List of Greater London League seasons

The Greater London League ran for seven seasons between 1964 and 1971.

1964–65

A Section

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Eton Manor	24	16	6	2	79	26	38
2	Hatfield Town	24	16	4	4	76	37	36	Left to join the Metropolitan League^[1]
3	Crittall Athletic	24	16	3	5	59	37	35
4	Ford United	24	14	4	6	68	35	32
5	West Thurrock Athletic	24	14	4	6	64	34	32
6	East Ham United	24	12	4	8	64	54	28
7	Epping Town	24	10	5	9	56	52	25
8	Canvey Island	24	9	2	13	39	53	20
9	Chingford	24	5	6	13	30	47	16	Relegated to Division One
10	Barkingside	24	6	3	15	36	76	15	Left league at end of season
11	Hermes	24	6	2	16	40	57	14	Relegated to Division One
12	CAV	24	5	2	17	41	58	12
13	London Transport	24	4	1	19	28	114	9

B Section

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Sheppey United	22	20	0	2	71	20	40	Left to join the Metropolitan League^[2]
2	Cray Wanderers	22	16	3	3	66	25	35
3	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	22	15	3	4	52	22	33	Left league at end of season
4	Crockenhill	22	12	2	8	64	35	26
5	Beckenham	22	9	4	9	45	44	22	Renamed Beckenham Town at end of season
6	Woolwich Polytechnic	22	10	2	10	44	45	22
7	Ulysses	22	9	3	10	31	39	21
8	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	22	8	4	10	29	48	20	Renamed Tunbridge Wells at end of season
9	Faversham Town	22	8	3	11	38	48	19
10	Whitstable	22	6	3	13	49	76	15	Relegated, renamed Whitstable Town at end of season
11	Slade Green Athletic	22	2	2	18	20	67	6	Relegated to Division One
12	ROFSA	22	1	3	18	22	63	5	Relegated to Division One

1965–66

Premier Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Cray Wanderers	26	19	4	3	57	30	42	Left to join the Metropolitan League^[3]
2	West Thurrock Athletic	26	16	6	4	80	39	38
3	Crittall Athletic	26	16	5	5	80	45	37
4	Eton Manor	26	15	4	7	66	42	34
5	Canvey Island	26	16	2	8	59	39	34
6	Crockenhill	26	13	4	9	60	44	30
7	Ford United	26	13	4	9	49	42	30
8	Ulysses	26	10	2	14	37	42	22
9	Faversham Town	26	10	1	15	43	57	21
10	Epping Town	26	8	4	14	51	60	20
11	East Ham United	26	8	2	16	44	83	18
12	Woolwich Polytechnic	26	7	3	16	43	64	17
13	Beckenham Town	26	5	2	19	39	77	12	Relegated to Division One
14	Tunbridge Wells	26	3	3	20	21	65	9	Left league at end of season

Division One

Three new clubs joined Division One for the 1965–66 season:

Bexley
Penhill Standard
Swanley

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Highfield	22	14	3	5	62	34	31	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Barkingside	22	14	3	5	51	32	31	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Swanley	22	12	4	6	53	36	28	Renamed Swanley Town at end of season
4	Whitstable Town	22	10	6	6	40	30	26
5	Hermes	22	11	3	8	64	31	25
6	Bexley	22	9	4	9	42	44	22
7	Chingford	22	8	4	10	53	48	20
8	Penhill Standard	22	6	6	10	34	41	18
9	CAV Athletic	22	8	2	12	38	46	18
10	Slade Green Athletic	22	7	4	11	35	56	18
11	London Transport	22	7	2	13	32	70	16
12	ROFSA	22	4	3	15	34	70	11	Left league at end of season

1966–67

Premier Division

Three new clubs joined the Premier Division for the 1966–67 season:

