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White Ensign Football Club is a football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Burroughs Park in Great Wakering.

History
The club was formed in 1951, and is named after the British naval ensign of the same name, which is incorporated into the club's badge. They played in the Southend Borough Combination until joining Division Two of the Essex Intermediate League in 2002, going on to win the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. The season also saw them win the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy and the league's Senior Cup. They were Division One champions the following season, as well as retaining the Senior Cup and winning the Senior Challenge Cup. In 2004–05 the club retained the league title and Senior Challenge Cup. The league was renamed the Essex Olympian League in 2005.

White Ensign won the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy for a second time in 2005–06. The following season they were Division One champions for a third time, as well as retaining the Capital Counties Feeder Trophy. Division One was then renamed the Premier Division, and the club retained the league title in 2007–08, also winning the Essex Premier Cup. The following season saw them win the Senior Challenge Cup for a third time. However, this marked the end of their period of success and the club finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in 2013–14, resulting in relegation to Division One. They were Division One champions the following season and were promoted straight back to the Premier Division. At the end of the 2017–18 season the club moved up to the newly created Division One South of the Eastern Counties League.

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
In 2002 White Ensign moved to the Len Forge Centre in Southend after being admitted to the Essex Olympian League. The centre had been the home of the Southend Borough Combination since 1981. A small stand was built in 1985, but was damaged in the Great Storm of 1987. A covered stand was later erected, with two uncovered stands with bench seating built on each side. After White Ensign moved into the ground, the three stands were replaced with two seated stands either side of a new changing room block.

In order to move up to the Essex Senior League in 2018, the club relocated to Basildon Sporting Village, an athletics stadium originally known as the Gloucester Park Bowl. It had originally been planned as a 21,000-capacity stadium in the 1950s (9,000 seated, 12,000 standing), but eventually opened with only a 200-seat uncovered stand. Basildon United moved into the ground in 1967, and a roof was added to the stand. After Basildon United left in 1970, the ground was used by clubs playing in the Southend & District League, Olympian League club Herongate Athletic, and the Essex Eels rugby league club. In 2011 the ground was upgraded, with a 750-seat stand built.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, White Ensign entered a groundsharing agreement with Great Wakering Rovers at their Burroughs Park ground.

Honours
Essex Olympian League
Champions 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08
Division Two champions 2002–03
Senior Cup winners 2002–03, 2003–04
Senior Challenge Cup winners 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08
Essex Premier Cup
Winners 2007–08
Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy
Winners 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07

27/03/24 Essex Senior League
WHITE ENSIGN 3
(Mechack Asuka 2, Kian Skilbeck)
BUCKHURST HILL 1

23/03/24 Essex Senior League
WHITE ENSIGN 0
TAKELEY 2

16/03/24 Essex Senior League
WHITE ENSIGN 4
(Jayden Silcott-Brown, Trevor Harding, Henry Hart)
FC CLACTON 1

13/03/24 Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy
2nd Round
WHITE ENSIGN 1
(Kurt Smith)
STANWAY ROVERS 3

28/02/24 Essex Senior League
WHITE ENSIGN 0
WEST ESSEX 3

24/02/24 Essex Senior League
WHITE ENSIGN 0
STANWAY ROVERS 4

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White Ensign are currently in 15th place in the Essex Senior League Premier. They have 36 points from 33 games with 9 wins, 9 draws, and 15 defeats. They have a -15 goal difference, scoring 44 and conceding 59. Their record on the road is, won 3, drawn 5, and lost 9, scoring 20 and conceding 32. The wins were:

28 November 2023
West Essex 0 White Ensign 1
03 October 2023
Stanway Rovers 0 White Ensign 1
29 July 2023
Coggeshall Town 1 White Ensign 2

In current form, they sit 19th out of 20, with 1 win,1 draw and 4 defeats, scoring 8 and conceding 15. The Bridge are 9th out of 20 with 3 wins and 3 defeats, scoring 8 and conceding 10

Note – This is the official player list as per the Full Time Website. Some of the players listed may have left the club.
Robert Adams
Iyiola Adebayo
Denzel Adebiyi
Aaron Akoman-Ehikpa
Robbie Allen
Deonte Ashun
Mechack-Kisoka Asuka
Joseph Atoki
Ayodeji Banjo
Liam Barry
Dalton Bonfim
Billy Bonham-Dare
Jaden Bonnick
Liam Boxall
Kian Bradshaw
Daniel Brock
Nathan Burrell
Josh Cavanagh
Jake Chaplin
Oliver Chaplin
Ashley Chukwuemeka
Alfie Cook
Robert Criveteanu
Llyam Curtis
Ashley Drury
Ethan Evison
Harry Ray Fairs
Callum Ferris
Albert Galbally
Alexander Gillespie
George Godfrey
Kacper Gruszczynski
Jonnie Gurie
Joseph Gurie
Trevor Harding
Connor Hart
Henry Hart
Rohan Hart
Tarique Henry
Cody Hines
Jack Howard
Joseph Hunter
Billy Hutchison
Mekhi Hyde
Sahid Kamara
Steven Kodjo
Adrijus Lapacinskas
Alfie Lindfield
Ryan Lynch
David Macauley
Darren Masaire
Kyle McAlindon
Archie McFadden
Joshua McFaull
Jack Mead
Bobby Meeke
Callum Merenda
Amer Mohamed
Daniel Monk
Thabo Ngwenya
Destiny Oduh
Akorede Oke
Mark Pinney
Owen Reynolds
Ben Sargent
Max Saunders
Thomas Sauvary-Hines
Robbie Scanlon
Jayden Silcott-Brown
Kian Skilbeck
Austin Smart
Adam Smith
Kurt Smith
Jack Sparrow
Owen Spaull
Mitchell Stuart-Evans
Charlie Sullivan
Jack Thompson
Jayden Tshimanga
Valentine Tyrell
Razvan Vladut
Taylor Warden
Woody Wells
Darnell Russell
Joseph Whitney
Nathan Wilson
Brandon Woods
Daniel Wringe
Harley Yates
Alfie Yeend

This is an interesting one…it would have been Ezekiel Bademosi who has scored 13 in 22 games but he’s joined Barking. Then it would have been Joe Gregory with 6 goals in 25 games but he’s joined Sporting Bengal United!

So maybe we go with Mechack Asuka and Kian Skilbeck who scored in the 3-1 win over Buckhurst Hill and Mechack has also scored 5 in 17 so better watch him closely.

At Burroughs Park on the 24th of January, when Ensign beat The Bridge 2-1. With 79 watching, Ezekiel Bademosi for Ensign and Zayshaun Asamoah for The Bridge left the score at 1-1 after the first 45 minutes. Young Austin Smart with his first senior goal scored a very late winner to give Ensign the three points.

As we reach the dying embers of The Bridge’s play-off challenge, this is a must-win game and so too are the other remaining 6 matches. It’s not over until it’s over so we continue to hope. The boys need all the support we can give so…