1987–88 Essex Senior Football League

The 1987–88 season was the 17th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with two new clubs:
 * Coggeshall Town, joined from the Reserve division
 * Woodford Town, resigned from the Southern Football League

Purfleet were champions, winning their first Essex Senior League title and were promoted to the Isthmian League.