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CentreSpot The official news bulletin of the Essex Senior Football League Season 2016/17 Issue #32 – Sunday 19th March 2017

Barking lord it over Southend Manor

(Source : www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk) Billy Rix heads Barking in front against Southend Manor (pic Terry Gilbert)

Barking 3 Southend Manor 0

Barking moved to within five points of the Essex Senior League title with victory over Southend Manor at Mayesbrook Park.

Blues moved to 87 points following their latest success, with six games remaining, while third- placed rivals Clapton were held to a draw by West Essex and can now only reach a maximum of 92 if they win their last five fixtures.

And table-topping Barking have a vastly superior goal difference of plus-72 to Clapton’s plus-28 as the season draws to a close.

Both sides battled against windy conditions in a physical first half, which ended goalless.

But Barking broke the deadlock midway through the second half when Billy Rix headed home on 66 minutes and doubled their lead when top scorer James Peagram teed up Petrit Elbi.

Manor had a chance to hit back when they were awarded a penalty, but Rob Hatton saved the spot-kick and Joe Staunton put the icing on the cake with a backheeled finish in the third minute of stoppage time.

Blues will now turn their attentions to the league cup and a trip to Sawbridgeworth on Tuesday, before returning to league action to host Eton Manor next weekend.

CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) From The Archives… ETON MANOR By Rob Errington 1933-34 Joined London League 1948-49 London League runner-up Our Archive piece this week will bring back 1952-53 London League Champions memories for Reg Curtis of Eton Manor FC. 1953-54 London League Champions 1955-56 London League Champions One event in Essex Senior League history was so 1957-58 London League runner-up meritorious that it was brought to the attention of the 1959-60 Founder members of Aetolian League 1964 Aetolian League merged with London League GUARDIAN newspaper on Saturday 25th to form Greater London League November 1989 .and is in respect of a League 1964-65 Gt London League Section "A" Champions game played three weeks previously on 4th between 1970-71 Gt London League Section "A" runner-up 1971-72 Founder members of Metropolitan-London Eton Manor and Canvey Island where it was League Division One reported on the day that S Harvey had scored the 1975-76 Joined Essex Senior League Eton Manor goal in a 1-3 defeat but the three Canvey goals did not come from their players! Essex Senior League Record P W D L F A Pts Position The question was and could even still be.... did we 1975-76 28 13 4 11 46 37 30 7/15 witness a record? 1976-77 32 12 9 11 45 42 33 6/17 1977-78 30 13 3 14 44 42 29 9/16 The Eton Manor left back Neil Carlstrom scored a 1978-79 32 19 6 7 68 37 44 3/17 hat-trick of own goals. 1979-80 30 14 7 9 45 38 35 6/16 1980-81 32 6 6 20 32 56 18 17/17 1981-82 32 7 7 18 26 60 20 * 16/17 His first (according to the paper) was a run-of-the- 1982-83 31 7 5 19 33 75 19 16/17 mill deflection, his second " a powerful header into 1983-84 32 10 10 12 56 47 30 11/17 the top corner " and the third a " well-hit shot, also 1984-85 30 11 8 11 49 46 41 10/16 into a corner ". 1985-86 32 11 6 15 52 80 39 10/17 1986-87 32 7 8 17 36 59 29 13/17 Such was the players notoriety that our League 1987-88 32 14 5 13 52 48 47 9/17 Chairman still has Neil's autograph with the press 1988-89 32 12 9 11 46 43 45 8/17 1989-90 30 8 4 18 34 56 28 12/16 cutting!! 1990-91 28 6 9 13 35 45 27 11/15 1991-92 32 5 3 24 24 71 18 16/17 Final Essex Senior League Table 1989-90 1992-93 32 7 8 17 32 75 29 15/17 1993-94 30 8 2 20 37 74 26 12/16 Name P W D L GF GA Pts 1994-95 28 2 4 22 19 93 10 15/15 1 Brightlingsea United 30 21 5 4 70 22 68 1995-96 28 4 6 18 32 72 18 13/15 2 Woodford Town 30 19 7 4 64 35 64 1996-97 28 1 4 23 13 108 7 15/15 3 East Thurrock United 30 16 8 6 64 29 56 1997-98 26 3 4 19 34 59 13 13/14 4 Canvey Island 30 15 10 5 76 34 55 1998-99 26 3 4 19 36 63 13 14/14 5 Sawbridgeworth Town 30 15 7 8 67 46 52 1999-00 28 6 8 14 41 61 22 * 12/15 6 Stambridge 30 14 8 8 66 37 50 2000-01 30 3 5 22 38 92 14 15/16 7 Brentwood 30 14 7 9 55 40 49 2001-02 30 4 7 19 40 72 19 15/16 8 Burnham Ramblers 30 12 8 10 62 45 44 2002-03 32 3 8 21 44 98 17 16/17 9 Ford United 30 13 5 12 48 50 44 2003-04 30 9 8 13 43 52 35 9/16 10 Southend Manor 30 12 6 12 52 42 42 2004-05 28 6 3 19 34 62 21 12/15 11 Bowers United 30 12 5 13 42 40 41 2005-06 30 6 8 16 35 54 26 13/16 12 Eton Manor 30 8 4 18 34 56 28 2006-07 30 9 7 14 52 57 34 11/16 13 Stansted 30 8 3 19 31 77 27 2007-08 32 20 5 7 81 44 65 4/17 14 Chelmsford City reserves 30 7 5 18 38 57 26 2008-09 30 12 8 10 52 40 44 7/16 15 Maldon Town 30 6 4 20 32 84 22 2009-10 34 8 9 17 57 71 33 15/18 16 East Ham United 30 1 2 27 17 124 5 2010-11 32 11 10 11 59 56 43 8/17

