Aetolian League (football)

Aetolian League
Country	England
Founded	1959
First season	1959–60
Folded	1964
Divisions	Two
Number of teams	Lowest: 12 (1963–64) Highest: 14 (1959–60, 1961–62)
Feeder to	Southern League
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup
League cup(s)	League Cup
Most championships	Ford United (2)

The Aetolian League was a short-lived football league in the south east of England. It was established in 1959 after the Kent League folded, leaving a number of clubs without a league to play in. The league had two divisions, although Division Two consisted mainly of the reserve teams of clubs in Division One together with Medway Corinthians. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions.

In 1964 after only five seasons of existence, it merged with the London League to form the Greater London League. This later merged with the Metropolitan League to form the Metropolitan–London League, which in turn merged with the Spartan League and later the South Midlands League to form the modern Spartan South Midlands League.

History

1959–60

Fourteen clubs joined the league for its first season:

Seven from the defunct Kent League (Deal Town, Faversham Town, Chatham Town, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, Herne Bay, Sheppey United and Whitstable Town)
Four from the London League (Cheshunt, Cray Wanderers, Eton Manor and Willesden)
One from the Kent Amateur League (Crockenhill)
One new club, Ford United (a merger of Briggs Motor Bodies and Ford Sports)
Charlton Athletic 'A'

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Ford United	26	15	7	4	65	32	37
2	Deal Town	26	14	7	5	68	35	35
3	Faversham Town	26	11	8	7	64	39	30
4	Chatham Town	26	12	6	8	48	40	30
5	Eton Manor	26	10	7	9	55	49	27
6	Crockenhill	26	9	9	8	47	55	27
7	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	26	8	10	8	47	47	26
8	Willesden	26	11	2	13	53	50	24
9	Cray Wanderers	26	11	2	13	52	56	24
10	Cheshunt	26	10	4	12	47	68	24
11	Charlton Athletic 'A'	26	8	7	11	52	53	23
12	Herne Bay	26	8	7	11	51	61	23
13	Sheppey United	26	8	4	14	48	68	20
14	Whitstable Town	26	5	4	17	29	73	14	Dropped into Kent Amateur League at end of season
Source: Sheppey United

1960–61

Ford United won the League Cup in the 1960–61 season.^[1]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	24	18	2	4	81	40	38
2	Ford United	24	14	3	7	68	39	31
3	Cray Wanderers	24	14	3	7	79	52	31
4	Herne Bay	24	11	9	4	50	40	31
5	Sheppey United	24	9	6	9	62	60	24
6	Cheshunt	24	10	3	11	44	53	23
7	Crockenhill	24	9	4	11	55	61	22
8	Chatham Town	24	10	2	12	37	50	22
9	Eton Manor	24	9	3	12	43	53	21
10	Deal Town	24	8	5	11	52	66	21
11	Faversham Town	24	5	8	11	45	60	18
12	Charlton Athletic 'A'	24	5	6	13	39	58	16
13	Willesden	24	5	4	15	33	56	14
Source: Sheppey United

1961–62

One new club, Beckenham Town, joined prior to the start of the 1961–62 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Ford United	26	16	6	4	61	22	38
2	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	26	14	6	6	71	51	34
3	Cheshunt	26	13	6	7	67	49	32	Left to join the Spartan League at end of season
4	Sheppey United	26	14	4	8	64	57	32
5	Deal Town	26	13	5	8	56	50	31
6	Herne Bay	26	14	2	10	53	55	30
7	Cray Wanderers	26	12	4	10	60	52	28
8	Willesden	26	10	4	12	60	61	24
9	Chatham Town	26	10	4	12	55	57	24
10	Charlton Athletic 'A'	26	11	0	15	65	58	22	Left league at end of season
11	Eton Manor	26	6	9	11	41	41	21
12	Faversham Town	26	8	4	14	47	69	20
13	Beckenham Town	26	8	4	14	36	64	20
14	Crockenhill	26	3	2	21	48	98	8
Source: Sheppey United

1962–63

East Ham United joined from the London League prior to the start of the 1962–63 season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Cray Wanderers	24	16	5	3	58	30	37
2	Chatham Town	24	16	3	5	69	24	35
3	Herne Bay	24	14	6	4	59	27	34
4	Ford United	24	16	2	6	54	29	34
5	Deal Town	24	11	5	8	47	41	27	Joined the Southern League at end of season^[2]
6	Faversham Town	24	10	5	9	43	36	25
7	Eton Manor	24	10	4	10	46	35	24
8	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	24	9	6	9	38	34	24
9	Sheppey United	24	6	7	11	48	61	19
10	East Ham United	24	9	1	14	34	59	19
11	Willesden	24	6	4	14	33	50	16	Left league at end of season
12	Beckenham Town	24	4	2	18	29	76	10
13	Crockenhill	24	3	2	19	28	84	8
Source: Sheppey United

1963–64

Whistable Town rejoined the league for the 1963–64 season. At the end of the season most clubs joined the newly formed Greater London League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Notes
1	Chatham Town	22	16	4	2	73	24	36	Joined the Metropolitan League^[3]
2	Herne Bay	22	16	3	3	70	23	35	Joined Division Two of the Athenian League^[4]
3	Cray Wanderers	22	15	5	2	76	27	35	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
4	Sheppey United	22	12	4	6	64	49	28	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
5	Ford United	22	12	2	8	55	38	26	Placed in A Section of Greater London League
6	Snowdown Colliery Welfare	21	9	1	11	43	37	19	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
7	Faversham Town	22	8	2	12	38	51	18	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
8	Beckenham Town	21	5	4	12	36	69	14	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
9	Eton Manor	22	6	2	14	25	62	14	Placed in A Section of Greater London League
10	Crockenhill	22	6	1	15	39	65	13	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
11	Whitstable Town	22	5	2	15	38	76	12	Placed in B Section of Greater London League
12	East Ham United	22	5	2	15	36	72	12	Placed in A Section of Greater London League
Source: Sheppey United

References

↑ History Redbridge FC
↑ Deal Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Chatham Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Herne Bay at the Football Club History Database

Spartan South Midlands League

Premier Division	Berkhamsted Biggleswade United Broxbourne Borough Cockfosters Colney Heath Crawley Green Edgware Town Hadley Hertford Town Hoddesdon Town Holmer Green Leighton Town Leverstock Green London Colney London Tigers Oxhey Jets St. Margaretsbury Stotfold Sun Sports Tring Athletic Welwyn Garden City Wembley

Division One	Ampthill Town Arlesey Town Reserves Baldock Town Bedford Biggleswade Brimsdown Broadfields United Buckingham Athletic Chesham United Reserves Codicote Hadley Wood & Wingate Harefield United Harpenden Town Hatfield Town Hillingdon Borough Kensington Borough Langford Risborough Rangers Southall Winslow United Wodson Park

Division Two	Amersham Town Aston Clinton Clean Slate Enfield Borough Grendon Rangers Hale Leys United Loughton Manor MK Galacticos Mursley United New Bradwell St. Peter Old Bradwell United Pitstone & Ivinghoe United St Neots Town Reserves Thame Rangers The 61 Totternhoe Tring Corinthians Tring Town Unite MK

Seasons	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Predecessor leagues: Aetolian League Greater London League London League Metropolitan League Metropolitan–London League South Midlands League Spartan League

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