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The London Football Association is the regional Football Association for Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...

. The London FA was established in 1882 and is affiliated to The Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

. The London FA administers all levels of men's, women's and junior football within its area, a circle 12 miles in radius with Charing Cross at the centre.

History

The London Football Association (LFA) is unique for the reason that it is the only one founded by The Football Association

The Football Association

. While others were founded to organise football locally around the country, Charles Alcock and Lord Kinnaird, then Secretary and Chairman of The FA, created the London FA to deal with local clubs and competitions while the main body focused on the Laws of the Game and international football matters.

According to the Memorandum on Areas and Overlapping of Associations the London FA covers the area 12 miles from Charing Cross.The Association is ‘overlapped’ by a number of its colleague County FA ’s: Essex FA

Essex County Football Association

The Essex County Football Association, also simply known as the Essex FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Essex.-External links:*...

, Kent FA

Kent County Football Association

The Kent County Football Association, also simply known as the Kent F.A., is the governing body of football in the county of Kent, England, and was formed in 1881. The Kent FA run a number of cups at different levels for teams across Kent.-History:...

, Middlesex FA

Middlesex County Football Association

The Middlesex County Football Association is an organisation that regulates and promotes football, aiming to increase the quantity and quality of participation in the historic area of Middlesex.-History:...

, Surrey FA

Surrey County Football Association

The Surrey County Football Association was founded in 1877 and affiliated to The Football Association in 1882, at the same time as a County Senior Cup competition, the Surrey Senior Cup, was established...

and the Amateur Football Alliance

Amateur Football Alliance

The Amateur Football Alliance is a County Football Association in England. It is unusual among County FAs in not being based around a particular geographical area. It was founded in 1907, as the Amateur Football Defence Foundation, quickly changed to Amateur Football Association, when The FA...

.

The first Secretary was N.L. ‘Pa’ Jackson who was also serving on the FA Council. He was famous for founding the great Corinthians Football Club and is said to be the inventor of the international cap.

The London FA’s other claim to fame is that its representative team was the first ever English team to play in a European final, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in 1958 where they lost over two legs to Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

.

It has had many headquarters since its foundation in 1882, including Paternoster Row

Paternoster Row

Paternoster Row was a London street in which clergy of the medieval St Paul's Cathedral would walk, chanting the Lord's Prayer . It was devastated by aerial bombardment in The Blitz during World War II. Prior to this destruction the area had been a centre of the London publishing trade , with...

, St. Mark’s College Chelsea , Finsbury Barracks, Leytonstone

Leytonstone

Leytonstone is an area of east London and part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a high density suburban area, located seven miles north east of Charing Cross in the ceremonial county of Greater London and the historic county of Essex...

, Manor Park

Manor Park, London

Manor Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham, as well as of the local railway station and cemetery. There is another railway station - Woodgrange Park...

, Barking

Barking

Barking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is...

, and Lewisham

Lewisham

Lewisham is a district in South London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...

. It even stayed temporarily at Upton Park and Highbury

Highbury

- Early Highbury :The area now known as Islington was part of the larger manor of Tolentone, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tolentone was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Road. The manor house was situated by what is now...

during the Second World War, having been bombed out of its previous homes. The current headquarters in Fulham

Fulham

Fulham is an area of southwest London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 located south west of Charing Cross. It lies on the left bank of the Thames, between Putney and Chelsea. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...

were moved into in August 2004.

The London Football Association is one of the biggest in the country with over 2,000 clubs, about 1,000 referees and over 50 Leagues/Competitions.

The Association has a history of long serving, dedicated officials. For example, Tommy Kirkup served as Secretary for 44 years between 1903 and 1947. Basil Stallard is by far the longest serving Treasurer having been in that position since 1973. There have been only nine Presidents since 1882, Lionel Seymour being the current incumbent.

In 1922 the London Minor Football Association was founded for youth football. It became the London Youth Football Association and continues to administer youth football in the capital to this day. It did, however, come under the London FA Limited when it incorporated in 2001.

Both the Inner London County Schools Football Association and London Football Coaches Association work in collaboration with the London FA for the mutual benefit of its members. This provides participants in the capital with a complete range of opportunities in football.

The LFA runs high quality coaching courses throughout the year with one of the countries senior coach education tutors as Head Coach in John Drabwell. As a result of the Football Association’s National Game Strategy 2008-2012, the LFA has recruited a young and energetic development team under the leadership of Josie Clifford.

