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

1964–65

A Section

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Eton Manor||24||16||6||2||79||26|| 53||38 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |2||align=left|Hatfield Town||24||16||4||4||76||37|| 39||36 |Left to join the Metropolitan League[1] |- |3||align=left|Crittall Athletic||24||16||3||5||59||37|| 22||35 |- |4||align=left|Ford United||24||14||4||6||68||35|| 33||32 |- |5||align=left|West Thurrock Athletic||24||14||4||6||64||34|| 30||32 |- |6||align=left|East Ham United||24||12||4||8||64||54|| 10||28 |- |7||align=left|Epping Town||24||10||5||9||56||52|| 4||25 |- |8||align=left|Canvey Island||24||9||2||13||39||53|| -14||20 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |9||align=left|Chingford||24||5||6||13||30||47|| -17||16 |rowspan=5|Relegated to Division One |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |10||align=left|Barkingside||24||6||3||15||36||76|| -40||15 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |11||align=left|Hermes||24||6||2||16||40||57|| -17||14 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |12||align=left|CAV||24||5||2||17||41||58|| -17||12 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |13||align=left|London Transport||24||4||1||19||28||114|| -86||9 |}

B Section

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |1||align=left|Sheppey United||22||20||0||2||71||20|| 51||40 |Left to join the Metropolitan League[2] |- |2||align=left|Cray Wanderers||22||16||3||3||66||25|| 41||35 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |3||align=left|Snowdown Colliery Welfare||22||15||3||4||52||22|| 30||33 |Left league at end of season |- |4||align=left|Crockenhill||22||12||2||8||64||35|| 29||26 |- |5||align=left|Beckenham||22||9||4||9||45||44|| 1||22 |Renamed Beckenham Town at end of season |- |6||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||22||10||2||10||44||45|| -1||22 |- |7||align=left|Ulysses||22||9||3||10||31||39|| -8||21 |- |8||align=left|Tunbridge Wells Rangers||22||8||4||10||29||48|| -19||20 |Renamed Tunbridge Wells at end of season |- |9||align=left|Faversham Town||22||8||3||11||38||48|| -10||19 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |10||align=left|Whitstable||22||6||3||13||49||76|| -27||15 |Relegated, renamed Whitstable Town at end of season |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |11||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||22||2||2||18||20||67|| -47||6 |rowspan=2|Relegated to Division One |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |12||align=left|ROFSA||22||1||3||18||22||63|| -41||5 |}

1965–66

Premier Division

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |1||align=left|Cray Wanderers||26||19||4||3||57||30|| 27||42 |Left to join the Metropolitan League[3] |- |2||align=left|West Thurrock Athletic||26||16||6||4||80||39|| 41||38 |- |3||align=left|Crittall Athletic||26||16||5||5||80||45|| 35||37 |- |4||align=left|Eton Manor||26||15||4||7||66||42|| 24||34 |- |5||align=left|Canvey Island||26||16||2||8||59||39|| 20||34 |- |6||align=left|Crockenhill||26||13||4||9||60||44|| 16||30 |- |7||align=left|Ford United||26||13||4||9||49||42|| 7||30 |- |8||align=left|Ulysses||26||10||2||14||37||42|| -5||22 |- |9||align=left|Faversham Town||26||10||1||15||43||57|| -14||21 |- |10||align=left|Epping Town||26||8||4||14||51||60|| -9||20 |- |11||align=left|East Ham United||26||8||2||16||44||83|| -39||18 |- |12||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||26||7||3||16||43||64|| -21||17 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |13||align=left|Beckenham Town||26||5||2||19||39||77|| -38||12 |Relegated to Division One |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |14||align=left|Tunbridge Wells||26||3||3||20||21||65|| -44||9 |Left league at end of season |}