Barkingside (promoted from Division One)
Highfield (promoted from Division One)
Willesden (from the Spartan League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Epping Town	26	16	6	4	73	32	38
2	Eton Manor	26	15	5	6	58	29	35
3	West Thurrock Athletic	26	12	8	6	53	39	32
4	East Ham United	26	13	5	8	58	45	31
5	Deal Town	26	12	3	11	57	58	27
6	Crockenhill	26	11	4	11	52	55	26
7	Ford United	26	9	7	10	44	45	25
8	Ulysses	26	8	9	9	49	63	25
9	Highfield	26	8	8	10	45	58	24
10	Woolwich Polytechnic	26	6	11	9	33	41	23
11	Chertsey Town	26	9	5	12	47	66	23	Left to join the Spartan League
12	Canvey Island	26	8	5	13	54	53	21
13	Barkingside	26	7	5	14	51	68	19	Relegated to Division Two
14	Willesden	26	5	5	16	41	63	15	Relegated to Division Two

Division One

Division One featured two new clubs for the 1966–67 season:

Beckenham Town (relegated from the Premier Division)
RAS & RA

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Battersea United	22	18	3	1	58	14	39	Promoted to Division One
2	Swanley Town	22	15	2	5	60	34	32	Promoted to Division one, Renamed Swanley
3	Slade Green Athletic	22	11	6	5	53	40	28
4	Beckenham Town	22	9	6	7	47	42	24
5	Chingford	22	10	3	9	65	37	23
6	Penhill Standard	22	9	5	8	43	48	23
7	Whitstable Town	22	8	3	11	35	35	19	Left to join the Kent Premier League^[4]
8	CAV Athletic	22	8	3	11	35	41	19
9	Bexley	22	6	6	10	34	41	18
10	Hermes	22	5	4	13	28	65	14	Left league at end of season
11	RAS & RA	22	5	3	14	24	53	13
12	London Transport	22	5	2	15	27	69	12

1967–68

The Premier Division was renamed Division One, and Division One renamed Division Two prior to the start of the 1967–68 season.

Division One

Division One featured three new clubs:

Battersea United (promoted from Division One)
Swanley (promoted from Division One)
Woodford Town (from the Metropolitan League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Canvey Island	26	17	4	5	61	37	38
2	Eton Manor	26	13	9	4	52	26	35
3	Woodford Town	26	13	5	8	46	35	31
4	Ford United	26	11	8	7	37	31	30
5	Deal Town	26	10	9	7	40	30	29
6	Battersea United	26	11	7	8	42	35	29
7	Highfield	26	9	10	7	56	47	28
8	East Ham United	26	10	7	9	46	40	27
9	West Thurrock Athletic	26	13	1	12	52	51	27
10	Epping Town	26	11	4	11	58	50	26
11	Swanley	26	8	7	11	49	52	23
12	Ulysses	26	7	6	13	34	54	20
13	Crockenhill	26	3	7	16	25	64	13	Left to join the Kent League^[5]
14	Woolwich Polytechnic	26	2	4	20	23	59	8	Relegated to Division Two

Division Two

One new club, Brentsonians, joined Division Two for the 1967–68 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Willesden	20	12	6	2	46	14	30	Promoted to Division One
2	Chingford	20	14	0	6	58	30	28	Promoted to Division One
3	Brentstonians	20	11	5	4	39	26	27
4	Barkingside	20	10	5	5	41	30	25
5	Bexley	20	9	6	5	41	33	24
6	Beckenham Town	20	9	5	6	45	26	23
7	Slade Green Athletic	20	7	4	9	21	33	18
8	Penhill Standard	20	6	5	9	32	38	17
9	CAV Athletic	20	5	4	11	26	44	14
10	RAS & RA	20	3	1	16	17	49	7
11	London Transport	20	1	5	14	21	63	7

1968–69

Division One

Division One featured one new club, Willesden, who had been promoted from Division Two.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Canvey Island	24	14	9	1	53	20	37
2	Deal Town	24	14	7	3	42	23	35
3	Willesden	24	13	7	4	50	29	33
4	East Ham United	24	13	5	6	65	26	31
5	Epping Town	24	13	4	7	58	33	30	Left to join the Metropolitan League^[6]
6	Eton Manor	24	9	4	11	29	40	22
7	Swanley	24	8	4	12	41	44	20
8	Ulysses	24	6	7	11	37	50	19
9	Ford United	24	7	5	12	24	43	19
10	Battersea United	24	6	7	11	29	48	19	Left league at end of season
11	Woodford Town	24	3	12	9	30	38	18	Left league at end of season
12	Chingford	24	6	3	15	33	59	15
13	Highfield	24	5	4	15	32	70	14

