League and Cup Double
On eleven occasions a team has won both the Essex Senior League and the Essex Senior League Challenge Cup in the same season. They are:
- 1972-73 - Billericay Town
- 1977-78 - Basildon United
- 1982-83 - Heybridge Swifts
- 1987-88 - Purfleet
- 1992-93 - Canvey Island
- 1993-94 - Basildon United
- 1995-96 - Romford
- 1998-99 - Bowers United
- 1999-00 - Saffron Walden Town
- 2005-06 - AFC Hornchurch
- 2006-07 - Brentwood Town
- 2011-12 - Witham Town
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