The London League was a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

competition that was held in the

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and surrounding areas of south-east England from 1896 until 1964. In 1896 the president of the London League was

Arnold Hills Arnold Frank Hills (12 March 1857 – 7 March 1927) was an English businessman, sportsman, philanthropist, and promoter of vegetarianism. Biography Hills was born in Denmark Hill, Surrey, son of a manufacturing chemist. Arnold Hills was also ...

founder of

Thames Ironworks F.C. Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that later became West Ham United F.C., West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd owner Arnold Hills and foreman Dave Taylor (Thames Ironworks F.C. founder), Dave Taylor in ...

(which later reformed as

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

). One of the men who helped draft the rules of the competition was Francis Payne, club secretary of Thames Ironworks F.C. in 1897. The league started with three divisions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards winning the inaugural championship. The league fluctuated between having a single division and reaching four divisions. Before

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, most of the senior London

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clubs fielded a reserve side in the London League. In 1964, the London League ceased to exist, merging with the

Aetolian League The Aetolian (or Aitolian) League ( grc-gre, Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν) was a confederation of tribal communities and cities in ancient Greece centered in Aetolia in central Greece. It was probably established during the early Hellen ...

to form the

Greater London League The Greater London League was a football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the London League and the Aetolian League, after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both stru ...

, which then further merged in 1971 with the

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. This later merged into 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 ...

, which in turn merged into the modern

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Champions

London League Division One

*1896–1897 – 3rd Grenadier Guards *1897–1898 – Thames Ironworks *1898–1899 –

Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

Reserves *1899–1901 – Millwall Athletic Reserves *1901–1902 –

*1902–1903 –

*1903–1904 – Woolwich Arsenal Reserves *1904–1905 –

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 ...

*1908–1909 –

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

Reserves

London League Division Two

*1896–1897 –

Bromley 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, char ...

*1897–1898 –

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) * Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; an ...

*1898–1899 – Monsteds Athletic F.C. *1899–1900 –

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

*1900–1901 – Airdrieonians *1901–1902 – East Greenwich Gas Works F.C. *1902–1903 –

Reserves *1903–1904 – Catford Southend *1904–1905 –

Clapton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profess ...

Reserves *1911/1912 - Peel institute

London League Premier Division

*1901–1902 –

*1902–1903 –

*1903–1904 –

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east ...

*1908–1909 –

London League Division One A

*1909–1910 –

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In 1920, a third division, known as ''Division Two'' was added In 1924, Division Two was disbanded In 1939, the league was suspended due to the outbreak of

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. On the resumption of football after the War, nineteen clubs played in the London League, split into Western and Eastern Divisions. Eastern Division champions Woolwich Polytechnic beat Eastern Champions Edgware Town 2–1 in a play-off In 1946, the divisions were re-organised, and a new structure of a Premier Division and a Division One was formed Within 12 months, enough clubs had joined to form a new Division Two In 1953, Division Two was disbanded In 1956, Division One was disbanded, leaving only a single Senior section In 1963, an increase in the number of clubs led to a reversion to two divisions.

Member clubs

*1st Grenadier Guards (1903–04) *21st Lancers (1905–06) * 2nd Grenadier Guards (1897–98, 1913–14 *2nd Life Guards (1897–98) * 3rd Grenadier Guards (1896–1898) * Acton Reserves (1933–1935) *Acton United and Aldine (1907–08) *Algernon Athletic (1921–1924) * Amersham Town (1961–62) *

Arlesey Town Arlesey Town Football Club is a football club based in Arlesey, Bedfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at Hitchin Road. History The club was established ...

(1958–1960) *

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

(1901–1904) *

Arsenal Reserves Arsenal Football Club Academy is the youth system of Arsenal Football Club based in Hale End, London, England. It is often referred to as Hale End eponymously by the club, sports media, and fans. The academy teams play in the Professional Dev ...

(1900–1915) *Artillery College (1921–22) *

Aveley Aveley is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom ...

