New Boys Storm To Success The 1969-70 season was a very successful season for the one addition to the league Chadwell Heath, as not only did they win the Senior Division Cup, but also added the Reserve Division and Reserve Division Cup to their trophy haul. The Senior Division was not decided until the last match of the season when Chadwell Heath ended up with an identical league record to Billericay Town, but lost out on the title as they had a poorer goal average. The Reserve Division also went down to the last match, with Manor Athletic finishing the season just one point behind Chadwell Heath. Following the tradition of other clubs, at the start of the season Dorstel Press changed their name to A.E.I. (Harlow). Manor Athletic finished as runners-up for the second season running in the Senior Division Cup losing out this time to Chadwell Heath. In the Reserve Division Cup a period of extra time was required before Chadwell Heath were able to defeat Collier Row. During the season the representative side played only one match against the Essex & Suffolk Border League, and improved on the previous seasons defeat with a 1 - 1 draw. Tailpiece
Champions Billericay Town let in a total of only 15 goals in 34 matches, while themselves averaging over three goals per game. It was this amazing goal average that won them the Senior Division title. SENIOR DIVISION TABLE
P W D L F A PTS Billericay Town 34 29 2 3 105 15 60 Chadwell Heath 34 29 2 3 87 25 60 Manor Athletic 34 19 6 9 69 40 44 A.E.I. (Harlow) 34 18 6 10 97 50 42 Old Chelmsfordians 34 18 6 10 68 43 42 Writtle 34 17 6 11 60 45 40 Ongar 34 16 5 13 65 62 37 E.C.C. Staff 34 13 7 14 54 54 33 Burnham Ramblers 34 12 8 14 63 66 32 Bishops Stortford Swifts 34 8 13 13 55 68 29 Basildon Town 34 8 12 14 55 78 28 Crittalls (Braintree) 34 9 10 15 41 75 28 Collier Row 34 11 4 19 52 74 26 Dunmow 34 9 8 17 62 92 26 Essex County Police 34 7 9 18 48 103 23 British Mathews 34 8 6 20 35 53 22 Sawbridgeworth 34 7 7 20 35 79 21 Bowers United 34 8 3 23 49 80 19 RESERVE DIVISION TABLE
P W D L F A PTS Chadwell Heath 24 20 3 1 84 16 43 Manor Athletic 24 19 4 1 87 26 42 Billericay Town 24 15 3 6 63 40 33 Writtle 24 14 4 6 76 38 32 Basildon Town 24 11 5 8 55 52 27 British Mathews 24 12 2 10 49 55 26 Old Chelmsfordians 24 9 5 10 59 44 23 Bowers United 24 7 5 12 52 58 19 Dunmow 24 7 4 13 40 58 18 Collier Row 24 6 1 17 38 73 13 Burnham Ramblers 24 3 7 14 34 76 13 Ongar 24 4 4 16 38 85 12 Sawbridgeworth 24 5 1 18 31 85 11 |