Division Two

Division Two featured one new club, Woolwich Polytechnic, who had been relegated from Division One.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Penhill Standard	22	15	5	2	68	28	35
2	Slade Green Athletic	22	14	6	2	45	19	34
3	Brentstonians	22	13	1	8	44	26	27
4	Beckenham Town	22	12	2	8	45	29	26	Left league at end of season
5	Northern Polytechnic	22	9	7	6	41	45	25
6	Bexley	22	10	4	8	41	38	24
7	Barkingside	22	10	1	11	42	42	21
8	Heathside Sports	22	7	6	9	53	51	20
9	Woolwich Polytechnic	22	8	4	10	36	48	20
10	RAS & RA	22	6	4	12	43	54	16
11	CAV Athletic	22	3	4	15	31	60	10
12	London Transport	22	2	2	18	27	76	6	Left league at end of season

1969–70

One new club, Merton United, joined the league for the 1969–70 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	East Ham United	40	30	6	4	134	39	66	Left league at end of season
2	Ford United	40	29	4	7	117	40	62
3	Swanley	40	29	3	8	90	50	61
4	Eton Manor	40	25	9	6	90	39	59
5	Brentstonians	40	24	11	5	63	42	59
6	Canvey Island	40	27	4	9	145	47	58
7	Deal Town	40	23	6	11	90	39	52
8	Bexley	40	18	8	14	94	81	44
9	Highfield	40	16	11	13	78	65	43
10	Slade Green Athletic	40	17	7	16	69	67	41	Left to join the Kent League^[7]
11	Northern Polytechnic	40	16	6	18	57	54	38
12	Penhill Standard	40	14	10	16	80	87	38
13	Ulysses	40	15	4	21	68	77	34
14	CAV	40	13	8	19	69	95	34
15	Chingford	40	12	7	21	64	94	31
16	Willesden	40	8	10	22	41	89	26
17	Woolwich Polytechnic	40	9	4	27	45	96	22
18	CAV	40	8	4	28	48	113	20	Left league at end of season
19	Barkingside	40	5	9	26	36	127	19
20	RAS & RA	40	5	7	28	35	107	17	Changed name to Royal Arsenal Sports at end of season
21	Heathside Sports	40	4	8	28	37	102	16

1970–71

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1970–71 season:

BROB Barnet
Vokins

A Section

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Ford United	18	16	1	1	64	16	33	Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
2	Eton Manor	18	12	3	3	48	12	27
3	Canvey Island	18	11	3	4	45	22	25
4	BROB Barnet	18	8	4	6	30	27	20
5	Vokins	18	8	3	7	32	34	19
6	Bexley	18	8	3	7	36	40	19	Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
7	Willesden	18	5	3	10	16	36	13	Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
8	Royal Arsenal Sports	18	4	1	13	14	51	9	Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan League, renamed RAS & RA
9	CAV Athletic	18	3	2	13	22	52	8	Left league at end of season
10	Penhill Standard	18	2	3	13	29	46	7	Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League

B Section

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Ulysses	18	11	6	1	39	14	28	Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
2	Highfield	18	11	5	2	38	18	27	Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
3	Swanley	18	11	4	3	36	14	26	Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
4	Deal Town	18	9	3	6	27	27	21	Left league at end of season
5	Northern Polytechnic	18	7	5	6	26	23	19	Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Polytechnic
6	Brentstonians	18	4	8	6	20	21	16	Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League
7	Heathside Sports	18	4	5	9	28	31	13	Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League
8	Chingford	18	4	5	9	15	25	13	Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League
9	Barkingside	18	2	6	10	11	42	10	Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League
10	Woolwich Polytechnic	18	0	7	11	18	43	7	Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Thames Polytechnic

References

↑ Hatfield Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Sheppey United at the Football Club History Database
↑ Cray Wanderers at the Football Club History Database
↑ Whitstable Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Crockenhill at the Football Club History Database
↑ Epping Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Slade Green Athletic at the Football Club History Database

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