4 FC Clacton 38234117659+1773
5 Takeley 38214137848+3067
6 Athletic Newham 38199107547+2866
7 Barking 38198117962+1765
8 Stansted 38179126547+1860Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League
9 Saffron Walden Town 38194157865+1361
10 West Essex 38185157048+2259
11 Stanway Rovers 38164186061152
12 Little Oakley 38157165766952
13 White Ensign 381471760832349
14 Romford 38145197269+347
15 Halstead Town 381172054721840
16 Ilford 381242251762540
17 Buckhurst Hill 38116216170939
18 Sawbridgeworth Town 38782336834729Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League
19 Clapton 385429341148019Relegated to the Eastern Counties League
20 Southend Manor 382432211221017 [lower-alpha 1]
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. Southend Manor were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 Haywards Heath Town 2–3 Redbridge Haywards Heath
15:00
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  • Laing Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.)
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  • Ogunwomoju Soccerball shade.svg81'
Stadium: Hanbury Park
Attendance: 631

Stadia and locations

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Barking & Romford
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Buckhurst Hill
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Athletic Newham & Clapton
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Ilford
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Redbridge
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West Essex
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Woodford Town
Locations of the Essex Senior League clubs
ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Athletic Newham Plaistow Terence McMillan Stadium 2,000
Clapton
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park2,500
Romford
Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane
Enfield Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park (groundshare with Bishop's Stortford)4,525 (525 seated)
FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Austin Arena3,000 (200 seated)
Halstead Town Halstead Rosemary Lane
Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley Little Oakley Memorial Ground
Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium3,000 (316 seated)
Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane2,000
Sawbridgeworth Town Sawbridgeworth Crofters End2,500 (175 seated)
Southend Manor Southend-on-Sea Southchurch Park 2,000 (500 seated)
Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park2,000 (200 seated)
Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns1,500 (100 seated)
Takeley Takeley Station Road2,000
West Essex Walthamstow Wadham Lodge3,500
White Ensign Great Wakering Burroughs Park (groundshare with Great Wakering Rovers)3,000 (250 seated)
Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields

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References

  1. "FA Announce ESL Constitution for 2022/23". Essex Senior Football League. 15 May 2022.
  2. "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.