BARKINGSIDEFC

In the following season there were massive changes at the Club: the senior management team and committee moved on en-bloc to a Ryman Premier Club and the lease at Oakside was sold on to Ford United (now Redbridge) who needed to find a permanent home to allow their progression up the football pyramid Barkingside FC derived considerable benefits from this. Considerable investment by Jimmy Chapman, the Ford/Redbridge Chairman, has seen Oakside developed to a grade 1 ground and Barkingside have a permanent ground-share agreement; indeed to demonstrate the intention that Barkingside would continue Jimmy Chapman became their president in a gesture of support

Seasons 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04 saw the club finish in fairly moderate mid-table positions as the new committee worked hard to consolidate the long-term future. The club continued to move forward competing hard for the Essex Senior League title and reaching 2 finals in the Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy only to lose them to Hornchurch and Brentwood Town In the 2007/08 season the club finished 3rd in the Essex Senior League finishing behind Enfield 1893 and champions Concord Rangers in the table. However they had led the division for some time but fell away towards the end losing 3 out of their last 4 games The club is now entering a new era after the Taylor family left the club after 8 years at the helm of the club.

After a turbulent start to the season where due to boardroom discontent Jimmy Flanagan took charge of the ship towards the end of December and with Tony Fenn's management team and a good group of players led the club to 5th place in the Essex Senior League and a well deserved 2-0 win over Burnham Ramblers, in the Essex Senior League Cup Final. It was a fitting end for the club after a hard season in which everyone involved at the club played their part!

2012/13 things got even better for Barkingside after a terrific campaign and a 2nd place finish, Side were promoted into the Ryman League One North and step 4 of the non-league pyramid. Under the management of Matt Frew (now in his second-full season) the club also won the Essex Senior League Cup final 9-1 against Bowers & Pitsea 2012/14 saw the club maintain their Ryman League status with a game to go as Frew’s side finished 20th. It was a marvellous achievement considering at one stage the club were struggling after losing 11 matches in a row At the end of the season, it was announced that the club would be moving to Cricklefields to ground-share with Ilford ending 56 years of playing at the Oakside

The club earned a reprieve from relegation after finishing 22nd. Matt Frew decided to leave the club at the end of the season and was replaced by Gus Gulfer Unfortunately the club finished 23rd and were relegated back to the Essex Senior League for at the end of the 2015/16 season, after three seasons as a Ryman club. Under Gulfer they finished 10th back in the Essex Senior League Gulfer would leave the club at the end of the season with ex-Clapton manager Michael Walther being appointed the club’s new manager for the 2017/18 season

After a tough season, 'Side finished 16th and avoided relegation, ensuring their ESL league status for another season After a tough start to the 2018/19 season, Walther would leave the club in November, with Alex Goldstone being appointed as interim manager until the end of the season With an improvement of results, the club would finish 19th, but were still relegated to the Eastern Senior League South Division. Ex-Redbridge Reserves boss Steven Le Sage was appointed the club's new manager ahead of the 2019/20 season, and helped rebuild the team both on and off the pitch The team were in 6th challenging for promotion, before the season was cancelled due to Covid-19

The following season - 2020/21 - the team were in 10th place, having played only 9 games before that season was cancelled also due to Covid-19. In the 2021/22 season, despite some promising results the team finished in 11th place.