1987–88 Essex Senior Football League

The 1987–88 season was the 17th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:

• Coggeshall Town, joined from the Reserve division
• Woodford Town, resigned from the Southern Football League

Purfleet were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League

Season	1987–88
Champions	Purfleet
Promoted	Purfleet
Matches played	272
Goals scored	925 (3.4 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Purfleet	32	23	4	5	76	24	+52	73	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Brentwood	32	22	5	5	84	36	+48	71
3	Halstead Town	32	19	6	7	79	38	+41	63	Transferred to the Eastern Counties League
4	Woodford Town	32	19	6	7	61	27	+34	63
5	East Thurrock United	32	17	7	8	73	39	+34	58
6	Ford United	32	16	4	12	45	42	+3	52
7	Stansted	32	15	6	11	58	45	+13	51
8	Sawbridgeworth Town	32	14	7	11	67	51	+16	49
9	Eton Manor	32	14	5	13	52	48	+4	47
10	Canvey Island	32	12	8	12	53	53	0	44
11	Brightlingsea United	32	11	9	12	58	57	+1	42
12	Chelmsford City reserves	32	13	3	16	47	53	−6	42
13	Burnham Ramblers	32	9	8	15	52	60	−8	35
14	Bowers United	32	9	7	16	30	53	−23	34
15	East Ham United	32	9	4	19	44	80	−36	31
16	Maldon Town	32	2	1	29	24	98	−74	7
17	Coggeshall Town	32	1	4	27	22	121	−99	7

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