Division One

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

  • Bexley
  • Penhill Standard
  • Swanley

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=ccffcc |1||align=left|Highfield||22||14||3||5||62||34|| 28||31 |rowspan=2|Promoted to Premier Division |- bgcolor=ccffcc |2||align=left|Barkingside||22||14||3||5||51||32|| 19||31 |- |3||align=left|Swanley||22||12||4||6||53||36|| 17||28 |Renamed Swanley Town at end of season |- |4||align=left|Whitstable Town||22||10||6||6||40||30|| 10||26 |- |5||align=left|Hermes||22||11||3||8||64||31|| 33||25 |- |6||align=left|Bexley||22||9||4||9||42||44|| -2||22 |- |7||align=left|Chingford||22||8||4||10||53||48|| 5||20 |- |8||align=left|Penhill Standard||22||6||6||10||34||41|| -7||18 |- |9||align=left|CAV Athletic||22||8||2||12||38||46|| -8||18 |- |10||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||22||7||4||11||35||56|| -21||18 |- |11||align=left|London Transport||22||7||2||13||32||70|| -38||16 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |12||align=left|ROFSA||22||4||3||15||34||70|| -36||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)

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Epping Town||26||16||6||4||73||32|| 41||38 |- |2||align=left|Eton Manor||26||15||5||6||58||29|| 29||35 |- |3||align=left|West Thurrock Athletic||26||12||8||6||53||39|| 14||32 |- |4||align=left|East Ham United||26||13||5||8||58||45|| 13||31 |- |5||align=left|Deal Town||26||12||3||11||57||58|| -1||27 |- |6||align=left|Crockenhill||26||11||4||11||52||55|| -3||26 |- |7||align=left|Ford United||26||9||7||10||44||45|| -1||25 |- |8||align=left|Ulysses||26||8||9||9||49||63|| -14||25 |- |9||align=left|Highfield||26||8||8||10||45||58|| -13||24 |- |10||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||26||6||11||9||33||41|| -8||23 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |11||align=left|Chertsey Town||26||9||5||12||47||66|| -19||23 |Left to join the Spartan League |- |12||align=left|Canvey Island||26||8||5||13||54||53|| 1||21 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |13||align=left|Barkingside||26||7||5||14||51||68|| -17||19 |rowspan=2|Relegated to Division Two |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |14||align=left|Willesden||26||5||5||16||41||63|| -22||15 |}

Division One

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

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

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=ccffcc |1||align=left|Battersea United||22||18||3||1||58||14|| 44||39 |Promoted to Division One |- bgcolor=ccffcc |2||align=left|Swanley Town||22||15||2||5||60||34|| 26||32 |Promoted to Division one, Renamed Swanley |- |3||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||22||11||6||5||53||40|| 13||28 |- |4||align=left|Beckenham Town||22||9||6||7||47||42|| 5||24 |- |5||align=left|Chingford||22||10||3||9||65||37|| 28||23 |- |6||align=left|Penhill Standard||22||9||5||8||43||48|| -5||23 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |7||align=left|Whitstable Town||22||8||3||11||35||35|| 0||19 |Left to join the Kent Premier League[4] |- |8||align=left|CAV Athletic||22||8||3||11||35||41|| -6||19 |- |9||align=left|Bexley||22||6||6||10||34||41|| -7||18 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |10||align=left|Hermes||22||5||4||13||28||65|| -37||14 |Left league at end of season |- |11||align=left|RAS & RA||22||5||3||14||24||53|| -29||13 |- |12||align=left|London Transport||22||5||2||15||27||69|| -42||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)

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Canvey Island||26||17||4||5||61||37|| 24||38 |- |2||align=left|Eton Manor||26||13||9||4||52||26|| 26||35 |- |3||align=left|Woodford Town||26||13||5||8||46||35|| 11||31 |- |4||align=left|Ford United||26||11||8||7||37||31|| 6||30 |- |5||align=left|Deal Town||26||10||9||7||40||30|| 10||29 |- |6||align=left|Battersea United||26||11||7||8||42||35|| 7||29 |- |7||align=left|Highfield||26||9||10||7||56||47|| 9||28 |- |8||align=left|East Ham United||26||10||7||9||46||40|| 6||27 |- |9||align=left|West Thurrock Athletic||26||13||1||12||52||51|| 1||27 |- |10||align=left|Epping Town||26||11||4||11||58||50|| 8||26 |- |11||align=left|Swanley||26||8||7||11||49||52|| -3||23 |- |12||align=left|Ulysses||26||7||6||13||34||54|| -20||20 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |13||align=left|Crockenhill||26||3||7||16||25||64|| -39||13 |Left to join the Kent League[5] |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |14||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||26||2||4||20||23||59|| -36||8 |Relegated to Division Two |}

