December fixtures have now been uploaded to the website. I have endeavoured to make the best use of pitch availability, although several teams have closed dates in December which has reduced my options. I would like to thank all of our teams for their co-operation during the first half of the season and I wish Read More
At least one of our clubs does not understand the new ULEZ charge system and appears to believe it is going to cost over £200 to play a match within this zone. An article was placed on this website back in June regarding this new zone and is still available at ULEZ (Ultra-Low Emission Zone) Read More
There are three Saturdays in November with County Cup matches being played.. Fixtures for the first three Saturdays have now been published and fixtures for the last Saturday will be published after the previous round of the Essex Junior Cup on 06 November. We have said that there will be no fixtures on Saturday 01 Read More
Early in September a new Referees Result Sheet was uploaded to the menu at the bottom of the Home Page. Some referees are still using the old incomplete Result Sheet. Will you please download the new sheet via the link below and save it to your computer. New Referees Result Sheet (click on the enable Read More
The latest FA guidance states: Examples of close contact include: • Face-to-face contact under one metre for any length of time – including talking to someone or being coughed on; • Being within one metre of each other for one minute or longer; • Being within two metres of each other for more than 15 Read More
Provisional October fixtures have now been uploaded to the website and it is too late to close dates during that month.. On 09 and 16 October the second rounds of the Essex Junior and Essex Premier Cup take place with the previous rounds being played during September, the first round of the EJC is only Read More
The First & Second Rounds of the ESSEX PREMIER and ESSEX JUNIOR Cups are now available via the CUP DRAWS menu at the top of the page. There are 13 of our teams in the First Round of the ESSEX PREMIER CUP which is scheduled for 18 September, and there are 2 all league matches. Read More
The FA have updated the summary guide and grassroots return to football guidance to reflect changes to the rules on self-isolation, which came into effect on Monday 16th August. The changes mean that under 18s and those who are ‘double-jabbed’ no longer need to self-isolate if they come into close contact with someone with Covid-19, Read More
The League has taken the decision not to have the Respect Handshake before matches in the current environment until Jan 2022 at the earliest.
The FA have issued new heading guidance for clubs playing up to and including Step 5 of the NLS. Heading Guidance