2011-12 34 10 6 18 43 85 27 * 14/18 2012-13 36 20 5 11 86 61 65 5/19 2013-14 38 12 11 15 54 72 47 11/20 2014-15 38 10 9 19 56 86 39 14/20 2015-16 40 13 6 21 73 96 45 13/21

CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) Monday 13th March 2017 Saturday 18th March 2017

Premier Division Premier Division Barkingside 1-1 Basildon United Barking 3-0 Southend Manor Luke With 62p Att.68 Jack Adlington 16 Billy Rix 66 Att.56 Petrit Elbi 73 Tuesday 14th March 2017 Joe Staunton 90+3

Premier Division Barkingside 3-1 Eton Manor Burnham Ramblers 1-3 Clapton Luke With 48 Att.48 Josh Sykes 64 Grant Webb 87 Att.56 Eamon Payne 29 Jakub Berkowicz 72 Raphael Duvile 48 Kia Heather 82 Ryan Reed 90+3 Basildon United 1-2 Waltham Forest Takeley 4-1 Waltham Forest Jamie Brown 60 Att.64 Joshua Banton 34 Charlie Cole 15, 19, 70 Att.76 Skirmantas Balauka 75 Nicki Dembele 48 Mitchell Das 88 C lapton 1-1 West Essex West Essex 7-1 Haringey & Waltham Stefan Nielsen 38 Att.356 Joe Lefley 40p Michael Mignot 15, 30, 35 Att.14 Andy Adamokah 78 James Bromley 20, 40, 55 FC Romania 2-0 Stansted Grant Ainsworth 60 Sergiu Maximov 21 Att.15 Andrei Pavel 37 Reserves Division Stansted 1-2 Thurrock Hullbridge Sports 1-1 London Bari Ryan Wallington 74 Att.44 Hassan Nalbant 86 Wednesday 15th March 2017 Sporting Bengal United 2-1 Burnham Ramblers Premier Division Shiblu Miah 32 Att,51 Craig Heskey 25 Wadham Lodge 2-4 Barking Oscar Mendez 61 Elliott Scott 28 Att.58 Joe Pearman 1 Vladut Gabriel Sighiartou 70 Paul Oshin 42 Takeley 1-2 Enfield 1893 John Bricknell 50 Charlie Cole 5, 8, 60, 82 Att.60 Alex Salmon 89 James Peagram 75 Jason Todd 55 Reece Barrett 80 League Challenge Cup – 2 nd Round Eton Manor 1-1 Ilford Wadham Lodge 0-1 Sawbridgeworth Town Ryan Cosson 80 Att.30 Carl Mullings 60 Att.28 Aaron Thomas 89 Ilford won 5-4 penalties Reserves Division Reserves Division Barkingside 3-1 Barking Redbridge 4-0 Bishop's Stortford Hullbridge Sports 1-2 Takeley Stansted 0-1 Bishop's Stortford Friday 17th March 2017 Thurrock 2-1 Redbridge Heybridge Swifts 3-0 Waltham Abbey Premier Division Tower Hamlets 1-2 Ilford Rahim Adama Bamba 82 Att.104 Carl Mullings 40 Joe Killingback 78p

