Leyton F.C.
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| Full name | Leyton Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Leyton Stadium, Leyton, London |
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| Capacity | 4,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Costas Sophocleous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Costas Sophocleous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leyton F.C. are an English association football club based in Leyton, east London. The first team to go by the name was founded in 1868, and the current club, which began playing in 1997, won a High Court action in 2002 in support of its claim to be a continuation of the original team, making it the second oldest existing club in London (Cray Wanderers F.C., founded in 1860, being the oldest). The club has disbanded twice in its history, and was called Matlock Swifts between 1889 and 1895, and Leyton-Wingate F.C. from 1975 until 1992.
The team members play in white shirts with blue shorts and white socks, and the team is one of a number of teams nicknamed the Lilywhites; the reason for this is unknown, but may be related to "Lilywhites No 5", the first official ball of the Football Association.
At the beginning of the new millennium Leyton won back-to-back promotions, winning the Essex Senior League in 2001/02 then finishing second in the Isthmian League Second Division the following season. In 2003/04 Leyton finished second in the Isthmian League First Division North, gaining a place in the new Isthmian League Premier Division for the following season as the non-league pyramid was reconstructed. 2004/05 saw Leyton finish fifth in the Isthmian Premier Division and reach the final of the play-offs for promotion to the Conference South, but the Lilywhites were beaten 2-1 in the final by Eastleigh F.C.
Costas Sophocleous is the club chairman and manager. Having managed the team for the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons, Sophocleous decided to step back from management to concentrate on his role as chairman. Following a bad start to the season, however, two managers were sacked in quick succession and the chairman took over the managerial role again.
Leyton F.C. play at the Leyton Stadium (previously known as the Hare and Hounds, and before that as the Wingate-Leyton Stadium). The club has ten youth teams, ranging in age from under nines to under eighteens, and runs a Football in the Community scheme for local schools.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Leyton at the Football Club History Database
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