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.