Regular readers of the cold end will know that the beautiful game is not all about the glamour of the Barclay's Premier League and that large numbers of games are played every Saturday and Sunday between teams in divisions not many people would know about.
So, with this in mind, the cold end proudly presents a new feature called 'Random Leagues' in which each week you'll be introduced to a division you may or may not have heard of.
The First Division featured is 'The County Motor Works Vauxhall Mid-Essex Football League Division Three' which comes in at Level 16 of the football ladder or Step 12 of the non-league pyramid.
The Mid Essex League has seven divisions with the Premier League feeding into the Essex Olympian Football League.
Division Three is made up of twelve sides this season with five first and seven reserve teams. Stock United, Latchingdon, Mundon Vics, Shelley Royals and Tillingham Hotspur make up the fantastic five first teams.
CURRENT TABLE (as of Monday 3rd October 2011)
P W D L GF GA GD PTS
1. TILLINGHAM HOTSPUR 4 4 0 0 18 7 +11 12
2. SILVER END RES 4 3 1 0 20 11 + 9 10
3. ST CLERES RES 4 2 0 2 13 11 + 2 6
4. BENFLEET RANGERS RES 4 2 0 2 8 6 + 2 6
5. SHELLEY ROYALS 4 2 0 2 5 10 - 5 6
6. BRAINTREE & BOCKING RES 4 1 2 1 8 9 - 1 5
7. MUNDON VICS 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
8. MANFORD WAY RES 5 1 1 3 8 13 - 5 4
9. HAROLD WOOD RES 4 1 1 2 11 17 - 6 4
10. BEACON HILL RES 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
11. LATCHINGDON 3 0 2 1 6 7 - 1 2
12. STOCK UNITED 2 0 0 2 2 8 - 6 0
Tillingham Hotspur are last season's Division Four Champions and have made a fantastic start to life in Division Three with Stock United (fifth place last season) currently bottom without a win. It's still early days with most clubs only playing four games in a 22 game season
The club's take a break from league action this coming weekend with the Essex Junior Trophy and Cup games taking place.
FORTHCOMING FIXTURES
Saturday 8th October
Essex Junior Trophy
BEACON HILL ROVERS RES V GREAT BENTLEY 'A'
ELMHURST V BRAINTREE AND BOCKING RES
HAROLD WOOD ATH RES V RAYLEIGH TOWN
M&B CLUB V ST CLERES RES
MANFORD WAY RES V BENFLEET RANGERS RES
REAL DAGENHAM V STOCK UNITED
TILLINGHAM HOTSPUR V DUNMOW RHODES
Essex Junior Cup
MUNDON VICS V ENSIGN
Pick of the games are table topping Tillingham entertaining Dunmow Rhodes who are currently top of the Bishops Stortford, Stansted and District League Division One and Stock United traveling to face Real Dagenham who play in the Romford & District League Division Three.
Current holders of the Essex Junior Cup are Kelvedon Hatch Reserves. Scotia Billericay Reserves lifted the Essex Junior Trophy.
If it's goals you like then Division Three of the Mid-Essex League is the place to go. There have been no 0-0's so far with two 4-4's occurring on Saturday 3rd September as well as a 3-2, 2-5 and 1-3. That's an average of 6.4 goals per game!!
CLICK HERE FOR THE THE FA FULL TIME MID ESSEX LEAGUE WEBSITE
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