Success for Essex Police After missing out on the Senior Division title last season, Essex Police were crowned champions beating runners up Bishops Stortford Swifts by three points. Cossor Sports won promotion into the top division winning Division Two by six points from Old Chelmsfordians. In the Senior Division Cup there was a local derby when Rayleigh Athletic took on Rayleigh Town. This was Athletics first season in the league and as happened the previous season it was the second division side that ran out surprise winners 2 - 1 over Rayleigh Town. Herongate Athletic won Reserve Division one when they finished three points clear of Rayleigh Town Cossors Reserves ompleted the Reserve double when they beat Springfield by a solitary goal in the Reserve Cup final and also gained promotion from Reserve Division Two. The Representative side had a mixed and busy season playing eight games and winning three, losing three and drawing two including one against an Essex County XI which included several players from our own league Tailpiece
This season proved yet another difficult one for the Fixtures Secretary who still had 200 matches to arrange after bad weather in both February and March. SENIOR DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A PTS Essex Police 28 19 6 3 71 28 44 Bishops Stortford Swifts 28 16 9 3 67 29 41 Rayleigh Town 28 11 12 5 44 30 34 Benfleet 28 11 10 7 41 37 32 Caribbean Int. Sports 28 11 8 9 59 54 30 Harold Wood Athletic 28 12 4 12 59 66 28 Springfield 28 9 9 10 42 37 27 Shell Club 28 10 6 12 43 54 26 Ongar Town 28 10 5 13 43 47 25 Runwell Hospital 28 8 8 12 43 49 24 Dunmow 28 8 8 12 40 48 24 Takeley 28 7 9 12 28 40 23 Hullbridge Sports 28 8 6 14 42 71 22 Rayleigh Athletic 28 9 3 16 47 58 21 Herongate Athletic 28 6 7 15 36 57 19 SENIOR DIVISION TWO
P W D L F A PTS Cossor Sports 30 22 7 1 91 32 51 Old Chelmsfordians 30 20 5 5 86 36 45 Writtle 30 19 6 5 80 39 44 Rochford Town 30 18 4 8 78 57 40 Standard (Harlow) 30 14 7 9 56 41 35 Mountnessing 30 12 9 9 51 47 33 Kelvedon Hatch 30 14 3 13 43 48 31 Tillingham Hotspur 30 14 2 14 51 51 30 Great Baddow Royals 30 11 7 12 48 43 29 Upminster 30 12 3 15 46 57 27 Coopersale 30 11 4 15 51 56 26 South Woodham Ferrers 30 8 8 14 45 68 24 Great Baddow 30 8 5 17 53 77 21 Basildon Town 30 6 7 17 37 66 19 Hambros Bank 30 4 5 21 27 67 13 Ekco Sports 30 2 8 20 44 102 12 RESERVE DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A PTS Herongate Athletic 28 18 5 5 52 25 41 Rayleigh Town 28 16 6 6 60 32 38 Standard (Harlow) 28 15 7 6 59 44 37 Old Chelmsfordians 28 13 8 7 50 30 34 Takeley 28 14 5 9 44 39 33 Runwell Hospital 28 12 8 8 49 32 32 Harold Wood Athletic 28 11 9 8 67 53 31 Benfleet 28 10 9 9 43 45 29 Springfield 28 9 6 13 50 42 24 Writtle 28 9 6 13 34 49 24 Essex Police 28 9 5 14 49 48 23 Rayleigh Athletic 28 8 7 13 42 53 23 Bishops Stortford Swifts 28 8 5 15 41 60 21 South Woodham Ferrers 28 8 4 16 39 68 20 Dunmow 28 4 2 22 36 95 10 RESERVE DIVISION TWO
