Essex Senior Football League

League winners records

*5 Times - Basildon United
*3 Times - Billericay Town, Concord Rangers, Heybridge Swifts
*2 Times - Bowers United, Brentwood Town, Brightlingsea United, Canvey Island, Enfield Town, Ford United, Saffron Walden Town, Witham Town
*1 Time - AFC Hornchurch, Great Wakering Rovers, Leyton, Maldon Town, Purfleet, Romford, Southend Manor

Essex Senior League Challenge Cup

The Essex Senior League Challenge Cup is a knock-out tournament competed for by teams in the Essex Senior Football League.

Final results

League and Cup Double

On eleven occasions a team has won both the Essex Senior League and the Essex Senior League Challenge Cup in the same season. They are:

*1972-73 - Billericay Town
*1977-78 - Basildon United
*1982-83 - Heybridge Swifts
*1987-88 - Purfleet
*1992-93 - Canvey Island
*1993-94 - Basildon United
*1995-96 - Romford
*1998-99 - Bowers United
*1999-00 - Saffron Walden Town
*2005-06 - AFC Hornchurch
*2006-07 - Brentwood Town

Notable Ex-Essex Senior League players

Several players have gone on to join Football League teams having played in the Essex Senior League.

*Ben Barnett (left Southend Manor to briefly join Leyton Orient in 2000)
*Gary Hart (left Stansted for £1000 and a set of kit to join Brighton & Hove Albion in 1998)
*Michael Kightly (left Basildon United to join Southend United in 2002)
*Trevor Putney (left Brentwood to join Ipswich Town in 1980)
*Ian Renshaw (left Basildon United to join Scarborough)
*Steve Tilson (left Witham Town to join Southend United in 1988)
*Stuart Wardley (left Saffron Walden Town to join QPR in 1999)
*John Warner (left Burnham Ramblers to join Colchester United in 1988)

External links

* [http://www.essexfa.com Essex County FA Website]