2016–17 Essex Senior Football League

The 2016–17 season was the 46th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 19 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs.

• Clubs relegated from the Isthmian League:
  • Barkingside
  • Redbridge
• Plus:
  • West Essex, promoted from the Middlesex County League

Also, Greenhouse Sports changed name to Haringey & Waltham.

The following clubs applied for a promotion: Barking, Clapton, FC Romania, Ilford and Waltham Forest.^[1]

Barking were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Barking
Promoted	Barking
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,697 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Cole (42 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Barking	42	32	4	6	125	46	+79	100	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Clapton	42	29	5	8	89	46	+43	92
3	FC Romania	42	27	7	8	125	56	+69	88
4	Takeley	42	25	8	9	93	51	+42	83
5	Sawbridgeworth Town	42	25	8	9	98	67	+31	83
6	Ilford	42	22	9	11	85	56	+29	75
7	Southend Manor	42	22	5	15	76	56	+20	71
8	Stansted	42	20	10	12	82	50	+32	70
9	Basildon United	42	18	7	17	81	72	+9	61
10	Barkingside	42	19	9	14	81	74	+7	60[lower-alpha 1]
11	Hullbridge Sports	42	16	12	14	72	66	+6	60
12	Waltham Forest	42	17	8	17	67	67	0	59
13	West Essex	42	17	7	18	77	79	−2	58
14	Redbridge	42	16	7	19	93	87	+6	55
15	Wadham Lodge	42	13	10	19	56	75	−19	49
16	Eton Manor	42	14	4	24	74	98	−24	46	Resigned from the league
17	London Bari	42	12	8	22	59	88	−29	44
18	Enfield 1893	42	12	6	24	69	114	−45	42
19	Sporting Bengal United	42	11	6	25	65	95	−30	39
20	Tower Hamlets	42	6	6	30	47	100	−53	24
21	Burnham Ramblers	42	5	6	31	45	130	−85	21
22	Haringey & Waltham	42	4	8	30	38	124	−86	20

Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[2]
Notes:

1. Barkingside were deducted six points for playing two matches "whilst under ECFA suspension".

References

1. "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
2. "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.