List of Delphian League seasons

The Delphian League ran for twelve seasons between its formation in 1951 and its merger into the Athenian League in 1963.

1951–52

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Brentwood & Warley	26	16	4	6	65	37	36
2	Dagenham	26	16	3	7	68	35	35
3	Yiewsley	26	14	5	7	70	48	33
4	Leatherhead	26	14	4	8	51	43	32
5	Woodford Town	26	12	7	7	59	44	32
6	Aylesbury United	26	12	6	8	67	40	30
7	Rainham Town	26	13	3	10	41	43	29
8	Slough Centre	26	10	6	10	58	61	26
9	Willesden	26	10	3	13	48	50	23
10	Bishop's Stortford	26	10	3	13	55	80	23
11	Berkhamsted Town	26	9	3	14	47	58	21
12	Stevenage Town	26	6	7	13	50	75	19
13	Cheshunt	26	5	6	15	46	69	16
14	Wembley	26	2	6	18	30	72	10

1952–53

Two new clubs joined the league for its second season:^[1]

• Hemel Hempstead (from the Spartan League)
• Hornchurch & Upminster

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Dagenham	30	22	3	5	78	34	47
2	Aylesbury United	30	18	3	9	70	43	39
3	Yiewsley	30	14	11	5	62	48	39
4	Slough Centre	30	16	4	10	60	35	36
5	Stevenage Town	30	17	2	11	63	51	36
6	Brentwood & Warley	30	15	5	10	60	50	35
7	Woodford Town	30	14	6	10	66	52	34
8	Rainham Town	30	14	3	13	47	41	31
9	Leatherhead	30	12	7	11	53	59	31
10	Hornchurch & Upminster	30	12	5	13	48	48	29
11	Berkhamsted Town	30	11	6	13	57	71	28
12	Wembley	30	8	7	15	52	58	23
13	Cheshunt	30	9	4	17	48	66	22
14	Hemel Hempstead	30	7	3	20	46	77	17
15	Bishop's Stortford	30	6	5	19	47	94	17
16	Willesden	30	4	8	18	29	59	16	Left to join the Parthenon League at end of season

1953–54

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Aylesbury United	28	18	5	5	97	45	41
2	Dagenham	28	18	4	6	64	35	40
3	Rainham Town	28	17	6	5	64	40	40
4	Wembley	28	14	4	10	52	49	32
5	Slough Centre	28	13	5	10	58	52	31
6	Bishop's Stortford	28	12	4	12	64	56	28
7	Stevenage Town	28	12	4	12	65	61	28
8	Woodford Town	28	11	5	12	41	59	27
9	Yiewsley	28	11	4	13	51	45	26	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season[2]
10	Brentwood & Warley	28	8	9	11	55	62	25
11	Berkhamsted Town	28	9	7	12	54	61	25
12	Cheshunt	28	10	5	13	50	59	25
13	Hemel Hempstead	28	9	5	14	48	66	23
14	Hornchurch & Upminster	28	6	6	16	46	72	18
15	Leatherhead	28	4	3	21	45	92	11

1954–55

One new club, Tuffnell Park Edmonton (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1954–55 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Bishop's Stortford	28	22	3	3	98	39	47
2	Dagenham	28	19	3	6	82	29	41
3	Aylesbury United	28	18	1	9	77	43	37
4	Rainham Town	28	16	4	8	66	47	36
5	Slough Centre	28	15	5	8	62	46	35
6	Hemel Hempstead	28	14	1	13	56	53	29	Renamed Hemel Hempstead Town at end of season
7	Woodford Town	28	11	6	11	55	58	28
8	Wembley	28	11	4	13	48	40	26
9	Stevenage Town	28	10	6	12	53	72	26
10	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	28	9	6	13	41	61	24
11	Leatherhead	28	8	5	15	48	65	21
12	Hornchurch & Upminster	28	9	3	16	49	68	21
13	Berkhamsted Town	28	9	3	16	42	70	21
14	Cheshunt	28	6	3	19	37	76	13¹	Left league at end of season
15	Brentwood & Warley	28	4	5	19	36	83	13

¹ Cheshunt had two points deduced for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