Division Two

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

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=ccffcc |1||align=left|Willesden||20||12||6||2||46||14|| 32||30 |rowspan=2|Promoted to Division One |- bgcolor=ccffcc |2||align=left|Chingford||20||14||0||6||58||30|| 28||28 |- |3||align=left|Brentstonians||20||11||5||4||39||26|| 13||27 |- |4||align=left|Barkingside||20||10||5||5||41||30|| 11||25 |- |5||align=left|Bexley||20||9||6||5||41||33|| 8||24 |- |6||align=left|Beckenham Town||20||9||5||6||45||26|| 19||23 |- |7||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||20||7||4||9||21||33|| -12||18 |- |8||align=left|Penhill Standard||20||6||5||9||32||38|| -6||17 |- |9||align=left|CAV Athletic||20||5||4||11||26||44|| -18||14 |- |10||align=left|RAS & RA||20||3||1||16||17||49|| -32||7 |- |11||align=left|London Transport||20||1||5||14||21||63|| -42||7 |}

1968–69

Division One

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

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Canvey Island||24||14||9||1||53||20|| 33||37 |- |2||align=left|Deal Town||24||14||7||3||42||23|| 19||35 |- |3||align=left|Willesden||24||13||7||4||50||29|| 21||33 |- |4||align=left|East Ham United||24||13||5||6||65||26|| 39||31 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |5||align=left|Epping Town||24||13||4||7||58||33|| 25||30 |Left to join the Metropolitan League[6] |- |6||align=left|Eton Manor||24||9||4||11||29||40|| -11||22 |- |7||align=left|Swanley||24||8||4||12||41||44|| -3||20 |- |8||align=left|Ulysses||24||6||7||11||37||50|| -13||19 |- |9||align=left|Ford United||24||7||5||12||24||43|| -19||19 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |10||align=left|Battersea United||24||6||7||11||29||48|| -19||19 |rowspan=2|Left league at end of season |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |11||align=left|Woodford Town||24||3||12||9||30||38|| -8||18 |- |12||align=left|Chingford||24||6||3||15||33||59|| -26||15 |- |13||align=left|Highfield||24||5||4||15||32||70|| -38||14 |}

Division Two

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

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Penhill Standard||22||15||5||2||68||28|| 40||35 |- |2||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||22||14||6||2||45||19|| 26||34 |- |3||align=left|Brentstonians||22||13||1||8||44||26|| 18||27 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |4||align=left|Beckenham Town||22||12||2||8||45||29|| 16||26 |Left league at end of season |- |5||align=left|Northern Polytechnic||22||9||7||6||41||45|| -4||25 |- |6||align=left|Bexley||22||10||4||8||41||38|| 3||24 |- |7||align=left|Barkingside||22||10||1||11||42||42|| 0||21 |- |8||align=left|Heathside Sports||22||7||6||9||53||51|| 2||20 |- |9||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||22||8||4||10||36||48|| -12||20 |- |10||align=left|RAS & RA||22||6||4||12||43||54|| -11||16 |- |11||align=left|CAV Athletic||22||3||4||15||31||60|| -29||10 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |12||align=left|London Transport||22||2||2||18||27||76|| -49||6 |Left league at end of season |}

