List_of_Metropolitan_League_seasons

List of Metropolitan League seasons

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The Metropolitan League ran for twenty-two seasons between 1949–50 and 1970–71.

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Hove at the Football Club History Database

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Windsor & Eton at the Football Club History Database

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Dagenham at the Football Club History Database

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Leatherhead at the Football Club History Database

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Chingford Town at the Football Club History Database

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Dickinsons (Apsley) at the Football Club History Database

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Horsham at the Football Club History Database

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Tottenham Hotspur "A" at the Football Club History Database

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Haywards Heath at the Football Club History Database

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Southwick at the Football Club History Database

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West Ham United "A" at the Football Club History Database

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Crawley at the Football Club History Database

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Eastbourne United at the Football Club History Database

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Canterbury City at the Football Club History Database

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	St Neots & District	16	12	2	2	63	21	+42	26
2	Dagenham	16	11	4	1	62	23	+39	26
3	Callender Athletic	16	11	3	2	69	29	+40	25
4	Headington United reserves	16	10	3	3	57	31	+26	23
5	Chingford Town reserves	16	7	2	7	31	32	−1	16
6	Twickenham	16	4	2	10	39	51	−12	10
7	Dickinsons	16	2	3	11	20	42	−22	7
8	Chipperfield	16	2	3	11	25	61	−36	7
9	Hove	16	1	2	13	16	92	−76	4	Changed name to Hove United^[1]
–	Hammersmith United	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Withdrew during season, record expunged

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Dagenham	30	24	3	3	95	28	+67	51	Founder members of Delphian League^[3]
2	Vickers Armstrong	30	22	3	5	98	50	+48	47
3	Croydon Rovers	30	22	1	7	67	37	+30	45	Left the league
4	St Neots & District	30	18	4	8	87	47	+40	40	Joined the United Counties League
5	Luton Town 'A'	30	17	3	10	95	47	+48	37
6	Windsor & Eton	30	16	4	10	70	61	+9	36
7	Headington United reserves	30	14	4	12	68	62	+6	32
8	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	30	10	10	10	56	53	+3	30
9	Leatherhead	30	12	3	15	53	67	−14	27	Founder members of Delphian League^[4]
10	Dunstable Town	30	11	2	17	62	83	−21	24
11	Callender Athletic	30	10	2	18	55	76	−21	22
12	Twickenham	30	8	6	16	49	75	−26	22
13	Chingford Town	30	8	5	17	51	71	−20	21	First team replaced the reserves mid-season, folded at end of season^[5]
14	Hastings United reserves	30	6	5	19	38	72	−34	17
15	Dickinsons	30	5	5	20	60	136	−76	15	Dropped into the Herts County League^[6]
16	Hove United	30	5	4	21	35	74	−39	14	Left the league
–	Chipperfield	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Withdrew during season, record expunged.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Horsham	26	17	6	3	75	30	+45	40
2	Tonbridge reserves	26	16	7	3	90	34	+56	39
3	Tottenham Hotspur 'A'	26	15	3	8	74	47	+27	33
4	Headington United reserves	26	13	5	8	72	58	+14	31
5	Skyways	26	14	1	11	54	56	−2	29	Left the league
6	Windsor & Eton	26	12	4	10	76	58	+18	28
7	Vickers Armstrong	26	9	8	9	64	72	−8	26
8	Luton Town 'A'	26	12	1	13	83	79	+4	25
9	Hastings United reserves	26	9	7	10	49	57	−8	25
10	Dunstable Town	26	11	2	13	48	66	−18	24
11	Twickenham	26	8	5	13	53	71	−18	21
12	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	26	8	3	15	54	72	−18	19
13	Millwall 'A'	26	5	6	15	49	79	−30	16	Left the league
14	Callender Athletic	26	3	2	21	32	94	−62	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Tonbridge reserves	30	22	3	5	88	42	+46	47
2	Windsor & Eton	30	19	6	5	91	53	+38	44
3	Tottenham Hotspur 'A'	30	17	5	8	82	44	+38	39
4	Newbury Town	30	17	5	8	96	57	+39	39
5	Haywards Heath	30	14	8	8	59	48	+11	36
6	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	30	16	2	12	78	59	+19	34
7	Dunstable Town	30	15	3	12	70	66	+4	33
8	Hastings United reserves	30	13	6	11	83	69	+14	32
9	Luton Town 'A'	30	14	4	12	80	70	+10	32
10	Horsham	30	13	4	13	75	64	+11	30
11	Headington United reserves	30	11	8	11	55	54	+1	30
12	West Ham United 'A'	30	10	7	13	55	69	−14	27
13	Southwick	30	8	5	17	54	80	−26	21
14	Vickers Armstrong	30	7	4	19	41	74	−33	18
15	Twickenham	30	5	3	22	39	97	−58	13	Joined Parthenon League
16	Callender Athletic	30	2	1	27	27	127	−100	5	Left the league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Headington United reserves	34	24	2	8	91	45	+46	50
2	Hastings United reserves	34	23	3	8	119	55	+64	49
3	Luton Town 'A'	34	20	6	8	97	58	+39	46
4	Tonbridge reserves	34	19	5	10	94	63	+31	43
5	Windsor & Eton	34	19	5	10	93	76	+17	43
6	Guildford City reserves	34	14	10	10	71	59	+12	38
7	Tottenham Hotspur 'A'	34	16	5	13	73	67	+6	37	Left the league
8	Gravesend & Northfleet reserves	34	12	11	11	56	52	+4	35
9	Chelsea 'A'	34	13	9	12	46	55	−9	35
10	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	34	14	5	15	58	65	−7	33
11	Dunstable Town	34	13	5	16	83	111	−28	31
12	Newbury Town	34	9	11	14	71	80	−9	29
13	Horsham	34	11	6	17	59	63	−4	28
14	Dartford reserves	34	10	7	17	53	64	−11	27
15	Vickers Armstrong	34	7	11	16	38	71	−33	25
16	West Ham United 'A'	34	9	6	19	56	84	−28	24
17	Haywards Heath	34	7	7	20	52	97	−45	21
18	Southwick	34	6	6	22	37	82	−45	18	Joined Sussex County League

