Edgware Town F.C.

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Edgware Town
Full name Edgware Town Football Club
Nickname(s) The Wares
Founded 1939
Dissolved 2008
Ground White Lion Ground, Edgware
Home colours
Away colours

Edgware Town F.C. was an English football club based in Edgware, Greater London. Established in 1939, the club was dissolved at the end of the 2007–08 season

History

The club were founded in 1939 and played in the Middlesex Senior League until joining the Corinthian League in the 1946–47 season.[1] In 1948 they won the Middlesex Senior Cup. In 1963 the club transferred to Division One of the Athenian League. They finished third in their first season, and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1966–67 they finished bottom of the division, and were relegated to Division One. This was followed by a second successive relegation to Division Two as they finished bottom of the table again.

In 1972 the club was renamed Edgware.[2] When the Athenian League disbanded in 1984 they joined the London Spartan League, before changing their name back to Edgware Town in 1987. They won the Premier Division of the Spartan League in 1987–88 and 1989–90, and after their second title win, were promoted to Division Two North of the Isthmian League. After league reorganisation in 1991 they were placed in Division Three, which they won the following season. They were relegated back to Division Three in 2001.

In 2006 the now-renamed Division Two was disbanded and Edgware were transferred to the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League. They won it at the first attempt,[3] also winning the Premier Cup and the Challenge Trophy. The club was promoted to Division One North of the Isthmian League, but folded at the end of the 2007–08 season due to lack of funds.[4]

Notable ex-players

Professional players that played for Edgware early in their career include:

Honours

  • Isthmian League
    • Division Three champions 1991–92
  • Spartan South Midlands League
    • Premier Division champions 2006–07
    • Premier Cup winners 2006–07
    • Challenge Cup winners 2006–07
  • London Spartan League
    • Premier Division champions 1987–88, 1989–90
    • League Cup winners 1987–88
  • Corinthian League
    • Memorial Shield winners 1952–53, 1961–62
  • Middlesex Senior League
    • Champions 1939–40, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46
  • Middlesex Senior Cup
    • Winners 1947–48

References

  1. ↑ Edgware Town at the Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ Edgware at the Football Club History Database
  3. ↑ Spartan South Midlands Premier Tony Kempster
  4. ↑ "Edgware Town FC BBC London". BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 

Coordinates: 51°36′28.87″N 0°16′42.64″W / 51.6080194°N 0.2785111°W / 51.6080194; -0.2785111

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