THE F A VASE AND TROPHY FINALS

The F A Vase Final at Wembley on Sunday 21st May 2017 will be between South Shield currently second in the Northern League behind North Shields and Cleethorpes Town leading the Northern Counties East League with games in hand. Kick Off is at 12.15 but sadly for us here in the ESL, there will be no Danny Cowley at Wembley this year as his Lincoln City side went of the F A Trophy at semi final stage to York City who now meet Macclesfield Town, that game following the Vase Final.

CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) Essex Senior League - Premier Division (Up to and including Saturday 18th March 2017)

P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Barking 36 28 3 5 112 40 72 87 2 FC Romania 38 24 6 8 114 51 63 78 3 Clapton 37 24 5 8 72 44 28 77 4 Takeley 37 21 8 8 81 48 33 71 5 Sawbridgeworth Town 36 20 8 8 90 65 25 68 6 Southend Manor 38 21 5 12 71 47 24 68 7 Ilford 35 19 9 7 78 47 31 66 8 Stansted 37 17 9 11 72 46 26 60 9 Hullbridge Sports 41 15 12 14 67 66 1 57 10 Barkingside 38 18 8 12 75 67 8 56 * 11 Basildon United 38 16 6 16 74 66 8 54 12 Waltham Forest 38 15 7 16 55 58 -3 52 13 Redbridge 37 14 7 16 84 78 6 49 14 West Essex 36 13 6 17 59 71 -12 45 15 Eton Manor 33 13 3 17 67 77 -10 42 16 Wadham Lodge 37 10 8 19 48 72 -24 38 17 London Bari 40 10 8 22 52 87 -35 38 18 Enfield 1893 36 10 6 20 55 93 -38 36 19 Sporting Bengal United 35 9 6 20 55 76 -21 33 20 Tower Hamlets 35 6 6 23 41 77 -36 24 21 Burnham Ramblers 35 5 5 25 39 103 -64 20 22 Haringey & Waltham 39 4 7 28 35 117 -82 19 * adjustment made

Essex Senior League - Reserve Division (Up to and including Saturday 18th March 2017)

P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Thurrock 18 15 1 2 62 23 39 46 2 Heybridge Swifts 18 12 4 2 58 25 33 40 3 Barkingside 17 9 5 3 45 32 13 32 4 Sawbridgeworth Town 17 9 3 5 39 22 17 30 5 Takeley 16 8 1 7 35 41 -6 25 6 Redbridge 19 7 2 10 38 41 -3 23 7 Waltham Abbey 19 6 4 9 37 33 4 22 8 Bishop's Stortford 17 6 2 9 34 47 -13 20 9 AFC Sudbury 17 6 1 10 33 58 -25 19 10 Stansted 15 4 2 9 20 29 -9 14 11 Barking 17 4 2 11 26 55 -29 14 12 Hullbridge Sports 18 3 3 12 31 52 -21 12

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CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) League Leading Scorers

Premier Division Reserve Division (Up to and including Saturday 18th March 2017) (Up to and including 17th March 2017)