(1949–1957) * Aveley Reserves (1951–52) * Aylesford Paper Mills (1951–1954) * Aylesford Paper Mills Reserves (1951–1953) * Baldock Town (1959–1963) *

(1909–1923) * Barking Reserves (1913–1926) *Barking Woodville (1896–1898) *Barking Woodville Reserves (1896–97) *

Barkingside Barkingside is an area in Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It includes the major road junction of ''Fullwell Cross'' which also gives its name to the locality near that roundabout. The area is situated 10.6 miles (17km) north east of ...

(1950–1964) * Barkingside Reserves (1963–64) *

(1897–1900) * Barnet Avenue (1905–1907) * Barnet Alston (1904–1912) * Barnet Reserves (1923–1926) * Basildon Town (1955–1959) *Bata Sports (1949–1956) *Bata Sports Reserves (1950–1953) * Beckenham Town (1923–1935, 1951–1961) * Beckenham Town Reserves (1923–24, 1929–30, 1951–1953) * Bedford Town Reserves (1946–1951) *Belvedere (1920–1922) *Bexleyheath Labour (1920–21) *Bexleyheath Town (1924–1926) *Blackwall and Thames Ironworks (1920–1922) *Bletchley United (1959–1961) *Boleyn Castle (1903–04) *Bostall Athletic (1925–1927) * Bostall Heath (1921–1939) *Branbys Ironworks (1911–1913) *

(1896–1904) *

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 ...

(1900–1913) * Brentwood & Warley Reserves (1947–1951) *Brentwood Mental Hospital (1926–1931) * Briggs Sports Reserves (1935–1951) *Brimsdown (1907–1910) *British Legion (1923–24) *Brittania (1946–47) *

(1896–1901) *Bromley Old Boys (1921–22) * Bromley Reserves (1924–1926) *Bronze Athletic (1909–1914) *Brymay Athletic (1920–1923) *Burberry (1922–23) *Bush Hill Park (1922–1924) * Callender Athletic *

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office ...

* Carshalton Athletic * Catford Southend * Catford Southend Reserves * CAV Athletic *

Chadwell Heath Chadwell Heath is an area in east London, England. It is situated on the boundary of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge, around west of Romford and east of Ilford, and north-east of Charing Cross. ...

* Chalfont National *

Chalfont St Peter Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe a ...

* Charlton Albion *

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

* Charlton Athletic Reserves *

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

* Chelmsford City Reserves * Chelsea Reserves *

Cheshunt Cheshunt ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation. It contains a section of the Lee Valley Park, including much of the River Lee Country Park. To the north lies Broxbourne and Wormley, Hertfor ...

* Cheshunt Reserves * Childs Hill Imperial *

Chingford Chingford is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The town is approximately north-east of Charing Cross, with Waltham Abbey to the north, Woodford Green and Buckhurst Hill to the east, Walthamstow to the ...

* Chingford Reserves * Chingford Town Reserves * Chingford United * Chiswick Town * Chiswick Town Reserves *

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and London boroughs, borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of cent ...

* Clapham Reserves *

* Clapton Orient Reserves * Commercial Athletic * Commercial Gas *

Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...

Cray Wanderers Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Sidcup, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St Mary Cray and St Paul's Cr ...

* Crittall Athletic * Crittall Athletic Reserves *

Crouch End Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban villag ...

* Crouch End Reserves * Croydon Common Reserves * Crystal Palace Reserves *

Custom House A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting c ...

* Custom House Reserves * CWS Silvertown * Dagenham British Legion * Dagenham British Legion Reserves * Dagenham Cables * Dagenham Park * Dagenham Town * Dagenham Town Reserves * Dartford Reserves *

De Havilland The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited () was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in H ...

* De Havilland Vampires * Depot RHA * Deptford Invicta * Deptford Town * Derrick Wanderers * Downshall * Earlsfield Town * East Greenwich Gas * East Ham United * Edgware Town *

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

* Edmonton Borough * Edmonton Borough Reserves *

Ekco EKCO (from Eric Kirkham Cole Limited) was a British electronics company producing radio and television sets from 1924 until 1960. Expanding into plastic production for its own use, Ekco Plastics produced both radio cases and later domestic plasti ...

* Ekco Reserves *

Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Elt ...

