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,Club information Cray Wanderers Youth FC after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both struggling for numbers.Cray Wanderers in the Aetolian League Cray Wanderers
History The league initially ran with A and B sections, before being divided into a Premier Division and First Division in 1965. In 1967 the divisions were renamed Division One and Division Two. A reduction in the number of clubs saw a single division formed for the 1969–70 season, and although it lost another club at the end of the season, it was split back into two sections the following season. At the end of the 1970–71 season it merged with the Metropolitan League (which had lost several clubs to the Southern League) to form the Metropolitan–London League.Cray Wanderers in the Metropolitan League Cray Wanderers FC
List of champions SeasonA SectionB Section1964–65Eton ManorSheppey UnitedSeasonPremier DivisionDivision One1965–66Cray WanderersHighfield1966–67Epping TownBattersea UnitedSeasonDivision OneDivision Two1967–68Canvey IslandWillesden1968–69Canvey IslandPenhill StandardSeasonChampions1969–70East Ham UnitedSeasonA SectionB Section1970–71Ford UnitedUlysses
Member clubs Member clubs during the league's existence included:
Barkingside Battersea United Beckenham Town Bexley Brentstonians BROB Barnet Canvey Island CAV Athletic Chertsey Town Chingford Cray Wanderers Crittall Athletic Crockenhill Deal Town East Ham United Epping Town Eton Manor Faversham Town Ford United Hatfield Town Heathside Sports Hermes Highfield London Transport Merton United Penhill Standard Northern Polytechnic Royal Arsenal Sports ROFSA Sheppey United Slade Green Athletic Snowdown Colliery Welfare Swanley Town Tunbridge Wells Rangers Ulysses Vokins West Thurrock Athletic Whitstable Town Willesden Woodford Town Woolwich Polytechnic
In addition, some clubs' first teams competed in the league's reserve section. These included:
Alma United Basildon United British Ropes Brimsdown Rovers Crittall Sports East Thurrock United Eastley Athletic Green & Siley Weir Harold Hill Haringey Borough India & Millwall Dock J&E Hall Sports Muirhead Sports Pegasus Rolenmill Smiths Industries STC New Southgate Welwyn Garden City
See also List of Greater London League seasons
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