1976–77 Essex Senior Football League

The 1976–77 season was the sixth in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:

• Chelmsford City reserves
• Sawbridgeworth, joined from the Essex Olympian League, renaming themselves Sawbridgeworth Town
• Woodford Town

Basildon United were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title.

League table

Essex Senior
Football League

Season	1976–77
Champions	Basildon United
Matches played	272
Goals scored	830 (3.05 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Basildon United	32	26	3	3	75	16	+59	55
2	Brentwood	32	24	5	3	77	35	+42	53
3	Billericay Town	32	23	5	4	88	23	+65	51	Transferred to the Athenian League
4	Brightlingsea United	32	18	8	6	56	36	+20	44
5	Bowers United	32	16	9	7	52	32	+20	41
6	Eton Manor	32	12	9	11	45	42	+3	33
7	Woodford Town	32	13	6	13	50	50	0	32
8	Maldon Town	32	11	8	13	42	51	−9	30
9	Tiptree United	32	10	9	13	46	58	−12	29
10	Canvey Island	32	9	9	14	39	47	−8	27
11	Heybridge Swifts	32	10	7	15	44	57	−13	27
12	Sawbridgeworth Town	32	8	6	18	34	56	−22	22
13	Chelmsford City reserves	32	7	8	17	42	65	−23	22
14	Ford United	32	6	10	16	29	56	−27	22
15	Witham Town	32	6	7	19	39	65	−26	19
16	Stansted	32	6	7	19	42	71	−29	19
17	Coggeshall Town	32	4	10	18	30	70	−40	18

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