List of Greater London League seasons

Last updated February 10, 2024

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

1964–65

A Section

The A Section was composed of:

Six clubs from the London League Premier Division (Barkingside, Epping Town, Hatfield Town, Hermes, London Transport and West Thurrock Athletic)
Three clubs from the Aetolian League (East Ham United, Eton Manor and Ford United)
Two clubs from the London League Division One (CAV Athletic and Canvey Island)
One club from the Essex and Suffolk Border League (Crittall Athletic)
Chingford

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Eton Manor	24	16	6	2	79	26	+53	38
2	Hatfield Town	24	16	4	4	76	37	+39	36	Joined Metropolitan League ^[1]
3	Crittall Athletic	24	16	3	5	59	37	+22	35
4	Ford United	24	14	4	6	68	35	+33	32
5	West Thurrock Athletic	24	14	4	6	64	34	+30	32
6	East Ham United	24	12	4	8	64	54	+10	28
7	Epping Town	24	10	5	9	56	52	+4	25
8	Canvey Island	24	9	2	13	39	53	−14	20
9	Chingford (R)	24	5	6	13	30	47	−17	16	Relegated to Division One
10	Barkingside (R)	24	6	3	15	36	76	−40	15
11	Hermes (R)	24	6	2	16	40	57	−17	14
12	CAV Athletic (R)	24	5	2	17	41	58	−17	12
13	London Transport (R)	24	4	1	19	28	114	−86	9

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

B Section

The B Section was composed of:

Seven clubs from the Aetolian League (Beckenham Town, Cray Wanderers, Crockenhill, Faversham Town, Sheppey United, Snowdown Colliery Welfare and Whitstable Town)
Four clubs from the London League Premier Division (ROFSA, Slade Green Athletic, Ulysses and Woolwich Polytechnic)
Tunbridge Wells Rangers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Sheppey United	22	20	0	2	71	20	+51	40	Joined Metropolitan League ^[2]
2	Cray Wanderers	21	15	3	3	63	24	+39	33
3	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	22	15	3	4	52	22	+30	33	Left the league
4	Crockenhill	22	12	2	8	64	35	+29	26
5	Beckenham	22	9	4	9	46	44	+2	22	Renamed Beckenham Town
6	Woolwich Polytechnic	22	10	2	10	44	45	−1	22
7	Ulysses	22	9	3	10	31	39	−8	21
8	Tunbridge Wells Rangers	22	8	4	10	29	48	−19	20	Renamed Tunbridge Wells
9	Faversham Town	22	8	3	11	38	48	−10	19
10	Whitstable (R)	22	6	3	13	49	76	−27	15	Relegated to Division One, renamed Whitstable Town
11	Slade Green Athletic (R)	22	2	2	18	20	67	−47	6	Relegated to Division One
12	ROFSA (R)	21	1	3	17	21	60	−39	5	Relegated to Division One

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

1965–66

Premier Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Cray Wanderers	26	19	4	3	57	30	+27	42	Joined Metropolitan League ^[3]
2	West Thurrock Athletic	26	16	6	4	80	39	+41	38
3	Crittall Athletic	26	16	5	5	80	45	+35	37	Joined Metropolitan League ^[4]
4	Eton Manor	26	15	4	7	66	42	+24	34
5	Canvey Island	26	16	2	8	59	39	+20	34
6	Crockenhill	26	13	4	9	60	44	+16	30
7	Ford United	26	13	4	9	49	42	+7	30
8	Ulysses	26	10	2	14	37	42	−5	22
9	Faversham Town	26	10	1	15	43	57	−14	21
10	Epping Town	26	8	4	14	51	60	−9	20
11	East Ham United	26	8	2	16	44	83	−39	18
12	Woolwich Polytechnic	26	7	3	16	43	64	−21	17
13	Beckenham Town (R)	26	5	2	19	39	77	−38	12	Relegated to Division One
14	Tunbridge Wells	26	3	3	20	21	65	−44	9	Left the league

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division One

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

Bexley
Highfield
Penhill Standard
Swanley

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Highfield (P)	22	14	3	5	62	34	+28	31	Promoted to Premier Division
2	Barkingside (P)	22	14	3	5	51	32	+19	31	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Swanley	22	12	4	6	53	36	+17	28	Renamed Swanley Town
4	Whitstable Town	22	10	6	6	40	30	+10	26
5	Hermes	22	11	3	8	64	31	+33	25
6	Bexley	22	9	4	9	42	44	−2	22
7	Chingford	22	8	4	10	53	48	+5	20
8	Penhill Standard	22	6	6	10	34	41	−7	18
9	CAV Athletic	22	8	2	12	38	46	−8	18
10	Slade Green Athletic	22	7	4	11	35	56	−21	18
11	London Transport	22	7	2	13	32	70	−38	16
12	ROFSA	22	4	3	15	34	70	−36	11	Left the league

Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1966–67

Premier Division

Four 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)
Deal Town (from the Southern League)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Epping Town	26	16	6	4	73	32	+41	38
2	Eton Manor	26	15	5	6	58	29	+29	35
3	West Thurrock Athletic	26	12	8	6	53	39	+14	32
4	East Ham United	26	13	5	8	58	45	+13	31
5	Deal Town	26	12	3	11	57	58	−1	27
6	Crockenhill	26	11	4	11	52	55	−3	26
7	Ford United	26	9	7	10	44	45	−1	25
8	Ulysses	26	8	9	9	49	63	−14	25
9	Highfield	26	8	8	10	45	58	−13	24
10	Woolwich Polytechnic	26	6	11	9	33	41	−8	23
11	Chertsey Town	26	9	5	12	47	66	−19	23	Joined Spartan League
12	Canvey Island	26	8	5	13	54	53	+1	21
13	Barkingside (R)	26	7	5	14	51	68	−17	19	Relegated to Division Two
14	Willesden (R)	26	5	5	16	41	63	−22	15	Relegated to Division Two

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division One

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Battersea United (P)	22	18	3	1	58	14	+44	39	Promoted to new Division One
2	Swanley Town (P)	22	15	2	5	60	34	+26	32	Promoted to new Division One, renamed Swanley
3	Slade Green Athletic	22	11	6	5	53	40	+13	28
4	Beckenham Town	22	9	6	7	47	42	+5	24
5	Chingford	22	10	3	9	65	37	+28	23
6	Penhill Standard	22	9	5	8	43	48	−5	23
7	Whitstable Town	22	8	3	11	35	35	0	19	Joined Kent Premier League ^[5]
8	CAV Athletic	22	8	3	11	35	41	−6	19
9	Bexley	22	6	6	10	34	41	−7	18
10	Hermes	22	5	4	13	28	65	−37	14	Left the league
11	RAS & RA	22	5	3	14	24	53	−29	13
12	London Transport	22	5	2	15	37	69	−32	12

Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

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 for the 1967–68 season:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Canvey Island	26	17	4	5	61	37	+24	38
2	Eton Manor	26	13	9	4	52	26	+26	35
3	Woodford Town	26	13	5	8	46	35	+11	31
4	Ford United	26	11	8	7	37	31	+6	30
5	Deal Town	26	10	9	7	40	30	+10	29
6	Battersea United	26	11	7	8	42	35	+7	29
7	Highfield	26	9	10	7	56	47	+9	28
8	East Ham United	26	10	7	9	46	40	+6	27
9	West Thurrock Athletic	26	13	1	12	52	51	+1	27	Left the league
10	Epping Town	26	11	4	11	58	50	+8	26
11	Swanley	26	8	7	11	49	52	−3	23
12	Ulysses	26	7	6	13	34	54	−20	20
13	Crockenhill	26	3	7	16	25	64	−39	13	Joined Kent League ^[6]
14	Woolwich Polytechnic (R)	26	2	4	20	23	69	−46	8	Relegated to Division Two

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two featured three new clubs for the 1967–68 season:

Barkingside (relegated from the Premier Division)
Willesden (relegated from the Premier Division)
Brentsonians

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Willesden (P)	20	12	6	2	46	14	+32	30	Promoted to Division One
2	Chingford (P)	20	14	0	6	58	30	+28	28	Promoted to Division One
3	Brentstonians	20	11	5	4	39	26	+13	27
4	Barkingside	20	10	5	5	41	30	+11	25
5	Bexley	20	9	6	5	41	33	+8	24
6	Beckenham Town	20	9	5	6	45	26	+19	23
7	Slade Green Athletic	20	7	4	9	21	33	−12	18
8	Penhill Standard	20	6	5	9	32	38	−6	17
9	CAV Athletic	20	5	4	11	25	44	−19	14
10	RAS & RA	20	3	1	16	17	49	−32	7
11	London Transport	20	1	5	14	21	63	−42	7

Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1968–69

Division One

Division One featured two new clubs for the 1968–69 season:

Willesden (promoted from Division Two)
Chingford (promoted from Division Two)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Canvey Island	24	14	9	1	53	20	+33	37
2	Deal Town	24	14	7	3	42	23	+19	35
3	Willesden	24	13	7	4	50	29	+21	33
4	East Ham United	24	13	5	6	65	26	+39	31
5	Epping Town	24	13	4	7	58	33	+25	30	Joined Metropolitan League ^[7]
6	Eton Manor	24	9	4	11	29	40	−11	22
7	Swanley	24	8	4	12	41	44	−3	20
8	Ulysses	24	6	7	11	37	50	−13	19
9	Ford United	24	7	5	12	24	43	−19	19
10	Battersea United	24	6	7	11	29	48	−19	19	Left the league
11	Woodford Town	24	3	12	9	30	38	−8	18	Left the league
12	Chingford	24	6	3	15	33	59	−26	15
13	Highfield	24	5	4	15	32	70	−38	14

Source: Non-League Matters

Division Two

Division Two featured three new clubs for the 1968–69 season:

Woolwich Polytechnic (relegated from the Division One)
Northern Polytechnic
Heathside Sports