Men's Saturday Leagues

Bromley and District League
Bromley and District League
The Bromley and District League is a football competition based in England. It was founded in 1896 and currently has a total of 3 divisions with 33 teams...

(1896)
Edmonton and District League (1925)
Enfield Football Alliance (1941)
Kent Suburban League
South London Football Alliance
South London Football Alliance
The South London Football Alliance is a football competition based in South London, England. It was founded in 1920 and has a total of 5 divisions...

(1921)
West End (London) A.F.A. (1881)
Wimbledon and District League (1898)

Footnote: No leagues belong to the English football league system
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...

.

Men's Sunday Leagues

Camden Sunday League (1948)
Central London Super Sunday League (2008)
East London Sunday League (1930)
Ford Sunday League
Hackney and Leyton Sunday League (1947)
Inner London League (2001)
London and Kent Border League
London City Airport Sunday League
Metropolitan Sunday League (1934)
North London Sunday League (1985)
Southern Sunday League (1944)
Sportsman’s Senior Sunday League (1949)
Wandsworth and District Sunday League (1949)
West Fulham Sunday League (1936)
Woolwich and Eltham Sunday Football Alliance (2006)

Small Sided Leagues

Hamlets 7-a-Side League (2007)
Lillie Road Five-a-Side League

Cup Competitions

Beckenham Hospital Charity Invitation Football Cup (Saturday) 1903)
East Ham Memorial Hospital Charity Cup Competition (1901)
Hays Property and Surveying Cup

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

Leagues that were affiliated to the London FA (or FA) but have disbanded or amalgamated with other leagues include:

Major non-League leagues

Aetolian League
Athenian League
Athenian League
The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was formed in 1912 with ten clubs, but had to close down in 1914 due to the onset of World War I. When it reformed in 1920, only three of the previous teams rejoined...
Corinthian League
Corinthian League (football)
The Corinthian League was an English amateur football league in and around London. Formed in 1945 on the resumption of football after World War II, the league began with nine member clubs...
Delphian League
Delphian League
The Delphian League was an English amateur football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.The league was formed in 1951 with 14 clubs and was effectively a level below the Corinthian League...
Greater London League
Greater London League
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, after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both struggling for numbers.The league initially ran with A and...

(formed by a merger of the Aetolian and London Leagues)
London League
Metropolitan League
Metropolitan League
The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England.The league was founded in 1949 after several clubs learnt plans for a second division of the Southern League would come to nothing shortly before the start of the season. Originally named the Metropolitan & District League,...
Metropolitan–London League
Metropolitan–London League
The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of the Greater London League and the Metropolitan League...

(formed by a merger of the Metropolitan and Greater London Leagues)
Parthenon League
Spartan League
Spartan League
The Spartan League was an English football league covering London and adjacent counties.Formed in 1907, the league was along with the Isthmian League and the Athenian League, one of the strong amateur competitions in the South, with three clubs reaching the FA Amateur Cup semi-finals...

(known as the London Spartan League for a few season following a merger with the Metropolitan–London League)

Other Leagues

Beckenham League
Bermondsey League
Camberwell League
Clapham League
Delphis Sunday Football League (now incorporated in London and Kent Border Football League)
Finchley and District League
Herald League
Lewisham League
London Shipping League
Northern Suburban Intermediate League

South East London Amateur League
South London League
Southern Alliance
Southern Alliance
The Southern Alliance was a short-lived football league competition for teams in the South of England.At the time, there were no Southern teams in the Football League and no equivalent competition existed for clubs in the south. The Southern Alliance was set up in 1892 and ran for just one season,...
Southern Suburban League (also known as South Suburban League)
Tottenham & District Junior Alliance League
United Senior League
Walthamstow and District League
Wandsworth and District League
West London League
West London Alliance League
Woolwich and District League

Member and Associated Clubs

It is difficult to provide a comprehensive list of those notable clubs that are (or at one time were) affiliated to the London FA. However by identifying those clubs that have competed in the London Senior Cup

London Senior Cup

The London Senior Cup is the County Senior Cup of the London FA. The London Senior Cup was first won by Upton Park in 1882. Although the leading professional sides in London no longer compete, the Cup has been won in the past by the likes of Arsenal , Brentford, Wimbledon and...

along with those clubs that are (or were) located in the Greater London

Greater London

area it is possible to establish the following list:

2nd Grenadier Guards
2nd Grenadier Guards F.C.
2nd Grenadier Guards F.C. were an English football team that played in the London League Division One during the 1897-98 season, finishing ninth of nine. In that season champions Thames Ironworks F.C...

