# 2024–25 Essex Senior Football League

The 2024–25 season is the 54th 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 17 May 2024. Solely for this season, there were no relegations from Step 4 into the league.
The league featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs.
Tilbury were champions with Sporting Bengal United winning the playoffs. Both were promoted to the Isthmian League. Coggeshall Town finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Eastern Counties Football League.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stanway Rovers | 31 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 73 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Woodford Town | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 71 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Barking | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Takeley | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 65 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Great Wakering Rovers | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 60 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Saffron Walden Town | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 58 | |
| 7 | White Ensign | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 48 | |
| 8 | Romford | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 47 | |
| 9 | Little Oakley | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 43 | |
| 10 | Athletic Newham | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 39 | |
| 11 | West Essex | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 38 | |
| 12 | Buckhurst Hill | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 36 | |
| 13 | Halstead Town | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 89 | −28 | 36 | |
| 14 | Frenford | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Ilford | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 35 | |
| 16 | Benfleet | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 31 | |
| 17 | Hullbridge Sports | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 28 | |
| 18 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 43 | 88 | −45 | 23 | |
| 19 | Stansted | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 18 | Relegation to the Eastern Counties League |
| 20 | FC Clacton | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 32 | 99 | −67 | 16 | Relegation to the Eastern Counties League |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Step 4.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ATN | BAR | BEN | BUC | FCC | FRE | GWR | HAL | HUL | ILF | LOA | ROM | SAF | SAW | STN | STR | TAK | WSX | WHI | WOD |
| Athletic Newham | — | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 |
| Barking | 1–0 | — | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 0–2 | | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Benfleet | 3–0 | 0–5 | — | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 6–3 | 2–1 | | | 2–3 | 1–3 | | | 0–2 | | 0–1 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–4 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | |
| FC Clacton | | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | — | 0–4 | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Frenford | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 |
| Great Wakering Rovers | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | 6–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Halstead Town | 0–4 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 | | 0–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Hullbridge Sports | 1–6 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | — | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 1–3 |
| Ilford | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | 0–2 |
| Little Oakley | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Romford | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Saffron Walden Town | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
| Sawbridgeworth Town | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–7 | 0–6 | | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Stansted | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Stanway Rovers | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | | 2–0 | — | 3–3 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Takeley | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 6–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | | 4–1 | | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| West Essex | 3–0 | | 3–2 | | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| White Ensign | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | | 7–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 |
| Woodford Town | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | — |

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |

#### Final
## Stadium and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Athletic Newham | Dagenham | Parsloes Park | 2,000 |
| Barking | Barking | Mayesbrook Park | 2,500 |
| Benfleet | South Benfleet | Woodside Stadium | 4,100 |
| Buckhurst Hill | Buckhurst Hill | Roding Lane | 1,500 |
| 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 | Great Wakering | Burroughs Park | 2,500 |
| Halstead Town | Halstead | Rosemary Lane | 1,500 |
| Hullbridge Sports | Hullbridge | Lower Road | 1,500 |
| Ilford | Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium | 3,500 (216 seated) |
| Little Oakley | Little Oakley | Memorial Ground | 500 |
| Romford | Barking | Mayesbrook Park | 2,500 |
| Saffron Walden Town | Saffron Walden | Catons Lane | 2,000 |
| Sawbridgeworth Town | Sawbridgeworth | Crofters End | 2,500 |
| Stansted | Stansted Mountfitchet | Hargrave Park | 2,000 |
| Stanway Rovers | Stanway | Hawthorns | 1,500 (100 seated) |
| Takeley | Takeley | Station Road | 2,000 |
| West Essex | Walthamstow | Wadham Lodge | 3,500 |
| Woodford Town | Woodford | Ashton Playing Fields | 3,000 |