List of Greater London League seasons

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The Greater London League ran for seven seasons between 1964 and 1971.

1964–65[]

A Section[]

The A Section was composed of:

  • Six clubs from the London League Premier Division (Barkingside, Epping Town, Hatfield Town, Hermes, London Transport and West Thurrock Athletic)
  • Three clubs from the Aetolian League (East Ham United, Eton Manor and Ford United)
  • Two clubs from the London League Division One (CAV Athletic and Canvey Island)
  • One club from the Essex and Suffolk Border League (Crittall Athletic)
  • Chingford
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Eton Manor 24 16 6 2 79 26 +53 38
2 Hatfield Town 24 16 4 4 76 37 +39 36 Joined Metropolitan League[1]
3 Crittall Athletic 24 16 3 5 59 37 +22 35
4 Ford United 24 14 4 6 68 35 +33 32
5 West Thurrock Athletic 24 14 4 6 64 34 +30 32
6 East Ham United 24 12 4 8 64 54 +10 28
7 Epping Town 24 10 5 9 56 52 +4 25
8 Canvey Island 24 9 2 13 39 53 −14 20
9 Chingford (R) 24 5 6 13 30 47 −17 16 Relegated to Division One
10 Barkingside (R) 24 6 3 15 36 76 −40 15
11 Hermes (R) 24 6 2 16 40 57 −17 14
12 CAV Athletic (R) 24 5 2 17 41 58 −17 12
13 London Transport (R) 24 4 1 19 28 114 −86 9
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

B Section[]

The B Section was composed of:

  • Seven clubs from the Aetolian League (Beckenham Town, Cray Wanderers, Crockenhill, Faversham Town, Sheppey United, Snowdown Colliery Welfare and Whitstable Town)
  • Four clubs from the London League Premier Division (ROFSA, Slade Green Athletic, Ulysses and Woolwich Polytechnic)
  • Tunbridge Wells Rangers
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Sheppey United 22 20 0 2 71 20 +51 40 Joined Metropolitan League[2]
2 Cray Wanderers 21 15 3 3 63 24 +39 33
3 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 22 15 3 4 52 22 +30 33 Left the league
4 Crockenhill 22 12 2 8 64 35 +29 26
5 Beckenham 22 9 4 9 46 44 +2 22 Renamed Beckenham Town
6 Woolwich Polytechnic 22 10 2 10 44 45 −1 22
7 Ulysses 22 9 3 10 31 39 −8 21
8 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 22 8 4 10 29 48 −19 20 Renamed Tunbridge Wells
9 Faversham Town 22 8 3 11 38 48 −10 19
10 Whitstable (R) 22 6 3 13 49 76 −27 15 Relegated to Division One, renamed Whitstable Town
11 (R) 22 2 2 18 20 67 −47 6 Relegated to Division One
12 ROFSA (R) 21 1 3 17 21 60 −39 5
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

1965–66[]

Premier Division[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Cray Wanderers 26 19 4 3 57 30 +27 42 Joined Metropolitan League[3]
2 West Thurrock Athletic 26 16 6 4 80 39 +41 38
3 Crittall Athletic 26 16 5 5 80 45 +35 37 Joined Metropolitan League[3]
4 Eton Manor 26 15 4 7 66 42 +24 34
5 Canvey Island 26 16 2 8 59 39 +20 34
6 Crockenhill 26 13 4 9 60 44 +16 30
7 Ford United 26 13 4 9 49 42 +7 30
8 Ulysses 26 10 2 14 37 42 −5 22
9 Faversham Town 26 10 1 15 43 57 −14 21
10 Epping Town 26 8 4 14 51 60 −9 20
11 East Ham United 26 8 2 16 44 83 −39 18
12 Woolwich Polytechnic 26 7 3 16 43 64 −21 17
13 Beckenham Town (R) 26 5 2 19 39 77 −38 12 Relegated to Division One
14 Tunbridge Wells 26 3 3 20 21 65 −44 9 Left the league
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division One[]

Four new clubs joined Division One for the 1965–66 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Highfield (P) 22 14 3 5 62 34 +28 31 Promoted to Premier Division
2 Barkingside (P) 22 14 3 5 51 32 +19 31
3 22 12 4 6 53 36 +17 28 Renamed Swanley Town
4 Whitstable Town 22 10 6 6 40 30 +10 26
5 Hermes 22 11 3 8 64 31 +33 25
6 Bexley 22 9 4 9 42 44 −2 22
7 Chingford 22 8 4 10 53 48 +5 20
8 22 6 6 10 34 41 −7 18
9 CAV Athletic 22 8 2 12 38 46 −8 18
10 22 7 4 11 35 56 −21 18
11 London Transport 22 7 2 13 32 70 −38 16
12 ROFSA 22 4 3 15 34 70 −36 11 Left the league
Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1966–67[]

Premier Division[]

Four new clubs joined the Premier Division for the 1966–67 season:

