List of Delphian League seasons

The Delphian League ran for twelve seasons between its formation in 1951 and its merger into the Athenian League in 1963.

1951–52

Six clubs joined from the Spartan League Premier Division:

Three clubs came from the London League:

Two clubs came from the Metropolitan League:

Template:Fb cl header |- |1||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||26||16||4||6||65||37|| 28||36 |- |2||align=left|Dagenham||26||16||3||7||68||35|| 33||35 |- |3||align=left|Yiewsley||26||14||5||7||70||48|| 22||33 |- |4||align=left|Leatherhead||26||14||4||8||51||43|| 8||32 |- |5||align=left|Woodford Town||26||12||7||7||59||44|| 15||32 |- |6||align=left|Aylesbury United||26||12||6||8||67||40|| 27||30 |- |7||align=left|Rainham Town||26||13||3||10||41||43|| -2||29 |- |8||align=left|Slough Centre||26||10||6||10||58||61|| -3||26 |- |9||align=left|Willesden||26||10||3||13||48||50|| -2||23 |- |10||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||26||10||3||13||55||80|| -25||23 |- |11||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||26||9||3||14||47||58|| -11||21 |- |12||align=left|Stevenage Town||26||6||7||13||50||75|| -25||19 |- |13||align=left|Cheshunt||26||5||6||15||46||69|| -23||16 |- |14||align=left|Wembley||26||2||6||18||30||72|| -42||10 |}

1952–53

Two new clubs joined the league for its second season:^[1]

Hemel Hempstead (from the Spartan League)
Hornchurch & Upminster

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Dagenham||30||22||3||5||78||34|| 44||47 |- |2||align=left|Aylesbury United||30||18||3||9||70||43|| 27||39 |- |3||align=left|Yiewsley||30||14||11||5||62||48|| 14||39 |- |4||align=left|Slough Centre||30||16||4||10||60||35|| 25||36 |- |5||align=left|Stevenage Town||30||17||2||11||63||51|| 12||36 |- |6||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||30||15||5||10||60||50|| 10||35 |- |7||align=left|Woodford Town||30||14||6||10||66||52|| 14||34 |- |8||align=left|Rainham Town||30||14||3||13||47||41|| 6||31 |- |9||align=left|Leatherhead||30||12||7||11||53||59|| -6||31 |- |10||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||30||12||5||13||48||48|| 0||29 |- |11||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||30||11||6||13||57||71|| -14||28 |- |12||align=left|Wembley||30||8||7||15||52||58|| -6||23 |- |13||align=left|Cheshunt||30||9||4||17||48||66|| -18||22 |- |14||align=left|Hemel Hempstead||30||7||3||20||46||77|| -31||17 |- |15||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||30||6||5||19||47||94|| -47||17 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |16||align=left|Willesden||30||4||8||18||29||59|| -30||16 |Left to join the Parthenon League at end of season |}

1953–54

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||18||5||5||97||45|| 52||41 |- |2||align=left|Dagenham||28||18||4||6||64||35|| 29||40 |- |3||align=left|Rainham Town||28||17||6||5||64||40|| 24||40 |- |4||align=left|Wembley||28||14||4||10||52||49|| 3||32 |- |5||align=left|Slough Centre||28||13||5||10||58||52|| 6||31 |- |6||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||12||4||12||64||56|| 8||28 |- |7||align=left|Stevenage Town||28||12||4||12||65||61|| 4||28 |- |8||align=left|Woodford Town||28||11||5||12||41||59|| -18||27 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |9||align=left|Yiewsley||28||11||4||13||51||45|| 6||26 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season^[2] |- |10||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||8||9||11||55||62|| -7||25 |- |11||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||9||7||12||54||61|| -7||25 |- |12||align=left|Cheshunt||28||10||5||13||50||59|| -9||25 |- |13||align=left|Hemel Hempstead||28||9||5||14||48||66|| -18||23 |- |14||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||28||6||6||16||46||72|| -26||18 |- |15||align=left|Leatherhead||28||4||3||21||45||92|| -47||11 |}

1954–55

One new club, Tuffnell Park Edmonton (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1954–55 season.