(now defunct)
3rd Grenadier Guards
3rd Grenadier Guards F.C.
3rd Grenadier Guards F.C. were an English football team that played in the London League from as early as 1896 until 1898. During the 1896-97 season they were champions and during the 1897-98 season they finished 4th....

(now defunct)
A.F.C. Hayes
A.F.C. Hornchurch
A.F.C. Hornchurch
AFC Hornchurch are an English football club based in Hornchurch, Greater London. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Hornchurch Stadium....
Argonauts
Argonauts F.C.
The Argonauts were a perhaps unique amateur football club based in London. Despite never playing a match or having a published squad they became notable in the late 1920s for attempting to join the Football League three times....

(now defunct)
Barking
Barking F.C.
Barking Football Club is am English football club based in Barking, Greater London. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Mayesbrook Park in Dagenham.-History:...
Barkingside
Barkingside F.C.
Barkingside Football Club, based in Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge, was formed by a small group of enthusiasts in 1889, playing in the Ilford League, on a ground opposite the State Cinema in Barkingside High Road. They gained their first honour after the First World War sharing the...
Beckenham Town
Beckenham Town F.C.
Beckenham Town F.C. is a football club based in Beckenham, London, England. In 1982, they joined the Kent League and reached the 4th round of the FA Vase in the 1980-81 season...
Bedfont
Bedfont F.C.
Bedfont Football Club is a defunct football club which was based in East Bedfont, Greater London, England.-History:The club was established in 1900 and joined the Combined Counties League in 1987, where they played until they folded in 2010. They have reached the Third Round of the FA Vase twice in...
Bedfont Town
Bethnal Green United
Bethnal Green United F.C.
Bethnal Green United F.C. is an English football club based in Bethnal Green, Greater London. The club are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at the Mile End Stadium.-History:The club was established in 2000 as a community club...
Bexley United
Bexley United F.C.
Bexley United Football Club were an English football club who played at Park View Road in Welling.There was a club of the same name which played in the Kent League before the war....

(now defunct)
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford F.C.
Bishop's Stortford F.C. is an English football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Conference North and play at Woodside Park.-History:The club was established in 1874...
Boreham Wood
Boreham Wood F.C.
Boreham Wood F.C. are a football club based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, at Meadow Park football ground. They were established in 1948, and have reached the FA Cup 2nd Round proper twice in their history. For 2011-12 they will play in Conference South...
Briggs Sports
Briggs Sports F.C.
-History:Founded in 1934 as Briggs Motor Bodies F.C., it participated in the London League and the Spartan League.In 1954, Brigg Sports reached the Quarter-Final of the FA Amateur Cup....

(now defunct)
Brimsdown Rovers
Brimsdown Rovers F.C.
Brimsdown Rovers F.C. were a football club based in Brimsdown in the London Borough of Enfield, England. They played their home games at the Goldsdown Road stadium, Brimsdown in the London Borough of Enfield....
Bromley
Bromley F.C.
Bromley Football Club are an English football club based in Bromley, in Greater London, England. They currently play in the Conference South, and play their home matches at Hayes Lane.-Early years:...
Carshalton Athletic
Carshalton Athletic F.C.
Carshalton Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton, London. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division, and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground.-Early years:...
Casuals
Casuals F.C.
Casuals F.C. were an amateur football club based in London, formed in 1878.They were founder members of the Isthmian League in 1905 and won the FA Amateur Cup in 1936....

(became Corinthian-Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals F.C.
Corinthian-Casuals F.C. are a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The club was formed in 1939 by a merger of two amateur clubs: Corinthian, who formed in 1882, and Casuals, who formed in 1878.- History :Corinthian-Casuals were formed in 1939 following the...

)
Clapham Rovers
Clapham Rovers F.C.
Clapham Rovers was from its foundation in 1869 a leading English sports organisation in the two dominant codes of football, association football and rugby union. It was a prominent club in the late 19th century but is now defunct...

(now defunct)
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...
Cockfosters
Cockfosters F.C.
Cockfosters Football Club is a football club based in Cockfosters in the London Borough of Enfield, England.-FA Cup:The 2007–08 season saw Cockfosters make their debut in the FA Cup...
Corinthian (became Corinthian-Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals F.C.
Corinthian-Casuals F.C. are a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The club was formed in 1939 by a merger of two amateur clubs: Corinthian, who formed in 1882, and Casuals, who formed in 1878.- History :Corinthian-Casuals were formed in 1939 following the...

