List of Greater London League seasons

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

1964–65

A Section

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 Left to join the 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 24 5 6 13 30 47 17 16 Relegated to Division One
10 Barkingside 24 6 3 15 36 76 40 15
11 Hermes 24 6 2 16 40 57 17 14
12 CAV 24 5 2 17 41 58 17 12
13 London Transport 24 4 1 19 28 114 86 9

B Section

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Sheppey United 22 20 0 2 71 20 +51 40 Left to join the 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 league at end of season
4 Crockenhill 22 12 2 8 64 35 +29 26
5 Beckenham 22 9 4 9 46 44 +2 22 Renamed Beckenham Town at end of season
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 at end of season
9 Faversham Town 22 8 3 11 38 48 10 19
10 Whitstable 22 6 3 13 49 76 27 15 Relegated, renamed Whitstable Town at end of season
11 Slade Green Athletic 22 2 2 18 20 67 47 6 Relegated to Division One
12 ROFSA 21 1 3 17 21 60 39 5

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 Left to join the 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
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 26 5 2 19 39 77 38 12 Relegated to Division One
14 Tunbridge Wells 26 3 3 20 21 65 44 9 Left league at end of season

Division One

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

  • Bexley
  • Penhill Standard
  • Swanley
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Highfield 22 14 3 5 62 34 +28 31 Promoted to Premier Division
2 Barkingside 22 14 3 5 51 32 +19 31
3 Swanley 22 12 4 6 53 36 +17 28 Renamed Swanley Town at end of season
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 Penhill Standard 22 6 6 10 34 41 7 18
9 CAV Athletic 22 8 2 12 38 46 8 18
10 Slade Green Athletic 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 league at end of season

1966–67

Premier Division

Three 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)
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 Left to join the Spartan League
12 Canvey Island 26 8 5 13 54 53 +1 21
13 Barkingside 26 7 5 14 51 68 17 19 Relegated to Division Two
14 Willesden 26 5 5 16 41 63 22 15

Division One

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

  • Beckenham Town (relegated from the Premier Division)
  • RAS & RA
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Battersea United 22 18 3 1 58 14 +44 39 Promoted to Division One
2 Swanley Town 22 15 2 5 60 34 +26 32 Promoted to Division one, Renamed Swanley
3 Slade Green Athletic 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 Penhill Standard 22 9 5 8 43 48 5 23
7 Whitstable Town 22 8 3 11 35 35 0 19 Left to join the 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 league at end of season
11 RAS & RA 22 5 3 14 24 53 29 13
12 London Transport 22 5 2 15 37 69 32 12

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:

  • Battersea United (promoted from Division One)
  • Swanley (promoted from 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
10 Epping Town 26 11 4 11 58 50 +8 26
11 Swanley 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 Left to join the Kent League[5]
14 Woolwich Polytechnic 26 2 4 20 23 69 46 8 Relegated to Division Two

Division Two

One new club, Brentsonians, joined Division Two for the 1967–68 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Willesden 20 12 6 2 46 14 +32 30 Promoted to Division One
2 Chingford 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 Slade Green Athletic 20 7 4 9 21 33 12 18
8 Penhill Standard 20 6 5 9 32 38 6 17
9 CAV Athletic 20 5 4 11 25 44 19 14
10 RAS & RA 20 3 1 16 17 49 32 7
11 London Transport 20 1 5 14 21 63 42 7

1968–69

Division One

Division One featured one new club, Willesden, who had been promoted from Division Two.

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 Left to join the Metropolitan League[6]
6 Eton Manor 24 9 4 11 29 40 11 22
7 Swanley 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 league at end of season
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

Division Two

Division Two featured one new club, Woolwich Polytechnic, who had been relegated from Division One.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Penhill Standard 22 15 5 2 68 28 +40 35
2 Slade Green Athletic 22 14 6 2 45 19 +26 34
3 Brentstonians 22 13 1 8 44 26 +18 27
4 Beckenham Town 22 12 2 8 45 29 +16 26 Left league at end of season
5 Northern Polytechnic 22 9 7 6 41 45 4 25
6 Bexley 22 10 4 8 41 38 +3 24
7 Barkingside 22 10 1 11 42 42 0 21
8 Heathside Sports 22 7 6 9 53 51 +2 20
9 Woolwich Polytechnic 22 8 4 10 36 48 12 20
10 RAS & RA 22 6 4 12 43 54 11 16
11 CAV Athletic 22 3 4 15 31 60 29 10
12 London Transport 22 2 2 18 27 76 49 6 Left league at end of season

1969–70

One new club, Merton United, joined the league for the 1969–70 season.

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

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 Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
2 Eton Manor 18 12 3 3 48 12 +36 27
3 Canvey Island 18 11 3 4 45 22 +23 25
4 BROB Barnet 18 8 4 6 30 27 +3 20
5 Vokins 18 8 3 7 32 34 2 19
6 Bexley 18 8 3 7 36 40 4 19 Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
7 Willesden 18 5 3 10 16 36 20 13 Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
8 Royal Arsenal Sports 18 4 1 13 14 51 37 9 Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan League, renamed RAS & RA
9 CAV Athletic 18 3 2 13 22 52 30 8 Left league at end of season
10 Penhill Standard 18 2 3 13 29 46 17 7 Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League

B Section

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Ulysses 18 11 6 1 39 14 +25 28 Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
2 Highfield 18 11 5 2 38 18 +20 27 Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
3 Swanley 18 11 4 3 36 14 +22 26 Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
4 Deal Town 18 9 3 6 27 27 0 21 Left league at end of season
5 Northern Polytechnic 18 7 5 6 26 23 +3 19 Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Polytechnic
6 Brentstonians 18 4 8 6 20 21 1 16 Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
7 Heathside Sports 18 4 5 9 28 31 3 13
8 Chingford 18 4 5 9 15 25 10 13 Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
9 Barkingside 18 2 6 10 11 42 31 10 Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
10 Woolwich Polytechnic 18 0 7 11 18 43 25 7 Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Thames Polytechnic

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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