1969–70

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

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |1||align=left|East Ham United||40||30||6||4||134||39|| 95||66 |Left league at end of season |- |2||align=left|Ford United||40||29||4||7||117||40|| 77||62 |- |3||align=left|Swanley||40||29||3||8||90||50|| 40||61 |- |4||align=left|Eton Manor||40||25||9||6||90||39|| 51||59 |- |5||align=left|Brentstonians||40||24||11||5||63||42|| 21||59 |- |6||align=left|Canvey Island||40||27||4||9||145||47|| 98||58 |- |7||align=left|Deal Town||40||23||6||11||90||39|| 51||52 |- |8||align=left|Bexley||40||18||8||14||94||81|| 13||44 |- |9||align=left|Highfield||40||16||11||13||78||65|| 13||43 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |10||align=left|Slade Green Athletic||40||17||7||16||69||67|| 2||41 |Left to join the Kent League[7] |- |11||align=left|Northern Polytechnic||40||16||6||18||57||54|| 3||38 |- |12||align=left|Penhill Standard||40||14||10||16||80||87|| -7||38 |- |13||align=left|Ulysses||40||15||4||21||68||77|| -9||34 |- |14||align=left|CAV||40||13||8||19||69||95|| -26||34 |- |15||align=left|Chingford||40||12||7||21||64||94|| -30||31 |- |16||align=left|Willesden||40||8||10||22||41||89|| -48||26 |- |17||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||40||9||4||27||45||96|| -51||22 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |18||align=left|CAV||40||8||4||28||48||113|| -65||20 |Left league at end of season |- |19||align=left|Barkingside||40||5||9||26||36||127|| -91||19 |- |20||align=left|RAS & RA||40||5||7||28||35||107|| -72||17||Changed name to Royal Arsenal Sports at end of season |- |21||align=left|Heathside Sports||40||4||8||28||37||102|| -65||16 |}

1970–71

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

  • BROB Barnet
  • Vokins

A Section

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Ford United||18||16||1||1||64||16|| 48||33 |rowspan=4|Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League |- |2||align=left|Eton Manor||18||12||3||3||48||12|| 36||27 |- |3||align=left|Canvey Island||18||11||3||4||45||22|| 23||25 |- |4||align=left|BROB Barnet||18||8||4||6||30||27|| 3||20 |- |5||align=left|Vokins||18||8||3||7||32||34|| -2||19 |- |6||align=left|Bexley||18||8||3||7||36||40|| -4||19 |Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League |- |7||align=left|Willesden||18||5||3||10||16||36|| -20||13 |Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League |- |8||align=left|Royal Arsenal Sports||18||4||1||13||14||51|| -37||9 |Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan League, renamed RAS & RA |- |9||align=left|CAV Athletic||18||3||2||13||22||52|| -30||8 |Left league at end of season |- |10||align=left|Penhill Standard||18||2||3||13||29||46|| -17||7 |Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League |}

B Section

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Ulysses||18||11||6||1||39||14|| 25||28 |Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League |- |2||align=left|Highfield||18||11||5||2||38||18|| 20||27 |Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League |- |3||align=left|Swanley||18||11||4||3||36||14|| 22||26 |Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League |- |4||align=left|Deal Town||18||9||3||6||27||27|| 0||21 |Left league at end of season |- |5||align=left|Northern Polytechnic||18||7||5||6||26||23|| 3||19 |Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Polytechnic |- |6||align=left|Brentstonians||18||4||8||6||20||21|| -1||16 |rowspan=2|Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League |- |7||align=left|Heathside Sports||18||4||5||9||28||31|| -3||13 |- |8||align=left|Chingford||18||4||5||9||15||25|| -10||13 |Placed in Division One of the Metropolitan–London League |- |9||align=left|Barkingside||18||2||6||10||11||42|| -31||10 |Placed in Division Two of the Metropolitan–London League |- |10||align=left|Woolwich Polytechnic||18||0||7||11||18||43|| -25||7 |Placed in Division Two of Metropolitan–London League, renamed Thames Polytechnic |}

References

  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. ^ Whitstable Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ Crockenhill at the Football Club History Database
  6. ^ Epping Town at the Football Club History Database
  7. ^ Slade Green Athletic at the Football Club History Database
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