Barkingside
Clapton
Enfield 1893
FC Romania
Hoddesdon Town - moved from SSSMFL Premier
Hullbridge Sports
Ilford
Redbridge
Saffron Walden Town - moved from Eastern Counties Premier
St Margaretsbury - moved from SSMFL Premier
Sawbridgeworth Town
Southend Manor
Sporting Bengal United
Stansted
Stanway Rovers - moved from Eastern Counties Premier
Takeley
Tower Hamlets
Walthamstow
West Essex
Woodford Town
The Essex Senior League for the 2018/19 campaign will have a new look to as four new teams join the division as part of the reorganisation of the non-league pyramid. Last season's Champions (Great Wakering Rovers) and runners up (Basildon United) have moved up to step four with Hoddesdon Town and St Margaretsbury joining from the Spartan South Midlands League along with Stanway Rovers and Saffron Walden Town from the Eastern Counties League. Waltham Forest have changed their name to Walthamstow FC which I think it is a real positive move for the game in East London.
Some fantastic news for Woodford Town was recently announced in that the club will be returning to their home borough and playing games at Ashton Playing Fields which is very close to the club's spiritual home of Snakes Lane.
EASTERN SENIOR LEAGUE (Step 6)
Benfleet - 4th in the Essex Olympian League Division Two.
Braintree Town Reserves - moved from Eastern Counties Division One
Burnham Ramblers - relegated from Essex Senior League
Coggeshall United - 2nd in the Essex and Suffolk Border League Premier
Eton Manor - returning after a year of not playing.
Fire United - 4th in Middlesex County Division One (Central & East)
Frenford Senior - 2nd in the Essex Olympian League
Hackney Wick - relegated from Essex Senior League
Halstead Town - moved from Eastern Counties Division One
Harwich & Parkeston - 10th in Essex and Suffolk Border League Premier
Holland - moved from Eastern Counties Division One
Little Oakley - moved from Eastern Counties Division One
Lopes Tavares - 5th in Essex Alliance Premier
May and Baker - 7th in the Essex Olympian Premier
Newbury Forest - 8th in the Essex Olympian Division One
Wadham Lodge - relegated from Essex Senior League
White Ensign - 4th in the Essex Olympian Premier
Wivenhoe Town - relegated from Eastern Counties Premier
Wormley Rovers - 5th in the Herts Senior County Premier
BOLD denotes subject to ground complying with requirements by 31st May
The non-league reorganisation for the 2018/19 season has created what has been needed in the Essex and East London area for a number of years in a new Step 6 division. Many teams have been moved up a number of steps from the Essex Olympian League and Middlesex County League. It's really great news to see Eton Manor returning to senior football after the historic club took a year out from the Essex Senior League last season and another club with lots of history in Harwich and Parkeston stepping up to senior football once again. They will be taking on (subject to ground applying with requirements) teams such as Fire United and Lopes Tavares. At present I'm unsure where some of these teams will be playing - what I do know is that many non-league fans and ground hoppers will be showing huge interest in the new league.
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