The Parthenon League began in 1951, with
an 11-club membership. Nine of the teams
had played in the Middlesex Senior League
during the previous season and the origins
of the new competition appear to have been
prompted by the desire to widen the geographical
area from which clubs came. The number of
clubs taking part in the Parthenon League
varied during its early years, rising to
16 for the 1954-1955 season before falling
back, then growing again for the last-but-one
campaign. This page covers the first eight
seasons of the league’s 15-year history.
The turn-over of clubs playing in the Parthenon
League was substantial. Only 3 clubs
(Crown & Manor, Kingsbury Town and Rayners
Lane) played in all eight seasons. No attempt
has been made to cover the ‘ins and
outs’.
FINAL TABLES
1951-1952
1. Wingate 20
17 1 2
69 25
35
2. Parkhill Chingford
20 14 0
6 61
35 28
3. Rayners Lane 20
12 1 7
78 38
25
4. Paddington Town 20
11 2 7
56 41
24
5. Kingsbury Town 20
11 1 8
58 47 23
6. Crown & Manor 20
9 2 9
38 40
20
7. Spelthorne 20
10 0 10
54 57
20
8. Southall Athletic
20 9 0
11 57 44
18
9. Rootes Athletic 20
6 2 12
54 59
14
10. Staines Town 20
6 1 13
36 64
13
11. Bees Club 20
0 0 20
20 131
0
(220 105 10 105 581 581 220)
1952-1953
1. Kingsbury Town 24
18 3 3
81 38
39
2. Rayners Lane
24 17 2 5
82 39
36
3. Staines Town 24
16 3 5
57 34
35
4. King’s Langley 24
14 1 9
67 51
29
5. Borehamwood 24
13 1 10
50 54
27
6. Paddington Town 24
10 4 10
59 57
24
7. Spelthorne 24
11 2 11
75 56
24
8. Rootes Athletic 24
9 5 10
51 55
23
9. Crown & Manor
24 8 4
12 50 52
20
10. Edmonton B.O.C.
24 7 4
13 45 63
18
11. Atlas Sports 24
6 5 13
36 67
17
12. Southall Athletic 24
7 2 15
46 67
16
13. Ruislip Town 24
0 4 20
23 89
4
(312 136 40 136 722 722 312)
1953-1954
1. Crown & Manor 28
16 9 3
70 36
41
2. Borehamwood 28
18 4 6
92 44
40
3. Paddington Town
28 16 7 5
85 55
39
4. Spelthorne 28
15 8 5
82 47
38
5. King’s Langley 28
15 6 7
77 53
36
6. Rayners Lane
28 14 7 7
81 60
35
7. Kingsbury Town 28
13 8 7
86 57
34
8. Willesden 28
13 5 10
63 53
31
9. Basildon Town 28
12 4 12
72 54
28
10. Addlestone 28
11 5 12
65 69
27
11. Twickenham 28
6 8 14
48 58
20
12. Atlas Sports 28
7 4 17
66 113 18
13. Edmonton B.O.C. 28
5 5 18
49 84
15
14. Ruislip Town 28
3 4 21
48 130 10
15. Rootes Athletic 28
3 2 23
38 109
8
(420 167 86 167 1022 1022 420)
1954-1955
1. Basildon Town 30
22 3
5 92 42
47
2. Borehamwood 30
21 5 4
117 56 47
3. Kingsbury Town 30
21 4 5
81 34
46
4. Rayners Lane 30
19 7 4
104 58 45
5. Twickenham 30
14 9 7
71 53
37
6. Willesden 30
14 4 12
61 50
32
7. Baldock Town
30 14 3
13 77 67
31
8. Epping Town 30
12 5 13
70 68
29
9. Crown & Manor
30 11 5 14
82 72
27
10. Arlesey Town 30
10 7 13
74 87
27
11. Paddington Town 30
11 4 15
59 65
26
12. Spelthorne 30
11 4 15
57 73
26
13. Addlestone
30 7 4
19 62 103
18
14. King’s Langley 30
6 5 19
55 86 17
15. Hatfield Town 30
6 2 22
36 103 14
16. Saffron Walden Town 30
5 1 24
38 119
11
(480 204 72 204 1136 1136 480)
1955-1956
1. Borehamwood 22
16 4 2
80 32
36
2. Shefford Town 22
12 5 5
