2022–23 Essex Senior Football League

Essex Senior Football League 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Enfield
Promoted	Enfield Redbridge
Relegated	Clapton Southend Manor
Season statistics
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The 2022–23 Essex Senior Football League season was the 52nd in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

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

Essex Senior League

At the end of the 2021–22 season, the following teams left the league:

Promoted to the Southern League Division One Central

• Walthamstow

Relegated to the Eastern Senior League

• Sporting Bengal United
• St Margaretsbury

Transferred within Step 5, to the Spartan South Midlands League

• Cockfosters
• Hoddesdon Town

The remaining 16 teams, together with the following, form the Essex Senior League for 2022–23:

Promoted from the Eastern Senior League

• Buckhurst Hill
• Halstead Town

Relegated from the Isthmian League North Division

• Barking
• Romford

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Athletic Newham	Plaistow	Terence McMillan Stadium	2,000
Barking	Barking	Mayesbrook Park	2,500
Buckhurst Hill	Buckhurst Hill	Roding Lane
Clapton	Plaistow	Terence McMillan Stadium (groundshare with Athletic Newham)	2,000
Enfield	Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525 (525 seated)
FC Clacton	Clacton-on-Sea	Austin Arena	3,000 (200 seated)
Halstead Town	Halstead	Rosemary Lane
Ilford	Ilford	Cricklefield Stadium	3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley	Little Oakley	Memorial Ground
Redbridge	Barkingside	Oakside Stadium	3,000 (316 seated)
Romford	Romford	Mayesbrook Park (groundshare with Barking)	2,500
Saffron Walden Town	Saffron Walden	Catons Lane	2,000
Sawbridgeworth Town	Sawbridgeworth	Crofters End	2,500 (175 seated)
Southend Manor	Southend-on-Sea	Southchurch Park	2,000 (500 seated)
Stanway Rovers	Stanway	Hawthorns	1,500 (100 seated)
Takeley	Takeley	Station Road	2,000
West Essex	Walthamstow	Wadham Lodge	3,500
White Ensign	Great Wakering	Burroughs Park	3,000 (250 seated)
Woodford Town	Woodford	Ashton Playing Fields

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Enfield (C, P)	38	30	2	6	114	36	+78	92	Promotion to Step 4
2	Redbridge (O, P)	38	27	6	5	82	33	+49	87	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Woodford Town	38	23	7	8	86	48	+38	76
4	FC Clacton	38	23	4	11	76	59	+17	73
5	Takeley	38	21	4	13	78	48	+30	67
6	Athletic Newham	38	19	9	10	75	47	+28	66
7	Barking	38	19	8	11	79	62	+17	65
8	Stansted	38	17	9	12	65	47	+18	60
9	Saffron Walden Town	38	19	4	15	78	65	+13	61
10	West Essex	38	18	5	15	70	48	+22	59
11	Stanway Rovers	38	16	4	18	60	61	−1	52
12	Little Oakley	38	15	7	16	57	66	−9	52
13	White Ensign	38	14	7	17	60	83	−23	49
14	Romford	38	14	5	19	72	69	+3	47
15	Halstead Town	38	11	7	20	54	72	−18	40
16	Ilford	38	12	4	22	51	76	−25	40
17	Buckhurst Hill	38	11	6	21	61	70	−9	39
18	Sawbridgeworth Town	38	7	8	23	36	83	−47	29
19	Clapton (R)	38	5	4	29	34	114	−80	19	Relegation to Step 6
20	Southend Manor (R)	38	2	4	32	21	122	−101	7

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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Southend Manor were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Play-off

Inter-Step Playoff

29 April 2023	Haywards Heath Town	2–3	Redbridge	Haywards Heath
15:00	Pingling  13' Laing  33' (pen.)		Cobblah  49', 71' Ogunwomoju  81'	Stadium: Hanbury Park Attendance: 631