List of Greater London League seasons

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 Slade Green Athletic (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 Swanley 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 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 the league
Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1966–67

Premier Division

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

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:

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 Swanley Town (P) 22 15 2 5 60 34 +26 32 Promoted to new 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 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 RAS & RA 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:

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 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 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:

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 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
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 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 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 Penhill Standard (P) 22 15 5 2 68 28 +40 35 Promotion to Greater London League
2 Slade Green Athletic (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 Heathside Sports (P) 22 7 6 9 53 51 +2 20
9 Woolwich Polytechnic (P) 22 8 4 10 36 48 −12 20
10 RAS & RA (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 Swanley 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 Slade Green Athletic 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 Penhill Standard 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 RAS & RA 40 5 7 28 35 107 −72 17 Placed in A Section, Changed name to Royal Arsenal Sports
21 Heathside Sports 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 BROB Barnet 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 Royal Arsenal Sports (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 Penhill Standard (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 Swanley 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 Heathside Sports (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