1955–56

One new club, Ware (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1955–56 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Dagenham	28	20	3	5	83	28	43
2	Wembley	28	18	6	4	72	32	42	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
3	Rainham Town	28	18	3	7	71	45	39
4	Bishop's Stortford	28	16	5	7	84	43	37
5	Aylesbury United	28	14	4	10	57	63	32
6	Hornchurch & Upminster	28	13	5	10	60	59	31
7	Hemel Hempstead Town	28	11	8	9	61	56	30
8	Leatherhead	28	11	5	12	53	63	27
9	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	28	9	7	12	51	59	25
10	Ware	28	8	9	11	63	73	25
11	Berkhamsted Town	28	10	3	15	53	72	23
12	Woodford Town	28	8	7	13	52	74	23
13	Slough Centre	28	6	6	16	50	68	18	Left league at end of season
14	Brentwood & Warley	28	5	3	20	42	80	13
15	Stevenage Town	28	2	8	18	35	72	12	Renamed Stevenage at end of season[4]

1956–57

One new club, Letchworth Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1956–57 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Dagenham	26	18	5	3	66	29	41	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
2	Rainham Town	26	15	4	7	68	45	34
3	Brentwood & Warley	26	14	6	6	68	46	34
4	Aylesbury United	26	11	7	8	55	41	29
5	Bishop's Stortford	26	13	3	10	70	56	29
6	Ware	26	13	2	11	78	65	28
7	Letchworth Town	26	12	3	11	57	47	27
8	Hornchurch & Upminster	26	12	3	11	47	44	27
9	Leatherhead	26	11	4	11	57	67	26
10	Hemel Hempstead Town	26	8	6	12	50	56	22
11	Stevenage	26	6	7	13	39	70	19
12	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	26	5	8	13	40	59	18
13	Berkhamsted Town	26	6	5	15	35	64	17
14	Woodford Town	26	5	3	18	43	84	13

1957–58

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1957–58 season:

• Aveley
• Wokingham Town (from the Metropolitan & District League)^[5]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Letchworth Town	28	22	4	2	96	27	48
2	Aveley	28	18	4	6	77	46	40
3	Rainham Town	28	17	5	6	67	45	39
4	Brentwood & Warley	28	15	5	8	78	47	35
5	Aylesbury United	28	14	6	8	69	49	34
6	Leatherhead	28	14	4	10	77	56	32	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
7	Hornchurch & Upminster	28	13	5	10	50	38	31
8	Bishop's Stortford	28	12	6	10	62	54	30
9	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	28	11	6	11	44	53	28
10	Woodford Town	28	8	6	14	44	66	22
11	Ware	28	8	5	15	41	60	21
12	Wokingham Town	28	8	5	15	44	69	21
13	Hemel Hempstead Town	28	6	5	17	30	72	17
14	Stevenage	28	5	3	20	40	79	13
15	Berkhamsted Town	28	4	1	23	24	82	9

1958–59

One new club, Harrow Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1958–59 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Brentwood & Warley	28	21	1	6	74	39	43
2	Hornchurch & Upminster	28	19	2	7	73	41	40	Joined the Athenian League at end of season
3	Woodford Town	28	15	6	7	60	39	36
4	Harrow Town	28	14	7	7	73	40	35
5	Bishop's Stortford	28	15	5	8	64	50	35
6	Rainham Town	28	14	5	9	64	41	33
7	Aylesbury United	28	16	1	11	57	48	33
8	Aveley	28	13	5	10	58	52	31
9	Ware	28	10	7	11	52	52	27
10	Wokingham Town	28	11	2	15	63	54	24	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
11	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	28	9	5	14	55	50	23
12	Letchworth Town	28	7	8	13	52	70	22	Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
13	Hemel Hempstead Town	28	6	5	17	44	77	17
14	Stevenage	28	5	4	19	39	94	14
15	Berkhamsted Town	28	3	1	24	30	111	7

1959–60

One new club, Hertford Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1959–60 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Brentwood & Warley	24	17	3	4	56	23	37
2	Hertford Town	24	17	1	6	55	22	35
3	Harrow Town	24	13	7	4	52	32	33
4	Bishop's Stortford	24	14	3	7	52	35	31
5	Aylesbury United	24	13	4	7	50	37	30
6	Woodford Town	24	12	3	9	39	29	27
7	Rainham Town	24	10	7	7	45	35	27
8	Aveley	24	8	7	9	41	42	23
9	Ware	24	8	4	12	38	54	20
10	Stevenage	24	6	5	13	34	50	17	Renamed Stevenage Town at end of season
11	Tuffnell Park Edmonton	24	6	4	14	36	53	16	Renamed Edmonton at end of season
12	Hemel Hempstead Town	24	3	3	18	23	63	9
13	Berkhamsted Town	24	2	3	19	22	68	7

1960–61

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1960–61 season:

