2023–24 Essex Senior Football League

Essex Senior Football League 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Tilbury
Promoted	Tilbury Sporting Bengal United
Relegated	Coggeshall Town
Season statistics
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The 2023–24 season was the 53rd 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 15 May 2023. Beginning from this season, a four team play-off system was introduced at Step 5 (Premier Division) to guarantee a second promotion place to Step 4, replacing the inter-step play-off.

The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

• Promoted from the Eastern Counties League:
  • Frenford
  • Sporting Bengal United

• Relegated from the Isthmian League:
  • Coggeshall Town
  • Great Wakering Rovers
  • Hullbridge Sports
  • Tilbury

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
Coggeshall Town	Coggeshall	West Street	2,000
FC Clacton	Clacton-on-Sea	Austin Arena	3,000 (200 seated)
Frenford	Ilford	The Jack Carter Centre	2,000
Great Wakering Rovers	Great Wakering	Burroughs Park	2,500
White Ensign
Halstead Town	Halstead	Rosemary Lane
Hullbridge Sports	Hullbridge	Lower Road	1,500
Ilford	Ilford	Cricklefield Stadium	3,500 (216 seated)
Little Oakley	Little Oakley	Memorial Ground
Romford	Corringham	Rookery Hill	3,500
Saffron Walden Town	Saffron Walden	Catons Lane	2,000
Sporting Bengal United	Mile End	Mile End Stadium (groundshare with Tower Hamlets)	2,000 (439 seated)
Stanway Rovers	Stanway	Hawthorns	1,500 (100 seated)
Takeley	Takeley	Station Road	2,000
Tilbury	Tilbury	Chadfields	4,000
West Essex	Walthamstow	Wadham Lodge	3,500
Woodford Town	Woodford	Ashton Playing Fields

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tilbury (C, P)	38	27	5	6	79	27	+52	86	Promotion to the Isthmian League
2	Woodford Town	38	23	8	7	85	50	+35	77	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Romford	38	24	5	9	87	53	+34	77
4	Barking	38	20	10	8	78	47	+31	70
5	Sporting Bengal United (O, P)	38	21	7	10	80	57	+23	70
6	Great Wakering Rovers	38	20	7	11	80	47	+33	67
7	Saffron Walden Town	38	18	7	13	62	57	+5	61
8	Stanway Rovers	38	18	6	14	73	50	+23	60
9	Little Oakley	38	15	10	13	66	57	+9	55
10	Halstead Town	38	15	9	14	73	68	+5	54
11	Athletic Newham	38	16	4	18	58	59	−1	52
12	Hullbridge Sports	38	14	7	17	52	58	−6	49
13	West Essex	38	11	9	18	67	76	−9	42
14	Buckhurst Hill	38	13	3	22	50	71	−21	42
15	Takeley	38	9	13	16	59	76	−17	40
16	White Ensign	38	10	10	18	52	70	−18	40
17	FC Clacton	38	10	10	18	56	82	−26	40
18	Frenford	38	9	8	21	52	83	−31	35
19	Ilford	38	9	5	24	57	112	−55	32
20	Coggeshall Town (R)	38	4	5	29	40	106	−66	17	Relegation to the Eastern Counties League

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

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Woodford Town	1 (4)
	5	Sporting Bengal United	1 (5)
						3	Romford	1
						5	Sporting Bengal United	3
	3	Romford	1
	4	Barking	0

Semifinals

3 May 2024	Romford	1–0	Barking	Corringham
19:45	Newby  45+3'	Report		Stadium: Rookery Hill Attendance: 195 Referee: Brian Taylor

3 May 2024	Woodford Town	1–1 (4–5 pen)	Sporting Bengal United	Woodford
19:45	Jewers  44'	Report	Gregory  53'	Stadium: Ashton Playing Fields
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Final

6 May 2024	Romford	1–3	Sporting Bengal United	Corringham
15:00		Report		Stadium: Rookery Hill Attendance: 424 Referee: George Barker