1979–80 Essex Senior Football League

The 1979–80 season was the ninth in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.^[1]

The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:

• East Thurrock United, transferred from the London Spartan League
• Wivenhoe Town, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League

Basildon United were champions, winning their fourth Essex Senior League title in a row.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League

Season	1979–80
Champions	Basildon United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	650 (2.71 per match)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Basildon United	30	25	3	2	65	8	+57	53	Transferred to the Athenian League
2	Wivenhoe Town	30	16	9	5	53	31	+22	41
3	Canvey Island	30	17	5	8	57	34	+23	39
4	Witham Town	30	16	6	8	55	34	+21	38
5	East Ham United	30	14	9	7	44	30	+14	37
6	Eton Manor	30	14	7	9	45	38	+7	35
7	Sawbridgeworth Town	30	10	13	7	33	22	+11	33
8	Brentwood	30	14	5	11	45	41	+4	33
9	Bowers United	30	13	6	11	39	37	+2	32
10	Heybridge Swifts	30	12	7	11	44	30	+14	31
11	Coggeshall Town	30	9	6	15	37	43	−6	24
12	East Thurrock United	30	9	6	15	28	39	−11	24
13	Maldon Town	30	8	8	14	28	42	−14	24
14	Ford United	30	6	7	17	32	53	−21	19
15	Brightlingsea United	30	2	6	22	27	75	−48	10
16	Stansted	30	2	3	25	18	93	−75	7

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

1. "Essex Senior Football League 1971–1992". Non League Matters.