List_of_Metropolitan_League_seasons

List of Metropolitan League seasons

1949–50

1950–51

1951–52

1952–53

1953–54

1954–55

1955–56

1956–57

1957–58

1958–59

1959–60

1960–61

1961–62

1962–63

1963–64

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1965–66

1966–67

1967–68

1968–69

1969–70

1970–71

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea 'A'	34	22	5	7	106	38	+68	49
2	Bedford Town reserves	34	20	7	7	113	64	+49	47
3	Tonbridge reserves	34	21	5	8	83	62	+21	47
4	Hastings United reserves	34	19	8	7	129	63	+66	46
5	Luton Town 'A'	34	20	4	10	97	67	+30	44
6	Newbury Town	34	17	7	10	75	56	+19	41
7	West Ham United 'A'	34	16	5	13	83	66	+17	37
8	Dartford reserves	34	17	3	14	64	60	+4	37
9	Headington United reserves	34	15	5	14	71	66	+5	35
10	Guildford City reserves	34	15	5	14	71	69	+2	35
11	Eastbourne United	34	14	6	14	72	67	+5	34
12	Windsor & Eton	34	13	4	17	62	98	−36	30
13	Dunstable Town	34	10	7	17	72	90	−18	27
14	Crawley	34	9	7	18	61	75	−14	25
15	Wokingham Town	34	7	7	20	69	109	−40	21	Joined the Delphian League
16	Haywards Heath	34	9	3	22	42	100	−58	21
17	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	34	8	3	23	46	105	−59	19
18	Horsham	34	3	11	20	50	111	−61	17	Joined the Corinthian League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal 'A'	36	25	6	5	118	51	+67	56
2	Chelsea 'A'	36	26	3	7	109	35	+74	55
3	Tonbridge reserves	36	22	8	6	103	58	+45	52
4	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	36	18	7	11	71	61	+10	43
5	Dunstable Town	36	17	5	14	78	64	+14	39
6	Newbury Town	36	16	7	13	64	60	+4	39
7	Hastings United reserves	36	16	6	14	68	64	+4	38
8	Haywards Heath	36	13	10	13	61	62	−1	36
9	Headington United reserves	36	13	10	13	73	83	−10	36
10	Guildford City reserves	36	16	4	16	69	80	−11	36
11	Bedford Town reserves	36	12	9	15	67	83	−16	33
12	West Ham United 'A'	36	14	4	18	73	73	0	32
13	Fulham 'A'	36	13	6	17	72	77	−5	32
14	Crawley Town	36	12	7	17	65	86	−21	31
15	Luton Town 'A'	36	12	6	18	72	74	−2	30
16	Didcot Town	36	8	14	14	53	61	−8	30
17	Eastbourne United	36	10	7	19	54	69	−15	27
18	Dartford reserves	36	8	6	22	62	127	−65	22
19	Windsor & Eton	36	5	7	24	46	110	−64	17

