FINAL LEAGUE TABLE 1 East Thurrock United 40 30 5 5 92 38 +54 95 ------------------------------------------------ 2 Needham Market 40 26 9 5 95 49 +46 87 3 Wingate & Finchley 40 21 9 10 72 54 +18 72 4 Harlow Town 40 21 8 11 61 51 +10 71 5 Brentwood Town 40 20 9 11 75 55 +20 69 ------------------------------------------------ 6 Enfield Town 40 21 5 14 76 44 +32 68 7 AFC Sudbury 40 18 12 10 82 64 +18 66 8 Maldon & Tiptree 40 18 9 13 70 67 + 3 63 9 Heybridge Swifts 40 17 10 13 81 59 +22 61 10 Grays Athletic 40 17 10 13 69 51 +18 61 11 Waltham Abbey 40 16 10 14 75 63 +12 58 12 Romford 40 16 7 17 63 66 - 3 55 13 Potters Bar Town 40 14 9 17 60 68 - 8 51 14 Ware 40 13 6 21 57 77 -20 45 15 Great Wakering Rov 40 13 5 22 60 82 -22 44 16 Redbridge 40 10 9 21 51 79 -28 39 17 Thamesmead Town 40 11 6 23 42 71 -29 39 18 Cheshunt 40 10 8 22 49 81 -32 38 19 Tilbury 40 11 4 25 41 66 -25 37 20 Ilford 40 8 8 24 42 81 -39 32 ------------------------------------------------ 21 Waltham Forest 40 6 8 26 43 90 -47 26 * Leyton's playing record expunged.
TWENTY/TWENTY LEAGUE TABLES
*based on the first twenty and last twenty league games
P W D L GD PTS P W D L GD PTS
1 Needham Market 20 17 1 2 +35 52 East Thurrock 20 15 3 2 +27 48
2 East Thurrock 20 15 2 3 +27 47 Harlow Town 20 12 6 2 +14 42
3 Romford 20 12 3 5 +14 39 Brentwood Town 20 12 4 4 +17 40
4 Maldon & Tiptree 20 11 2 7 +7 35 Wingate & F 20 11 5 4 +17 38
5 Wingate & Finchley 20 10 4 6 +1 34 Enfield Town 20 11 4 5 +21 37
6 Enfield Town 20 10 1 9 +11 31 Heybridge S 20 11 4 5 +15 37
7 AFC Sudbury 20 8 6 6 +3 30 AFC Sudbury 20 10 6 4 +15 36
8 Potters Bar Town 20 8 6 6 +3 30 Needham Market 20 9 8 3 +11 35
9 Thamesmead Town 20 9 3 8 -2 30 Grays Athletic 20 10 4 6 +20 34
10 Brentwood Town 20 8 5 7 +3 29 Waltham Abbey 20 10 2 8 + 6 32
11 Harlow Town 20 9 2 9 -4 29 Maldon & Tip 20 7 7 6 - 4 28
12 Grays Athletic 20 7 6 7 -2 27 Tilbury 20 8 3 9 + 1 27
13 Waltham Abbey 20 6 8 6 +6 26 Ilford 20 6 5 9 -13 23
14 Great Wakering Rov 20 8 2 10 -2 26 Potters Bar 20 6 3 11 -11 21
15 Heybridge Swifts 20 6 6 8 +7 24 Ware 20 6 3 11 -14 21
16 Ware 20 7 3 10 -6 24 Redbridge 20 4 6 10 -13 18
17 Cheshunt 20 6 5 9 -6 23 Waltham Forest 20 5 3 12 -17 18
18 Redbridge 20 6 3 11 -15 21 Great Wakering 20 5 3 12 -20 18
19 Tilbury 20 3 1 16 -26 10 Romford 20 4 4 12 -17 16
20 Ilford 20 2 3 15 -26 9 Cheshunt 20 4 3 13 -26 15
21 Waltham Forest 20 1 5 14 -30 6 Thamesmead Town 20 2 3 15 -27 9
HOME AND AWAY LEAGUE TABLES HOME P W D L GD PTS 1 Needham Market 20 15 5 0 +32 50 2 East Thurrock United 20 16 2 2 +29 50 3 Wingate & Finchley 20 12 3 5 + 8 39 4 Harlow Town 20 11 4 5 +11 37 5 AFC Sudbury 20 9 7 4 +12 34 6 Waltham Abbey 20 10 4 6 +12 34 7 Maldon & Tiptre 20 9 7 4 +10 34 8 Brentwood Town 20 10 4 6 + 6 34 9 Grays Athletic 20 9 6 5 +22 33 10 Ware 20 10 3 7 + 6 33 11 Enfield Town 20 10 2 8 +11 32 12 Heybridge Swifts 20 9 4 7 +16 31 13 Romford 20 8 3 9 0 27 14 Potters Bar Town 20 6 7 7 - 1 25 15 Cheshunt 20 8 1 11 - 9 25 16 Great Wakering Rov 20 7 3 10 - 8 24 17 Tilbury 20 7 2 11 - 9 23 18 Thamesmead Town 20 5 5 10 -10 20 19 Waltham Forest 20 5 4 11 - 9 19 20 Ilford 20 6 1 13 -16 19 21 Redbridge 20 4 6 10 -15 18 AWAY P W D L GD PTS 1 East Thurrock United 20 14 3 3 +25 45 2 Needham Market 20 11 4 5 +14 37 3 Enfield Town 20 11 3 6 +21 36 4 Brentwood Town 20 10 5 5 +14 35 5 Harlow Town 20 10 4 6 - 1 34 6 Wingate & Finchley 20 9 6 5 +10 33 7 AFC Sudbury 20 9 5 6 + 6 32 8 Heybridge Swifts 20 8 6 6 + 6 30 9 Maldon & Tiptree 20 9 2 9 - 7 29 10 Romford 20 8 4 8 - 3 28 11 Grays Athletic 20 8 4 8 - 4 28 12 Potters Bar Town 20 8 2 10 - 7 26 13 Waltham Abbey 20 6 6 8 0 24 14 Redbridge 20 6 3 11 -13 21 15 Great Wakering Rov 20 6 2 12 -14 20 16 Thamesmead Town 20 6 1 13 -19 19 17 Tilbury 20 4 2 14 -16 14 18 Ilford 20 2 7 11 -23 13 19 Cheshunt 20 2 7 11 -23 13 20 Ware 20 3 3 14 -26 12 21 Waltham Forest 20 1 4 15 -38 7The dust has now settled on another Ryman Division One (North) season with East Thurrock United deservedly being crowned Champions by an eight point gap to runners up Needham Market. The Marketmen did have the best record over the first twenty league games but too many drawn games over the last twenty (8) saw them just fall short of John Coventry's impressive Essex side. Market had a tremendous first season at Step 4 of the non-league pyramid and will be very disappointed that Brentwood Town beat them in the play-off semi-final. Up until that game the Suffolk side had been unbeaten at home in the league. They are bound to be up amongst the challengers next season.