Enfield Enfield may refer to: Places Australia * Enfield, New South Wales * Enfield, South Australia ** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb ** Enfield High School (South Australia) ...

Enfield Cables Enfield Cables Ltd was a British manufacturer of electric cables. The company was founded in 1913 by James Grimston as the Enfield Electric Cable Manufacturing Co Ltd, located on the River Lea in Enfield Lock. In 1959, as Enfield Cables Ltd, it ...

* Enfield Reserves * Epping Town * Epping Town Reserves *

Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...

* Epsom Reserves * Epsom Town * Epsom Town Reserves * Erith & Belvedere * Erith & Belvedere Reserves *

Eton Manor Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is a sports and leisure venue located in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest, to the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is regularly used for international field hockey fixtures by both the Great ...

* Eton Manor 'A' * Eton Manor Reserves *

Eton Mission St. Mary of Eton is an Anglican church at Hackney Wick, London, and a Grade II* listed building. It was built 1890–92 in the medieval Gothic style to serve the Eton Mission, a mission to the East End organised and funded by Eton College. His ...

*Excelsior *

Felstead Felsted (sometimes spelt Felstead) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Bannister Green, Bartholomew Green, Causeway End, Coblers Green, Cock Green, Frenches Gree ...

Finchley Finchley () is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. Finchley is on high ground, north of Charing Cross. Nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, Mill Hill and H ...

* Finchley Reserves * Ford Sports * Ford Sports Reserves * Forest Swifts *

* Fulham 'A' * Fulham Reserves * Fulham St Andrew's * Gnome Athletic * Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves *

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

* Grays Athletic Reserves * Grays Town * Great Northern Railway *

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

* Guildford City Reserves *

Guildhall A guildhall, also known as a "guild hall" or "guild house", is a historical building originally used for tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in som ...

* Gwynnes Athletic * Hammersmith Athletic * Hampstead Town * Hampstead Town Reserves *

Hanwell Hanwell () is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, in the historic County of Middlesex, England. It is about 1.5 miles west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. It is the westernmost location of the London post t ...

* Hanwell Town * Harlesden Town *

Harlow Town Harlow Town Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club is a former member of the and plays at The Harlow Arena. The club is best known for its exploits in the 1979–80 FA Cup, in which it ...

Harold Hill Harold Hill is a suburban area in the London Borough of Havering, East London. northeast of Charing Cross. It is a district centre in the London Plan. The name refers to King Harold II, who held the manor of Havering-atte-Bower, and who was k ...

* Harris Lebus * Harris Lebus Reserves * Harrow Athletic * Harrow United *

Harrow Weald Harrow Weald is a suburban district in Greater London, England. Located about north of Harrow, Harrow Weald is formed from a leafy 1930s suburban development along with ancient woodland of Harrow Weald Common. It forms part of the London Boro ...

* Harrow Weald Reserves * Hastings United Reserves * Hatfield Town * Hatfield Town Reserves * Hayesco Sports * Hays Wharf *

Hendon 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 Great ...

* Hendon Reserves * Hendon Town *

Hermes Hermes (; grc-gre, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orato ...

* Hermes Reserves * Highfield * HMSO Press * Holland Athletic * Hotel Cecil *

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 ...

* Ideal Wanderers * Ilford * Ilford Electrical * Ilford Reserves *

Imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imperial, Nebraska * Imperial, Pennsylvania * Imperial, Texa ...

* Islington Town * Jurgens (Purfleet) * Jurgens (Purfleet) Reserves * Kilburn * Kingston * Lathol Athletic * Lea Bridge Gas * Leavesden * Leavesden Hospital *

Leyton Leyton () is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the River L ...

* Leyton Reserves * Livesey United * London Generals *

London Labour London Labour is the devolved, regional part of the Labour Party in Greater London. It is the largest political party in London, currently holding a majority of the executive mayoralties, a majority of local councils, council seats and parli ...

* London Telecoms * London Transport * London Transport Buses * London Transport Reserves *

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...

Lower Clapton Clapton is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Hackney. Clapton is divided into Upper Clapton, in the north, and Lower Clapton to the south. Clapton railway station lies north-east of Charing Cross. Geography and ori ...

