1985–86 Essex Senior Football League

The 1985–86 season was the 15th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:

• Burnham Ramblers, joined from the Essex Olympian League

Witham Town were champions, winning their second Essex Senior League title, while Wivenhoe Town were promoted to the Isthmian League.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League

Season	1985–86
Champions	Witham Town
Promoted	Wivenhoe Town
Matches played	272
Goals scored	910 (3.35 per match)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Witham Town	32	24	5	3	73	23	+50	77
2	Wivenhoe Town	32	19	5	8	82	47	+35	62	Promoted to the Isthmian League
3	Ford United	32	19	4	9	65	41	+24	61
4	Maldon Town	32	17	9	6	48	24	+24	60
5	East Thurrock United	32	16	9	7	64	41	+23	57
6	Brentwood	32	18	0	14	71	47	+24	54
7	Chelmsford City reserves	32	15	7	10	48	38	+10	52
8	Bowers United	32	13	7	12	54	49	+5	46
9	Canvey Island	32	10	11	11	53	45	+8	41
10	Eton Manor	32	11	6	15	52	80	−28	39
11	Brightlingsea United	32	10	8	14	46	52	−6	38
12	Burnham Ramblers	32	10	7	15	45	54	−9	37
13	Stansted	32	10	4	18	37	51	−14	34
14	Sawbridgeworth Town	32	9	6	17	53	72	−19	33
15	Halstead Town	32	8	6	18	47	67	−20	30
16	East Ham United	32	7	9	16	41	74	−33	30
17	Coggeshall Town	32	2	5	25	31	105	−74	11	Resigned from the league

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