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

Essex Senior
Football League
Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 - 26 April 2025
ChampionsStanway Rovers
PromotedStanway Rovers
Takeley
RelegatedStansted
FC Clacton
Matches played380
Goals scored1,314 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Okoye - 24 goals
Biggest home winStanway Rovers 8-0 FC Clacton (2 November 2024)
Biggest away winAthletic Newham 1-8 Woodford Town (1 February 2025)
Highest scoringSawbridgeworth Town 4-7 Stanway Rovers (24 August 2024)
Longest winning run14 - Stanway Rovers (25 Jan 2025 - 19 Apr 2025)
Longest unbeaten run25 - Stanway Rovers (30 Jul - 8 Feb)
Longest winless run13 - FC Clacton (5 Oct - 21 Jan)
Longest losing run8 - Stansted (26 Oct - 25 Jan)
Highest attendance1,003 - Takeley 2-0 Woodford Town (Play-off Final - 3 May 2025)
Lowest attendance12 - Athletic Newham 0-3 Benfleet (15 March 2025)
Total attendance46,834
Average attendance2,314
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stanway Rovers (C, P) 38 28 7 3 102 39 +63 91 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Takeley (O, P) 38 28 5 5 82 35 +47 89 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Woodford Town 38 25 7 6 82 29 +53 82
4 Great Wakering Rovers 38 23 6 9 76 37 +39 75
5 Barking 38 23 6 9 83 53 +30 75
6 Saffron Walden Town 38 19 7 12 80 57 +23 64
7 Little Oakley 38 16 10 12 63 52 +11 58
8 White Ensign 38 17 6 15 65 54 +11 57
9 Buckhurst Hill 38 15 8 15 64 61 +3 53
10 Athletic Newham 38 14 6 18 66 70 −4 48
11 Romford 38 14 6 18 60 64 −4 48
12 West Essex 38 13 9 16 54 62 −8 48
13 Halstead Town 38 15 3 20 74 101 −27 48
14 Frenford 38 12 6 20 58 71 −13 42
15 Ilford 38 11 9 18 49 64 −15 42
16 Benfleet 38 12 4 22 66 81 −15 40
17 Sawbridgeworth Town 38 10 6 22 57 100 −43 36 Transfer to the Spartan South Midlands League
18 Hullbridge Sports 38 10 5 23 57 84 −27 35
19 Stansted (R) 38 6 9 23 35 80 −45 27 Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20 FC Clacton (R) 38 4 5 29 41 120 −79 17
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Step 4.

Results table

Home \ Away ATN BAR BEN BUC FCC FRE GWR HAL HUL ILF LOA ROM SAF SAW STN STR TAK WSX WHI WOD
Athletic Newham — 3–4 0–3 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–3 3–3 3–2 4–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–8
Barking 1–0 — 5–2 2–4 5–3 0–2 2–3 4–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2
Benfleet 3–0 0–5 — 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–0 3–2 2–3 6–3 2–1 3–3 3–3 2–3 1–3 0–2 2–3 0–2 3–2 0–1
Buckhurst Hill 2–3 2–1 3–3 — 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–1
FC Clacton 1–4 0–3 0–5 0–4 — 0–4 0–4 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–1
Frenford 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 2–1 — 0–4 3–3 4–1 1–1 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 0–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 — 5–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 6–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0
Halstead Town 0–4 2–5 2–1 0–1 6–3 3–1 0–3 — 2–4 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 4–3 1–3 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–4
Hullbridge Sports 1–6 1–4 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–2 — 1–2 0–1 3–3 0–5 3–3 5–0 0–3 2–3 4–1 0–1 1–3
Ilford 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 — 0–3 1–3 0–1 3–4 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–2
Little Oakley 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 3–1
Romford 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 5–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 5–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–3
Saffron Walden Town 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 7–0 3–1 3–0 2–4 1–3 — 4–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0
Sawbridgeworth Town 2–4 0–2 1–4 0–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 4–7 0–6 3–2 1–3 0–2
Stansted 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–6 0–2 — 0–2 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–4
Stanway Rovers 2–0 1–3 2–0 5–0 8–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 5–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 3–1 2–0 — 3–3 8–1 1–0 0–0
Takeley 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 6–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 2–0
West Essex 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–4 0–0 — 2–2 0–1
White Ensign 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 7–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–4 1–2 7–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 — 1–4
Woodford Town 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 6–0 —
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