P W D L F A PTS Cossor Sports 30 23 4 3 82 18 50 Shell Club 30 19 7 4 85 35 45 Rochford Town 30 19 3 8 59 34 41 Kelvedon Hatch 30 18 5 7 73 58 41 Caribbean Int. Sports 30 16 7 7 79 47 39 Great Baddow Royals 30 15 4 11 47 50 32 Mountnessing 30 12 6 12 53 60 30 Hambros Bank 30 10 9 11 46 48 29 Basildon Town 30 11 6 13 43 51 28 Upminster 30 10 6 14 48 45 26 Coopersale 30 10 5 15 42 61 25 Hullbridge Sports 30 10 4 16 35 52 24 Tillingham Hotspur 30 10 3 17 42 81 23 Ongar Town 30 5 8 17 31 42 18 Ekco Sports 30 7 2 21 28 59 16 Great Baddow 30 4 3 23 24 76 11 SENIOR DIVISION CUP
Round One
Standard (Harlow) 4 - 3 Great Baddow
Springfield 5 - 2 Writtle
Harold Wood Athletic 2 - 3 Old Chelmsfordians
Ongar Town 5 - 6 Caribbean Int. Sports
Rayleigh Athletic 3 - 0 Great Baddow Royals
Hambros Bank 2 - 3 Rochford Town
Dunmow 1 - 1 Essex Police
Rayleigh Town 4 - 1 Mountnessing
South Woodham Ferrers 2 - 1 Takeley
Basildon Town 1 - 3 Hullbridge Sports
Runwell Hospital 2 - 1 Coopersale
Herongate Athletic 1 - 2 Benfleet
Upminster 4 - 0 Ekco Social and Sports
Kelvedon Hatch 2 - 1 Tillingham Hotspur
Shell Club 4 - 2 Cossor Sports
Round One - Replay
Essex Police 2 - 1 Dunmow Round Two
Rayleigh Town 4 - 1 Shell Club
Upminster 4 - 3 Rayleigh Athletic
Benfleet 1 - 2 Old Chelmsfordians
Runwell Hospital 3 - 0 Kelvedon Hatch
Essex Police 3 - 1 Springfield
Hullbridge Sports 1 - 3 Caribbean Int. Sports
Bishops Stortford Swifts 2 - 2 South Woodham Ferrers
Rochford Town 4 - 3 Standard (Harlow)
Round Two - Replay
South Woodham Ferrers 2 - 1 Bishops Stortford Swifts Round Three
Rochford Town 2 - 1 South Woodham Ferrers
Upminster 0 - 4 Old Chelmsfordians
Runwell Hospital 0 - 4 Rayleigh Town
Caribbean Int. Sports 3 - 2 Essex Police
Semi-Final
Caribbean Int. Sports 4 - 4 Rayleigh Town
Rayleigh Town won 5 - 4 on Penalties
Rochford Town 4 - 0 Old Chelmsfordians
Final
Rochford Town 2 - 1 Rayleigh Town RESERVE DIVISION CUP
Round One
Shell Club 1 - 3 Runwell Hospital
Cossor Sports 2 - 0 South Woodham Ferrers
Rayleigh Town 1 - 0 Dunmow
Ekco Social and Sports 1 - 5 Hullbridge Sports
Old Chelmsfordians 1 - 2 Herongate Athletic
Harold Wood Athletic 2 - 1 Standard (Harlow)
Takeley 2 - 1 Mountnessing
Caribbean Int. Sports 5 - 2 Writtle
Basildon Town 1 - 2 Benfleet
Tillingham Hotspur 5 - 3 Bishops Stortford Swifts
Coopersale 4 - 2 Great Baddow
Rochford Town 1 - 0 Ongar Town
Great Baddow Royals 1 - 3 Rayleigh Athletic
Upminster 0 - 1 Essex Police
Hambros Bank 3 - 3 Springfield
Round One - Replay
Springfield 3 - 0 Hambros Bank Round Two
Rayleigh Town 1 - 2 Takeley
Essex Police 1 - 2 Cossor Sports
Coopersale 0 - 0 Rayleigh Athletic
Caribbean Int. Sports 4 - 2 Benfleet
Tillingham Hotspur 1 - 4 Springfield
Hullbridge Sports 0 - 1 Kelvedon Hatch
Harold Wood Athletic 4 - 3 Rochford Town
Runwell Hospital 1 - 2 Herongate Athletic
Round Two - Replay
Rayleigh Athletic 2 - 3 Coopersale Round Three
Kelvedon Hatch 0 - 1 Takeley
Coopersale 1 - 2 Cossor Sports
Herongate Athletic 0 - 1 Springfield
Caribbean Int. Sports 0 - 4 Harold Wood Athletic
Semi-Final
Takeley 1 - 3 Cossor Sports
Harold Wood Athletic 1 - 3 Springfield
Final
Cossor Sports 1 - 0 Springfield |