  • Barkingside (promoted from Division One)
  • Highfield (promoted from Division One)
  • Willesden (from the Spartan League)
  • Deal Town (from the Southern League)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Epping Town 26 16 6 4 73 32 +41 38
2 Eton Manor 26 15 5 6 58 29 +29 35
3 West Thurrock Athletic 26 12 8 6 53 39 +14 32
4 East Ham United 26 13 5 8 58 45 +13 31
5 Deal Town 26 12 3 11 57 58 −1 27
6 Crockenhill 26 11 4 11 52 55 −3 26
7 Ford United 26 9 7 10 44 45 −1 25
8 Ulysses 26 8 9 9 49 63 −14 25
9 Highfield 26 8 8 10 45 58 −13 24
10 Woolwich Polytechnic 26 6 11 9 33 41 −8 23
11 Chertsey Town 26 9 5 12 47 66 −19 23 Joined Spartan League
12 Canvey Island 26 8 5 13 54 53 +1 21
13 Barkingside (R) 26 7 5 14 51 68 −17 19 Relegated to Division Two
14 Willesden (R) 26 5 5 16 41 63 −22 15
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division One[]

Division One featured three new clubs for the 1966–67 season:

  • Beckenham Town (relegated from the Premier Division)
  • Battersea United
  • RAS & RA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Battersea United (P) 22 18 3 1 58 14 +44 39 Promoted to new Division One
2 (P) 22 15 2 5 60 34 +26 32 Promoted to new Division One, renamed Swanley
3 22 11 6 5 53 40 +13 28
4 Beckenham Town 22 9 6 7 47 42 +5 24
5 Chingford 22 10 3 9 65 37 +28 23
6 22 9 5 8 43 48 −5 23
7 Whitstable Town 22 8 3 11 35 35 0 19 Joined Kent Premier League[4]
8 CAV Athletic 22 8 3 11 35 41 −6 19
9 Bexley 22 6 6 10 34 41 −7 18
10 Hermes 22 5 4 13 28 65 −37 14 Left the league
11 22 5 3 14 24 53 −29 13
12 London Transport 22 5 2 15 37 69 −32 12
Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1967–68[]

The Premier Division was renamed Division One, and Division One renamed Division Two prior to the start of the 1967–68 season.

Division One[]

Division One featured three new clubs for the 1967–68 season:

  • Battersea United (promoted from old Division One)
  • Swanley (promoted from old Division One)
  • Woodford Town (from the Metropolitan League)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Canvey Island 26 17 4 5 61 37 +24 38
2 Eton Manor 26 13 9 4 52 26 +26 35
3 Woodford Town 26 13 5 8 46 35 +11 31
4 Ford United 26 11 8 7 37 31 +6 30
5 Deal Town 26 10 9 7 40 30 +10 29
6 Battersea United 26 11 7 8 42 35 +7 29
7 Highfield 26 9 10 7 56 47 +9 28
8 East Ham United 26 10 7 9 46 40 +6 27
9 West Thurrock Athletic 26 13 1 12 52 51 +1 27 Left the league
10 Epping Town 26 11 4 11 58 50 +8 26
11 26 8 7 11 49 52 −3 23
12 Ulysses 26 7 6 13 34 54 −20 20
13 Crockenhill 26 3 7 16 25 64 −39 13 Joined Kent League[5]
14 Woolwich Polytechnic (R) 26 2 4 20 23 69 −46 8 Relegated to Division Two
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division Two[]

Division Two featured three new clubs for the 1967–68 season:

  • Barkingside (relegated from the Premier Division)
  • Willesden (relegated from the Premier Division)
  • Brentsonians
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Willesden (P) 20 12 6 2 46 14 +32 30 Promoted to Division One
2 Chingford (P) 20 14 0 6 58 30 +28 28
3 Brentstonians 20 11 5 4 39 26 +13 27
4 Barkingside 20 10 5 5 41 30 +11 25
5 Bexley 20 9 6 5 41 33 +8 24
6 Beckenham Town 20 9 5 6 45 26 +19 23
7 20 7 4 9 21 33 −12 18
8 20 6 5 9 32 38 −6 17
9 CAV Athletic 20 5 4 11 25 44 −19 14
10 20 3 1 16 17 49 −32 7
11 London Transport 20 1 5 14 21 63 −42 7
Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1968–69[]

Division One[]

Division One featured two new clubs for the 1968–69 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Canvey Island 24 14 9 1 53 20 +33 37
2 Deal Town 24 14 7 3 42 23 +19 35
3 Willesden 24 13 7 4 50 29 +21 33
4 East Ham United 24 13 5 6 65 26 +39 31
5 Epping Town 24 13 4 7 58 33 +25 30 Joined Metropolitan League[6]
6 Eton Manor 24 9 4 11 29 40 −11 22
7 24 8 4 12 41 44 −3 20
8 Ulysses 24 6 7 11 37 50 −13 19
9 Ford United 24 7 5 12 24 43 −19 19
10 Battersea United 24 6 7 11 29 48 −19 19 Left the league
11 Woodford Town 24 3 12 9 30 38 −8 18
12 Chingford 24 6 3 15 33 59 −26 15
13 Highfield 24 5 4 15 32 70 −38 14
Source: Non-League Matters

