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Little Oakley Football Club is a football club based in Little Oakley, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Memorial Ground.

History
Despite evidence of a football club in Little Oakley prior to World War I, the club were founded in 1947 as Little Oakley War Memorial. In 1974, the club changed their name to the current guise of Little Oakley.

The club was promoted as champions of the Essex and Suffolk Border League in 2017, joining the Eastern Counties League. It was the club's fifth Premier Division title.
In 2021 the club were promoted to the Essex Senior League based on their results in the abandoned 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Ground
Following the club's promotion to the Eastern Counties League, the War Memorial Ground required several upgrades. The ground was enclosed and the pitch surrounded with railing and hardstanding. Floodlights were installed, with a small, covered stand built at the clubhouse end.

Honours
Essex and Suffolk Border League
Premier Division champions 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2003–04, 2016–17
Division One champions 1985–86

02/12/23 League Little Oakley 1 Halstead Town 2
25/11/23 League Little Oakley 1 Athletic Newham 3
21/11/23 BBC Essex Senior Cup FC Clacton 0 Little Oakley 3
18/11/23 League Frenford 0 little Oakley 1
11/11/23 League Little Oakley 2 Ilford 1
07/11/23 League Tilbury 4 Little Oakley 0
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Little Oakley are currently in 11th place in the Essex Senior League Premier. They have 26 points from 20 games – 7 wins, 5 draws, and 8 defeats. They have a +1 goal difference.

Their record on the road is, won 2, drawn 3, and lost 4. Scoring 10 and conceding 15.
In comparison, The Bridge are 8th with 30 points from 20 matches.

In current form, they sit 12th out of 20, with 3 wins and 3 defeats, scoring 8 and conceding 10. The Bridge are 19th out of 20 with 1 win and 5 defeats, scoring 3 and conceding 14.

Curtis Abel
Charlie Biggs
Jordan Blackwell
Alfie Canning
Adrian Cant
Leo Carty
Samuel Cooke
Jack Cosby
Jake Dale
Daniel Dixon
Jamie Dobkin
Joshua Fowler
Max Gray
Rory Harman
George Hart
Oliver Hart
Harry Harvey
Josh Henderson
Gabriel Hodgson
Daniel Joyce
Billy Lawlor
Harry Mann
Oakley Mcnair
Callum Milton
Ed Nobbs
Jordi Papple
Robert Pratt
Mason Ridgway-Lumley
Liam Riley
Greg Rodger
Daniel Rowe
Nathan Rowe
Jack Sibbons
Luke Skinner
Lewis Sonnex
Ellis Taylor
Oliver Travell
Connor Tucker
Jack Walker
Ashley Wood
Lewis Wood

Top scorer with 14 goals in 23 appearances is Harry Mann, so if he makes appearance number 24, watch out for him….you could say he’s the man…you have been warned!

This season, back in September on the 19th. The Bridge went to Little Oakley Memorial Ground on a Tuesday night and won 2-1 in front of an attendance of 64.

Here we are again and hoping for that win to kick start the season again. As above, the current form is actually in favour of the visitors but football has a way of ignoring these sorts of statistics so anything can happen. If you want to see anything happen, then you know where you need to be and probably might need a raincoat (or two!), it’s not a summer sport you know…in fact it’s just not cricket (obviously!)
There remains just one thing left to say….