)
Corinthian-Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals F.C.
Corinthian-Casuals F.C. are a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The club was formed in 1939 by a merger of two amateur clubs: Corinthian, who formed in 1882, and Casuals, who formed in 1878.- History :Corinthian-Casuals were formed in 1939 following the...

Cray Wanderers
Cray Wanderers F.C.
Cray Wanderers F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in Bromley, London. It is one of the oldest football clubs in the world. The club was established in 1860 in the twin villages of St. Mary Cray and St Paul's Cray, near Orpington, then in the county of Kent.They currently play...
Croydon
Croydon F.C.
Croydon F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in Croydon, London, England. Until 2006, they played in the Isthmian League, but lost their place in that league as part of the 2006 re-structuring of non-league football, and now play in the Combined Counties League. They play at...
Croydon Athletic
Croydon Athletic F.C.
Croydon Athletic F.C. are an English football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. They currently play in the Isthmian League Division One South.-History:...
Croydon Common
Croydon Common F.C.
Croydon Common Football Club were an amateur and then professional football club based in Croydon.-History:The team formed in 1897 as an amateur church team competing in local leagues. They turned professional in 1907, joining the Second Division of the Southern League...

(now defunct)
Dagenham
Dagenham F.C.
Dagenham F.C. was an English football club based in Dagenham. Established in 1949, the club played at Victoria Road from 1955 until its merger with Redbridge Forest in 1992 to form Dagenham & Redbridge.-History:...

(became Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

)
Dulwich Hamlet
Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later, winning it a total of 4 times, between 1920 and 1949, and wear a famous pink and blue...
Enfield
Enfield Town
Enfield Town F.C.
Enfield Town F.C. is an English football club from Enfield Town, Greater London. Established in 2001 as a fan-led breakaway from Enfield FC, the club currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League and are based at the Queen Elizabeth II stadium....
Erith & Belvedere
Erith & Belvedere F.C.
Erith & Belvedere F.C., established 1922, is a football club representing Erith, in the London Borough of Bexley. They are currently members of the Kent League Premier Division after being relegated from the Southern League Division One East in 2005.They were also founder members of the Corinthian...
Erith Town
Erith Town F.C.
Erith Town Football Club is a football club based in Erith in the London Borough of Bexley, England. In their previous guise as Erith Town, they had reached the Second Round of the FA Vase five times in their history...
Farnborough Town
Finchley
Finchley F.C.
Finchley Football Club was an English football club based in Finchley, Greater London. Established in 1874, the club merged with Wingate to form Wingate & Finchley in 1991.-History:...
Fisher
Fisher F.C.
Fisher F.C. are a non-League football team based in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark, England who play in the Kent League.-Formation:...
Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C.
Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...

(now defunct)
Greenwich Borough
Greenwich Borough F.C.
Greenwich Borough F.C. is a football club based in Eltham, in the London Borough of Greenwich, England. They were established in 1928 and joined the Kent League in 1984. In the 2007-08 season, they reached the 5th round of the FA Vase losing to Hungerford Town after a replay...
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.
Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. are an English football club based in the suburb of Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. They were founded in 1921 and formerly known as Hampton F.C. until 1999 when they changed their name in an attempt to draw a wider support base from around the...
Hanwell Town
Hanwell Town F.C.
Hanwell Town F.C. are a semi-professional football club representing Hanwell, but currently playing in Perivale in the London Borough of Ealing, England. They were the London Spartan League Senior Division champions in 1983. They have twice reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase...
Haringey & Waltham Development
Haringey Borough
Haringey Borough F.C.
Haringey Borough Football Club are an English football club based in the London Borough of Haringey. Formed in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Wood Green Town, the club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League....
Harrow Borough
Harrow Borough F.C.
Harrow Borough Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Harrow, in Greater London. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Earlsmead Stadium....
Hayes
Hayes F.C.
Hayes F.C. was an English football club based in Hayes, in Greater London. The club started out as Botwell Mission in 1909 taking its present name in 1929. The team nickname, The Missioners was a salute to the history of the team. The club played in the Conference South for their last few seasons...

(now defunct)
Hayes & Yeading United
Hayes & Yeading United F.C.
Hayes & Yeading United F.C. are an English football club based in Woking in Surrey. They were formed in May 2007 following a merger of Hayes and Yeading. They play at the Kingfield Stadium agreeing a groundshare with Woking-History:...
Hendon
Hendon F.C.
Hendon Football Club are an English football club based in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.In the 2003-04 season they finished fourth in the Isthmian League Premier Division...

