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. Promoted from the Eastern Counties League: Benfleet Transferred from the South Spartan Midlands League: Sawbridgeworth Town Stansted 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
Results table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadium and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAthletic Newham Dagenham Parsoles Park HUB 1,500Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500Benfleet South Benfleet Woodside Stadium 4,100Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane 1,500FC Clacton Clacton-on-Sea Rush Green Bowl 3,000 (200 seated)Frenford Ilford The Jack Carter Centre 2,000Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500Halstead Town Halstead Rosemary Lane 1,500Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500Ilford Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 (216 seated)Little Oakley Little Oakley Memorial Ground 500Romford Barking Mayesbrook Park (groundshare with Barking) 2,500Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Catons Lane 2,000Sawbridgeworth Town Sawbridgeworth Crofters End 2,500Stansted Stansted Mountfitchet Hargrave Park 2,000Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns 1,500 (100 seated)Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000West Essex Walthamstow Wadham Lodge (groundshare with Walthamstow) 3,500White Ensign Great Wakering Burroughs Park (groundshare with Great Wakering Rovers) 2,500Woodford Town Woodford Ashton Playing Fields 3,000
Statistics
Appearances +RankPlayerTeamAppearances1.George MartinGreat Wakering Rovers392.Jordan WescottTakeley383.Lewis EdwardsWest Essex374.George OkoyeStanway Rovers375.Dean AgerHalstead Town36
Top scorers +RankPlayersGoals ScoredTeam1.George Okoye24Stanway Rovers2.Sam Shaban23Barking3.Harry Talbot22Great Wakering Rovers4.Leonardo Pedro19Athletic Newham5.Juwon Akintunde18Barking
Hat tricks +PlayerForResultDateMax JobsonBenfleetBenfleet 6–3 Ilford30 July 2024Ellis DevereuxWhite EnsignFrenford 2–4 White Ensign30 July 2024Charlie MorrisHullbridge SportsHalstead Town 2–4 Hullbridge Sports30 July 2024Jamie Obama NvumbaAthletic NewhamHullbridge Sports 1–6 Athletic Newham10 August 2024Harry BrownGreat Wakering RoversLittle Oakley 2–4 Great Wakering Rovers3 September 2024Great Wakering Rovers 3–1 Athletic Newham10 September 2024Chinedu DuruWhite EnsignWhite Ensign 7–0 Stansted12 October 2024Suley ZhuduBuckhurst HillBarking 2–4 Buckhurst Hill25 October 2024Callum BoylanGreat Wakering RoversGreat Wakering Rovers 5–0 FC Clactron26 December 2024Olly MilesTakeleyTakeley 4–1 Stansted18 January 2025Daniel RoweLittle OakleyLittle Oakley 4–1 Saffron Walden Town4 February 2025Elijah GrantSawbridgeworth TownIlford 3–4 Sawbridgeworth Town8 February 2025Harry TalbotGreat Wakering RoversFC Clacton 0–4 Great Wakering Rovers1 March 2025Daniel RoweLittle OakleyIlford 0–3 Little Oakley1 March 2025Sam ShabanBarkingBenfleet 0–5 Barking4 March 2025Romford 1–3 Barking11 April 2025Max BrownsdonLittle OakleyLittle Oakley 5–1 Benfleet22 April 2025
Attendances +TeamAverageHighestLowestHalstead Town263615 vs Frenford143 vs Saffron Walden TownBenfleet231702 vs FC Clacton112 vs Barking & West EssexSaffron Walden Town224375 vs Stansted89 vs West EssexTakeley1911,003 vs Woodford Town71 vs Hullbridge SportsWoodford Town160431 vs Great Wakering Rovers78 vs Halstead Town & StanstedStanway Rovers141419 vs Halstead Town75 vs White EnsignHullbridge Sports140264 vs Great Wakering Rovers70 vs FC ClactonRomford125204 vs Great Wakering Rovers91 vs IlfordGreat Wakering Rovers120166 vs White Ensign68 vs Little OakleyStansted111262 vs Saffron Walden Town65 vs Stanway RoversWest Essex108212 vs Barking53 vs Stanway RoversBuckhurst Hill98411 vs Hullbridge Sports52 vs StanstedFC Clacton87154 vs Little OakleyBarking81192 vs Buckhurst Hill49 vs BenfleetWhite Ensign75122 vs Hullbridge Sports41 vs IlfordLittle Oakley72111 vs Stanway Rovers49 vs Woodford TownIlford67101 vs Romford43 vs Halstead TownFrenford5775 vs West Essex34 vs Stanway RoversSawbridgeworth Town56100 vs Takeley30 vs BenfleetAthletic Newham4275 vs Buckhurst Hill12 vs Benfleet
Overall season review
Stanway Rovers have been promoted to the Isthmian League North Division after finishing the season on 91 points, joining them in Step 4 will be Takeley who had a successful Play-off campaign by beating Barking 2-0 in the Semi-Final and beating Woodford Town 2-0 in the final at home. Replacing them will be Basildon United and Sporting Bengal United after a dreadful season for both of them. At the other end of the table Stansted have been relegated to the Eastern Counties League Division One South and F.C. Clacton have gone to the Division One North, replacing them will be Harwich & Parkeston who won the Division One North Play-offs and Hackney Wick who won the Division One South Play-offs, Sawbridgeworth Town who have been transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division so Soul Tower Hamlets have replaced them. The Golden Boot award goes to George Okoye who netted 24 for the Champions. The Highest Attended game this season was the Play-off Final which had 1,003 people, The least attended game was Athletic Newham vs Benfleet at the Bobby Moore Sports Hub with just 12 attendees. In the Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy Great Wakering Rovers beat Little Oakley 1-0 at Billericay Town's New Lodge on the 26 March 2025, In the Errington Challenge Cup Great Wakering Rovers beat Little Oakley again but this time on penalties at Witham Town's Simarco Stadium on the 5 May 2025.
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