Essex Alliance Football League

Essex Alliance League
Country England
Founded 2014
Number of teams 29
Level on pyramid 12 to 14
Feeder to Essex Olympian League
Promotion to Essex Olympian League Premier Division
Domestic cup(s) County level:
Essex Junior Cup
Essex Junior Trophy
London Junior Cup
Amateur FA Intermediate Cup
League cup(s) Fenton Cup
Premier Division Cup
Division 1 Cup
Division 2 Cup
Current champions Chingford Athletic
(2014–15)

The Essex Alliance Football League is an English football league for clubs based in Essex and northeastern Greater London. The league has three divisions (Premier, Divisions One and Two), of which the Premier Division stands at the 12th level of the English football league system. Teams that finish at the top three of league can apply for promotion to the Essex Olympian Football League, subject to their facilities meeting criteria and other conditions.

History

The league was founded in 2014 through the merging of the Ilford & District and the Essex Business House football leagues, which both shared a common aim to support and promote local grassroots football in Essex and East London whilst bridging the gap with step 7 football leagues in the region.

The league permits member clubs to play on grounds in the boroughs of Havering, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham Forest and Epping Forest although this is expected to widen as interest in the league grows in the coming seasons.

The new league currently has a membership of 29 clubs, many of whom were existing members of the aforementioned leagues and were joined by a significant number of new clubs as the league sought to buck the trend of the local Saturday football scene which had been diminishing in numbers over the past few years.[1]

Member clubs for 2015–16

This list is provisional and is subject to future additions.

Premier Division Division One Division Two
Blue Marlin Chingford Harriers Chingford Athletic Reserves
Buckhurst Hill Reserves Cowley Custom House
Chingford Athletic Flyers Inter Plaistow
Chingford Town Forest Green Leyton Green
Jolof Sports Glendale London All Peoples' Sports Association
London Falcons Grove United Newham Royals
May & Baker Eastbrook 'A' Kitgum Northend
Melbourne Sports St. John's Deaf Singh Sabha Barking
Rainham Working Mens Club Three Colts St. Francis Reserves
St. Francis West Essex Reserves

Champions

Season Premier Division Division One Division Two
2014–15 Chingford Athletic Blue Marlin Grove United

References

  1. "About the league". Essex Alliance League official website. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

External links

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