Notable Former Essex Senior League Players
Several players have gone on to join Football League teams having played in the Essex Senior League.
- Ben Barnett (left Southend Manor to briefly join Leyton Orient in 2000)
- Gary Hart (left Stansted for £1000 and a set of kit to join Brighton & Hove Albion in 1998)
- Michael Kightly (left Basildon United to join Southend United in 2002, currently playing for Stoke City)
- Trevor Putney (left Brentwood to join Ipswich Town in 1980, also played for Norwich City, and Middlesbrough)
- Ian Renshaw (left Basildon United to join Scarborough)
- Alton Thelwell (played two games for London APSA in 2009/10 before joining Newport County)
- Steve Tilson (left Witham Town to join Southend United in 1988)
- Stuart Wardley (left Saffron Walden Town to join Queens Park Rangers in 1999)
- John Warner (left Burnham Ramblers to join Colchester United in 1988)
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