After a week long break, Rovers come into the game with a mix run of results by picking up five points in five league games and two wins in two cup games in the Essex Senior Cup and the Errington Challenge Cup.

Little Oakley are no strangers to the Rovers as they faced off four times last season, including two cup finals where Rovers came out on top in all four encounters. However, despite finishing seventh last season, they are looking to go one better this season as they have strengthened and currently sit fifth inside the playoff spots.

Brief History of Little Oakley:
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. In the 1987–88 season, the club were initially accepted into the Eastern Counties League Division One for the following season, before failing ground grading.

The club was promoted as champions of the Essex & 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.

Since then, Little Oakley have improved dramatically in such a short space of time every season and last season they reached two cup finals in last years campaign.

Recent Form:

14th Oct Little Oakley 5-0 Dagenham & Redbridge (Essex Senior Cup 3rd Round)
18th Oct Ilford 0-1 Little Oakley (FA Vase 1st Round Proper)
21st Oct Little Oakley 3-0 Basildon United (Errington Challenge Cup 1st Round)
25th Oct Halstead Town 2-3 Little Oakley
8th Nov Little Oakley 0-1 Harpenden Town

Recent Encounters:

Rovers first played Little Oakley in 2023 in the Essex Senior League.

Played: 6
Won: 4
Drawn: 0
Lost: 2

5th May 2025 Little Oakley 1-1 Rovers (Errington Cup final: 1-1 Rovers won 3-1 on penalties)
1st Apr 2025 Rovers 1-0 Little Oakley
26th Mar 2025 Little Oakley 0-1 Rovers (Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy Final)
3rd Sep 2024 Little Oakley 2-4 Rovers
16th Mar 2024 Little Oakley 4-2 Rovers

How To Get There:

By Train:
he nearest Railway Station is Dovercourt, which is served by the London Liverpool Street to Ipswich main line. You must alight at Manningtree and take the link line, which terminates at Harwich Town. There is a taxi rank near Dovercourt station or alternatively you can take the Number 3 bus. The bus stop is situated on the High Street, near Kingsway, although the taxi service is the recommended mode of transport to and from Dovercourt station.

By Car:
Leave the A12 at Junction 29 for the A120. Follow rest of route along the A120 as specified above.

Admission Prices:

Adults £10
Concessions £5
U16s £2

Other ESL Fixtures:

Saturday 15th
Benfleet v Athletic Newham
White Ensign v Sporting Bengal United
Barking v Woodford Town
Frenford v Halstead Town
Hackney Wick v Harwich & Parkeston
Hullbridge Sports v Basildon United
Ilford v Romford
Saffron Walden Town v Buckhurst Hill
SOUL Tower Hamlets v West Essex