Essex Alliance Football League

The Essex Alliance Football League is an English football league for clubs based in Essex and northeastern Greater London. The league has five divisions (Senior, Divisions One, Two, Three and Four), of which the Senior Division stands at the 12th level of the English football league system. Teams that finish in the top five of the league can apply for promotion to the Essex Olympian Football League, subject to their facilities meeting criteria and other conditions.

Essex Alliance League
Founded2014
CountryEngland
Number of teams61
Level on pyramid12 to 16
Feeder toEssex Olympian League
Promotion toEssex Olympian League Third Division
Domestic cup(s)County level:
Essex Junior Cup
Essex Junior Trophy
London Junior Cup
Amateur FA Intermediate Cup
League cup(s)Fenton Cup
Senior Division Cup
Division 1 Cup
Division 2 Cup
Division 3 Cup
Division 4 Cup
Current championsJolof Sports
(2018-19)

The League confirmed in January 2020 that it had applied to the Football Association for recognition as a Step 7 Regional Feeder League within the National League System which would effectively place it on par with neighbouring competitions of the same level. An outcome on this application is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2020.

History

The league was founded in 2014 through the merging of the Ilford & District and the Essex Business House football leagues, which both shared a common aim to support and promote local grassroots football in Essex and East London whilst bridging the gap with existing step 7 football leagues in the region.

The league permits member clubs to play on grounds in the boroughs of Havering, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham Forest and Epping Forest although this is expected to widen as interest in the league grows in the coming seasons.

The league currently has a membership of 61 teams, many of whom were existing members of the aforementioned leagues and were joined by many new clubs as the league seek to buck the trend of the local Saturday football scene which had been diminishing in numbers over the past few years.[1]

Member clubs for 2020–21
Senior DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision Four
Blue MarlinAll RealClapton GarageAvondale RangersBrentwood United Reserves
ChigwellChingford UnitedCowley CommunityBarkingside AChigwell Mens Club
Chingford Athletic ACLA AcademyFlyersChadwell Heath SpartansChingford Harriers
DTFCCSM LondonMelbourne SportsCM AcademyDagenham United Reserves
East Ham InterEastsideOld EsthameiansCustom House UnitedFairlop Rangers
FC BaresiEmerson ParkPuma KingsDebden ParkFlyers Development
London CranesForest GreenRainham Working Mens ClubFlyers ReservesLoughton Lions
Lymore GardensJolof Sports Under 21sRoyal ForestFrenford ALymore Gardens Reserves
PetrocubLondon Park CitySungate ReservesGlendaleNewham Royals
Rapid ChingfordTower Hamlets ReservesThree ColtsIlford DevelopmentRidgeway Rovers Under 21s
Singh Sabha BarkingTower UnitedUniteyNewham WanderersRyan Reserves
West Essex ReservesWappingUpshire ForestSt FrancisSoul Youth
Woodford

Champions
SeasonPremier/Senior DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision Four
2014–15Chingford AthleticBlue MarlinGrove United
2015-16Chingford AthleticGrove UnitedLondon ASPA
2016-17Jolof SportsColebrook RoyalsRyan ReservesWapping
2017-18Colebrook RoyalsDocklands AlbionChingford Athletic ReservesFC BaresiHaver Town Reserves
2018-19Jolof SportsFC BaresiChingford Athletic DevelopmentHaver Town ReservesSungate Reserves
2019-20Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. "About the league". Essex Alliance League official website. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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