The 2016–17 Essex Senior Football League season was the 46th in the history of
Essex Senior Football League, a
football
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competition in England.
League table
The league featured 19 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs.
*Clubs relegated from the
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
:
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Barkingside
**
Redbridge
*Plus:
**
West Essex
West Essex is the far northwestern region of Essex County, New Jersey, United States, bordering Passaic County and Morris County.
It is considered to be one of the more affluent parts of the county, as opposed to the eastern Essex cities such ...
, promoted from the
Middlesex County League
The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although it ...
Also, Greenhouse Sports changed name to
Haringey & Waltham.
League table
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
# Have applied to be considered for promotion by end November
# Pass a ground grading examination by end March
# Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
# Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following five teams achieved criterion one:
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Barking
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Clapton
*
FC Romania
Football Club Romania is a football club based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. The club are members of the and groundshare at Cheshunt's Theobalds Lane.
History
The club was established in August 2006 by Ionuţ Vintilă, an immigrant fro ...
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Ilford
*
Waltham Forest
References
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Essex Senior Football League seasons
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