A Double Double for Rayleigh Town For the second season running Rayleigh Town completed the remarkable double of winning Senior Division One and also the Essex Intermediate Cup. In the latter it took a replay for Town to beat Newmont Travel 1 - 0 after the first match had finished 1 - 1 after extra time. In the league it was a close run race for the title with newly promoted Essex Police and Rayleigh Town swapping places at the top throughout the season before Rayleigh finally manged to get their nose head to take the trophy by just a single point. Shell Club took the Second Division from Bishops Stortford Swifts by a margin of two points. Old Chelmsfordians were convincing winners of Reserve Division One finishing 10 points ahead of Takeley while in Reserve Two South Woodham Ferrers took the title by one point from Rayleigh Athletic. In the Senior Division Cup there was a major shock when Cossor Sports, who had been relegated into division two at the end of last season, beat Rayleigh Town 2 - 1 after extra time making up for the previous seasons disappointment when they finished runners-up. Takeley made up for the disappointment in the league by beating Basildon Town 2 - 0 in the Reserve Division Cup Final. This season saw the inauguration of the Essex Intermediate Inter League Competition and the Olympian League drew with the South Essex Combination and Mid Essex League and beat the Southend & District League , Southend Borough Combination and South Essex League Tailpiece
In a nine week period at the start of 1985 only 87 ,atches out of a scheduled 271 were played due to bad weather conditions. SENIOR DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A PTS Rayleigh Town 28 18 6 4 55 28 42 Essex Police 28 19 3 6 61 23 41 Benfleet 28 16 6 6 45 30 38 Rayleigh Athletic 28 14 7 7 59 42 35 Burnham Ramblers 28 14 7 7 52 37 35 Springfield 28 10 10 8 44 42 30 Ongar Town 28 13 3 12 45 47 29 Harold Wood Athletic 28 9 9 10 50 38 27 Runwell Hospital 28 10 5 13 52 55 25 Herongate Athletic 28 9 5 14 44 47 23 Caribbean Int. Sports 28 8 5 15 53 60 21 Takeley 28 8 5 15 38 52 21 Dunmow 28 7 5 16 40 71 19 Writtle 28 5 7 16 27 55 17 Upminster 28 7 3 18 27 65 17 SENIOR DIVISION TWO
P W D L F A PTS Shell Club 28 20 5 3 69 30 45 Bishops Stortford Swifts 28 19 5 4 82 30 43 Hullbridge Sports 28 17 7 4 72 38 41 Cossor Sports 28 18 4 6 81 40 40 Mountnessing 28 14 7 7 70 41 35 Standard (Harlow) 28 16 3 9 74 47 35 Old Chelmsfordians 28 13 5 10 60 63 31 South Woodham Ferrers 28 11 4 13 45 52 26 Basildon Town 28 7 9 12 45 59 23 Great Baddow Royals 28 7 8 13 35 54 22 Coopersale 28 6 9 13 41 60 21 Ekco Sports 28 7 2 19 36 69 16 Carreras 28 6 3 19 36 75 15 Great Baddow 28 5 4 19 34 77 14 Hambros Bank 28 5 3 20 30 75 13 RESERVE DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A PTS Old Chelmsfordians 26 21 1 4 68 29 43 Takeley 26 15 3 8 47 39 33 Rayleigh Town 26 13 6 7 61 41 32 Runwell Hospital 26 12 8 6 43 29 32 Burnham Ramblers 26 12 4 10 56 49 28 Herongate Athletic 26 8 8 10 47 40 24 Springfield 26 9 6 11 52 50 24 Bishops Stortford Swifts 26 10 4 12 30 36 24 Dunmow 26 8 7 11 51 51 23 Benfleet 26 9 4 13 25 50 22 Writtle 26 8 6 12 39 58 22 Harold Wood Athletic 26 7 7 12 44 44 21 Basildon Town 26 7 4 15 39 55 18 Cossor Sports 26 6 4 16 36 67 16 RESERVE DIVISION TWO
