London APSA F.C.

London All Peoples' Sports Association

Full name	London All Peoples' Sports Association Football Club
Founded	1993 (as Ahle Sunnah)
Ground	Terence MacMillan Stadium
Ground Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Zulfi Ali
Manager	Zak Hussein
League	Essex Senior League
2012–13	Essex Senior League, 16th
Home colours Away colours

London All Peoples' Sports Association are a non-League football team, based in Forest Gate who play in the Essex Senior League.

History

London APSA (London All Peoples' Sports Association) was formed in 1993, corresponding with the creation of the first Asian Football League (AFL). They were originally known as Ahle Sunnah.^[1] The team was set up by a group of friends from East Ham College in Newham who teamed up with a local youth team, known as Young Muslims, who were no longer eligible to play under 16s football. London APSA were crowned the first-ever Asian League Champions.

The club competed in Asian-run competitions until they decided to join the London Intermediate League in 2000. However the club resigned pre-season and instead joined the Essex Business Houses League Senior Intermediate Division. They played in that division for three seasons, after which they joined the Essex Senior League for the start of the 2003–04 season, and have remained in this league since.^[2]

Ground

The clubs ground is the Terrence McMillan Stadium, which they share with Essex Olympian Football League club Canning Town.

For the 2011–12 season the club groundshared with Clapton at the Old Spotted Dog Ground in the London Borough of Newham, as work was being done to their home stadium. During the 2012–13 season they played home games at Aveley's Mill Field ground.

Club records

• Highest League Position: 9th in Essex Senior League 2005–06^[2]

Former players

London APSA players that have played professional football include:

• Alton Thelwell

References

External links

• Club website

Coordinates: 51°31′11.27″N 0°02′11.8″E / 51.5197972°N 0.036611°E / 51.5197972; 0.036611