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Luton Town 'A'	38	24	6	8	100	61	+39	54
2	Arsenal 'A'	38	21	9	8	108	52	+56	51
3	Canterbury City	38	21	8	9	99	62	+37	50	Promoted to the Southern League Division One^[14]
4	Chelsea 'A'	38	21	6	11	104	55	+49	48	Left the league
5	Dunstable Town	38	22	5	11	94	66	+28	47^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Bedford Town reserves	38	20	4	14	72	79	−7	44
7	Guildford City reserves	38	16	11	11	87	69	+18	43
8	Headington United reserves	38	18	5	15	79	87	−8	41	Changed name to Oxford United reserves
9	Newbury Town	38	18	4	16	85	68	+17	40
10	Tonbridge reserves	38	14	12	12	60	53	+7	40
11	Fulham 'A'	38	15	10	13	84	80	+4	40	Left the league
12	Eastbourne United	38	12	14	12	77	77	0	38
13	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	38	14	6	18	67	86	−19	34
14	West Ham United 'A'	38	14	5	19	78	102	−24	33
15	Windsor & Eton	38	12	7	19	77	84	−7	31	Joined the Delphian League
16	Dartford reserves	38	12	6	20	78	101	−23	30
17	Hastings United reserves	38	11	8	19	66	88	−22	30
18	Didcot Town	38	10	3	25	71	101	−30	23
19	Haywards Heath	38	8	5	25	52	103	−51	21
20	Crawley Town	38	9	2	27	52	116	−64	20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Arsenal 'A'	34	26	3	5	141	40	+101	55
2	St Neots Town	34	23	4	7	110	48	+62	50
3	Eastbourne United	34	19	8	7	75	42	+33	46
4	Bedford Town reserves	34	21	4	9	79	56	+23	46
5	Oxford United reserves	34	20	5	9	105	64	+41	45
6	Newbury Town	34	17	8	9	91	66	+25	42
7	West Ham United 'A'	34	17	5	12	83	60	+23	39
8	Dartford reserves	34	18	3	13	81	66	+15	39
9	Luton Town 'A'	34	14	7	13	72	57	+15	35	Left the league
10	Guildford City reserves	34	14	7	13	69	72	−3	35
11	Hastings United reserves	34	15	5	14	70	78	−8	35	Left the league
12	Tonbridge reserves	34	12	3	19	71	96	−25	27
13	Didcot Town	34	11	3	20	62	86	−24	25
14	Dunstable Town	34	8	9	17	68	103	−35	25	Joined United Counties League Division One
15	Metropolitan Police	34	9	5	20	49	82	−33	23
16	Brighton & Hove Albion 'A'	34	7	6	21	45	93	−48	20
17	Crawley Town	34	5	4	25	39	123	−84	14
18	Haywards Heath	34	4	3	27	32	110	−78	11	Joined Sussex County League Division One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Arsenal 'A'	32	26	2	4	107	29	+78	54
2	Oxford United reserves	32	23	3	6	77	36	+41	49
3	Kettering Town reserves	32	21	5	6	102	47	+55	47
4	Bedford Town reserves	32	22	2	8	99	42	+57	46
5	West Ham United 'A'	32	19	4	9	94	55	+39	42
6	Crawley Town	32	19	4	9	82	49	+33	42	Promoted to the Southern League Division One
7	St Neots Town	32	18	2	12	93	70	+23	38
8	Dartford reserves	32	15	6	11	84	56	+28	36
9	Tonbridge reserves	32	13	5	14	78	80	−2	31
10	Rainham Town	32	14	2	16	67	65	+2	30
11	Guildford City reserves	32	13	3	16	66	82	−16	29
12	Eastbourne United	32	11	5	16	64	67	−3	27
13	Bexleyheath & Welling reserves	32	6	8	18	46	82	−36	20	Changed name to Bexley United reserves
14	Woodford Town	32	8	3	21	41	95	−54	19
15	Metropolitan Police	32	6	4	22	44	98	−54	16
16	Gravesend & Northfleet reserves	32	3	4	25	37	106	−69	10	Relegated to new Division Two
