| Full name | Lymore Gardens Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Ground | Oakside Stadium, Barkingside, Redbridge, London |
| Capacity | 3,000 (316 seated) |
| Owner | Lee Benjamin |
| Chairman | Lee Benjamin |
| Manager | Lee Benjamin |
| League | Eastern Counties Football League Division One South |
| 2024–25 | 2nd of 16 (promoted) |
| Website | https://www.lymoregardensfc.com/hometest |
Lymore Gardens Football Club is a football club based in Waltham Forest, London that competes in the Eastern Counties Football League Division One South. [1]
Lymore Gardens Football Club was founded by Lee Benjamin in 2016 as a Sunday league team and he became the club's first and current manager. [2] Lymore Gardens became a non-League club on 12 October 2020. [3]
Lymore Gardens were admitted to the Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One (with the Reserves in Division Two) ahead of the 2021–22 season, and the club's first official match was the 4–1 victory against FC Baresi on 21 August 2021. [4] Lymore Gardens then finished as runners-up in the 2021–22 Essex Alliance Football League Senior Cup and they won the 2023–24 Essex Alliance Football League Division One Cup. [4] [5]
The club then finished as runners-up in the 2024–25 Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One and were promoted to Step 6 for the first time in the club's history when Philip United's promotion was rescinded. [6] The club was placed in the Eastern Counties Football League Division One South for the 2025–26 season [7] and they are currently in the FA Vase fifth round during their inaugural season in the competition. [1]
Lymore Gardens' home ground is Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge). They have also previously played at Ive Farm Lane, Jubilee Park, and Parmiters School. [8]
| Season | Teams | League | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion playoffs | FA Cup | FA Trophy | FA Vase | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 [4] | 13 | Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One | 5th | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 45 | — | Essex Alliance Football League Senior Cup Runners-up [9] | |||
| 2022–23 [10] | 17 | Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One | 8th | 32 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 55 | — | Essex Alliance Football League Division One Cup First round; [11] Essex Alliance Football League Division Two Cup Quarter-finals | |||
| 2023–24 [12] [13] | 15 | Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One | 7th | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 86 | 71 | +15 | 41 | — | Essex Alliance Football League Division One Cup Champions; [5] Essex Premier Cup Second round | |||
| 2024–25 [6] | 16 | Essex Alliance Football League Senior Division One | 2nd | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 101 | 46 | +55 | 68 | — | Essex Alliance Football League Division One Cup Quarter-finals; [14] Essex Premier Cup First round | |||
| 2025–26 [15] | 21 | Eastern Counties Football League Division One South | 3rd | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 47 | — | 5R (ongoing) | Essex Senior Cup Second round; [16] Eastern Counties Football League Cup Second round (ongoing) [17] | ||
