football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league that was held in Essex, founded in 1895.
History
On 20 March 1895, following a meeting at the George Hotel,
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
, the North Essex League was voted into existence in order to improve the standard of football in north
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
. On 8 May 1895, following a meeting at the Angel Hotel,
Witham
Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Che ...
, the first constitution for the league was decided, with Braintree Gordon,
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...
,
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
Witham
Witham () is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population ( 2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany. Witham stands between the city of Che ...
making up the first division. Braintree Gordon II, Bocking, Chelmsford II, Clacton Town,
Halstead
Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 20111955–56 season.
*Arc Works"North Essex Football League", ''Essex County Standard'', 23 June 1900
*Bocking
*BraintreeBlakeman, M (2010) ''The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935–2010, Volume II''
*Braintree Gordon
*Brightlingsea Town
* Burnham Ramblers
* Clacton Town
*
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...
*Chelmsford Swifts
*Colchester Crown
*Colchester Excelsior
*Colchester St. Peter's
* Colchester Town
* Coggeshall Town
*Earls Colne"North Essex League", ''Essex County Standard'', 18 February 1899
*Great Leighs
*
Halstead
Halstead is a town and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011Harwich & Parkeston
* Heybridge Swifts
*Maldon
* Maldon Town
*Manningtree United
* Manor Works
*Royal Irish Fusiliers
*Royal Warwick Regiment
*
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15, ...