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Athenian League

Field	Value
name	Athenian League
country
founded	1912
first	1912–13
folded	1984
divisions	One (1912–1963, 1977–1984)
Two (1973–1977)
Three (1963–1973)
teams	Lowest: 10 (1912–1913)
Highest: 48 (1964–1972)
feeds	Isthmian League
domest_cup	FA Cup, FA Amateur Cup
FA Trophy, FA Vase
most_champs	Barnet (7)

Two (1973–1977) Three (1963–1973) Highest: 48 (1964–1972) FA Trophy, FA Vase

The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League, but this name was rejected by the Football Association. It 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. Clubs left and joined the league at a rate of about one a year, with a number leaving to join the Isthmian League, the strongest amateur league in the London area. Total membership remained fairly stable at between twelve and sixteen clubs until 1963, when it absorbed most of the clubs from two rival leagues, the Corinthian League (most of whose former clubs formed Division One) and the Delphian League (most of whose former clubs formed Division Two). The existing division was renamed the Premier Division.

Over the following years it lost many clubs to stronger leagues, particularly the Isthmian League and Southern League, and successive waves of Isthmian League expansion in 1973, 1977 and 1984 finally forced the league to disband. The league was amongst the first in England to be sponsored by an external company when, in the late 1970s, it was billed as the Kingsmead Athenian League.

Champions

The champion clubs were as follows:

Season	Champions
1912–13	Catford Southend
1913–14	Tufnell Park
1919–20	Luton Clarence
1920–21	St Albans City
1921–22	St Albans City
1922–23	Bromley
1923–24	Kingstonian
1924–25	Redhill
1925–26	Kingstonian
1926–27	Southall
1927–28	Sutton United
1928–29	Leyton
1929–30	Walthamstow Avenue
1930–31	Barnet
1931–32	Barnet
1932–33	Walthamstow Avenue
1933–34	Walthamstow Avenue
1934–35	Barking
1935–36	Romford
1936–37	Romford
1937–38	Walthamstow Avenue
1938–39	Walthamstow Avenue
1945–46	Sutton United
1946–47	Barnet
1947–48	Barnet
1948–49	Bromley
1949–50	Tooting & Mitcham
1950–51	Bromley
1951–52	Wealdstone
1952–53	Hendon
1953–54	Finchley
1954–55	Tooting & Mitcham
1955–56	Hendon
1956–57	Hayes
1957–58	Sutton United
1958–59	Barnet
1959–60	Hounslow Town
1960–61	Hendon
1961–62	Enfield
1962–63		Enfield

In 1963 the league expanded to three divisions

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division Two
1963–64	Barnet	Leatherhead	Tilbury
1964–65	Barnet	Slough Town	Harwich & Parkeston
1965–66	Leyton	Bishop's Stortford	Croydon Amateurs
1966–67	Leyton	Hornchurch	Eastbourne United
1967–68	Slough Town	Cheshunt	Lewes
1968–69	Walton & Hersham	Tilbury	Boreham Wood
1969–70	Bishop's Stortford	Lewes	Horsham
1970–71	Dagenham	Aveley	Herne Bay
1971–72	Slough Town	Harlow Town	Staines Town
1972–73	Slough Town	Horsham	Ruislip Manor

In 1973 the league was reduced to two divisions

Season	Division One	Division Two
1973–74	Boreham Wood	Alton Town
1974–75	Letchworth Town	Egham Town
1975–76	Cheshunt	Epping Town
1976–77	Leyton-Wingate	Farnborough Town

In 1977 the league was reduced to a single division

Season	Champions
1977–78	Billericay Town
1978–79	Billericay Town
1979–80	Windsor & Eton
1980–81	Windsor & Eton
1981–82	Leyton-Wingate
1982–83	Newbury Town
1983–84	Redhill

Member clubs

The league had 115 member clubs during its existence:

Addlestone
Alton Town
Aveley
Aylesbury United
Banstead Athletic
Barking
Barnet
Barnet & Alston
Basildon United
Berkhamsted Town
Billericay Town
Bishop's Stortford
Boreham Wood
Brentwood & Warley
Bromley
Burnham
Camberley Town
Cambridge City
Carshalton Athletic
Catford Southend
Chalfont St Peter
Chelmsford
Chertsey Town
Chesham Town
Chesham United
Cheshunt
Croydon
Dagenham
Dorking
Eastbourne Town
Eastbourne United
Edgware Town
Edmonton
Egham Town
Enfield
Epping Town
Epsom & Ewell
Erith & Belvedere
Farnborough Town
Faversham Town
Feltham
Finchley
Flackwell Heath
Fleet Town
Grays Athletic
Guildford
Hampton
Harefield United
Haringey Borough
Harlow Town
Harrow Borough
Harwich & Parkeston
Hastings & St Leonards
Hayes
Hemel Hempstead Town
Hendon
Herne Bay
Hertford Town
Histon
Hitchin Town
Hoddesdon Town
Horley Town
Hornchurch
Horsham
Hounslow
Kingsbury Town
Kingstonian
Leatherhead
Letchworth Garden City
Lewes
Leyton
Leyton-Wingate
Luton Clarence
Maidenhead United
Maidstone United
Marlow
Metrogas
Molesey
Newbury Town
Rainham Town
Redhill
Romford
Romford Town
Ruislip Manor
Slough Town
Southall
St Albans City
Staines Town
Summerstown
Sutton United
Thatcham Town
Tilbury
Tooting
Tooting & Mitcham
Tring Town
Tufnell Park
Uxbridge
Uxbridge Town
Walthamstow Avenue
Walton & Hersham
Ware
Wealdstone
Welling United
Wembley
West London Old Boys
West Norwood
Whyteleafe
Willesden
Wimbledon
Windsor & Eton
Wingate
Wokingham Town
Wolverton Town
Woodford Town
Worthing

References

Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston).
Williams, Tony. (1978). "The FA Non-League Football Annual 1978–79". MacDonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd.
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engathenianchamp.html Athenian League Champions] RSSSF

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