Parthenon League
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{{Infobox football league
| name = Parthenon League
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| country = {{ENG}}
| confed =
| founded = 1951
| first = 1951–52
| folded = 1966
| divisions = One (1951–1960)
Two (1960–1966)
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| domest_cup = FA Cup
| league_cup =
| most_champs = Wapping Sports (3)
}}
The Parthenon League was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
History
The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regions_2_SE/PL51.html Parthenon League 1951-1966] Non-League Matters By 1954 the league had grown to 16 clubs, but then slowly lost members until 1960 when a second division was added, although largely filled with reserve teams. However, the league was dissolved in 1966 and was replaced by the Middlesex League.[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3ED/Msex66.html Middlesex League 1966-1984] Non-League Matters
List of champions
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!Season !Champions | |
| 1951–52 | Wingate |
| 1952–53 | Kingsbury Town |
| 1953–54 | Crown & Manor |
| 1954–55 | Basildon Town |
| 1955–56 | Boreham Wood |
| 1956–57 | Willesden |
| 1957–58 | Wapping Sports |
| 1958–59 | Twickenham |
| 1959–60 | Wapping Sports |
| 1960–61 | Wapping Sports |
| 1961–62 | Fisher Athletic |
| 1962–63 | Wandsworth |
| 1963–64 | Wandsworth |
| 1964–65 | Harefield United |
| 1965–66 | Surbiton Byron |
Member clubs
During its history, member clubs included:
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- Addlestone
- Arlesey Town
- Atlas Sports
- Baldock Town
- Barnes
- Basildon Town
- Battersea United
- Bees Club
- Boreham Wood
- British European Airways
- Byron Wanderers
- Camberley Wanderers
- Canvey Island
- Chalfont National
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- Chalfont St Peter
- Chingford
- Collier Row
- Crown & Manor
- Ditton Old Boys
- Edmonton BOC
- Egham Town
- Epping Town
- Finsbury
- Fisher Athletic
- Harefield United
- Harold Hill
- Hatfield Town
- Kings Langley
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- Kingsbury Town
- Kodak
- London Transport Buses
- Northolt Saints
- Orpington Athletic
- Paddington Town
- Post Office Engineers
- Rainham Town Reserves
- Rayners Lane
- Rickmansworth Town
- Rootes Athletic
- Ruislip Town
- Saffron Walden Town
- Shefford Town
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- South Vale Glacier
- Southall Athletic
- Southall Corinthians
- Spelthorne
- Staines Town
- Surbiton Byron
- Surbiton Town
- Tudor Park
- Twickenham
- Wandsworth
- Wapping Sports
- Westfield
- Willesden
- Wingate
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