Hillingdon Borough
Hillingdon Borough F.C.
Hillingdon Borough Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Ruislip, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was also the name of a now-extinct club that existed between 1965 and 1987.-Historic club:...
Hitchin Town
Hitchin Town F.C.
Hitchin Town Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They will compete in the Southern Football League's Premier Division for the 2011–12 season...
Ilford
Ilford F.C.
Ilford F.C. is a London football club based in Ilford, in Greater London founded in 1987.There was an earlier famous non-league club of the same name, founded in 1881. In 1979, it merged with Leytonstone to...
Kingsbury London Tigers
Kingsbury London Tigers F.C.
London Tigers F.C. is a football club based in Greenford, in the London Borough of Ealing, England. The club was formed in 1986, initially as Marylebone FC before becoming London Tigers in 1997, then merged with Kingsbury Town F.C. in 2006, and now reverted back to London Tigers FC in 2011...
Kingstonian
Kingstonian F.C.
Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2011–12 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground...
Leatherhead
Leatherhead F.C.
Leatherhead F.C. is a football club based in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. The club is nicknamed The Tanners and plays home at Fetcham Grove.-History:...
Leyton
Leyton F.C.
Leyton Football Club are an English association football club based in Leyton, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. As of January 2011, they are not in a senior league, after withdrawing from the Isthmian League Division One North...

(now defunct)
Leytonstone
Leytonstone F.C.
Leytonstone F.C. was an English football club based in Leytonstone, Greater London. Founded in 1886, the club ceased to exist in 1979 when it merged with Ilford to form Leytonstone-Ilford, which later became Redbridge Forest after also absorbing Walthamstow Avenue...

(became Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

)
London All Peoples Sports Association
London APSA F.C.
London All Peoples' Sports Association are a non-League football team who play in the Essex Senior League.They play at The Terrence McMillan Stadium in Newham.-External links:*...
London Caledonians
London Caledonians F.C.
London Caledonians F.C. was an amateur football club based in London, primarily for Scottish players.-History:The club won the first of their five Middlesex Senior Cups in 1889–90 and the first of their five London Senior Cups in 1899–1900. They were founder members of the Isthmian League in 1905...

(now defunct)
London Welsh
London Welsh F.C.
London Welsh F.C. were an English football team that were formed as early as 1891. They lost emphatically in the 1891-92 season 0-12 to Millwall Athletic. They played in the London League for at least the 1896-97 season, in which they finished 7th of seven...

(now defunct)
Metropolitan Police F.C.
Metropolitan Police F.C.
Metropolitan Police F.C. is the football club of the Metropolitan Police Service, although in recent years there has been a relaxation in the rule that players had to be serving members of the police force...
North Greenford United
North Greenford United F.C.
North Greenford United Football Club is a football club based in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, England.Established in 1944, the club joined the London Spartan League in 1983. They are currently members of the Southern Football League Division One Central...
Northwood
Northwood F.C.
Northwood F.C. is an English football club based in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. They play their home games at Northwood Park Stadium...
Old Castle Swifts
Old Castle Swifts F.C.
Old Castle Swifts Football Club, the first professional football club in Essex, was formed by Scottish shipowner Donald Currie in September 1892 as Castle Swifts Football Club. Old Castle Swifts' demise saw several players join the newly founded Thames Ironworks, the team who later became West Ham...

(became West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

)
Redbridge
Redbridge F.C.
Redbridge F.C. is an English Association football club based in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prior to July 2004 the club was known as Ford United F.C. The new name was chosen to help associate the club more within the local area and attract a larger support.They should not be confused with...
Redbridge Forest
Redbridge Forest F.C.
Redbridge Forest F.C. was an English football club, founded in 1989. The club came into being by a merger between Leytonstone/Ilford and Walthamstow Avenue, though the merged clubs played one season under the original name....

(became Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

)
Royal Ordnance Factories
Royal Ordnance Factories F.C.
Royal Ordnance Factories Football Club were a football club from south east London, England,that existed in the late 19th century.In 1893, the former workers' team at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, Woolwich Arsenal FC, was by now a professional side and had joined the Football League...

(now defunct)
St. Albans City
St Albans City F.C.
St Albans City Football Club is a football club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in 1908 and plays its home matches at Clarence Park, about 800 yards from the city centre. The club is in the Premier Division of the Southern League...
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush F.C.
Shepherd's Bush Football Club were an English football club based in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, although they originally played in central and south London.-History:...

