2019–20 Essex Senior Football League
The 2019–20 season was the 49th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by the FA on 19 May 2019.[1] The constitution was ratified by the league at its AGM.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, and in line with directives from The FA, the Essex Senior League issued a statement on 16 March confirming the postponement of forthcoming matches.[2] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[3] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[4]
The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
- Cockfosters, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League
- Hadley, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League
- Hashtag United, promoted from the Eastern Senior League
League table
[edit]| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 252 |
| Goals scored | 913 (3.62 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dwade James (27 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 395 Hoddesdon Town 2–6 Hashtag United (12 October 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 12 Sawbridgeworth Town 2–3 Sporting Bengal United (20 August 2019) 12 Southend Manor 1–0 Clapton (2 November 2019) |
| Average attendance | 68 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saffron Walden Town | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 66 | |
| 2 | Hashtag United | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 65 | |
| 3 | Walthamstow | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 17 | +56 | 63 | |
| 4 | Hadley | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 57 | |
| 5 | Stansted | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 50 | |
| 6 | Takeley | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 43 | |
| 7 | Hoddesdon Town | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 41 | |
| 8 | Redbridge | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 38 | |
| 9 | Woodford Town | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 34 | |
| 10 | Cockfosters | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 34 | |
| 11 | West Essex | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 31 | |
| 12 | Clapton | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 31 | |
| 13 | Ilford | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 30 | |
| 14 | St Margaretsbury | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 26 | |
| 15 | Sporting Bengal United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 25[a] | |
| 16 | Enfield | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 24 | |
| 17 | Southend Manor | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 23 | |
| 18 | Tower Hamlets | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 22 | Transferred to the Southern Counties East League |
| 19 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 30 | 99 | −69 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]
Notes:
- ^ Sporting Bengal United penalised by three points on 6 Nov for contravention of league rules.
References
[edit]- ^ "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed" (PDF). The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "ESL suspend all fixtures". Essex Senior League. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.