• Histon (from the Spartan League)
• Windsor & Eton (from the Metropolitan League)^[6]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hertford Town	28	20	5	3	65	27	45
2	Brentwood & Warley	28	21	1	6	86	32	43
3	Windsor & Eton	28	17	4	7	64	43	38
4	Hemel Hempstead Town	28	14	5	9	59	44	33
5	Bishop's Stortford	28	14	2	12	67	63	30
6	Harrow Town	28	12	6	10	65	63	30
7	Aveley	28	13	3	12	69	55	29
8	Rainham Town	28	11	4	13	53	46	26	Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season
9	Aylesbury United	28	10	4	14	57	64	24
10	Histon	28	10	4	14	58	71	24
11	Ware	28	8	6	14	55	74	22
12	Edmonton	28	8	5	15	47	64	21
13	Stevenage Town	28	7	7	14	44	61	21
14	Woodford Town	28	8	5	15	38	68	21	Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season
15	Berkhamsted Town	28	3	7	18	35	87	13

1961–62

One new club, Harlow Town, joined the league for the 1961–62 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Hertford Town	26	18	5	3	84	32	41
2	Hemel Hempstead Town	26	14	9	3	64	29	37
3	Bishop's Stortford	26	14	6	6	62	36	34
4	Brentwood & Warley	26	12	8	6	63	55	32
5	Aylesbury United	26	11	8	7	46	40	30
6	Windsor & Eton	26	10	7	9	66	53	27
7	Aveley	26	9	8	9	50	43	26
8	Edmonton	26	8	9	9	45	43	25
9	Stevenage Town	26	9	7	10	53	65	25
10	Berkhamsted Town	26	9	4	13	34	58	22
11	Ware	26	7	7	12	36	58	21
12	Harlow Town	26	5	8	13	28	39	18
13	Harrow Town	26	3	7	16	33	62	13
14	Histon	26	5	3	18	39	90	13

1962–63

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1962–63 season, Tilbury and Wingate. Due to the severe weather during the winter, the league was abandoned, with clubs having played between 11 and 18 matches. The league was split into East and West sections, with the clubs playing each other once. The two winners of the sections played a two-leg play-off for the championship.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Harlow Town	11	7	1	3	25	7	15
2	Harrow Town	12	3	3	6	23	32	9
3	Hemel Hempstead Town	12	5	3	4	31	18	13
4	Aylesbury United	14	5	5	4	32	29	15
5	Edmonton	14	7	2	5	40	20	16
6	Ware	15	5	2	8	28	33	12
7	Stevenage Town	15	7	4	4	21	24	18
8	Wingate	16	4	1	11	21	53	6
9	Berkhamsted Town	16	6	1	9	27	25	13
10	Tilbury	16	6	5	5	32	29	17
11	Brentwood & Warley	17	5	1	11	27	49	11
12	Windsor & Eton	17	6	5	6	37	35	17
13	Aveley	17	8	5	4	34	29	21
14	Bishop's Stortford	17	9	5	3	38	29	23
15	Hertford Town	17	13	3	1	61	19	29
16	Histon	18	4	1	13	21	67	9

East Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Hertford Town	7	5	1	1	15	4	11	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
2	Bishop's Stortford	7	5	1	1	13	8	11	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
3	Harlow Town	7	4	1	2	14	10	9	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
4	Aveley	7	4	0	3	11	11	8	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
5	Tilbury	7	2	2	3	13	13	6	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
6	Ware	7	1	3	3	13	17	5	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
7	Histon	7	1	2	4	7	14	4	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
8	Brentwood & Warley	7	0	2	5	7	16	2	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League

West Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Edmonton	7	5	1	1	25	6	11	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
2	Windsor & Eton	7	4	2	1	14	10	10	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
3	Berkhamsted Town	7	3	3	1	16	12	9	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
4	Hemel Hempstead Town	7	3	2	2	13	9	8	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
5	Harrow Town	7	4	0	3	11	10	8	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
6	Aylesbury United	7	2	0	5	12	21	4	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
7	Wingate	7	2	0	5	9	17	4	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
8	Stevenage Town	7	0	2	5	8	23	2	Joined Southern League at end of season

Play-off

Hertford Town v Edmonton

Hertford Town	1–1	Edmonton

Edmonton v Hertford Town

Edmonton	1–1 (4–1 aet)	Hertford Town

References

1. Delphian League Non League Matters
2. Yiewsley at the Football Club History Database
3. Cheshunt at the Football Club History Database
4. Stevenage Town at the Football Club History Database
5. Wokingham Town at the Football Club History Database
6. Windsor & Eton at the Football Club History Database