(now defunct)
Southall
Southall F.C.
Southall F.C. is a semi-professional football club based in the Southall area of west London, in the London Borough of Ealing, England. Football has been played in Southall from at least 1871.-History:...

South Kilburn
South Kilburn F.C.
South Kilburn F.C. joined the Middlesex County Football League in season 2005-06. The inaugural season was a learning curve for the newly formed team, the end of season position was a lowly third from bottom place in Division One...
Sporting Bengal United
Sporting Bengal United F.C.
Sporting Bengal United Football Club is an English football team from Mile End, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. They currently play in the Essex Senior League.-History:...
Staines Town
Staines Town F.C.
Staines Town FC are an English football club based in Staines, Surrey. They are currently competing in the Conference South. The team are usually known as 'The Swans'...
Surbiton (now defunct)
Sutton United
Sutton United F.C.
Sutton United Football Club is an English football club currently playing in the Conference South. They are based in Sutton, London, and play their home games at the Borough Sports Ground in Gander Green Lane....
Thames
Thames A.F.C.
Thames Association Football Club were an English football club from Custom House, east London , who briefly played in the Football League between 1930 and 1932.-Name:...

(now defunct)
Thames Ironworks
Thames Ironworks F.C.
Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that later became West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd owner Arnold Hills and foreman Dave Taylor in 1895. Thames Ironworks took over the tenancy of The Old Castle Swifts' Hermit Road ground in Canning Town until their...

(became West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

)
Thamesmead Town
Thamesmead Town F.C.
Thamesmead Town F.C. is a football club based in the London district of Thamesmead, straddling the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. They joined the Kent League in 1991 and reached the 5th round of the FA Vase in the 1995-96 season...
Tooting & Mitcham United
Tooting & Mitcham United F.C.
Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club are a semi-professional association football club representing the south-west London areas of Tooting and Mitcham, within the London Borough of Merton. The club's stadium, Imperial Fields is located in Morden. The club are nicknamed The Terrors or...
Upton Park
Upton Park F.C.
Upton Park Football Club were an amateur football club from Upton Park, London in the late 19th and early 20th century, now defunct. As well as being one of the fifteen teams that played in the inaugural FA Cup, they also represented Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics football tournament,...

(now defunct)
Uxbridge
Uxbridge F.C.
Uxbridge Football Club are a football club representing Uxbridge but now based in West Drayton, in the County of Middlesex England. They were established in 1871 and are one of the oldest clubs in the South of England. They were founder members of the Southern League Division Two in 1894 and have...
Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey F.C.
Waltham Abbey Football Club is an English football club based in Waltham Abbey, Essex. The team currently plays in Division One North of the Isthmian League.-History:...
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest F.C.
Waltham Forest F.C. are a football club from Walthamstow, who play in the Isthmian League First Division North. They have played under a number of names and were known as Leyton Pennant up until the end of the 2002–03 season.-History:...
Walthamstow Avenue
Walthamstow Avenue F.C.
Walthamstow Avenue Football Club was an English football club based in Walthamstow in London. They played in dark and light blue hooped shirts, and light blue shorts.-History:...

(became Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

)
Walton & Hersham
Walton & Hersham F.C.
Walton & Hersham F.C. is an English football club located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, currently playing in the Isthmian League Division One South. They play in a red and white home kit at Stompond Lane....
Wealdstone
Wealdstone F.C.
Wealdstone Football Club are an English semi-professional football club who formed in Wealdstone, in the London Borough of Harrow, but are currently based a few miles away in Ruislip, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. At present, the club are members of the Isthmian League Premier Division. They...
Welling United
Welling United F.C.
Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. They currently play in the Conference South. The 2010–11 season was not a good one for them as the club had financial problems, nearly going bankrupt but lots of supporters chipped in and...
Wingate & Finchley
Wanderers
Wanderers F.C.
Wanderers Football Club is an English amateur football club, based in London, that plays in the Surrey South Eastern Combination. Founded as Forest Football Club in 1859, the club changed its name to Wanderers in 1864....

(now defunct)
Woking
Woking F.C.
Woking Football Club is a football club from in Woking, Surrey, England, formed in 1889. They are playing in the Conference South in the 2011–12 season. For the 2011/2012 season, Woking are sharing their ground with Conference National club Hayes & Yeading United.-Promotion to the...
Yeading
Yeading F.C.
Yeading F.C. were an English football club from Yeading in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London.-Club history:Their roots trace to a youth club formed in Yeading in 1960. However, there was a Victorian amateur team by the same name which folded in the 1920s, so the club's history can be...

