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1995–96 Isthmian League
The 1995–96 season was the 81st season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league consisted of four divisions. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs: * Worthing, promoted as runners-up in Division One * Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Division One * Chertsey Town, promoted as third in Division One * Yeovil Town, relegated from the Football Conference League table Division One Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division: * Chesham United * Marlow * Wokingham Town Three clubs promoted from Division Two: * Barton Rovers * Oxford City * Thame United Plus: * Leyton Pennant replaced Leyton, who merged with Walthamstow Pennant. League table Division Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 teams in four divisions: the Premier Division above its three feeder divisions, the North, South Central and South East divisions. Together with the Southern League and the Northern Premier League, it forms the seventh and eighth levels of the English football league system. It has various regional feeder leagues and the league as a whole is a feeder league mainly to the National League South. History Before the Isthmian League was formed, there were no leagues in which amateur football clubs could compete, only knock-out cup competitions. Therefore, a meeting took place between representatives of Casuals, Civil Service, Clapton, Ealing Association, Ilford and London Caledonians to discuss the creation of a strong amateur league. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Albans City F
ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy and theology by St. Thomas Aquinas * St or St., abbreviation of "State", especially in the name of a college or university Businesses and organizations Transportation * Germania (airline) (IATA airline designator ST) * Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, abbreviated as State Transport * Sound Transit, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington state, US * Springfield Terminal Railway (Vermont) (railroad reporting mark ST) * Suffolk County Transit, or Suffolk Transit, the bus system serving Suffolk County, New York Other businesses and organizations * Statstjänstemannaförbundet, or Swedish Union of Civil Servants, a trade union * The Secret Team, an alleged covert alliance between the CIA and American indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford City F
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford. The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142. The university rose to dominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996–97 Football Conference
The Football Conference season of 1996–97 was the eighteenth season of the Football Conference, also known as the ''Vauxhall Conference'' for sponsorship reasons. Overview Macclesfield Town F.C., Macclesfield Town won their second Conference title in three years, and this time earned a promotion to the Football League – thanks to their upgraded stadium – at the expense of Hereford United F.C., Hereford United. New teams in the league this season * Hayes F.C., Hayes (promoted 1995–96) * Rushden & Diamonds F.C., Rushden & Diamonds (promoted 1995–96) Final league table Results Promotion and relegation Promoted * Macclesfield Town F.C., Macclesfield Town (to the Football League Third Division) * Cheltenham Town F.C., Cheltenham Town (from the Southern Football League, Southern Premier League) * Leek Town F.C., Leek Town (from the Northern Premier League) * Yeovil Town F.C., Yeovil Town (from the Isthmian League) Relegated * Hereford United F.C., Hereford United (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromley F
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, chartered in 1158. Its location on a coaching route and the opening of a railway station in 1858 were key to its development and the shift from an agrarian village to an urban town. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Bromley significantly increased in population and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1903 and became part of the London Borough of Bromley in 1965. Bromley today forms a major retail and commercial centre. It is identified in the London Plan as one of the 13 metropolitan centres of Greater London. History Bromley is first recorded in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 862 as ''Bromleag'' and means 'woodland clearing where broom grows'. It shares this Old English etymology with Great Bromley in easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitchin Town F
Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842. History Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people, a tribe holding 300 Hide (unit), hides of land as mentioned in a 7th-century document,Gover, J E B, Mawer, A and Stenton, F M 1938 ''The Place-Names of Hertfordshire'' English Place-Names Society volume XV, 8 the Tribal Hidage. Hicce, or Hicca, may mean ''the people of the horse.'' The tribal name is Old English and derives from the Middle Angles, Middle Anglian people. It has been suggested that Hitchin was the location of 'Councils of Clovesho, Clofeshoh', the place chosen in 673 by Theodore of Tarsus the Archbishop of Canterbury during the Synod of Hertford, the first meeting of representatives of the fledgling Christianity, Christian churches of Anglo-Saxon England, to hold annual synods of the churches as Theodore attempted to conso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grays Athletic F