P W D L F A PTS South Woodham Ferrers 28 17 5 6 66 34 39 Rayleigh Athletic 28 16 6 6 54 39 38 Essex Police 28 15 5 8 68 35 35 Standard (Harlow) 28 16 3 9 69 55 35 Shell Club 28 15 4 9 49 35 34 Great Baddow Royals 28 13 6 9 55 45 32 Caribbean Int. Sports 28 14 4 10 61 58 32 Ongar Town 28 11 5 12 35 48 27 Hullbridge Sports 28 11 4 13 52 38 26 Ekco Sports 28 10 4 14 36 40 24 Upminster 28 8 6 14 41 43 22 Coopersale 28 8 6 14 40 98 22 Mountnessing 28 6 7 15 37 53 19 Great Baddow 28 8 3 17 45 66 19 Hambros Bank 28 5 6 17 43 64 16 SENIOR DIVISION CUP
Round One
Runwell Hospital 2 - 0 Writtle
Basildon Town 1 - 1 Shell Club
Upminster 0 - 3 Essex Police
Dunmow 2 - 3 Caribbean Int. Sports
Great Baddow Royals 0 - 1 Coopersale
Springfield 1 - 0 Ekco Social and Sports
Old Chelmsfordians 2 - 3 Great Baddow
Rayleigh Town 4 - 0 Carreras
Bishops Stortford Swifts 0 - 1 Benfleet
South Woodham Ferrers 3 - 1 Standard (Harlow)
Ongar Town 0 - 2 Hambros Bank
Burnham Ramblers 1 - 3 Harold Wood Athletic
Herongate Athletic 0 - 2 Takeley
Mountnessing 1 - 1 Rayleigh Athletic
First Round Replays
Rayleigh Athletic 2 - 3 Mountnessing
Shell Club 3 - 1 Basildon Town
Round Two
Benfleet 0 - 1 Hambros Bank
Springfield 2 - 0 Coopersale
Mountnessing 0 - 2 Harold Wood Athletic
South Woodham Ferrers 3 - 1 Shell Club
Great Baddow 1 - 3 Cossor Sports
Hullbridge Sports 0 - 5 Rayleigh Town
Takeley 4 - 2 Essex Police
Caribbean Int. Sports 2 - 1 Rayleigh Athletic
Round Three
South Woodham Ferrers 2 - 1 Hambros Bank
Takeley 1 - 3 Caribbean Int. Sports
Harold Wood Athletic 1 - 2 Cossor Sports
Rayleigh Town 3 - 2 Springfield
Semi-Final
Cossor Sports 3 - 1 Caribbean Int. Sports
South Woodham Ferrers 0 - 1 Rayleigh Town
Final
Cossor Sports 2 - 1 Rayleigh Town RESERVE DIVISION CUP
Round One
Runwell Hospital 0 - 1 Shell Club
Hullbridge Sports 2 - 1 Harold Wood Athletic
Mountnessing 2 - 1 South Woodham Ferrers
Great Baddow 0 - 0 Ekco Social and Sports
Springfield 2 - 5 Bishops Stortford Swifts
Old Chelmsfordians 1 - 2 Rayleigh Athletic
Caribbean Int. Sports 2 - 2 Essex Police
Upminster 1 - 4 Herongate Athletic
Takeley 2 - 0 Writtle
Benfleet 7 - 0 Coopersale
Ongar Town 1 - 4 Standard (Harlow)
Rayleigh Town 3 - 3 Burnham Ramblers
Dunmow 0 - 3 Cossor Sports
Great Baddow Royals 2 - 4 Carreras
First Round Replays
Essex Police 2 - 1 Caribbean Int. Sports
Burnham Ramblers 2 - 0 Rayleigh Town
Ekco Social and Sports 1 - 1 Great Baddow
First Round Second Replay
Great Baddow 2 - 4 Ekco Social and Sports Round Two
Benfleet 1 - 3 Essex Police
Bishops Stortford Swifts 4 - 1 Rayleigh Athletic
Basildon Town 2 - 0 Hambros Bank
Standard (Harlow) 0 - 1 Herongate Athletic
Takeley 3 - 1 Cossor Sports
Burnham Ramblers W/O Carreras
Hullbridge Sports 1 - 4 Shell Club
Mountnessing 0 - 1 Ekco Social and Sports
Round Three
Burnham Ramblers 1 - 0 Essex Police
Shell Club 2 - 4 Basildon Town
Takeley 4 - 1 Ekco Social and Sports
Bishops Stortford Swifts 1 - 2 Herongate Athletic
Semi-Final
Herongate Athletic 1 - 2 Basildon Town
Takeley 3 - 0 Burnham Ramblers
Final
Basildon Town 0 - 2 Takeley |