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Penhill Standard (P)	22	15	5	2	68	28	+40	35	Promotion to Greater London League
2	Slade Green Athletic (P)	22	14	6	2	45	19	+26	34
3	Brentstonians (P)	22	13	1	8	44	26	+18	27
4	Beckenham Town	22	12	2	8	45	29	+16	26	Left the league
5	Northern Polytechnic (P)	22	9	7	6	41	45	−4	25	Promotion to Greater London League
6	Bexley (P)	22	10	4	8	41	38	+3	24
7	Barkingside (P)	22	10	1	11	42	42	0	21
8	Heathside Sports (P)	22	7	6	9	53	51	+2	20
9	Woolwich Polytechnic (P)	22	8	4	10	36	48	−12	20
10	RAS & RA (P)	22	6	4	12	43	54	−11	16
11	CAV Athletic (P)	22	3	4	15	31	60	−29	10
12	London Transport	22	2	2	18	27	76	−49	6	Left the league

Source: Non-League Matters
(P) Promoted

1969–70

The league featured one new club for the 1969–70 season:

Merton United

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	East Ham United	40	30	6	4	134	39	+95	66	Left the league
2	Ford United	40	29	4	7	117	40	+77	62	Placed in A Section
3	Swanley	40	29	3	8	90	50	+40	61	Placed in B Section
4	Eton Manor	40	25	9	6	90	39	+51	59	Placed in A Section
5	Brentstonians	40	24	11	5	63	42	+21	59	Placed in B Section
6	Canvey Island	40	27	4	9	145	47	+98	58	Placed in A Section
7	Deal Town	40	23	6	11	90	39	+51	52	Placed in B Section
8	Bexley	40	18	8	14	94	81	+13	44	Placed in A Section
9	Highfield	40	16	11	13	78	65	+13	43	Placed in B Section
10	Slade Green Athletic	40	17	7	16	69	67	+2	41	Joined Kent League ^[8]
11	Northern Polytechnic	40	16	6	18	57	54	+3	38	Placed in B Section
12	Penhill Standard	40	14	10	16	80	87	−7	38	Placed in A Section
13	Ulysses	40	15	4	21	68	77	−9	34	Placed in B Section
14	CAV	40	13	8	19	69	95	−26	34	Placed in A Section
15	Chingford	40	12	7	21	64	94	−30	31	Placed in B Section
16	Willesden	40	8	10	22	41	89	−48	26	Placed in A Section
17	Woolwich Polytechnic	40	9	4	27	45	96	−51	22	Placed in B Section
18	Merton United	40	8	4	28	48	113	−65	20	Left the league
19	Barkingside	40	5	9	26	36	127	−91	19	Placed in B Section
20	RAS & RA	40	5	7	28	35	107	−72	17	Placed in A Section, Changed name to Royal Arsenal Sports
21	Heathside Sports	40	4	8	28	37	102	−65	16	Placed in B Section

Source: Non-League Matters

1970–71

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

BROB Barnet
Vokins

A Section

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ford United	18	16	1	1	64	16	+48	33	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
2	Eton Manor	18	12	3	3	48	12	+36	27
3	Canvey Island	18	11	3	4	45	22	+23	25
4	BROB Barnet	18	8	4	6	30	27	+3	20
5	Vokins (R)	18	8	3	7	32	34	−2	19	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
6	Bexley (R)	18	8	3	7	36	40	−4	19	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
7	Willesden	18	5	3	10	16	36	−20	13	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
8	Royal Arsenal Sports (R)	18	4	1	13	14	51	−37	9	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed RAS & RA
9	CAV Athletic	18	3	2	13	22	52	−30	8	Left the league
10	Penhill Standard (R)	18	2	3	13	29	46	−17	7	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

B Section

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ulysses	18	11	6	1	39	14	+25	28	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
2	Highfield (R)	18	11	5	2	38	18	+20	27	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
3	Swanley	18	11	4	3	36	14	+22	26	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
4	Deal Town	18	9	3	6	27	27	0	21	Joined Kent League
5	Northern Polytechnic (R)	18	7	5	6	26	23	+3	19	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed Polytechnic
6	Brentstonians (R)	18	4	8	6	20	21	−1	16	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
7	Heathside Sports (R)	18	4	5	9	28	31	−3	13	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
8	Chingford	18	4	5	9	15	25	−10	13	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
9	Barkingside (R)	18	2	6	10	11	42	−31	10	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two
10	Woolwich Polytechnic (R)	18	0	7	11	18	43	−25	7	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division Two, renamed Thames Polytechnic

Source: Non-League Matters
(R) Relegated

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↑ Sheppey United at the Football Club History Database
↑ Cray Wanderers 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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[1] Hatfield Town at the Football Club History Database

[2] Sheppey United at the Football Club History Database

[3] Cray Wanderers at the Football Club History Database

[4] Cray Wanderers at the Football Club History Database

[5] Whitstable Town at the Football Club History Database

[6] Crockenhill at the Football Club History Database

[7] Epping Town at the Football Club History Database

[8] Slade Green Athletic at the Football Club History Database

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List of Greater London League seasons

Contents

1964–65

A Section

B Section

1965–66

Premier Division

Division One

1966–67

Premier Division

Division One

1967–68

Division One

Division Two

1968–69

Division One

Division Two

1969–70

1970–71

A Section

B Section

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References