Essex Alliance Football League


The Essex Alliance Football League is an English football league for clubs based in Essex and northeastern Greater London. The league has five divisions, of which the Senior Division stands at the 12th level of the English football league system. Teams that finish in the top five of the league can apply for promotion to the Essex Olympian Football League, subject to their facilities meeting criteria and other conditions.
The League confirmed in January 2020 that it had applied to the Football Association for recognition as a Step 7 Regional Feeder League within the National League System which would effectively place it on par with neighbouring competitions of the same level. An outcome on this application is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2020.

History

The league was founded in 2014 through the merging of the Ilford & District and the Essex Business House football leagues, which both shared a common aim to support and promote local grassroots football in Essex and East London whilst bridging the gap with existing step 7 football leagues in the region.
The league permits member clubs to play on grounds in the boroughs of Havering, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham Forest and Epping Forest although this is expected to widen as interest in the league grows in the coming seasons.
The league currently has a membership of 61 teams, many of whom were existing members of the aforementioned leagues and were joined by many new clubs as the league seek to buck the trend of the local Saturday football scene which had been diminishing in numbers over the past few years.

Member clubs for 2019–20

Champions