2016–17 Essex Senior Football League

Essex Senior Football League 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Barking
Promoted	Barking
Season statistics
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The 2016–17 Essex Senior Football League season was the 46th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

Essex Senior League

The league consists of 22 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left the league –

• Bowers & Pitsea – promoted to Isthmian League Division One North
• Newham – resigned from league, joined Essex Olympian League Division One (as London APSA)

The following 3 clubs joined the league –

• Barkingside – relegated from Isthmian League Division One North
• Redbridge – relegated from Isthmian League Division One North
• West Essex – promoted from Middlesex County League Premier Division

League table

2016–17 Essex Senior Football League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barking	42	32	4	6	125	46	+79	100	Promotion to Isthmian League Division One North
2	Clapton	42	29	5	8	89	46	+43	92
3	FC Romania	42	27	7	8	125	56	+69	88
4	Takeley	42	25	8	9	93	51	+42	83
5	Sawbridgeworth Town	42	25	8	9	98	67	+31	83
6	Ilford	42	22	9	11	85	56	+29	75
7	Southend Manor	42	22	5	15	76	56	+20	71
8	Stansted	42	20	10	12	82	50	+32	70
9	Basildon United	42	18	7	17	81	72	+9	61
10	Barkingside	42	19	9	14	81	74	+7	66
11	Hullbridge Sports	42	16	12	14	72	66	+6	60
12	Waltham Forest	42	17	8	17	67	67	0	59
13	West Essex	42	17	7	18	77	79	−2	58
14	Redbridge	42	16	7	19	93	87	+6	55
15	Wadham Lodge	42	13	10	19	56	75	−19	49
16	Eton Manor	42	14	4	24	74	98	−24	46
17	London Bari	42	12	8	22	59	88	−29	44
18	Enfield 1893	42	12	6	24	69	114	−45	42
19	Sporting Bengal United	42	11	6	25	65	95	−30	39
20	Tower Hamlets	42	6	6	30	47	100	−53	24
21	Burnham Ramblers	42	5	6	31	45	130	−85	21
22	Haringey & Waltham	42	4	8	30	38	124	−86	20

Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by end November
2. Pass a ground grading examination by end March
3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following five teams achieved criterion one:

• Barking
• Clapton
• FC Romania
• Ilford
• Waltham Forest