(now defunct)

Clubs in the Premier League and The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

that have competed in the London FA's London Charity Cup

London Charity Cup

The London Charity Cup was one of the London Football Association's County Cups. The original trophy was donated by the Rt. Hon. Reginald Harrison. Former winners include Cheshunt , Wimbledon , among others. The competition was however discontinued in 1975.-External links:*...

or are located in the Greater London area include:

AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...

(now defunct)

County Cup Competitions

Today the London Football Association runs 9 different County Cup Competitions:

The London Senior Cup
London Senior Cup
The London Senior Cup is the County Senior Cup of the London FA. The London Senior Cup was first won by Upton Park in 1882. Although the leading professional sides in London no longer compete, the Cup has been won in the past by the likes of Arsenal , Brentford, Wimbledon and...

;
The London Intermediate Cup
London Intermediate Cup
The London Intermediate Cup is the County Intermediate Cup of the London FA. The London Intermediate Cup was first won by Barking in 1914-15.-Winners:Results of finals since 1914-15 are:-External links:*...

- commenced in 1914-15;
The London Junior Cup
London Junior Cup
The London Junior Cup is the County Junior Cup of the London FA. The London Junior Cup was first won by Connaught in 1886-87.-Winners:Results of finals since 1919-20 are:-External links:*...

;
The London FA Women's Cup - first contested in 1994-95.;
The London Womens Junior Cup
The London Veterans Cup;
The London Sunday Intermediate Cup;
The London Sunday Junior Cup; and
The London Sunday Challenge Cup.

Turnham Green Trophy
Jack Morgan Cup
Marcus Lipton Cup
Presidents Charity Cup

The LFA also formerly ran the following competitions:

London Charity Cup
London Charity Cup
The London Charity Cup was one of the London Football Association's County Cups. The original trophy was donated by the Rt. Hon. Reginald Harrison. Former winners include Cheshunt , Wimbledon , among others. The competition was however discontinued in 1975.-External links:*...

- discontinued in 1975

List of recent London Cup Winners

Season	London Senior Cup London Senior Cup The London Senior Cup is the County Senior Cup of the London FA. The London Senior Cup was first won by Upton Park in 1882. Although the leading professional sides in London no longer compete, the Cup has been won in the past by the likes of Arsenal , Brentford, Wimbledon and...	London Intermediate Cup London Intermediate Cup The London Intermediate Cup is the County Intermediate Cup of the London FA. The London Intermediate Cup was first won by Barking in 1914-15.-Winners:Results of finals since 1914-15 are:-External links:*...	London Junior Cup London Junior Cup The London Junior Cup is the County Junior Cup of the London FA. The London Junior Cup was first won by Connaught in 1886-87.-Winners:Results of finals since 1919-20 are:-External links:*...	London Womens Cup	London Womens Junior Cup
2000-01	Ford United Redbridge F.C. Redbridge F.C. is an English Association football club based in the London Borough of Redbridge. Prior to July 2004 the club was known as Ford United F.C. The new name was chosen to help associate the club more within the local area and attract a larger support.They should not be confused with...	Corinthian-Casuals Corinthian-Casuals F.C. Corinthian-Casuals F.C. are a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The club was formed in 1939 by a merger of two amateur clubs: Corinthian, who formed in 1882, and Casuals, who formed in 1878.- History :Corinthian-Casuals were formed in 1939 following the... Reserves	Competition Void	Fulham Ladies Fulham L.F.C. WFC Fulham, previously known as Fulham LFC, was a Ladies Football Club formerly associated with Fulham Football Club. The team were dissolved as of 16 May 2006, but were later re-established with independence from Fulham F.C....
2001-02	Croydon Croydon F.C. Croydon F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in Croydon, London, England. Until 2006, they played in the Isthmian League, but lost their place in that league as part of the 2006 re-structuring of non-league football, and now play in the Combined Counties League. They play at...	London City Athletic	TC Sports	Fulham Ladies Fulham L.F.C. WFC Fulham, previously known as Fulham LFC, was a Ladies Football Club formerly associated with Fulham Football Club. The team were dissolved as of 16 May 2006, but were later re-established with independence from Fulham F.C....
2002-03	Bromley Bromley F.C. Bromley Football Club are an English football club based in Bromley, in Greater London, England. They currently play in the Conference South, and play their home matches at Hayes Lane.-Early years:...	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Memorial Sports	\|Charlton Athletic Ladies Charlton Athletic L.F.C. Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England...
2003-04	Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in the London Borough of Southwark. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later, winning it a total of 4 times, between 1920 and 1949, and wear a famous pink and blue...	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Battersea	Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
2004-05	Fisher Athletic Fisher Athletic F.C. Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...	Metrogas	Real Phoenix	Charlton Athletic Ladies Charlton Athletic L.F.C. Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England...
2005-06	Fisher Athletic Fisher Athletic F.C. Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...	Metrogas	Fenerbahce	Charlton Athletic Ladies Charlton Athletic L.F.C. Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England...
2006-07	Tooting & Mitcham United Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club are a semi-professional association football club representing the south-west London areas of Tooting and Mitcham, within the London Borough of Merton. The club's stadium, Imperial Fields is located in Morden. The club are nicknamed The Terrors or...	Corinthian-Casuals Corinthian-Casuals F.C. Corinthian-Casuals F.C. are a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The club was formed in 1939 by a merger of two amateur clubs: Corinthian, who formed in 1882, and Casuals, who formed in 1878.- History :Corinthian-Casuals were formed in 1939 following the... Reserves	Tornados	Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
2007-08	Tooting & Mitcham United Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club are a semi-professional association football club representing the south-west London areas of Tooting and Mitcham, within the London Borough of Merton. The club's stadium, Imperial Fields is located in Morden. The club are nicknamed The Terrors or...	Metrogas	Flanders	Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
2008-09	Hendon Hendon F.C. Hendon Football Club are an English football club based in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.In the 2003-04 season they finished fourth in the Isthmian League Premier Division...		Summertown	Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
2009-10	Metropolitan Police F.C. Metropolitan Police F.C. Metropolitan Police F.C. is the football club of the Metropolitan Police Service, although in recent years there has been a relaxation in the rule that players had to be serving members of the police force...			Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
2010-11	Wingate and Finchley Wingate and Finchley F.C. Wingate & Finchley F.C. is an English football club based in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League and play at The Harry Abrahams Stadium.-History:...	Cray Valley Paper Mills	AFC Sevenoaks	Arsenal Ladies Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...	West Ham United Ladies

