2022–23 Essex Senior Football League

The 2022–23 Essex Senior Football League season was the 52nd in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

Essex Senior Football League
Season2022–23
ChampionsEnfield
PromotedRedbridge
RelegatedClapton
Southend Manor
Top goalscorerHassan Nalbant (29 goals)
2023–24 →

The proposed constitution for this season was published on 15 May 2022,[1] based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 announced by the FA three days earlier, and was 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

Relegated to the Eastern Senior League

Transferred within Step 5, to the Spartan South Midlands League

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

Promoted from the Eastern Senior League

Relegated from the Isthmian League North Division

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 the Isthmian League North
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 Transfer to the Spartan South Midlands League
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 Transfer to the Spartan South Midlands League
19 Clapton (R) 38 5 4 29 34 114 −80 19 Relegation to the Eastern Senior League
20 Southend Manor (R) 38 2 4 32 21 122 −101 7[lower-alpha 1]
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[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Southend Manor were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Play-off

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 Haywards Heath Town2–3 Redbridge Haywards Heath
15:00
  • Pingling 13'
  • Laing 33' (pen.)
  • Cobblah 49', 71'
  • Ogunwomoju 81'
 Stadium: Hanbury Park
Attendance: 631

Stadia and locations
Locations of the Essex Senior Football League clubs
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Athletic NewhamPlaistowTerence McMillan Stadium2,000
BarkingBarkingMayesbrook Park2,500
Buckhurst HillBuckhurst HillRoding Lane
ClaptonPlaistowTerence McMillan Stadium
(groundshare with Athletic Newham)		2,000
EnfieldBishop's StortfordWoodside Park4,525 (525 seated)
FC ClactonClacton-on-SeaAustin Arena3,000 (200 seated)
Halstead TownHalsteadRosemary Lane
IlfordIlfordCricklefield Stadium3,500 (216 seated)
Little OakleyLittle OakleyMemorial Ground
RedbridgeBarkingsideOakside Stadium3,000 (316 seated)
RomfordRomfordMayesbrook Park
(groundshare with Barking)		2,500
Saffron Walden TownSaffron WaldenCatons Lane2,000
Sawbridgeworth TownSawbridgeworthCrofters End2,500 (175 seated)
Southend ManorSouthend-on-SeaSouthchurch Park2,000 (500 seated)
Stanway RoversStanwayHawthorns1,500 (100 seated)
TakeleyTakeleyStation Road2,000
West EssexWalthamstowWadham Lodge3,500
White EnsignGreat WakeringBurroughs Park3,000 (250 seated)
Woodford TownWoodfordAshton Playing Fields

References
  1. "FA Announce ESL Constitution for 2022/23". Essex Senior Football League. 15 May 2022.
  2. "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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