League, League Cup and Gordon Brasted Trophy only League & League Shield only

42 Charlie Cole Takeley 21 Jamie Price Thurrock 38 James Peagram Barking 16 Solomone Coker Thurrock 29 Gavin Cockman Sawbridgeworth Town 12 George Smith Heybridge Swifts 26 Joseph Sykes Eton Manor 11 Lewis Roberts Takeley 25 Jacob Dingli Redbridge -4 Sawbridgeworth Town 22 Michael Mignot West Essex 9 Marley Andrews Heybridge Swifts 20 Joel Appiah London Bari Jose Espinoza Barkingside David Laird Barkingside George Martin Waltham Abbey 19 Nathan Dewberry Basildon United Sonny Shilling Barkingside Brian Moses Redbridge 8 Tom Hollanby Stansted - 12 Waltham Forest James Richardson Sawbridgeworth Town Andréi Pavel FC Romania 7 Andrew Fennell Heybridge Swifts Florin Pop FC Romania 18 Omari Delgado Barking 16 Reece Cosson Sawbridgeworth Town Petrit ElbI Barking Michael Hopkins Southend Manor 15 Ionut Danilu FC Romania

Hat-Trick (or More) Heroes – Premier Division

5 Charlie Cole Haringey & Waltham v Takeley (GBMT) 21st December 4 Charlie Cole Takeley v Enfield 1893 18th March Omar Delgado Barking v Burnham Ramblers 15th October Luke Hornsley Hullbridge Sports v Haringey & Waltham 2nd August James Peagram Barking v Burnham Ramblers (LC) 11th January +1 Brian Moses Redbridge v Wadham Lodge 25th February 3 Reece Barrett West Essex v Takeley 21st September Joe Bricknell Eton Manor v Sporting Bengal United 9th November James Bromley West Essex v Haringey & Waltham 14th March Toby Cleaver Redbridge v Sawbridgeworth Town 7th January +2 Gavin Cockman Sawbridgeworth Town v Burnham Ramblers 4th March +1 Charlie Cole Takeley v Waltham Forest 14th March +4 Reece Cosson Redbridge v Sawbridgeworth Town (LC) 31st January +1 Ionut Danila FC Romania v Hullbridge Sports 11th February +1 Olmari Delgado Barking v Haringey & Waltham 7th October Jacob Dingli Redbridge v West Essex 10th December +1 Michael Hopkins Southend Manor v London Bari 14th January +1 Luke Hornsley Eton Manor v Hullbridge Sports 24th August Charlee Hughes Burnham Ramblers v Tower Hamlets 7th February Adam Hunt Redbridge v Burnham Ramblers 30th August Jay Knight Clapton v Hullbridge Sports 4th March +1 David Laird Sporting Bengal United v Barkingside 21st January Tom Larkin Sawbridgeworth Town v Stansted 13th December Michael Mignot West Essex v Haringey & Waltham 14th March +1 Brian Moses Waltham Forest v Basildon United 30th July James Peagram Barking v Enfield 1893 21st January +2 Florin Pop FC Romania v Burnham Ramblers 22nd February O’Neal Rowe London Bari v Tower Hamlets 11th October Vladut Sighiartau Burnham Ramblers v Wadham Lodge (GBMT) 28th February Joseph Sykes Eton Manor v Sporting Bengal United 9th November +2 Reece Tranter Basildon United v Burnham Ramblers 23rd August Ben Turner Ilford v Burnham Ramblers (FAC) 6th August

CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) Premier Division Attendances th (Up to and including Saturday 18 Match 2017)