* Lower Clapton Imperial * Merton Town * Metrogas * Metrogas Reserves * Metropolitan Police Reserves *

Metropolitan Railway The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex su ...

* Millwall Reserves * Millwall United * Mitcham Wanderers * Mitcham Wanderers Reserves * Monsteads Athletic *

Neasden Neasden is a suburban area in northwest London, England. It is located around the centre of the London Borough of Brent and is within the NW2 ( Cricklewood) and NW10 (Willesden) postal districts. Neasden is near Wembley Stadium, the Welsh Har ...

New Barnet New Barnet is a neighbourhood on the north east side of the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential North London suburb located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfosters, south of the village of Monken Hadley and north of Oaklei ...

New Malden New Malden is an area in South West London, England. It is located mainly within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Merton, and is from Charing Cross. Neighbouring localities include Kingston, Norbiton, Raynes ...

North Woolwich North Woolwich is an area in the London Borough of Newham in East London. It is located on the northern bank of the River Thames, across the river from Woolwich. It is connected to Woolwich by the Woolwich Ferry and Woolwich foot tunnel. Des ...

* North Woolwich Invicta * Northern Polytechnic * Northern Polytechnic Reserves * Northmet * Norwood Association * Novocastrians * Nunhead Reserves * Old Aloysians * Old Charlton * Old Ignatians * Old Tottonians * Orient (old) *

Orpington Orpington is a town and area in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross. On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Ma ...

* Page Green Old Boys *

Park Royal Park Royal is an area in North West London, England, partly in the London Borough of Brent and partly the London Borough of Ealing. It is the site of the largest business park in London, but despite intensive existing use, the area is, toget ...

* Park Royal Reserves * Parkhill (Chingford) *

Pearl Assurance Phoenix Group Holdings plc (formerly Pearl Group plc) is a provider of insurance services based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The company was founded in 1857 a ...

* Peel Institute * Perrycobow * Perrycobow Reserves *

Pinner Pinner is a London suburb in the London borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 31,130 in 2011. Originally a med ...

* Pitsea United * PO Telecoms * Ponders End United *

Port of London Authority The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. Its responsibility extends over the Tideway of the River Thames and its ...

Port of London Authority Police The Port of Tilbury Police is a non-Territorial police force, Home Office List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories#Miscellaneous police forces, ports police force responsible for t ...

Post Office Engineers Post or POST commonly refers to: *Mail, the postal system, especially in Commonwealth of Nations countries **An Post, the Irish national postal service **Canada Post, Canadian postal service **Deutsche Post, German postal service ** Iraqi Post, Ir ...

* Post Office Engineers Reserves *

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Ro ...

* Queens Park Rangers Reserves *

RAF Kidbrooke RAF Kidbrooke was a Royal Air Force base, situated in Kidbrooke in south-east London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The site was operational from 1917 to 1965 and was mainly used as a stores, maintenance and training facility. History Esta ...

* Rainham Town * Rainham Town Reserves * Ravenscourt Amateurs * Redhill * RFA Record Office *

RNVR The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...

Roehampton Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip running north to south of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the U ...

* ROF Sports * Rolenmill *

Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romford ...

* Romford Reserves * Romford Town * Royal Naval Depot (Chatham) *

Royal Ordnance Factories Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) was the collective name of the UK government's munitions factories during and after the Second World War. Until privatisation, in 1987, they were the responsibility of the Ministry of Supply, and later the Ministr ...

Ruislip Manor Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately west north west of Charing Cross. The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the develop ...

* Ruislip Manor Reserves *

Savoy Hotel The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 188 ...

Seven Kings Seven Kings is a district of Ilford in London, England, part of the borough of Redbridge. Situated approximately two miles from Ilford town centre, Seven Kings forms part of the Ilford post town. Historically part of Essex, it was part of the ...

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 ...

* Shepherd's Bush Reserves * Siemens Sports * Slade Green Athletic * Slade Green Athletic Reserves * Snaresbrook United * South West Ham *

* Southall Reserves *

Southern United Southern United, previously known as Otago United, is a semi-professional football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded in 2004, they play their home games at the Logan Park and Forsyth Barr Stadium. It is the southernmost football clu ...

