The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around
London
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. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of 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 str ...
and the
Metropolitan League
The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England between 1949 and 1971.Southern League). It ran with two divisions until 1974, reduced to one in 1974–75 season, after which it merged with 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 establi ...
to form the London Spartan League, which was later renamed the Spartan League. It merged with the
South Midlands League
The South Midlands League was a football league covering Bedfordshire and some adjoining counties in England. It was founded in 1922 as the Bedfordshire County League and merged with the Spartan League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midla ...
in 1997 to form the modern
Spartan South Midlands League
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List of champions
Seasons
1971–72
Division One
The new Division One was composed of:
*Eight clubs from the Greater London League (BROB Barnet, Canvey Island, Chingford, Eton Manor, Ford United, Swanley, Ulysses and Willesden)
*Four clubs from the Metropolitan League (Cray Wanderers, Epping Town, Hatfield Town and Sheppey United)
*One club from the Kent League (Faversham Town)
*East Ham United
Division Two
All clubs in Division Two except Muirhead Sports had come from the Greater London League
Also Woolwich Polytechnic became
Thames Polytechnic
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,
Northern Polytechnic
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became
Polytechnic
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Polytechnic may also refer to:
Educat ...
and Vokins became 279 Chislehurst.
1972–73
Division One
Division One featured one new club, Penhill Standard, who had been promoted from Division Two the previous season.
Division Two
Division Two featured one new club, East Thurrock United.
1973–74
Division One
Division One featured two new clubs, East Thurrock United and Highfield, both promoted from Division Two the previous season.
Division Two
Division Two featured two new clubs:
*Alma Swanley
*Penhill Standard (relegated from Division One)
1974–75
Member clubs
Member clubs during the league's existence included:
*279 Chislehurst
* Alma Swanley
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Barkingside
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Bexley
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Canvey Island
Canvey Island is a town, 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 for National Statistics. ( ...
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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 ...
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Cray Wanderers
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East Thurrock United
East Thurrock United Football Club is a football club based in Corringham, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Rookery Hill.
History
The club was founded on 27 April 1969 by a group of fans who felt that the area around ...
Eton Manor
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Ford United
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Highfield
Highfield may refer to:
Places
;Places in England
* Highfield, Bolton
* Highfield, Derbyshire
* Highfield, Gloucestershire
*Highfield, Southampton
*Highfield, Hertfordshire a neighbourhood in Hemel Hempstead
* Highfield, Oxfordshire
* Highfield, S ...
Polytechnic
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Thames Polytechnic
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Welwyn Garden City
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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 ...