Parthenon League

The Parthenon League was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.

Parthenon League

Founded	1951
First season	1951–52
Folded	1966
Country	England
Divisions	One (1951–1960) Two (1960–1966)
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup
Most championships	Wapping Sports (3)

History

The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.^[1] By 1954 the league had grown to 16 clubs, but then slowly lost members until 1960 when a second division was added, although largely filled with reserve teams.^[1] However, the league was dissolved in 1966 and was replaced by the Middlesex League.^[2]

List of champions

Season	Champions
1951–52	Wingate
1952–53	Kingsbury Town
1953–54	Crown & Manor
1954–55	Basildon Town
1955–56	Boreham Wood
1956–57	Willesden
1957–58	Wapping Sports
1958–59	Twickenham
1959–60	Wapping Sports
1960–61	Wapping Sports
1961–62	Fisher Athletic
1962–63	Wandsworth
1963–64	Wandsworth
1964–65	Harefield United
1965–66	Surbiton Byron

Member clubs

During its history, member clubs included:

Addlestone Arlesey Town Atlas Sports Baldock Town Barnes Basildon Town Battersea United Bees Club Boreham Wood British European Airways Byron Wanderers Camberley Wanderers Canvey Island Chalfont National

Chalfont St Peter Chingford Collier Row Crown & Manor Ditton Old Boys Edmonton BOC Egham Town Epping Town Finsbury Fisher Athletic Harefield United Harold Hill Hatfield Town Kings Langley

Kingsbury Town Kodak London Transport Buses Northolt Saints Orpington Athletic Paddington Town Post Office Engineers Rainham Town Reserves Rayners Lane Rickmansworth Town Rootes Athletic Ruislip Town Saffron Walden Town Shefford Town

South Vale Glacier Southall Athletic Southall Corinthians Spelthorne Staines Town Surbiton Byron Surbiton Town Tudor Park Twickenham Wandsworth Wapping Sports Westfield Willesden Wingate