Grays or Greys may refer to: Places * Grays Bay, Nunavut, Canada * Grays, Essex, a town in Essex, England ** Grays railway station ** Grays School * Grays, Kent, a hamlet in Kent, England * Rotherfield Greys or Greys, a village in Oxfordshire, England * Grays, Washington, an unincorporated community in Washington, United States Sports * Grays International, a UK-based sports company * Homestead Grays, Negro league baseball dynasty * Louisville Grays, one of the original eight members of the National League * Los Angeles Dodgers, a baseball team in California, United States * Providence Grays, a Major League Baseball team that folded in 1885 ** Providence Grays (minor league), several minor league baseball teams between 1886 and 1949 Other uses * Gray or grey, an achromatic color * Gray (unit), a unit of measurement of ionizing radiation * Grey aliens or Greys, a supposed race of extraterrestrials * Royal Scots Greys, a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 to 1971 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurrock F
Thurrock () is a unitary authority area with borough status and unparished area in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The local authority is Thurrock Council. The borough It lies on the River Thames just to the east of London. With over of riverfront it covers an area of , with more than half defined as Green Belt. With Greater London to the west and the river to the south, the county of Essex abuts the Borough to the north and east, and across the river lies Kent. Politics The local authority is Thurrock Council. Elections are held 3 out of every 5 years. In 2021, the Conservative Party took overall control of the council, having been a minority-party administration since 2016. Thurrock is covered by two parliamentary constituencies. Thurrock includes most of the borough while South Basildon and East Thurrock includes some wards in the east of the borough. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendon F
Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Greater London since 1965. Hendon falls almost entirely within the NW4 postcode, while the West Hendon part falls in NW9. Colindale to the north-west was once considered part of Hendon but is today separated by the M1 motorway. The district is most famous for the London Aerodrome which later became the RAF Hendon; from 1972 the site of the RAF station was gradually handed over to the RAF Museum. The railways reached Hendon in 1868 with Hendon station on the Midland Main Line, followed by the London Underground further east under the name Hendon Central in 1923. Brent Street emerged as its commercial centre by the 1890s. A social polarity was developed between the uphill areas of Hendon and the lowlands around the railway station. Hendon is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeading F
Yeading ( ) is a settlement in west London, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War. Etymology Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the people of Geddi".Catherine Kelter, ''Hayes: A Concise History'' (Hillingdon Borough Libraries, 1988), p. 9. History The earliest surviving documented allusion to Yeading dates from 757 AD, in which year Æthelbald of Mercia made a land grant which mentioned ''Geddinges'' (Yeading) and ''Fiscesburne'' (Crane or Yeading Brook). The first land grant including Yeading was made by Offa in 790 to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury: "in the place called on linga Haese ayesand Geddinges eadingaround the stream called Fiscesburna rane or Yeading Brook"Kelter, ''Hayes'' (1988), p. 13. Anglo-Saxon settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of Hayes. Such details a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop's Stortford F
A bishop is a person of authority in a Christian church. Bishop, Bishops or Bishop's may also refer to: Religious roles * Bishop (Catholic Church) * Bishop (Eastern Orthodox Church) * Bishop (Latter Day Saints) * Bishop (Methodism) Places Antarctica * Bishop Peak (Antarctica) * Mount Bishop (Antarctica) Canada * Bishop Island, Nunavut * Bishop River, British Columbia * Bishop Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Mount Bishop (Camelsfoot Range), British Columbia * Mount Bishop (Elk Range), on the British Columbia–Alberta boundary * Mount Bishop (Fannin Range), British Columbia United Kingdom * Bishop Auckland, a town in County Durham, England, aka "Bishop" * Bishop's ward, in the London Borough of Lambeth United States * Bishop, California, a city * Bishop, Georgia, a small town * Bishop, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Bishop, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Bishop, Texas, a city * Bishop, Virginia and West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aylesbury United F
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes. Aylesbury was awarded Garden Town status in 2017. The housing target for the town is set to grow with 16,000 homes set to be built by 2033. History The town name is of Old English origin. Its first recorded name ''Æglesburgh'' is thought to mean "Fort of Ægel", though who Ægel was is not recorded. It is also possible that ''Ægeles-burh'', the settlement's Saxon name, means "church-burgh", from the Welsh word ''eglwys'' meaning "a church" (< ''ecclesia''). Excavations in the town centre in 1985 found an |
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