The Parthenon League was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
History The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.Parthenon League 1951-1966 Non-League Matters By 1954 the league had grown to 16 clubs, but then slowly lost members until 1960 when a second division was added, although largely filled with reserve teams. However, the league was dissolved in 1966 and was replaced by the Middlesex League.Middlesex League 1966-1984 Non-League Matters
List of champions SeasonChampions1951–52Wingate1952–53Kingsbury Town1953–54Crown & Manor1954–55Basildon Town1955–56Boreham Wood1956–57Willesden1957–58Wapping Sports1958–59Twickenham1959–60Wapping Sports1960–61Wapping Sports1961–62Fisher Athletic1962–63Wandsworth1963–64Wandsworth1964–65Harefield United1965–66Surbiton Byron
Member clubs During its history, member clubs included:
Addlestone Arlesey Town Atlas Sports Baldock Town Barnes Basildon Town Battersea United Bees Club Boreham Wood British European Airways Byron Wanderers Camberley Wanderers Canvey Island Chalfont National
Chalfont St Peter Chingford Collier Row Crown & Manor Ditton Old Boys Edmonton BOC Egham Town Epping Town Finsbury Fisher Athletic Harefield United Harold Hill Hatfield Town Kings Langley
Kingsbury Town Kodak London Transport Buses Northolt Saints Orpington Athletic Paddington Town Post Office Engineers Rainham Town Reserves Rayners Lane Rickmansworth Town Rootes Athletic Ruislip Town Saffron Walden Town Shefford Town
South Vale Glacier Southall Athletic Southall Corinthians Spelthorne Staines Town Surbiton Byron Surbiton Town Tudor Park Twickenham Wandsworth Wapping Sports Westfield Willesden Wingate
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