Source

List of recent London Sunday Cup & Veterans Winners

Season	London Sunday Challenge Cup	London Sunday Intermediate Cup	London Sunday Junior Cup	London Veterans Cup
2000-01	Livingstone	Sporting Club Tropic	Regent Celtic
2001-02	Green Island United	Libra Arms	Black Horse	Reginald Vets
2002-03	Memorial Sports	Aris	Roebuck	Walthamstow Pennant Vets
2003-04	St Anselm’s	Aris	Mottingham Village	Walthamstow Pennant Vets
2004-05	Aris	Mehmetcik	Fenerbahce	Walthamstow Pennant Vets
2005-06	Aris	Albion Manor	Red Star (Camden)	Fisher Athletic (London)
2006-07	Akincilar	Frenford Sunday	Rolls Park	Baldon Sports
2007-08	New Salamis	Eureka	Clapton Rangers	Waltham Forest Vets
2008-09	Baldon Sports	Clapton Rangers	Cetinkaya Cinar
2009-10	New Salamis
2010-11	New Salamis	Greengate	Yalova	Livingstone RARA

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Vice Presidents

Basil Stallard (1973)
Stan Nathan (1966)
David Richbell (1969)
David Wolff (1970)
Clive Coleman (1974)
Michael McElligott (1974)
Norman Moss (1976)
Maurice Hales B.E.M (1977)
Bob Henderson (1977)
Darryl Ryan (1981)

Honorary Life Members

Lawrie Aldridge (1960)
Ron Halfacre (1964)
Harry Hall (1973)
Cyril Rebak (1973)

Board of Directors

L.J. Seymour (President)
David Fowkes ( Chief Executive and Company Secretary)
RA Blackman
G Dorling
BJ Miller
B Stallard
AJ Sharples
GC Taylor
CD Wheeler

Key Officials

David Fowkes ( Chief Executive)
Josie Clifford (County Development Manager)

External links

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History

Men's Saturday Leagues

Men's Sunday Leagues

Small Sided Leagues

Other Leagues

Ladies and Girls Leagues

Youth Leagues

Futsal Leagues

Cup Competitions

Disbanded or Amalgamated Leagues

Major non-League leagues

Other Leagues

Member and Associated Clubs

County Cup Competitions

List of recent London Cup Winners

List of recent London Sunday Cup & Veterans Winners

Vice Presidents

Honorary Life Members

Board of Directors

Key Officials

See also

External links