West Essex Football Club is a

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club based in

Highams Park Highams Park is a suburban district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, near Epping Forest and 8.1 miles (13 km) north-east of Charing Cross. Traditionally a part of Walthamstow parish and municipal borough, it is primarily a ...

in the

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, England. They are currently members of the and groundshare with

Walthamstow Walthamstow ( or ) is a large town in East London, east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London and the Historic counties of England, ancient county of Essex. Situated northeast of Chari ...

at Wadham Lodge in

History

The club was established in 1989 by West Essex Cricket Club member John Spinks in order to give the cricket club members a winter pastime.History
West Essex F.C. They joined Division Two of the Ilford and District Football League and won the league's Spartak Cup in their first season. They also finished as runners-up in Division Two and were promoted to the Premier Division. The following season they were Premier Division champions and Fenton Cup winners. After finishing as runners-up in the Premier Division in 1991–92, the 1992–93 season saw the club win the Premier Division title and the League Cup. They then switched to the Essex Business Houses League. The club won the league's Senior Cup in 1996–97. After finishing bottom of the league's Premier Division in 2002–03, they were relegated to Division One. However, a third-place finish in Division One the following season saw them promoted back to the Premier Division. The club were relegated to Division One again at the end of the 2006–07 season. Despite finishing bottom of Division One in 2007–08, West Essex were not relegated, and went on to win the Division One title the following season, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. In 2010 the club switched to Division One Central & East of 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 ...

.Middlesex County League 2006–2012
Non-League Matters They won the division in their first season in the league and were promoted to the Premier Division. They won the Premier Division Cup in 2013–14, and were Premier Division champions in 2015–16 and successfully applied to move up to the

Essex Senior League The Essex Senior Football League is an English men's football league. It contains clubs from the Essex FA, Hertfordshire FA, London FA, Middlesex FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. It is a feeder league to Division One North of the Isthm ...

Ground

In 2021, West Essex entered a groundsharing agreement with

to use Wadham Lodge as their ground. Prior to this, the club had been sharing with

Barking Barking may refer to: Places * Barking, London, a town in East London, England ** London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, a local government district covering the town of Barking ** Municipal Borough of Barking, a historical local government dist ...

at Mayesbrook Park in

Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest ...

Honours

*Middlesex County League **Premier Division champions 2015–16 **Division One (Central & East) champions 2010–11 **Premier Division Cup winners 2013–14 *Essex Business Houses League **Division One champions 2008–09 **Senior Cup winners 1996–97 *Ilford & District League **Premier Division champions 1990–91, 1992–93 **League Cup winners 1992–93 **Fenton Cup winners 1990–91 **Spartak Cup winners 1989–90

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

performance: Preliminary round, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footbal ...

performance: First round, 2018–19

References

External links

Official website
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