football
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club based in
Edmonton
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,
London
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, England. Formed in 1950 by a merger of
Tufnell Park
Tufnell Park is an area in north London, England, in the London boroughs of Islington and Camden.
The neighborhood is served by Tufnell Park tube station on the Northern Line.
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;Medieval and later manor
Tufnell ...
Tufnell Park
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The neighborhood is served by Tufnell Park tube station on the Northern Line.
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Tufnell ...
and Edmonton Borough (who had been groundsharing at Edmonton's Barrass Stadium since shortly after
World War II
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) and was initially named Tufnell Park Edmonton. The new club took Tufnell Park's place in the
Isthmian League
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Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
; Tufnell Park had finished bottom of the table for the two previous seasons, and the merged club finished bottom of the league for the next two seasons. After failing to be re-elected at the end of the 1951–52 season, they joined the
Spartan League
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The Spartan League was establish ...
in 1952. After two mid-table finishes,Spartan League 1934–1955 Non-League Matters they left the Spartan League to join the
Delphian League
The Delphian League was an English amateur football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
The league was formed in 1951 with 14 clubs and was effectively a level below the Corinthian League.Hertford Town 5–2 on aggregate in the two-legged championship play-off. The league was disbanded at the end of the season, and like most of the other Delphian League clubs, Edmonton became members of the new Division Two of the
Athenian League
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. They won the Division Two Cup in 1967–68 and 1968–69,Senior History Haringey Borough F.C. and in 1969–70 the club were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One.
In 1973 Edmonton merged with Haringey Borough in 1973 to form Edmonton & Haringey, with the new club taking Edmonton's place in the Athenian League but playing at Haringey Borough's Coles Park.
Honours
*Athenian League
**Division Two Cup winners 1967–68, 1968–69
*Delphian League
**Champions 1962–63
**Western Division champions 1962–63
Records
*Best
FA Cup
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performance: Third qualifying round, 1953–54, 1968–69, 1969–70