Metropolitan–London_League

Metropolitan–London League

Football league

The Metropolitan–London League was a short-lived football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1971 by a merger of the Greater London League and the Metropolitan League (which had lost several clubs to the Southern League).^[1] It ran with two divisions until 1974, reduced to one in 1974–75 season, after which it merged with the Spartan League to form the London Spartan League, which was later renamed the Spartan League.^[2] It merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the modern Spartan South Midlands League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Epping Town	26	18	5	3	71	25	+46	41
2	Faversham Town	26	15	5	6	54	30	+24	35
3	East Ham United	26	14	6	6	59	37	+22	34
4	Cray Wanderers	26	15	1	10	59	38	+21	31
5	Ford United	26	12	6	8	47	35	+12	30
6	Swanley	26	12	5	9	56	36	+20	29
7	Eton Manor	26	10	8	8	45	44	+1	28
8	Hatfield Town	26	11	5	10	50	51	−1	27
9	Sheppey United	26	9	6	11	43	47	−4	24	Joined Kent League
10	Canvey Island	26	7	8	11	29	52	−23	22
11	Willesden	26	6	8	12	35	51	−16	20
12	Chingford	26	6	6	14	34	52	−18	18
13	BROB Barnet	26	6	4	16	26	78	−52	16
14	Ulysses	26	3	3	20	25	57	−32	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Muirhead Sports	20	16	3	1	58	19	+39	35
2	279 Chislehurst	20	13	5	2	63	28	+35	31	Left the league
3	Penhill Standard (P)	20	9	6	5	37	31	+6	24	Promoted to Division One
4	Highfield	20	9	4	7	45	28	+17	22
5	Polytechnic of North London	20	8	3	9	36	41	−5	19
6	Bexley	20	6	6	8	37	40	−3	18
7	Thames Polytechnic	20	7	4	9	25	32	−7	18
8	Brentstonians	20	6	6	8	27	43	−16	18
9	Heathside Sports	20	7	3	10	35	44	−9	17
10	Barkingside	20	5	4	11	36	46	−10	14
11	RAS & RA	20	0	4	16	12	59	−47	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Swanley	26	18	6	2	57	26	+31	42
2	Epping Town	26	16	6	4	54	22	+32	38
3	Canvey Island	26	15	5	6	45	38	+7	35
4	Cray Wanderers	26	16	2	8	46	28	+18	34
5	Willesden	26	14	4	8	48	37	+11	32
6	Hatfield Town	26	14	2	10	43	36	+7	30
7	Faversham Town	26	12	4	10	44	31	+13	28	Promotion to Athenian League Division Two
8	East Ham United	26	11	4	11	60	43	+17	26
9	Eton Manor	26	9	8	9	30	30	0	26
10	Ford United	26	5	8	13	25	42	−17	18
11	BROB Barnet	26	6	5	15	30	52	−22	17
12	Ulysses	26	4	8	14	22	51	−29	16
13	Chingford	26	4	4	18	24	52	−28	12
14	Penhill Standard (R)	26	3	4	19	24	64	−40	10	Relegated to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	East Thurrock United (P)	18	11	5	2	36	12	+24	27	Promoted to Division One
2	Highfield (P)	18	11	4	3	37	17	+20	26	Promoted to Division One
3	Muirhead Sports	18	8	7	3	32	21	+11	23
4	Heathside Sports	18	8	6	4	36	25	+11	22
5	Polytechnic of North London	18	10	2	6	37	29	+8	22
6	Bexley	18	6	3	9	34	38	−4	15
7	RAS & RA	18	4	5	9	15	28	−13	13
8	Barkingside	18	3	6	9	23	42	−19	12
9	Thames Polytechnic	18	4	3	11	24	41	−17	11
10	Brentstonians	18	3	3	12	17	38	−21	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Alma Swanley (P)	18	15	3	0	51	14	+37	33	Promotion to Metropolitan–London League
2	Heathside Sports (P)	18	12	4	2	42	15	+27	28
3	Muirhead Sports (P)	18	10	3	5	38	30	+8	23
4	Penhill Standard (P)	18	7	6	5	32	25	+7	20
5	Thames Polytechnic (P)	18	7	2	9	22	33	−11	16
6	Polytechnic of North London	18	6	3	9	21	31	−10	15	Left the league
7	Bexley (P)	18	6	2	10	20	28	−8	14	Promotion to Metropolitan–London League
8	RAS & RA (P)	18	5	3	10	18	28	−10	13
9	Barkingside (P)	18	4	2	12	20	38	−18	10
10	Brentstonians (P)	18	2	4	12	16	38	−22	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Cray Wanderers	38	32	4	2	128	36	+92	68	Joined London Spartan League Division One
2	Alma Swanley	38	26	7	5	91	41	+50	59	Joined London Spartan League Division One
3	Canvey Island	38	24	7	7	78	30	+48	55	Joined Essex Senior League
4	Swanley Town	38	23	6	9	81	40	+41	52	Joined London Spartan League Division One
5	Eton Manor	38	21	6	11	72	39	+33	48	Joined Essex Senior League
6	Penhill Standard	38	20	8	10	70	55	+15	48	Joined London Spartan League Division One
7	Hatfield Town	38	16	12	10	57	35	+22	44
8	Chingford	38	19	6	13	62	44	+18	44
9	Heathside Sports	38	16	10	12	54	41	+13	42
10	East Ham United	38	14	13	11	57	39	+18	41
11	Highfield (R)	38	13	10	15	47	58	−11	36	Joined London Spartan League Division Two
12	East Thurrock United (R)	38	14	6	18	58	64	−6	34
13	BROB Barnet (R)	38	12	7	19	46	61	−15	31
14	Muirhead Sports (R)	38	12	6	20	54	77	−23	30
15	Bexley (R)	38	9	11	18	46	88	−42	29
16	Barkingside (R)	38	8	8	22	45	80	−35	24
17	Thames Polytechnic (R)	38	7	9	22	33	82	−49	23
18	Ulysses (R)	38	4	14	20	40	72	−32	22
19	Brentstonians (R)	38	6	4	28	34	107	−73	16
20	RAS & RA (R)	38	3	8	27	42	106	−64	14