The 2021–22 season was the 51st in the history of the
Essex Senior Football 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 Isth ...
, a
football
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competition in England.
The proposed constitution for this season was published on 22 May 2021, based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 announced by the FA five days earlier, and it was subject to appeal. The constitution was ratified at the league's annual general meeting (AGM) on 24 June.
After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in England
The COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to England with two cases among Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York on 31 January 2020. The two main public bodies responsible for health in England were NHS England and Public ...
, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.
The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.
* Promoted from the
Eastern Counties League Division One South:
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Athletic Newham
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Little Oakley
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White Ensign
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* Transferred from the
Eastern Counties League Premier Division:
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FC Clacton
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Stanway Rovers
Cockfosters
Cockfosters is a suburb of north London to the east of Chipping Barnet, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of Charing Cross. Before 1965, it was in the count ...
were initially moved to the Spartan South Midlands League, but they won their appeal and the transfer was reversed.
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Walthamstow were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title and were promoted to the Southern League. Runners-up Saffron Walden Town lost interstep playoff match.
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League table
Inter-step play-off
Results
Stadia and locations
References
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