Division Two[]

Division Two featured three new clubs for the 1968–69 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 (P) 22 15 5 2 68 28 +40 35 Promotion to Greater London League
2 (P) 22 14 6 2 45 19 +26 34
3 Brentstonians (P) 22 13 1 8 44 26 +18 27
4 Beckenham Town 22 12 2 8 45 29 +16 26 Left the league
5 Northern Polytechnic (P) 22 9 7 6 41 45 −4 25 Promotion to Greater London League
6 Bexley (P) 22 10 4 8 41 38 +3 24
7 Barkingside (P) 22 10 1 11 42 42 0 21
8 (P) 22 7 6 9 53 51 +2 20
9 Woolwich Polytechnic (P) 22 8 4 10 36 48 −12 20
10 (P) 22 6 4 12 43 54 −11 16
11 CAV Athletic (P) 22 3 4 15 31 60 −29 10
12 London Transport 22 2 2 18 27 76 −49 6 Left the league
Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1969–70[]

The league featured one new club for the 1969–70 season:

  • Merton United
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 East Ham United 40 30 6 4 134 39 +95 66 Left the league
2 Ford United 40 29 4 7 117 40 +77 62 Placed in A Section
3 40 29 3 8 90 50 +40 61 Placed in B Section
4 Eton Manor 40 25 9 6 90 39 +51 59 Placed in A Section
5 Brentstonians 40 24 11 5 63 42 +21 59 Placed in B Section
6 Canvey Island 40 27 4 9 145 47 +98 58 Placed in A Section
7 Deal Town 40 23 6 11 90 39 +51 52 Placed in B Section
8 Bexley 40 18 8 14 94 81 +13 44 Placed in A Section
9 Highfield 40 16 11 13 78 65 +13 43 Placed in B Section
10 40 17 7 16 69 67 +2 41 Joined Kent League[7]
11 Northern Polytechnic 40 16 6 18 57 54 +3 38 Placed in B Section
12 40 14 10 16 80 87 −7 38 Placed in A Section
13 Ulysses 40 15 4 21 68 77 −9 34 Placed in B Section
14 CAV 40 13 8 19 69 95 −26 34 Placed in A Section
15 Chingford 40 12 7 21 64 94 −30 31 Placed in B Section
16 Willesden 40 8 10 22 41 89 −48 26 Placed in A Section
17 Woolwich Polytechnic 40 9 4 27 45 96 −51 22 Placed in B Section
18 Merton United 40 8 4 28 48 113 −65 20 Left the league
19 Barkingside 40 5 9 26 36 127 −91 19 Placed in B Section
20 40 5 7 28 35 107 −72 17 Placed in A Section, Changed name to Royal Arsenal Sports
21 40 4 8 28 37 102 −65 16 Placed in B Section
Source: Non-League Matters

1970–71[]

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1970–71 season:

  • BROB Barnet
  • Vokins

A Section[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Ford United 18 16 1 1 64 16 +48 33 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
2 Eton Manor 18 12 3 3 48 12 +36 27
3 Canvey Island 18 11 3 4 45 22 +23 25
4 18 8 4 6 30 27 +3 20
5 Vokins (R) 18 8 3 7 32 34 −2 19 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
6 Bexley (R) 18 8 3 7 36 40 −4 19
7 Willesden 18 5 3 10 16 36 −20 13 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
8 (R) 18 4 1 13 14 51 −37 9 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed RAS & RA
9 CAV Athletic 18 3 2 13 22 52 −30 8 Left the league
10 (R) 18 2 3 13 29 46 −17 7 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

B Section[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Ulysses 18 11 6 1 39 14 +25 28 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
2 Highfield (R) 18 11 5 2 38 18 +20 27 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
3 18 11 4 3 36 14 +22 26 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
4 Deal Town 18 9 3 6 27 27 0 21 Joined Kent League
5 Northern Polytechnic (R) 18 7 5 6 26 23 +3 19 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed Polytechnic
6 Brentstonians (R) 18 4 8 6 20 21 −1 16 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
7 (R) 18 4 5 9 28 31 −3 13
8 Chingford 18 4 5 9 15 25 −10 13 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
9 Barkingside (R) 18 2 6 10 11 42 −31 10 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
10 Woolwich Polytechnic (R) 18 0 7 11 18 43 −25 7 Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed Thames Polytechnic
Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

References[]

  1. ^ Hatfield Town at the Football Club History Database
  2. ^ Sheppey United at the Football Club History Database
  3. ^ Cray Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ Whitstable Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ Crockenhill at the Football Club History Database
  6. ^ Epping Town at the Football Club History Database
  7. ^ Slade Green Athletic at the Football Club History Database
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