Semi-finals Final
      
2 Takeley 2
5 Barking 0
2 Takeley 2
3 Woodford Town 0
3 Woodford Town 2
4 Great Wakering Rovers 1

Semifinals

30 April Takeley 2–0BarkingTakeley
19:45 GMT
  • Powell 36'
  • Miles 81'
 Report Stadium: Station Road
Attendance: 430
30 April Woodford Town 2–1Great Wakering RoversWoodford
19:45 GMT
  • Okoh 90+2', 90+6'
 Report
Stadium: Ashton Playing Fields
Attendance: 421

Final

3 May Takeley 2-0Woodford TownTakeley
15:00
  • Unknown (o.g.)
  • John Clarke 83'
 Stadium: Station Road
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Brian Taylor

Stadium and locations

Locations of the Essex Senior League clubs
Greater London Essex Senior League football clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic Newham Dagenham Parsoles Park HUB 1,500
Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500
Benfleet South Benfleet Woodside Stadium 4,100
Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane 1,500
FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Rush Green Bowl 3,000 (200 seated)
Frenford Ilford The Jack Carter Centre 2,000
Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500
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 (groundshare with Barking) 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 (groundshare with Walthamstow) 3,500
White Ensign Great Wakering Burroughs Park (groundshare with Great Wakering Rovers) 2,500
Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields 3,000

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rank Players Goals Scored Team
1. George Okoye 24 Stanway Rovers
2. Sam Shaban 23 Barking
3. Harry Talbot 22 Great Wakering Rovers
4. Leonardo Pedro 19 Athletic Newham
5. Juwon Akintunde 18 Barking
6. Callim Boylan 16 Stanway Rovers / Saffron Walden Town
7. Ross Wall Saffron Walden Town / Stanway Rovers
8. Correy Davidson 15 Stansted / Saffron Walden Town
9. Daniel Rowe Little Oakley
10. Jamie Bennett 14 Stanway Rovers

Hat Tricks

Player For Result Date
Max Jobson Benfleet Benfleet 6-3 Ilford 30 July 2024
Ellis Devereux White Ensign Frenford 2-4 White Ensign 30 July 2024
Charlie Morris Hullbridge Sports Halstead Town 2-4 Hullbridge Sports 30 July 2024
Jamie Obama Nvumba Athletic Newham Hullbridge Sports 1-6 Athletic Newham 10 August 2024
Harry Brown Great Wakering Rovers Little Oakley 2-4 Great Wakering Rovers 3 September 2024
Great Wakering Rovers 3-1 Athletic Newham 10 September 2024
Chinedu Duru White Ensign White Ensign 7-0 Stansted 12 October 2024
Suley Zhudu Buckhurst Hill Barking 2-4 Buckhurst Hill 25 October 2024
Callum Boylan Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Rovers 5-0 FC Clactron 26 December 2024
Olly Miles Takeley Takeley 4-1 Stansted 18 January 2025
Daniel Rowe Little Oakley Little Oakley 4-1 Saffron Walden Town 4 February 2025
Elijah Grant Sawbridgeworth Town Ilford 3-4 Sawbridgeworth Town 8 February 2025
Harry Talbot Great Wakering Rovers FC Clacton 0-4 Great Wakering Rovers 1 March 2025
Daniel Rowe Little Oakley Ilford 0-3 Little Oakley 1 March 2025
Sam Shaban Barking Benfleet 0-5 Barking 4 March 2025
Romford 1-3 Barking 11 April 2025
Max Brownsdon Little Oakley Little Oakley 5-1 Benfleet 22 April 2025

Overall Season Review

Stanway Rovers have been promoted to the Isthmian League North Division after finishing the season on 91 points, joining them in Step 4 will be Takeley who had a successful Play-off campaign by beating Barking 2-0 in the Semi-Final and beating Woodford Town 2-0 in the final at home. Replacing them will be Basildon United and Sporting Bengal United after a dreadful season for both of them. At the other end of the table Stansted have been relegated to the Eastern Counties League Division One South and F.C. Clacton have gone to the Division One North, replacing them will be Harwich & Parkeston who won the Division One North Play-offs and Hackney Wick who won the Division One South Play-offs, Sawbridgeworth Town who have been transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division so Soul Tower Hamlets have replaced them. The Golden Boot award goes to George Okoye who netted 24 for the Champions. The Highest Attended game this season was the Play-off Final which had 1,003 people, The Lowest attended game was Athletic Newham vs Benfleet at the Bobby Moore Sports Hub wich had a grand total of 12 people there. In the Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy Great Wakering Rovers beat Little Oakley 1-0 at Billericay Town's New Lodge on the 26 March 2025, In the Errington Challenge Cup Great Wakering Rovers beat Little Oakley again but this time on penalties at Witham Town's Simarco Stadium on the 5 May 2025.


References

  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.
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