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||22||3||3||98||39|| 59||47 |- |2||align=left|Dagenham||28||19||3||6||82||29|| 53||41 |- |3||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||18||1||9||77||43|| 34||37 |- |4||align=left|Rainham Town||28||16||4||8||66||47|| 19||36 |- |5||align=left|Slough Centre||28||15||5||8||62||46|| 16||35 |- |6||align=left|Hemel Hempstead||28||14||1||13||56||53|| 3||29 |Renamed Hemel Hempstead Town at end of season |- |7||align=left|Woodford Town||28||11||6||11||55||58|| -3||28 |- |8||align=left|Wembley||28||11||4||13||48||40|| 8||26 |- |9||align=left|Stevenage Town||28||10||6||12||53||72|| -19||26 |- |10||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||28||9||6||13||41||61|| -20||24 |- |11||align=left|Leatherhead||28||8||5||15||48||65|| -17||21 |- |12||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||28||9||3||16||49||68|| -19||21 |- |13||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||9||3||16||42||70|| -28||21 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |14||align=left|Cheshunt||28||6||3||19||37||76|| -39||13¹ |Left league at end of season |- |15||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||4||5||19||36||83|| -47||13 |}

¹ Cheshunt had two points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

1955–56

One new club, Ware (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1955–56 season.

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Dagenham||28||20||3||5||83||28|| 55||43 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |2||align=left|Wembley||28||18||6||4||72||32|| 40||42 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season |- |3||align=left|Rainham Town||28||18||3||7||71||45|| 26||39 |- |4||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||16||5||7||84||43|| 41||37 |- |5||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||14||4||10||57||63|| -6||32 |- |6||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||28||13||5||10||60||59|| 1||31 |- |7||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||28||11||8||9||61||56|| 5||30 |- |8||align=left|Leatherhead||28||11||5||12||53||63|| -10||27 |- |9||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||28||9||7||12||51||59|| -8||25 |- |10||align=left|Ware||28||8||9||11||63||73|| -10||25 |- |11||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||10||3||15||53||72|| -19||23 |- |12||align=left|Woodford Town||28||8||7||13||52||74|| -22||23 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |13||align=left|Slough Centre||28||6||6||16||50||68|| -18||18 |Left league at end of season |- |14||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||5||3||20||42||80|| -38||13 |- |15||align=left|Stevenage Town||28||2||8||18||35||72|| -37||12 |Renamed Stevenage at end of season^[4] |}

1956–57

One new club, Letchworth Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1956–57 season.

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- bgcolor=ccffcc |1||align=left|Dagenham||26||18||5||3||66||29|| 37||41 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season |- |2||align=left|Rainham Town||26||15||4||7||68||45|| 23||34 |- |3||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||26||14||6||6||68||46|| 22||34 |- |4||align=left|Aylesbury United||26||11||7||8||55||41|| 14||29 |- |5||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||26||13||3||10||70||56|| 14||29 |- |6||align=left|Ware||26||13||2||11||78||65|| 13||28 |- |7||align=left|Letchworth Town||26||12||3||11||57||47|| 10||27 |- |8||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||26||12||3||11||47||44|| 3||27 |- |9||align=left|Leatherhead||26||11||4||11||57||67|| -10||26 |- |10||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||26||8||6||12||50||56|| -6||22 |- |11||align=left|Stevenage||26||6||7||13||39||70|| -31||19 |- |12||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||26||5||8||13||40||59|| -19||18 |- |13||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||26||6||5||15||35||64|| -29||17 |- |14||align=left|Woodford Town||26||5||3||18||43||84|| -41||13 |}

1957–58

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1957–58 season:

Aveley
Wokingham Town (from the Metropolitan & District League)^[5]

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Letchworth Town||28||22||4||2||96||27|| 69||48 |- |2||align=left|Aveley||28||18||4||6||77||46|| 31||40 |- |3||align=left|Rainham Town||28||17||5||6||67||45|| 22||39 |- |4||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||15||5||8||78||47|| 31||35 |- |5||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||14||6||8||69||49|| 20||34 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |6||align=left|Leatherhead||28||14||4||10||77||56|| 21||32 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season |- |7||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||28||13||5||10||50||38|| 12||31 |- |8||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||12||6||10||62||54|| 8||30 |- |9||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||28||11||6||11||44||53|| -9||28 |- |10||align=left|Woodford Town||28||8||6||14||44||66|| -22||22 |- |11||align=left|Ware||28||8||5||15||41||60|| -19||21 |- |12||align=left|Wokingham Town||28||8||5||15||44||69|| -25||21 |- |13||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||28||6||5||17||30||72|| -42||17 |- |14||align=left|Stevenage||28||5||3||20||40||79|| -39||13 |- |15||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||4||1||23||24||82|| -58||9 |}

1958–59

One new club, Harrow Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1958–59 season.

