Essex and Suffolk Border Football League

The Essex and Suffolk Border Football League is a football competition based in England. The league has a total of four divisions headed by the Premier Division which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The top club may apply for promotion to Division One of the Eastern Counties League.

All member clubs compete in the Border League Knock-Out Cup. Despite the league's name, all the current member clubs are situated in Essex except for Bures United whose ground is in Suffolk although the village straddles the border, the majority within 15 miles of Colchester.

The league is affiliated to the Essex County FA and Suffolk County FA.

Former clubs
Among the clubs that have left the Essex & Suffolk Border Football League and now compete at a higher level are:


 * Brantham Athletic
 * Brightlingsea Regent
 * Bury Town
 * Clacton Town
 * Coggeshall Town
 * Colchester Town
 * Cornard United


 * Felixstowe Town
 * Crittall Athletic
 * Haverhill Rovers
 * Halstead Town
 * Heybridge Swifts
 * Holland
 * Long Melford


 * Maldon Town
 * Newmarket Town
 * Saffron Walden Town
 * Stanway Rovers
 * Stowmarket Town
 * Sudbury Town


 * Sudbury Wanderers
 * Team Bury
 * Tiptree United
 * Whitton United
 * Witham Town
 * Wivenhoe Town