Tuesday, 8 June 2021

76 TEAMS ENTER THE ESSEX OLYMPIAN LEAGUE FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON

KEY 
DENOTES PROMOTED
DENOTES NEW TEAM
PREMIER DIVISION (16 TEAMS) 
BASILDON TOWN 
BISHOPS STORTFORD SWIFTS 
CANNING TOWN 
CATHOLIC UNITED 
GALLEYWOOD
HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC 
HUTTON 
KELEVEDON HATCH 
LEIGH RAMBLERS 
MANFORD WAY
OLD SOUTHENDIANS 
ONGAR TOWN
RAYLEIGH TOWN 
SHENFIELD AFC 
SPRINGFIELD 
SUNGATE 

In the Premier Division Champion's Buckhurst Hill have been promoted to the Eastern Counties League First Division South and there has been no relegation. The top three from Division One have all been moved upwards - Ongar Town return to the top division for the first time since 2010/11 with Galleywood last playing in the Premier Division in 2011/12. Manford Way return after just one season in Division One. 

DIVISION ONE (12 TEAMS)
BEACON HILL ROVERS
CHINGFORD ATHLETIC 
EPPING TOWN
HERONGATE ATHLETIC 
LEIGH TOWN
OLD CHELMSFORDIANS 
RAMSDEN SCOTIA 
RAYLEIGH TOWN RESERVES 
RUNWELL SPORTS 
SNARESBROOK 
TOBY 
WAKERING SPORTS 

The top four of last season's Division Two have been moved up to Division One. Epping Town will be seeing their former boss Billy Cove as he has been announced as the new manager of Herongate Athetic after he left Premier Division side Bishops Stortford Swifts at the end of the 2020/21 campaign. Epping are now just one level below the Premier Division they left in 2011 - they dropped down to Division Four for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 campaign. 

Wakering Sports were formed in 2018 as Southend Sports and have made steady progress up the divisions - Division One is the highest level they've played at. 

DIVISION TWO (12 TEAMS) 
ACD UNITED 
AS RAWRETH 
CORINTHIANS 
HAROLD HILL
HAROLD WOOD ATHLETIC RESERVES 
HUTTON RESERVES
MANFORD WAY RESERVES
MAY AND BAKER 'A' 
OLD SOUTHENDIAN RESERVES 
ROCHFORD TOWN 
SHOEBURY TOWN 
WAKEBURY

The top four of Division Three all move up to Division Two and will be joined by Harold Hill who return to the EOFL after leaving Division One in 2018. They join after a brilliant but obviously disrupted 2020/21 season where they won all 14 games played so far in The County Works Mid Essex Premier Division. 

DIVISION THREE (12 TEAMS)
BASILDON TOWN RESERVES 
BUCKHURST HILL RESERVES 
CATHOLIC UNITED RESERVES
COLLIER ROW 
CORINTHIAN RESERVES 
HASHTAG UNITED DEVELOPMENT
HULLBRIDGE SPORTS 'A' 
LAKESIDE UNITED 
LEIGH TOWN RESERVES 
PITSEA ATHLETIC
TOBY RESERVES 
WAKEBURY RESERVES

Pitsea Athletic join Division Three after finishing fourth in The County Works Mid Essex Premier Division. 

DIVISION FOUR (12 TEAMS) 
CANNING TOWN RESERVES 
CHINGFORD ATHLETIC RESERVES 
GALLEYWOOD RESERVES 
LEYTONSTONE UNITED 
OLD CHELMSFORDIANS RESERVES 
ONGAR TOWN RESERVES 
ROYDON
SHENFIELD AFC RESERVES 
SOUTHEND MANOR RESERVES
SPRINGFIELD RESERVES
SUNGATE RESERVES 
WAKERING SPORTS 'A'

Essex Senior League side Southend Manor have entered their reserve side into the EOFL for the 2021/22 season - they will be joining Division Four. 

DIVISION FIVE (12 TEAMS)
AS RAWRETH RESERVES 
BISHOP STORTFORD RESERVES 
COLLIER ROW RESERVES 
EPPING TOWN RESERVES 
HERONGATE ATHLETIC RESERVES 
LEIGH RAMBLERS RESERVES 
NEWBURY FOREST RESERVES 
OLD BARKABBEYANS 
PITSEA ATHLETIC RESERVES
RUNWELL SPORTS RESERVES 
SNARESBROOK RESERVES
WAKEBURY RESERVES

With 76 teams entered for the 2021/22 Essex Olympian League season it's looking like an exciting and busy campaign for all involved. 

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