The 1972–73 season was the second in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.
The league featured eight clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:
- Brightlingsea United, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Coggeshall Town, joined from the Essex and Suffolk Border League
- Maldon Town, transferred from the Eastern Counties League
Billericay Town were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title.
League table
Football league season| Season | 1972–73 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Billericay Town |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 256 (2.84 per match) |
| ← 1971–72 1973–74 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billericay Town | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 31 | |
| 2 | Basildon United | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 26 | |
| 3 | Stansted | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 21 | |
| 4 | Brightlingsea United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 20 | |
| 5 | Witham Town | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Coggeshall Town | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Tiptree United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 14 | |
| 8 | Heybridge Swifts | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 14 | |
| 9 | Saffron Walden Town | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 10 | |
| 10 | Maldon Town | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 9 | |
| 11 | Pegasus Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club folded, record expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
References
- "Essex Senior Football League 1971–1992". Non League Matters.