* Standard Telephones *Stanley *

Stanmore Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in London. It is centred northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at high. The district, which ...

Stansted London Stansted Airport is a tertiary international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, northeast of Central London. London Stansted serves over 160 destinations acro ...

* STD Athletic * Sterling Athletic * Stonebridge Park * Stones Athletic * Storey Athletic * Storey Athletic Reserves * Streatham Town * Streatham Town Reserves * Summerstown * Summerstown Reserves * Tate Institute * Telcon Athletic *

Temple Mills Temple Mills is a district located on the boundary of the London boroughs of London Borough of Newham, Newham and London Borough of Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest, with a small part also in London Borough of Hackney, Hackney in east London. Temp ...

Tilbury Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an ancie ...

* Tilbury Reserves * Tillings Athletic * Tonbridge Reserves * Tooting and Mitcham United * Tooting and Mitcham United Reserves * Tooting Town *

Reserves * Transport Workers *

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. History Origins and boundary ;Medieval and later manor Tufnell ...

(1907–1914) * Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1963–64) *UGBM Sports (1929–1952) *

Ulysses Ulysses is one form of the Roman name for Odysseus, a hero in ancient Greek literature. Ulysses may also refer to: People * Ulysses (given name), including a list of people with this name Places in the United States * Ulysses, Kansas * Ulysse ...

* Ulysses Reserves *

University A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

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 Reserves *

Vampires A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths ...

Van Den Bergh Van den Bergh, Van Den Bergh is a Dutch surname, a variant of Van den Berg. Notable people with the surname include: *Arnold van den Bergh (notary) (1886‒1950), Amsterdam civil law notary *Dave van den Bergh (born 1976), Dutch footballer *Dimitr ...

* Venner Sports *

Vickers Armstrong Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, wi ...

* Vickers Armstrong Reserves *Wall End United (1920–1923) *Waltham (1906–1910) * Walthamstow Avenue (1901–02) *Walthamstow Borough (1926–27) * Walthamstow Grange (1906–1930) *Walthamstow Holborn (1898–1900) * *Walthamstow Town Reserves (1923–24) * Walton & Hersham Reserves (1945–46) *Walton-on-Thames (1937–1939) *Walton-on-Thames Reserves (1938–1939) *Wandgas Athletic (1936–1939) *Wandsworth (1900–1903) *Wandsworth United (1937–1939) *Wapping Sports (1950–56) * Waterlows (1920–21) *Watney Sports (1929–30) *

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates ...

(1911–1922) *

Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London. It was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948). It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and ...

(1951–1955) * Welwyn Garden City Reserves (1951–52) *West Croydon (1896–98) *

(1896–1898, 1899–1900, 1901–1904) * West Ham United Reserves (1900–1915) *

West Hampstead West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. Mainly defined by the railway stations of the same name, it is situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to ...

(1897–1899, 1904–05, 1907–1910) *West London Old Boys (1910–1914) *

West Norwood West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surrounded by hillsides on its east ...

(1900–01, 1910–1913, 1923–24, 1936–37) * West Thurrock Athletic (1947–1964) * West Thurrock Athletic Reserves (1952–53) *Whyteleafe Albion (1929–1931) *

Willesden Willesden () is an area of northwest London, situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It is historically a parish in the county of Middlesex that was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Willesden in 1933, and has formed ...

(1957–1959) *Willesden Green (1899–1900) *Willesden Town (1898–99) *Willesden Town Reserves (1904–05) *

Wingate Wingate may refer to: Places New Zealand * Wingate, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt United Kingdom * Wingate, County Durham * Wingate Quarry, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham * Old Wingate, County Durham * Wingates ...

(1952–1962) * Wingate Reserves (1952–53) * Wood Green Town (1909–1913) *Woodford (1909–10) * Woodford Town (1945–1951) * Woodford Town Reserves (1946–1951) *Woolwich (1913–14, 1927–28) *Woolwich Ordnance (1919–1921) * Woolwich Polytechnic (1901–1905, 1924–1964) *Wren Athletic (1922–1924)

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