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||21||1||6||74||39|| 35||43 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |2||align=left|Hornchurch & Upminster||28||19||2||7||73||41|| 32||40 |Joined the Athenian League at end of season |- |3||align=left|Woodford Town||28||15||6||7||60||39|| 21||36 |- |4||align=left|Harrow Town||28||14||7||7||73||40|| 33||35 |- |5||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||15||5||8||64||50|| 14||35 |- |6||align=left|Rainham Town||28||14||5||9||64||41|| 23||33 |- |7||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||16||1||11||57||48|| 9||33 |- |8||align=left|Aveley||28||13||5||10||58||52|| 6||31 |- |9||align=left|Ware||28||10||7||11||52||52|| 0||27 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |10||align=left|Wokingham Town||28||11||2||15||63||54|| 9||24 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season |- |11||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||28||9||5||14||55||50|| 5||23 |- bgcolor=ccffcc |12||align=left|Letchworth Town||28||7||8||13||52||70|| -18||22 |Joined the Corinthian League at end of season |- |13||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||28||6||5||17||44||77|| -33||17 |- |14||align=left|Stevenage||28||5||4||19||39||94|| -55||14 |- |15||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||3||1||24||30||111|| -81||7 |}

1959–60

One new club, Hertford Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1959–60 season.

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||24||17||3||4||56||23|| 33||37 |- |2||align=left|Hertford Town||24||17||1||6||55||22|| 33||35 |- |3||align=left|Harrow Town||24||13||7||4||52||32|| 20||33 |- |4||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||24||14||3||7||52||35|| 17||31 |- |5||align=left|Aylesbury United||24||13||4||7||50||37|| 13||30 |- |6||align=left|Woodford Town||24||12||3||9||39||29|| 10||27 |- |7||align=left|Rainham Town||24||10||7||7||45||35|| 10||27 |- |8||align=left|Aveley||24||8||7||9||41||42|| -1||23 |- |9||align=left|Ware||24||8||4||12||38||54|| -16||20 |- |10||align=left|Stevenage||24||6||5||13||34||50|| -16||17 |Renamed Stevenage Town at end of season |- |11||align=left|Tuffnell Park Edmonton||24||6||4||14||36||53|| -17||16 |Renamed Edmonton at end of season |- |12||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||24||3||3||18||23||63|| -40||9 |- |13||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||24||2||3||19||22||68|| -46||7 |}

1960–61

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1960–61 season:

Histon (from the Spartan League)
Windsor & Eton (from the Metropolitan League)^[6]

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Hertford Town||28||20||5||3||65||27|| 38||45 |- |2||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||28||21||1||6||86||32|| 54||43 |- |3||align=left|Windsor & Eton||28||17||4||7||64||43|| 21||38 |- |4||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||28||14||5||9||59||44|| 15||33 |- |5||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||28||14||2||12||67||63|| 4||30 |- |6||align=left|Harrow Town||28||12||6||10||65||63|| 2||30 |- |7||align=left|Aveley||28||13||3||12||69||55|| 14||29 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |8||align=left|Rainham Town||28||11||4||13||53||46 || ||26 |Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season |- |9||align=left|Aylesbury United||28||10||4||14||57||64|| -7||24 |- |10||align=left|Histon||28||10||4||14||58||71|| -13||24 |- |11||align=left|Ware||28||8||6||14||55||74|| -19||22 |- |12||align=left|Edmonton||28||8||5||15||47||64|| -17||21 |- |13||align=left|Stevenage Town||28||7||7||14||44||61|| -17||21 |- bgcolor=#ffcccc |14||align=left|Woodford Town||28||8||5||15||38||68 || ||21 |Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season |- |15||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||28||3||7||18||35||87|| -52||13 |}

1961–62

One new club, Harlow Town, joined the league for the 1961–62 season.