Looking at the twenty/twenty tables it shows that Romford had a brilliant first half of the season with only Needham Market and East Thurrock United beating their record. Their second half of the season was the complete opposite with only Cheshunt and Thamesmead Town (who themselves dropped rapidly down the table) below them. Both Harlow Town and Brentwood Town's form towards the business end of the season propelled them into the play-off spots along with Wingate and Finchley and Needham Market.
Wingate and Finchley banished last season's play-off heartache by beating both Harlow Town and Brentwood Town to claim a place in the Ryman Premier Division for the 2011/12 season. The cold end sends both them and East Thurrock United the best of luck for next season.
For Enfield Town it was a case of so near but yet so far missing out on fifth place by just one point. Turn just one of the defeats into a draw and it would of been a different story. That seems to be football....so many what ifs?? There were some real highlights of the Town like the 1-5 and 0-6 away victories at AFC Sudbury and Brentwood Town but equally there were some low points too (1-2 at home to Cheshunt springs to mind). Only the Champions had a better defensive record than Enfield Town which is a major plus for Steve Newing and the team to take into next season's campaign.
It looks as if we'll be saying farewell for now to Waltham Forest who finished bottom of the table. Only one relegation spot remained after Leyton FC's demise earlier in the season. Pending other clubs dropping out of other leagues it looks like The Stags will be playing in the Essex Senior League next season. New teams joining the league for next season (again pending official announcements etc) should be Aveley (relegated from the Premier Division along with probably another team moving across from Division One South), Enfield 1893 FC (Champions of the Essex Senior League) and Leiston (Champions of the Eastern Counties League).
Top Three Highest Crowds 1. 763 Brentwood Town v Cheshunt - 23/4/2011 2. 512 AFC Sudbury v Maldon and Tiptree - 9/11/2010 3. 455 East Thurrock v Grays Athletic - 25/4/2011 Top Three Lowest Crowds 1. 30 Redbridge v Wingate and Finchley - 16/11/2010 2. 31 Waltham Abbey v Thamesmead Town - 20/11/2010 3. 31 Thamesmead T v Ilford - 5/3/2011
Best FA Cup Performance Needham Market were narrowly beaten by Blue Square South side Ebbsfleet United (0-1) in the third qualifying round at Bloomfields. Best FA Trophy Performance AFC Sudbury's 1-2 victory at Zamaretto Champions Truro City stands out, along with Romford's 1-3 victory at Zamaretto S&W League Champion's AFC Totton.
Some random facts and other stuff about the 2010/11 season
The game between Great Wakering Rovers and Potters Bar Town on the 20th November 2010 will be surely be remembered as one of the most amazing games ever played. Potters Bar Town won 5-6 with Rover's Dan Trenkell scoring all five goals for his side and unbelievably finishing on the losing side.
The loyal supporters of Tilbury saw their side score no goals in a barren run of seven league games in October, November and December. The Docker's scored in the 1-3 defeat to Thamesmed Town on the 28th September 2010 and then had the following run of results - 0-2, 0-2, 0-2, 0-1, 0-0, 0-2, 0-4 before beating their local rival's Grays Athletic at Chadfields by a scoreline of 3-2.
It took Waltham Forest 15 games to register a victory in the league. It came courtesy of a 2-1 home victory over Cheshunt on the 10th November.
Enfield Town bid farewell to Goldsdown Road with a run of five league victories conceding just one goal in the process.
AFC Sudbury drew most games (12) with 7 coming at home and 5 on their travels.
Unsurprisingly the most away defeats record goes to bottom of the table Waltham Forest (15) with their solitary victory "on the road" rather ironically coming at Cricklefields against Ilford (0-1 on the 15th January). For those reading this not in the know Waltham Forest ground share Ilford's home ground. In turn, The Foxes, suffered the most home defeats (13).
Thamesmead Town's two victories in their last twenty games came against Waltham Forest at home (1-0) and away at Romford (0-3) on the final day of the season.
Brentwood Town qualified for the play-offs in fifth place on a points total of 69 from 40 games (1.72 points per game) compared to East Thurrock United in 2009/10 on 77 from 42 (1.83 points per game).
Champions East Thurrock United won the league on a points per game average of 2.38 which is nearly the same as 2009/10 champions Lowestoft Town on 2.40 PPG.
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