17	Didcot Town	32	3	2	27	26	148	−122	8	Joined Hellenic League Premier Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Charlton Athletic 'A'	38	27	4	7	135	51	+84	58
2	Chelmsford City reserves	38	23	10	5	105	47	+58	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur 'A'	38	25	3	10	122	60	+62	53
4	Oxford United reserves	38	19	13	6	104	50	+54	51	Left the league
5	Cambridge City reserves	38	20	9	9	94	78	+16	49
6	Woodford Town	38	20	7	11	92	67	+25	47
7	Arsenal 'A'	38	18	9	11	80	57	+23	45
8	Eastbourne United	38	16	10	12	72	60	+12	42	Joined Athenian League Division Two
9	West Ham United 'A'	38	18	6	14	95	82	+13	42
10	St Neots Town	38	17	7	14	94	67	+27	41
11	Guildford City reserves	38	16	7	15	79	62	+17	39
12	Romford reserves	38	12	11	15	75	84	−9	35
13	Kettering Town reserves	38	12	7	19	78	98	−20	31	Left the league
14	Rainham Town	38	10	8	20	75	113	−38	28	Joined Athenian League Division Two
15	Dartford reserves	38	12	4	22	61	102	−41	28
16	Metropolitan Police	38	11	5	22	64	102	−38	27
17	Bexley United reserves	38	11	5	22	65	105	−40	27
18	Bedford Town reserves	38	9	7	22	68	108	−40	25
19	Crawley Town reserves	38	8	7	23	51	92	−41	23	Left the league
20	Tonbridge reserves	38	5	3	30	38	162	−124	13	Left the league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Gillingham Reserves	28	26	1	1	132	28	+104	53	Promoted
2	Hastings United Reserves	28	16	5	7	71	44	+27	37	Left the league
3	Stevenage Town Reserves	28	18	0	10	72	46	+26	36	Promoted
4	Dover Reserves	28	12	7	9	61	50	+11	31	Left the league
5	Chertsey Town	28	13	5	10	85	82	+3	31	Promoted
6	Deal Town Reserves	28	12	6	10	60	57	+3	30	Left the league
7	Margate Reserves	28	13	3	12	68	48	+20	29
8	Folkestone Town Reserves	28	11	6	11	57	62	−5	28
9	Dunstable Town	28	11	6	11	41	53	−12	28	Promoted
10	Canterbury City Reserves	28	12	3	13	59	60	−1	27	Left the league
11	Sittingbourne Reserves	28	13	1	14	56	62	−6	27
12	Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves	28	7	4	17	54	89	−35	18
13	Ashford Town Reserves	28	5	6	17	31	68	−37	16
14	Chingford	28	5	5	18	31	81	−50	15
15	Ramsgate Athletic Reserves	28	6	2	20	44	92	−48	14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Bury Town	36	29	5	2	108	27	+81	63
2	Tottenham Hotspur 'A'	36	28	3	5	123	35	+88	59
3	Brentwood Town	36	25	7	4	101	46	+55	57
4	West Ham United 'A'	36	24	7	5	85	34	+51	55
5	Arsenal 'A'	36	21	8	7	107	54	+53	50
6	St Neots Town	36	21	5	10	83	62	+21	47	Joined United Counties League
7	Wimbledon reserves	36	19	3	14	95	74	+21	41
8	Chelmsford City reserves	36	15	6	15	80	74	+6	36
9	Woodford Town	36	17	2	17	64	84	−20	36
10	Barnet reserves	36	13	7	16	69	72	−3	33
11	Sheppey United	36	13	7	16	63	88	−25	33
12	Chatham Town	36	12	7	17	68	78	−10	31
13	Metropolitan Police	36	13	4	19	75	67	+8	30
14	Dartford reserves	36	9	5	22	61	105	−44	23	Left the league
15	Stevenage Town reserves	36	8	7	21	50	91	−41	23
16	Bedford Town reserves	36	8	4	24	64	108	−44	20
17	Hatfield Town	36	6	6	24	58	121	−63	18
18	Chertsey Town	36	5	7	24	54	109	−55	17	Left the league
19	Dunstable Town reserves	36	3	6	27	43	122	−79	12	Left the league
–	Charlton Athletic 'A'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned mid-season, record expunged

