Leyton F.C.

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Leyton F.C.

Full name

Leyton Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Lilywhites (or Lillies), The Swifts

Founded

1868

Ground

Leyton Stadium,
London

Capacity

4,000

Chairman

Costas Sophocleous

Manager

Costas Sophocleous

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2005-06

Isthmian League Premier Division, 15th





Home colours





Away colours

Leyton Football Club 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. The Lillies are unrelated (though rivals and neighbours) to Leyton Orient F.C.

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] Honours

1891-92 Winners Walthamstow Charity Cup
1892-93 Champions Leyton & District Alliance
1893-94 Champions Leyton & District Alliance
1893-94 Winners Essex Junior Cup
1894-95 Winners London Junior Cup
1895-96 Champions South Essex League
1896-97 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1896-97 Champions South East league
1896-97 Winners Walthamstow Charity CUP
1897-98 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1899-00 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1899-00 Champions South Essex League
1900-01 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1902-03 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1903-04 Winners London Senior Cup
1909-10 Finalist London Challenge Cup
1923-24 Champions London League
1924-25 Champions London League
1924-25 Finalist Essex Senior Cup
1925-26 Champions London League
1925-26 Finalists Essex Senior Cup
1926-27 Winners F.A. Amateur Cup
1927-28 Winners F.A. Amateur Cup
1927-28 Finalists London Challenge Cup
1928-29 Champions Athenian League
1929-30 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1930-31 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1932-33 Finalists London Charity Cup
1933-34 Finalists FA Amateur Cup
1933-34 Finalists London Senior Cup
1934-35 Winners London Charity Cup
1934-35 Winners Essex Senior Cup
1936-37 Winners London Charity Cup
1936-37 Finalists F.A. Amateur Cup
1937-38 Finalists London Senior Cup
1939-40 Finalists Essex Senior Cup
1941-42 Joint Holders Grays & Tilbury Cup
1945-46 Runners-up Athenian League
1945-46 Finalists London Senior Cup
1945-46 Finalists East Anglian Cup
1946-47 Finalists London Charity Cup
1948-49 Finalists Essex Senior Cup
1949-50 Finalists Essex Senior Cup
1951-52 Finalists FA Amateur Cup
1963-64 Finalists Essex Thamesside Trophy
1964-65 Winners Essex Thamesside Trophy
1964-65 Runners-up Athenian League
1965-66 Champions Athenian League
1966-67 Champions Athenian League
1966-67 Winners Essex Thamesside Trophy
1966-67 Finalists London Charity Cup
1970-71 Finalists London Charity Cup
1972-73 Finalists East Anglian Cup
1972-73 Joint Holders Premier Midweek Floodlight Cup
1992-93 Winners Essex Thamesside Trophy
1998-99 Runners-up Essex Intermediate League Division Two
2000-01 Runners-up Essex & Herts League Division One
2001-02 Winners Foresters Essex Senior League
2001-02 Gordon Brasted Memorial Trophy
2002-03 Runners-up Ryman Division Two
2002-03 Winners Associate Members Trophy
2003-04 Runners-up Ryman Division One North

[edit] As Leyton Wingate F.C.

1976-77 Champions Athenian League
1977-78 Runners-up Athenian League
1981-82 Champions Athenian League
1981-82 Winners Essex Thamesside Trophy
1984-85 Champions Isthmian League Division Two (North)
1984-85 Winners Thorn EMI lighting Football Floodlighting Competition
1984-85 Finalists Essex Senior Trophy
1986-87 Runners-up Vauxhall Opel League Division One

[edit] External links

Official site
Leyton at the Football Club History Database

Isthmian League Premier Division 2006/07

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