41 29
29
3. Rayners Lane
22 14 1
7 61
50 29
4. Willesden
22
13 1 8
57 36
27
5. Paddington Town
22 11 3
8 49
41 25
6. Baldock Town 22
11 3 8
57 53
25
7. Twickenham 22
10 4 8
52 47
24
8. Crown & Manor 22
9 3 10
60 54
21
9. Kingsbury Town 22
8 3 11
54 47
19
10. Addlestone 22
6 1 15
34 62
13
11. Arlesey Town 22
5 2 15
38 72
12
12. Hatfield Town 22
1 2 19
28 88
4
(264 116 32 116 611 611 264)
1956-1957
1. Willesden 24
16 6 2
52 23
38
2. Borehamwood 24
16 6 2
90 46
38
3. Crown & Manor 24
15 3 6
58 36
33
4. Shefford Town 24
14 3 7
62 45
31
5. Hatfield Town 24
10 8 6
61 43
28
6. Arlesey Town 24
10 3 11
60 56
23
7. Twickenham 24
9 4 11
47 57
22
8. Finsbury 24
8 3 13
57 58
19
9. Kingsbury Town
24 9 1
14 60 72
19
10. Rayners Lane
24 8 2
14 52 67
18
11. Baldock Town 24
7 4 13
56 78
18
12. Rickmansworth Town
24 5 3
16 40 76
13
13. Paddington Town 24
4 4 16
44 82
12
(312 131 50 131 739 739 312)
1957-1958
1. Wapping Sports 22
18 2 2
68 25
38
2. Twickenham 22
13 6 3
52 32
32
3. Crown & Manor 22
10 5 7
44 42
25
4. Chalfont National 22
10 3 9
50 49
23
5. Baldock Town
22 8 6
8 43
44 22
6. Hatfield Town 22
9 4 9
45 48
22
7. Rickmansworth Town
22 7 6
9 40
57 20
8. Arlesey Town 22
8 3 11
51 47
19
9. Kingsbury Town 22
7 4 11
45 49
18
10. Finsbury 22
6 4 12
42 51
16
11. Shefford Town 22
6 4 12
34 48
16
12. Canvey Island 22
5 3 14
27 49
13
(264 107 50 107 541 541 264)
1958-1959
1. Twickenham 22
17 3 2
75 30
37
2. Wapping Sports 22
16 4 2
80 28
36
3. Finsbury 22
12 5 5
59 37
29
4. Kingsbury Town 22
13 2 7
58 49
28
5. Crown & Manor
22 11 5 6
53 35
27
6. Canvey Island 22
11 4 7
44 39
26
7. Chalfont St. Peter 22
10 5 7
55 53
25
8. Surbiton Town 22
6 2 14
33 59
14
9. Chalfont National 22
5 3 14
38 56
13
10. Hatfield Town
22 5 2
15 40
68 12
11. Baldock Town
22 4
1 17 29
68 9
12. Rickmansworth Town 22
3 2 17
31 73
8
(264 113 38 113 595 595 264)
The second (and final) ‘phase’
of the Parthenon League saw regular changes
in membership for which there isn’t
really space to cover. After operating as
a 12-club, single section competition 1959-1960,
the League had two divisions for the rest
of its existence. From 1960-61 to 1965-66
the top flight was called the Premier Division,
with the second tier known as Division 1.
Probably as a result of the Division 1 being
made up largely of reserve teams, the tables
have proved impossible to trace, but it is
known that Walls were runners-up 1962-63,
Brent Green won the section 1964-65 and 1965-66
and Green Vale finished second in 1965 and
fifth in 1966.
All the Premier Division tables for the period
are set out below. By 1964, when only nine
clubs completed the campaign, the Parthenon
League seemed to lack the viability to continue.
Although Wandsworth and Wapping Sports teams
left, there was a substantial influx of new
members and the 1964-65 season saw all 15
teams complete their programmes. Despite
the apparent healthy state of the competition,
however, 1965-66 proved to be its final season
of the Parthenon League, which went back
to being the Middlesex League.