League Matches Only

Played Low High Average Total

Clapton 18 17 683 264 4743 Barkingside 17 43 323 83 1419 Basildon United 19 44 113 74 1397 Takeley 18 34 127 66 1179 Tower Hamlets 18 21 308 63 1131 Enfield 1893 18 30 100 61 1103 Redbridge 18 18 142 59 1057 Barking 17 35 109 55 991 Stansted 19 30 138 53 1001 Hullbridge Sports 20 34 138 52 1049 Southend Manor 18 10 91 52 939 Ilford 17 21 108 45 760 Sawbridgeworth Town 18 18 85 41 747 Sporting Bengal United 20 11 100 41 824 Waltham Forest 19 20 159 39 743 Wadham Lodge 18 18 89 34 612 West Essex 18 14 68 31 553 Burnham Ramblers 18 16 56 30 542 F C Romania 20 8 99 27 530 Haringey & Waltham 19 9 32 22 422 Eton Manor 17 2 50 18 309 London Bari 21 4 134 17 350 Current Form Table th (Up to and including Saturday 18 March 2017)

W D L F A

1 FC Romania 6 5 1 0 21 5 W D W W W W 2 Takeley 6 5 0 1 17 6 W W L W W W 3 Ilford 6 5 0 1 16 5 W L W W W W 4 Barking 6 5 0 1 17 9 W L W W W W 5 Clapton 6 4 1 1 15 8 W L W W W D 6 Sawbridgeworth Town 6 4 1 1 14 8 D L W W W W 7 West Essex 6 3 1 2 16 11 W L W L W D 8 Sporting Bengal United 6 3 1 2 13 12 L L D W W W 9 Wadham Lodge 6 3 0 3 11 12 W W L W L L 10 Eton Manor 6 3 0 3 10 11 W L L W W L 11 Barkingside 6 4 2 0 15 8 D W W W D W 12 Stansted 6 2 2 2 6 4 W W D D L L 13 Redbridge 6 2 1 3 14 13 L W L W L D 14 Hullbridge Sports 6 1 3 2 9 12 L D W L D D 15 Enfield 1893 6 2 0 4 9 20 W W L L L L 16 London Bari 6 1 2 3 9 10 L D W L L D 17 Basildon United 6 1 2 3 7 9 D L L W D L 18 Waltham Forest 6 1 2 3 5 12 D D L L L W 19 Southend Manor 6 1 1 4 6 11 D W L L L L 20 Tower Hamlets 6 0 1 5 4 16 L L D L L L 21 Haringey & Waltham 6 0 1 5 5 19 L L L D L L 22 Burnham Ramblers 6 0 1 5 7 25 L D L L L L

CentreSpot © Essex Senior League. Prepared By DJ Bird (www.ByteSizeJobs.com) ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE ESSEX SENIOR LEAGUE GORDON BRASTED MEMORIAL TROPHY CHALLENGE CUP Fixtures/Results 2016-2017 Fixtures/Results 2016-2017

FIRST ROUND FIRST ROUND (12 CLUBS) (12 CLUBS)

A Barking 4-2 Clapton (Holders) A Waltham Forest 0-4 Sawbridgeworth Town B Basildon United 2-3 Barkingside B Clapton 0-1 Hullbridge Sports C London Bari 0-0 West Essex* C Ilford 2-0 Southend Manor D Stansted 0-2 Ilford D Enfield 1893* 1-1 West Essex E Wadham Lodge* 2-2 Sawbridgeworth Town E Barking 1-0 Sporting Bengal United F FC Romania 1-5 Southend Manor F Redbridge 4-3 Barkingside

SECOND ROUND SECOND ROUND (6 WINNERS plus 10) (6 WINNERS plus 10)

1 Hullbridge Sports 1-2 West Essex 1 Takeley 7-0 Haringey & Waltham 2 Waltham Forest 3-0 Tower Hamlets 2 Enfield 1893 1-2 Wadham Lodge 3 Burnham Ramblers 3-5 Wadham Lodge 3 Basildon United (Holders) 1-0 London Bari 4 Barking 3-0 Sporting Bengal United 4 Eton Manor 1-1 Ilford * 5 Ilford 1-0 Enfield 1893 5 Stansted 4-4 FC Romania * 6 Southend Manor 1-3 Redbridge 6 Tower Hamlets 1-7 Hullbridge Sports 7 Eton Manor 3-1 Barkingside 7 Barking 8-1 Burnham Ramblers 8 Haringey & Waltham 1-8 Takeley 8 Redbridge 2-6 Sawbridgeworth Town

