Category: Feature
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Season review: FC Baresi take the crown
The Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division came to an end on April 27, as Sporting Hackney beat Priory Park Rangers and Rapid Chingford got a walkover against Aveley U23’s, but the competitive league showed why it remains one of the best at Step 7. After finishing second during the…
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The rise of the Tigers!
At the end of the 2021/22 season, Sporting Bengal United had suffered relegation to the Eastern Counties League Division One South. They had been in the Essex Senior League after they transferred from the Kent Football League at the beginning of the 2011/12 season, but after 10 years, the club…
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New name, new borough
Then-named Woodford East, Halil Hassan had agreed an important ground-share with Essex Senior League side Barking FC, giving them the foundations needs to try and achieve their goals. Those targets included competing for promotion from Step 7 and doing well in the domestic cups. “After acquiring the ground share at…
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Preview: A winner in the North
Saturday brings the curtain down on the 2023/24 Isthmian League North season as the final promotion is decided between Bowers & Pitsea and Brentwood Town in the play-off final. Bowers host the final after finishing the regular season in 4th, a place higher than their opponents. The four teams finishing…
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Scrapping Replays: How the FA got it so wrong!
Slough Town away to Grimsby Town. Weymouth at AFC Wimbledon. Curzon Ashton against League One Cambridge United. Just some examples of non-league clubs facing higher opposition in replays after battling well against far stronger opposition, but from next season [2024/25], those opportunities won’t be available. The FA and Premier League…
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Like London Buses!
1984 was the last time the Essex Senior League was represented in the FA Vase Final with Stansted reaching the competitions showcase match 40 years ago and going onto win the trophy. During that season [1983/84], the Airportmen faced Epping Town in the Preliminary Round of the competition, winning 2-0,…
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The Dying Game: Why non-league clubs continue to struggle in the modern world
Administration is not a word that football fans ever want to hear about their clubs. The term is often used to describe football clubs not being able to pay off their outstanding debts, meaning they choose to enter administration (sanction). In layman terms, administration puts accountants in charge of pretty…
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Non-League Day: The importance of supporting your local club
This Saturday brings up this year’s Non-League Day, a day used to celebrate everything non-league. Founded in 2010 by James Doe as a social experiment, inspired by a pre-season trip to Devon to see his beloved QPR face Tavistock, the day has how become an annual part of the Calendar.…
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