Ilford and District League
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The Ilford and District Football League is a football competition based in London
London
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, England
England
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. Founded in 1918, the league covers an area from Walthamstow
Walthamstow
Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross...

 in the west to Romford
Romford
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 in the east. It consists of four divisions, of which the Premier Division sits at level 13 of the English football league system
English football league system
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. This league is a feeder to the Essex Olympian League.

Member clubs 2011–12

Premier Division
  • Enfield Elite
  • FC Barolle
  • FC Golazo
  • Forest United
  • Glendale
  • Leyton Orient Advanced Soccer School
  • London & Essex
  • Melbourne Sports
  • Phobains
  • Supreme Athletic
  • William Fitt


Division One
  • AAH Romford
  • Chingford Athletic 'A'
  • Chingford Harriers
  • East Londoners
  • Esprit
  • Lansbury
  • Leyton Orient Advanced Soccer School Reserves
  • Ryan Reserves
  • St. Francis
  • Singh Sabha Barking Reserves


Division Two
  • AFC Kings
  • Castle United 'A'
  • DM United
  • Enfield Elite Reserves
  • Euro Dagenham
  • Lituanica
  • Ryan 'A'
  • St. Francis Reserves
  • Trelawney
  • William Fitt Reserves


Division Three
  • Ascot United
  • Custom House
  • DM United
  • Dynamo
  • Forest United Reserves
  • Hainault Wanderers
  • Leyton Green
  • Leyton United
  • Lucky Strikes
  • Melbourne Sports Reserves
  • Newham Royals

Past champions (since 1960)

Season is shown by the calendar year in which the season ended e.g. 2005-06 season is shown as 2006

In 1960 the league comprised four divisions
Premier DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1961 St Edmunds Bishopsgate Pirie Appleton Saxton
1962 Hainault Rangers Loughton Amateurs Roding Rangers Debden Sports Reserves
1963 Hainault Rangers Prides Woodstone Highway Sports
1964 Prides Queens Abridge Cranbrook Rovers
1965 Roding Rangers Debden Sports Reserves Hampshire Sports Roding Rangers Reserves
1966 Prides Hampshire Sports Loughton Town Manford Way Reserves
1967 Snaresbrook Old Clarkonians Manford Way Reserves Wiggins Teape
1968 Ilford Catholic Elmbridge Wiggins Teape Ilford Corinthians
1969 Snaresbrook Bishopsgate Fairlop Youth Snaresbrook Reserves
1970 Snaresbrook Pirie Appleton Caterham Borough B
1971 Goodmayes Hospital Caterham Tower Hamlets Mayfield
1972 Border Rangers Debden Sports Mayfield Albion
1973 Debden Sports Mayfield Manford Way Mayfield Reserves
1974 Buckhurst Hill Defiant Buckhurst Hill Reserves Toby Royals
1975 Ship Carbon Melbourne Sports Manford Way Reserves Kingswood
1976 Frenford Senior Hainault Wanderers Normeade Warren United Reserves
1977 Warren Stanford (Woodford) Leanda San Remo
1978 Caribbean Int Ilford Legion San Remo Telex
1979 Caribbean Int New Campbell British India Yewlands Eng
1980 Caribbean Int British India Park West Barking Borough Reserves


For the 1980-81 season the Senior Division was introduced
Premier DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeSenior Division
1981 Newtown Wesley Forest Gate Wanderers Seven Kings Reserves Newmont B Manford Way
1982 Abyssinian Newmont B Unicorn Newtown Wesley Reserves Caribbean Int Reserves
1983 Leytonstone United St Francis Socomex Hainault WMC Newmont Travel
1984 Socomex Hainault WMC Frenford Newham Primary Reserves Caribbean Int Reserves
1985 Hainault WMC Downshall Chigwell Leytonstone United A St Francis
1986 Kingswood Reserves Newham NALGO Hainault WMC Reserves Cranbrook (DAG) St Francis
1987 Hainault WMC Westill Cranbrook (DAG) HO Rangers Melbourne Sports


After the 1986-87 season the Senior Division was replaced with Division Four
Premier DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision ThreeDivision Four
1988 Westill FC Lamont Downshall FC Lamont Reserves Melbourne Sports A
1989 Westill Downshall Shadbolt Colbrook Lakeview
1990 Westill Lakeview Barking Borough Rougvie Rovers Leytonstone United B
1991 West Essex Reivers Hainault Rangers Canning Town A Chigwell Old Boys
1992 Lamont Glendale Blumson Chingford Mount Reserves Avondale United
1993 West Essex Chigwell Westill Reserves West Essex Reserves Durning
1994 St Francis Westill Reserves Canning Town A Frenford Hammers
1995 AC Milla Canning Town A Daytona Athletic Valentines William Fitt
1996 Melbourne Sports Daytona Athletic Castle United William Fitt Melbourne Sports A


After the 1995-96 season Division Four was scrapped
Premier DivisionDivision OneDivision TwoDivision Three
1997 Beckton Town Wheelers A Border Rangers Swan OP
1998 Wheelers Melbourne Sports Reserves Swan OP Gooseley Athletic
1999 Ryan Maidonians Frenford Reserves West Green United Reserves
2000 East Ham Baptist Ascot United Edgeguard Gooseley Athletic
2001 East Ham Baptist Swan OP Romford Town Ryan Reserves
2002 St Francis Loughton AFC Kings Newtown Wesley Reserves
2003 Memorial Sports All Hallows St Vincent Ryan A no Div 3
2004 Ryan Clayhall AFC Kings Academy no Div 3
2005 Clapton
Clapton F.C.
Clapton F.C. is an English association football club, who play in Forest Gate, in the London Borough of Newham, England.Founded by W.R. Davis at a meeting in his father's house at 11 Queensdown Road, Clapton in August 0f 1877. Downs F.C. started playing on Hackney Downs. They changed their name a...

Reserves
Leytonstone East London Celtic Titans United
2006 St Francis AC Leyton PF London & Essex Castle United
2007 Galatasaray (UK) Titans United Castle United Glendale
2008 AFC Kings Cranes United Durning Midland
2009 Durning Redbridge Elite Forest United Reserves no Div 3
2010 Castle United Glendale Castle United Reserves no Div 3
2011 Chingford Athletic Enfield Elite AAH Romford no Div 3
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