The South Essex League was a football league that was held in Essex and Greater London.

History The league was formed for the 1892–93 season. Only four clubs in the league managed to fulfill all their fixtures, with Barking Excelsior winning the league and Grays Town finishing runners-up. The league was restarted in the 1895–96 season.Early Doors: Football in Southend and District 1875 to 1906 Upon the reformation of the league in the 1895–96 season, Leyton were champions, with St Luke's placing second.John Powles (2005) Iron in the Blood, p. 3, .

The league disbanded at the end of the 1988–89 season.

1895–96 season table <onlyinclude>

Champions

South Essex League First Division 1892–93 – Barking Excelsior 1895–96 – Leyton 1897–98 – Leytonstone 1898–99 – Barking Woodville 1899–1900 – Leyton 1900–01 – West Ham United reserves 1901–02 – Leytonstone 1902–03 – Leytonstone (1A); Grays Town (1B) 1903–04 – Woodford (1A); Southend Athletic (1B) 1904–05 – Southend Athletic 1905–06 – South Weald 1906–07 – South Weald 1907–08 – 4th Kings Royal Rifles (1A); Shoeburyness Garrison (1B) 1908–09 – 4th Kings Royal Rifles 1909–10 – South Weald 1910–11 – Custom House 1911–12 – Barking 1912–13 – Colchester Town 1913–14 – Shoeburyness Garrison 1914–15 – Grays Athletic 1921–22 – Tilbury 1946–47 – Brentwood & Warley 1949–50 – Storey Athletic 1955–56 – Witham Town

South Essex League Second Division 1896–97 – Woodford reserves 1897–98 – Woodgrange Wesley 1898–99 – Leyton reserves 1899–1900 – Leyton reserves 1900–01 – Barking Institute 1901–02 – Barking Institute (2A); Leigh Town (2B) 1902–03 – Romford (2A); Southend Athletic (2B) 1903–04 – Leigh Ramblers (Eastern); Newportonians (Western) 1904–05 – Southend Victoria (Eastern); Barking Victoria (Western) 1905–06 – Leigh Ramblers (Eastern); Barking Victoria (Western) 1906–07 – Southend Corinthian (Eastern); South West Ham (Western) 1907–08 – Custom House reserves 1908–09 – Clapton 'A' (2A); Grays Athletic 1909–10 – Woodford Crusaders (2A); Beckton (2B) 1910–11 – Custom House reserves 1911–12 – Silvertown Rubber Works 1913–14 – Grays Athletic 'A' 1914–15 – Grays Athletic 'A' 1922–23 – Tilbury 1924–25 – Tilbury 1946–47 – Storey Athletic 1947–48 – Storey Athletic

Member clubs

1st Norfolk Regiment 4th Kings Royal Rifles Ascension Barking Barking Borough"Football results", The Observer, 11 November 1984, p. 44 Barking Excelsior Barking Institute Barking Victoria Barking Woodville Barking Working Men’s Institute Barkingside Basildon Town Bata Sports Beckton Becontree United Boleyn Castle Border Rangers Borough United"Results", The Observer, 22 April 1973, p. 24 Brentwood"Football results", The Observer, 16 November 1980, p. 24 Brentwood & Warley Brentwood St. Thomas Brittons Buckhurst Hill Burnham Ramblers Canning Town Caterham Chadwell Manor Chelmsford Chelmsford Swifts Chingford Casuals Commercial Athletic Clapton 'A' Claptonians"Football results", The Observer, 16 March 1980, p. 31 Crittall Athletic Crittall Athletic (Witham) Custom House Dagenham Cables Dagenham Trades Dagenham WMC Downshall Athletic Debden Sports Downshall Athletic reserves Colchester Town East Ham Town East Ham United Esso Fairbairn House Fenchurch Fletchers"Other association matches", The Observer, 4 March 1923, p. 20 Forest Swifts Gnome Athletic Grange Park Grays Athletic Grays Town Grays United Great Eastern Railway Rovers Green and Silley Weir"South Essex League", The Observer, 14 September 1919, p. 18 Hainault Heathwell United Heybridge Swifts H. M. Customs Hoffman Athletic Hope Ilford Ilford Alliance Ilford Electricity Jurgens Kelvedon Hatch Kingswood Leigh Ramblers Leigh Town Leyton Leyton Amateurs Leyton United Leytonstone Leytonstone United Limehouse Town"South Essex League", The Observer, 30 November 1919, p. 21 London Electric Manor Park Manor Park Albion Mansfield House Mayfield Newmont Newportonians Peoples' Palace Pitfield"Results", The Guardian, 26 March 1981, p. 28 P.L.A Product Works Rainham reserves Romford Romford Ivy Leafers"Football results", The Observer, 25 January 1920, p. 17 Romford St. Andrew’s Romford TownSouthend United Reserves and Youth in Local and County Men's Football Romford United Sandringham Central Shoeburyness Garrison Silvertown Rubber Works Sheppey United SM Tipples Snaresbrook Southend Amateurs"South Essex League", The Observer, 21 September 1913, p. 14 Southend Athletic Southend Corinthian Southend United reserves Southend Victoria South Weald South West Ham Springfield St Luke's Staines United Storey Athletic Stork Stratford Y.M.C.A"South Essex League", The Standard, 1 October 1898, p. 6 Temperance United Temple Mills Thames Ironworks Thames Mills Tilbury Trowbridge Upminster reserves Upton United Walthamstow Grange Walthamstow Holborn Wanstead Wanstead Amateurs West Ham Amateurs"Other association matches", The Observer, 26 March 1922, p. 20 West Ham Garfield West Ham United reserves West Thurrock Athletic Witham Town Woodford Woodford Crusaders Woodford Swifts Woodgrange Wesley

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