The 2020–21 season was the 50th in the history of the Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July, and were subject to appeal. The league comprised 18 teams, a drop of one from the previous aborted season, with Tower Hamlets having been relocated to the Southern Counties East League. The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The league season was subsequently abandoned.
Promotions, relegation and restructure The scheduled restructure of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties leagues at step 5 for 2021-22, along with a new division in the Northern Premier League at step 4. Promotions from step 5 to 4 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21), while teams were promoted into step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.
League table
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Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityClapton Plaistow Terence McMillan Stadium (groundshare with Athletic Newham) 2,000Cockfosters Cockfosters Chalk Lane 1,000Enfield Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park (groundshare with Bishop's Stortford) 4,525 (525 seated)Hadley Arkley Brickfield Lane 2,000 (150 seated)Hashtag United Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium (groundshare with Bowers & Pitsea) 2,661 (300 seated)Hoddesdon Town Hoddesdon Lowfield 3,000 (100 seated)Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000 (316 seated)Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane 2,000Sawbridgeworth Town Sawbridgeworth Crofters End 2,500 (175 seated)Sporting Bengal United Mile End Mile End Stadium 2,000 (439 seated)Southend Manor Southend-on-Sea Southchurch Park 2,000 (500 seated)St. Margaretsbury Stanstead Abbotts Recreation Ground 1,000 (60 seated)Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000 (200 seated)Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000Walthamstow Walthamstow Wadham Lodge 3,500West Essex Dagenham Mayesbrook Park (groundshare with Barking) 2,500 (200 seated)Woodford Town Harlow The Harlow Arena (groundshare with Harlow Town) 3,500
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