THIRD ROUND THIRD ROUND

9 Eton Manor* 3-3 West Essex 9 Ilford FC Romania 10 Takeley Ilford 10 Sawbridgeworth Town Barking 11 Barking Redbridge 11 Takeley 2-1 Hullbridge Sports 12 Wadham Lodge Waltham Forest 12 Basildon United (Holders) Wadham Lodge

SEMI-FINAL SEMI-FINAL

13 Winners of Match 12 Eton Manor 13 Winners of Match 10 Winners of Match 9 14 Winners of Match 11 Winners of Match 10 14 Takeley Winners of Match 12

FINAL FINAL

15 Winners of Match 14 Winners of Match 13 15 Winners of Match 13 Winners of Match 14

* Won On Penalties * Won On Penalties

Monday 20th March 2017 Source : www.newhamrecorder.co.uk

Reserves Division Clapton pay penalty; Bishop's Stortford v Sawbridgeworth Town London Bari hit back Tuesday 21st March 2017

Premier Division Clapton 1 West Essex 1 Enfield 1893 v West Essex Redbridge v Basildon United Clapton saw their fading Essex Senior League title hopes hit after a tale of two penalties at the League Challenge Cup – 3rd Round Old Spotted Dog. Sawbridgeworth Town v Barking Tons took the lead in front of a crowd of 356 as Wednesday 22nd March 2017 Stefan Nielsen fired home from the spot on 35 minutes, but West Essex were back on terms Premier Division before the break as Loe Lefley also converted a Ilford v Tower Hamlets penalty. Wadham Lodge v Eton Manor And despite late pressure from the home side in Saturday 25th March 2017 the second half, they could not force a winner and had to settle for a share of the spoils which Premier Division leaves them in third place, 10 points behind Barking v Eton Manor leaders Barking and having played one game Barkingside v Haringey & Waltham more. Basildon United v Redbridge Burnham Ramblers v Wadham Lodge Tons have a game in hand on second-placed FC Enfield 1893 v Ilford Romania, whom they trail by a single point, and Sawbridgeworth Town v Clapton travel to Sawbridgeworth next weekend. Southend Manor v Tower Hamlets Sporting Bengal United v Takeley Lanre Vigo tweeted: “Disappointing result today, wish we got the winn. Thank you for coming out Reserves Division today @ClaptonUltras @claptonfcnews.” Barking v AFC Sudbury Hullbridge Sports v Stansted Clapton: Olajide, Vigo, Spencer, Payne, Ebengo, Thurrock v Bishop's Stortford Sardinha, Jairette, Cook, Reed, Ashman, Nielsen. Waltham Abbey v Redbridge Subs used: Egbejale, Morris, Nugoya. Unused: Takeley v Barkingside Mokwa, Bouho.

Hullbridge Sports 1 London Bari 1

London Bari hit back for a hard-earned point against Hullbridge at Lower Road. Play was held up for 17 minutes in the first half after the referee suffered an injury and, although Bari had chances to take the lead, the scoreline remained blank at the break.

The hosts got their noses in front 15 minutes from time, when substitute Ryan Wallington slotted calmly home just three minutes after joining the action. But Bari bounced back on 86 minutes when Hassan Nalbant netted from a free-kick and only a good block from Aaron Hunwicks and goalline clearance from Rob Hodgson denied the visitors a late winner as honours finished even.

The point leaves Bari in 17th place with just two fixtures remaining, but they now face a 21-day break until visiting east London rivals Tower Hamlets on April 8, before ending their campaign at Barkingside on Good Friday (April 14).

Bari: Akbas, O’Hara, Abdellaziz, Nicholson, Mpalampa, Shagari, Adesina, Morson, Nalbant, Appiah, Grassi. Subs: Williams, Figueroa, Wilcox, Decker, Cookey.