Template:Fb cl header |- |1||align=left|Hertford Town||26||18||5||3||84||32|| 52||41 |- |2||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||26||14||9||3||64||29|| 35||37 |- |3||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||26||14||6||6||62||36|| 26||34 |- |4||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||26||12||8||6||63||55|| 8||32 |- |5||align=left|Aylesbury United||26||11||8||7||46||40|| 6||30 |- |6||align=left|Windsor & Eton||26||10||7||9||66||53|| 13||27 |- |7||align=left|Aveley||26||9||8||9||50||43|| 7||26 |- |8||align=left|Edmonton||26||8||9||9||45||43|| 2||25 |- |9||align=left|Stevenage Town||26||9||7||10||53||65|| -12||25 |- |10||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||26||9||4||13||34||58|| -24||22 |- |11||align=left|Ware||26||7||7||12||36||58|| -22||21 |- |12||align=left|Harlow Town||26||5||8||13||28||39|| -11||18 |- |13||align=left|Harrow Town||26||3||7||16||33||62|| -29||13 |- |14||align=left|Histon||26||5||3||18||39||90|| -51||13 |}

1962–63

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1962–63 season, Tilbury and Wingate. Due to the severe weather during the winter, the league was abandoned, with clubs having played between 11 and 18 matches. The league was split into East and West sections, with the clubs playing each other once. The two winners of the sections played a two-leg play-off for the championship.

Template:Fb cl header |- |1||align=left|Harlow Town||11||7||1||3||25||7|| 18||15 |- |2||align=left|Harrow Town||12||3||3||6||23||32|| -9||9 |- |3||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||12||5||3||4||31||18|| 13||13 |- |4||align=left|Aylesbury United||14||5||5||4||32||29|| 3||15 |- |5||align=left|Edmonton||14||7||2||5||40||20|| 20||16 |- |6||align=left|Ware||15||5||2||8||28||33|| -5||12 |- |7||align=left|Stevenage Town||15||7||4||4||21||24|| -3||18 |- |8||align=left|Wingate||16||4||1||11||21||53|| -32||6 |- |9||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||16||6||1||9||27||25|| 2||13 |- |10||align=left|Tilbury||16||6||5||5||32||29|| 3||17 |- |11||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||17||5||1||11||27||49|| -22||11 |- |12||align=left|Windsor & Eton||17||6||5||6||37||35|| 2||17 |- |13||align=left|Aveley||17||8||5||4||34||29|| 5||21 |- |14||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||17||9||5||3||38||29|| 9||23 |- |15||align=left|Hertford Town||17||13||3||1||61||19|| 42||29 |- |16||align=left|Histon||18||4||1||13||21||67|| -46||9 |}

East Division

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Hertford Town||7||5||1||1||15||4|| 11||11 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |2||align=left|Bishop's Stortford||7||5||1||1||13||8|| 5||11 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |3||align=left|Harlow Town||7||4||1||2||14||10|| 4||9 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |4||align=left|Aveley||7||4||0||3||11||11|| 0||8 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |5||align=left|Tilbury||7||2||2||3||13||13|| 0||6 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |6||align=left|Ware||7||1||3||3||13||17|| -4||5 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |7||align=left|Histon||7||1||2||4||7||14|| -7||4 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |8||align=left|Brentwood & Warley||7||0||2||5||7||16|| -9||2 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |}

West Division

Template:Fb cl header !Notes |- |1||align=left|Edmonton||7||5||1||1||25||6|| 19||11 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |2||align=left|Windsor & Eton||7||4||2||1||14||10|| 4||10 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |3||align=left|Berkhamsted Town||7||3||3||1||16||12|| 4||9 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |4||align=left|Hemel Hempstead Town||7||3||2||2||13||9|| 4||8 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |5||align=left|Harrow Town||7||4||0||3||11||10|| 1||8 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |6||align=left|Aylesbury United||7||2||0||5||12||21|| -9||4 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- |7||align=left|Wingate||7||2||0||5||9||17|| -8||4 |Joined Division Two of the Athenian League |- bgcolor=ccffcc |8||align=left|Stevenage Town||7||0||2||5||8||23|| -15||2 |Joined Southern League at end of season |}

Play-off

Hertford Town	1–1	Edmonton

Edmonton	1–1 (4–1 aet)	Hertford Town

References

^ Delphian League^{[permanent dead link]} Non League Matters
^ Yiewsley at the Football Club History Database
^ Cheshunt at the Football Club History Database
^ Stevenage Town at the Football Club History Database
^ Wokingham Town at the Football Club History Database
^ Windsor & Eton at the Football Club History Database

[NLM-1] Delphian League^{[permanent dead link]} Non League Matters

[2] Yiewsley at the Football Club History Database

[3] Cheshunt at the Football Club History Database

[4] Stevenage Town at the Football Club History Database

[5] Wokingham Town at the Football Club History Database

[6] Windsor & Eton at the Football Club History Database

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