The Great Western Suburban League was a

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league that was primarily held in the

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, founded in 1904.

History

The Great Western Suburban League was founded in 1904, drawing its membership from the

to the west of

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. The league was generally considered by clubs to be a stepping stone to the

Spartan League The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League. History The Spartan League was establish ...

. After the 1926–27 season, all the member clubs left, with a new constitution of teams being formed for the following season. Following the 1930–31 season, in which only seven teams competed, the league folded.

Champions

Member clubs

*1st Coldstream Guards *1st Grenadier Guards *1st Irish Guards * 1st Scots Guards * 2nd Grenadier Guards *2nd Scots Guards *3rd Coldstream Guards * 3rd Grenadier Guards *19th Royal Hussars *Ashford * Berkhamsted Town reserves * Botwell Mission * Botwell Mission reserves *

Brentford reserves Brentford F.C. Reserves was the reserve team of Brentford. The reserve team played at varying times from 1900 until 2011. During the 2012 off-season, the English reserve football pyramid and youth system was overhauled under the Elite Player Per ...

*Bush Hill Park reserves * Chesham United reserves *Chiswick Generals *Cowley *Ealing Celtic *Feltham Sports *Firestones *Fourstores *Great Western Railway reserves *Hanwell *Hanwell Athletic *Hanwell Guild *Harmondsworth St. Mary's *Harrow & Greenhill *Harrow Weald *Hayesco *Holland Athletic reserves *

Hounslow Hounslow () is a large suburban district of West London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 12 metropolitan centres in Gr ...

*Hounslow Rangers *Kensington Town * Leavesden Mental Hospital *Leyland Motors *Lyons Club reserves *Maidenhead Norfolkians *

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously ...

* Marlow *Minters Athletic *Napier * Newbury Town *Paddington *Park Royal reserves *RAF Uxbridge *Reading Amateurs * Reading reserves *Reading United *Roxeth & Harrow Old Boys *Royal Horse Guards *Savoy Hotel *

Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Although primarily residential in character, i ...

Slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...

*Slough Trading Company *

Southall Southall () is a large suburban county of West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...

*Southall United * Staines *Staines Lagonda *

Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbrid ...

*Uxbridge Town *Uxbridge Town reserves *Uxbridge Unity *Watford Old Boys *Watford Old Boys reserves *W.E.R.S.A.C *Western United *Willesden Town * Windsor & Eton * Windsor & Eton reserves *

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

reserves *

Yiewsley Yiewsley ( ) is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, 2 miles (3 km) south of Uxbridge, the borough's commercial and administrative centre. Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middl ...

*Yiewsley Juniors

References

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