2020–21 Essex Senior Football League

The 2020–21 Essex Senior Football League season is the 50th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

Essex Senior Football League
Season2020–21
Matches played109
Goals scored417 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorerElliott Long
Olly Miles
(9 goals)
Biggest home winCockfosters 8–1 Clapton (15 September 2020)
Walthamstow 7–0 Sawbridgeworth Town (17 October 2020)
Biggest away winSouthend Manor 0–7 Takeley (27 October 2020)
Highest scoringCockfosters 8–1 Clapton (15 September 2020)
Takeley 7–2 Sawbridgeworth Town (29 September 2020)
Longest winning runCockfosters
6 games
Longest unbeaten runCockfosters
7 games
Longest winless runClapton
10 games
Longest losing runWoodford Town
9 games
Highest attendance300
Cockfosters 1–2 Hashtag United (17 October 2020)
Enfield 0–3 Saffron Walden Town (28 October 2020)
Lowest attendance0
(All Sporting Bengal United home matches played behind closed doors)
Average attendance108
2021–22 →

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July,[1] and are subject to appeal.

On 31 October, the UK Government announced a nationwide lockdown which would temporarily suspend non-elite football.[2] The season suspension took effect from 5 November, and is expected to last until 2 December.

Essex Senior League

The league comprises 18 teams, a drop of one from the previous aborted season, with Tower Hamlets having been relocated to the Southern Counties East League.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hashtag United 12 10 1 1 29 10 +19 31 Promotion to Step 4
2 Stansted 15 9 2 4 27 19 +8 29 Possible promotion to Step 4[lower-alpha 1]
3 Walthamstow 12 9 0 3 35 16 +19 27
4 Cockfosters 11 8 2 1 29 9 +20 26
5 Saffron Walden Town 15 6 5 4 34 16 +18 23
6 Hadley 8 7 0 1 23 9 +14 21
7 Hoddesdon Town 13 6 1 6 25 25 0 19
8 West Essex 12 5 2 5 27 20 +7 17
9 Takeley 11 5 1 5 34 19 +15 16
10 Enfield 14 4 2 8 22 29 −7 14
11 Redbridge 9 4 1 4 19 19 0 13
12 Sporting Bengal United 13 4 1 8 16 27 −11 13
13 Southend Manor 12 6 1 5 19 33 −14 13[lower-alpha 2]
14 St Margaretsbury 11 3 3 5 11 25 −14 12
15 Sawbridgeworth Town 15 3 3 9 23 47 −24 12
16 Ilford 11 2 4 5 20 27 −7 10
17 Woodford Town 13 1 1 11 11 29 −18 4
18 Clapton 11 0 4 7 13 38 −25 4 Possible relegation to Step 6[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2020. 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 [4]
Notes:
  1. The 2nd-placed clubs from each of the Step 5 divisions (excluding those from the three northernmost divisions) will be ranked by their points-per-game (PPG) ratio. The four 2nd-placed clubs with the highest PPG will be automatically promoted to Step 4. The remaining seven 2nd-placed clubs will enter a play-off against one of the bottom-placed clubs from Step 4, with the winner entering Step 4 for 2021–22, and the loser entering Step 5.[3]
  2. Southend Manor were deducted 6 points.
  3. The 14 bottom-placed clubs from each of the Step 5 divisions will be ranked by their points-per-game (PPG) ratio. The two bottom-placed clubs with the highest PPG will be reprieved from relegation. The remaining 12 bottom-placed clubs will be relegated to Step 6.[3]

Results table
Home \ Away CLA COC ENF HAD HAS HOD ILF RED SAF SAW SBU SOU STM STS TAK WAL WSX WOD
Clapton — 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–2
Cockfosters 8–1 — 1–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 4–2 3–1
Enfield — 1–0 6–1 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–1
Hadley — 5–2 1–0 4–0
Hashtag United 3–0 3–2 — 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0
Hoddesdon Town 0–1 — 0–4 2–1 5–3 4–2 1–3
Ilford 1–1 2–5 — 6–2 1–1 0–0 3–0
Redbridge 4–0 — 2–2 2–3
Saffron Walden Town 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 — 5–0 0–1 1–2 2–1
Sawbridgeworth Town 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–4 2–2 — 3–2 2–4 3–2
Sporting Bengal United 0–2 2–3 4–3 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1
Southend Manor 3–2 2–1 2–5 2–0 — 0–1 0–7 2–1
St Margaretsbury 3–3 1–0 1–3 — 1–3 2–1
Stansted 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 5–0 — 2–1 1–0
Takeley 5–1 1–3 3–4 7–2 5–0 1–2 — 2–1
Walthamstow 6–1 2–1 2–1 7–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 — 3–1
West Essex 5–1 0–2 6–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 — 3–3
Woodford Town 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2020. Source: The FA FULLTIME
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
ClaptonPlaistowTerence McMillan Stadium2,000
CockfostersCockfostersChalk Lane1,000
EnfieldBishop's StortfordWoodside Park4,525 (525 seated)
HadleyArkleyBrickfield Lane2,000 (150 seated)
Hashtag UnitedPitseaLen Salmon Stadium2,661 (300 seated)
Hoddesdon TownHoddesdonLowfield3,000 (100 seated)
IlfordIlfordCricklefield Stadium3,500 (216 seated)
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)
TakeleyTakeleyStation Road2,000
WalthamstowWalthamstowWadham Lodge3,500
West EssexDagenhamMayesbrook Park2,500 (200 seated)
Woodford TownWoodfordAshton Playing Fields

References
  1. "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. "Announcement of nationide lockdown". BBC. 31 October 2020.
  3. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 23 National League System Regulations Section 5.2". The FA. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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