1959-1960
1. Wapping Sports 22
19 1
2 90
11 39
2. Canvey Island 22
10 10
2 44
29 30
3. Crown & Manor 22
13 3 6
46 24
29
4. Chalfont National 22
11 4 7
59 35
26
5. Chingford
22 12 2
8 53
33 26
6. Twickenham 22
11 4 7
50 39
26
7. Kingsbury Town 22
8 4 10
52 46
20
8. South Vale Glacier
22 7 3
12 23 30
17
9. Chalfont St. Peter 22
5 5 12
32 49
15
10. Tudor Park 22
5 5 12
33 80
15
11. Rickmansworth Town
22 5 3
14 32 67
13
12. Surbiton Town 22
3 2 17
27 98
8
(264 109 46 109 541 541 264)
1960-1961
1. Wapping 18
13 3 2
65 21
29
2. Chalfont National 18
12 2 4
70 36
26
3. Canvey Island 18
11 3 4
75 29
25
4. Wandsworth 18
11 2 5
75 42
24
5. Twickenham 18
10 2 6
47 39
22
6. London Transport Buses 18
7 3 8
41 40
17
7. Post Office Engineers 18
5 2 11
38 71
12
8. Tudor Park
18 5 1
12 22 69
11
9. South Vale Glacier 18
5 0 13
35 74
10
10. Rickmansworth Town 18
1 2 15
20 67
4
(180 80 20 80 488 488 180)
1961-1962
1. Fisher Athletic 18
13 2 3
68 30
28
2. Wandsworth 18
11 3 4
50 25
25
3. Rainham Town Reserves 18
9 4 5
37 28
22
4. Tudor Park 18
9 4 5
43 34
22
5. Canvey Island 18
7 4 7
37 35
18
6. Twickenham
18 9 0
9 39
45 18
7. Wapping 18
7 3 8
35 42
17
8. Post Office Engineers 18
7 2 9
47 36
16
9. London Transport Buses 18
4 4 10
32 52
12
10. South Vale Glacier
18 1 0
17 17 78
2
(180 77 26 77 405 405 180)
1962-1963
1. Wandsworth 22
17 1
4 67 32
35
2. Westfield 22
14 5 3
70 31
33
3. Harold Hill 22
16 1 5
72 36
33
4. Fisher Athletic 22
13 3 6
71 43
29
5. Tudor Park 22
10 7 5
33 37
27
6. Wapping
22 10 3
9 50
43 23
7. Northolt Saints 22
8 3 11
41 48
19
8. Canvey Island 22
7 3 12
43 59
17
9. Barnes 22
7 2 13
38 58
16
10. Battersea United 22
6 3 13
41 74
15
11. Twickenham
22 6 2
14 38 50
14
12. South Vale Glacier 22
0 3 19
26 79
3
(264 114 36 114 590 590 264)
1963-1964
1. Wandsworth 16
13 2 1 64 12 28
2. Wapping Sports 16
10 5 1 56 27 25
3. Fisher Athletic 15
9 3 3 34 20 21
4. Battersea United 16
8 1 7 28 32 17
5. Barnes 16
6 3 7 30 38 15
6. Northolt Saints 16
5 3 8
32 35
13
7. Collier Row 16
5 1 10
36 51
11
8. Twickenham 15
4 0 11
23 50
8
9. South Vale Glacier
16 1 2
13 13
51 4
(142 61 20 61 316 316 142)
Walls withdrew from the competition and the
club’s record was deleted. The match
between Fisher Athletic and Twickenham was
not played.
1964-1965
1. Harefield United 28
23 1
4 110 33
47
2. Fisher Athletic 28
21 5 2
84 30
47
3. Byron Wanderers 28
15 5 8
57 30
35
4. Northolt Saints 28
16 3 9
62 49
35
5. Battersea United
28 16 3
9 68
60 35
6. Collier Row 28
11 10 7
52 47
32
7. Egham Town
28 12 5
11 57 58
29
8. Southall Corinthians 28
12 4 12
59 62
28
9. British European Airways 28
10 6 12
60 72
26
10. Orpington Athletic 28
11 2 15
60 66
24
11. Ditton Old Boys 28
10 4 14
50 64 24
12. Twickenham 28
7 4 17
42 77
18
13. Kodak 28
6 6 16
36 68
18
14. Barnes 28
2 8 18
46 83
12
15. South Vale Glacier 28
1 8 19
25 69
10
(420 173 74 173 868 868 420)
1965-1966
1. Surbiton Byron 26
20 3 3
76 20
43
2. Fisher Athletic 26
19 4 3
72 24
42
3. Harefield United 26
18 4 4
84 46
40
4. Northolt Saints 26
16 6 4
65 31
38
5. Battersea United 26
13 4 9
58 39
30
6. Collier Row
26 11 6
9 52
48 28
7. Camberley Wanderers 26
12 2 12
62 57
26
8. Southall Corinthians 26
10 4 12
48 51
24
9. Ditton Old Boys 26
8 7 11
55 58
23
10. Barnes 26
7 8 11
44 62
22
11. Twickenham
26 8 4
14 48 62
20
12. British European Airways 26
4 5 17
30 63
13
13. South Vale Glacier 26
2 5 19
20 65
9
14. Kodak 26
1 4 21
26 114
6
(364 149 66 149 740 740 364)