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wellingborough Town	28	18	4	6	67	32	+35	40	Joined West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
2	Stevenage Athletic	28	15	9	4	54	22	+32	39	Promoted to the Southern League Division One
3	West Ham United 'A'	28	14	8	6	48	24	+24	36
4	Metropolitan Police	28	13	8	7	50	39	+11	34
5	Bletchley Town	28	12	9	7	51	38	+13	33
6	Bedford Town reserves	28	10	9	9	30	26	+4	29
7	Bury Town	28	11	6	11	48	39	+9	28
8	Sheppey United	28	10	7	11	50	45	+5	27
9	Romford reserves	28	9	8	11	37	43	−6	26
10	Hatfield Town	28	9	5	14	47	61	−14	23
11	Braintree & Crittall Athletic	28	7	9	12	32	48	−16	23	Joined Eastern Counties League
12	Oxford United 'A'	28	9	4	15	43	63	−20	21^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Left the league
13	Cray Wanderers	28	8	5	15	34	52	−18	21
14	Brentwood Town reserves	28	6	8	14	25	56	−31	20	Left the league
15	Epping Town	28	6	7	15	40	68	−28	19

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Epping Town	22	14	5	3	58	36	+22	33	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
2	Bury Town	22	13	4	5	45	30	+15	30	Promotion to Southern League Division One North
3	Bletchley Town	22	13	3	6	49	21	+28	29	Promotion to Southern League Division One North
4	Cray Wanderers	22	12	3	7	45	36	+9	27	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
5	Metropolitan Police	22	9	7	6	44	27	+17	25	Promotion to Southern League Division One South
6	Chelmsford City reserves	22	9	7	6	55	38	+17	25	Left the league
7	Woodford Town	22	8	7	7	30	32	−2	23	Promotion to Southern League Division One South
8	Sheppey United	22	8	3	11	33	37	−4	19	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One
9	West Ham United 'A'	22	6	4	12	22	37	−15	16	Joined South East Counties League as a youth team
10	Bedford Town reserves	22	4	5	13	26	49	−23	13	Left the league
11	Romford reserves	22	2	9	11	24	49	−25	13	Left the league
12	Hatfield Town	22	4	3	15	32	71	−39	11	Joined Metropolitan–London League Division One