The Delphian League was an English

England

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 amateur

Amateur

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 football league covering Greater London

Greater London

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 and the surrounding area.

The league was formed in 1951 with 14 clubs and was effectively a level below the Corinthian League

Corinthian League (football)

The Corinthian League was an English amateur football league in and around London. Formed in 1945 on the resumption of football after World War II, the league began with nine member clubs...

. Due to the severe winter during the 1962–63 season the league was abandoned and an emergency competition played, in which the clubs were split into two groups, played each other only once. The two champions, Edmonton

Haringey Borough F.C.

Haringey Borough Football Club are an English football club based in the London Borough of Haringey. Formed in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Wood Green Town, the club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League....

 and Hertford Town

Hertford Town F.C.

Hertford Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hertford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League and play at Hertingfordbury Park.-History:...

, met in a two-legged final, with Edmonton winning 5–2. At the end of the season both the Delphian League and the Corinthian League merged into the Athenian League

Athenian League

The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was formed in 1912 with ten clubs, but had to close down in 1914 due to the onset of World War I. When it reformed in 1920, only three of the previous teams rejoined...

, with the Corinthian League clubs forming Division One and Delphian League clubs forming Division Two.

List of champions

Season	Champions
1951–52	Brentwood & Warley Brentwood Town F.C. Brentwood Town F.C. are an English football club based in Brentwood, Essex. The club is currently a member of the Isthmian League Division One North.-History:...
1952–53	Dagenham Dagenham F.C. Dagenham F.C. was an English football club based in Dagenham. Established in 1949, the club played at Victoria Road from 1955 until its merger with Redbridge Forest in 1992 to form Dagenham & Redbridge.-History:...
1953–54	Aylesbury United Aylesbury United F.C. Aylesbury United are a football club based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, currently playing in the Spartan South Midlands League, nicknamed the Ducks....
1954–55	Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford F.C. Bishop's Stortford F.C. is an English football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Conference North and play at Woodside Park.-History:The club was established in 1874...
1955–56	Dagenham Dagenham F.C. Dagenham F.C. was an English football club based in Dagenham. Established in 1949, the club played at Victoria Road from 1955 until its merger with Redbridge Forest in 1992 to form Dagenham & Redbridge.-History:...
1956–57	Dagenham Dagenham F.C. Dagenham F.C. was an English football club based in Dagenham. Established in 1949, the club played at Victoria Road from 1955 until its merger with Redbridge Forest in 1992 to form Dagenham & Redbridge.-History:...
1957–58	Letchworth Town Letchworth F.C. Letchworth F.C. was a football club based at Baldock Road, Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England, that resigned from the Spartan South Midlands League and folded in 2002....
1958–59	Brentwood & Warley Brentwood Town F.C. Brentwood Town F.C. are an English football club based in Brentwood, Essex. The club is currently a member of the Isthmian League Division One North.-History:...
1959–60	Brentwood & Warley Brentwood Town F.C. Brentwood Town F.C. are an English football club based in Brentwood, Essex. The club is currently a member of the Isthmian League Division One North.-History:...
1960–61	Hertford Town Hertford Town F.C. Hertford Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hertford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League and play at Hertingfordbury Park.-History:...
1961–62	Hertford Town Hertford Town F.C. Hertford Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hertford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League and play at Hertingfordbury Park.-History:...
1962–63	Edmonton Haringey Borough F.C. Haringey Borough Football Club are an English football club based in the London Borough of Haringey. Formed in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Wood Green Town, the club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League....

Member clubs

During its twelve-season history, the league had 28 member clubs:

• Aveley
  Aveley F.C.
  Aveley F.C. are an English football club based in the town of Aveley, Essex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Mill Field.-Club history:...
  
  
• Aylesbury United
  Aylesbury United F.C.
  Aylesbury United are a football club based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, currently playing in the Spartan South Midlands League, nicknamed the Ducks....
  
  
• Berkhamsted Town
  Berkhamsted Town F.C.
  Berkhamsted Town F.C. was a football club from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The club was founded in 1919, played in a black & white strip, and was nicknamed the Lilywhites or Berko. The team began the 2008–09 season playing in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, but was dissolved in...
  
  
• Bishop's Stortford
  Bishop's Stortford F.C.
  Bishop's Stortford F.C. is an English football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Conference North and play at Woodside Park.-History:The club was established in 1874...
  
  
• Brentwood & Warley
  Brentwood Town F.C.
  Brentwood Town F.C. are an English football club based in Brentwood, Essex. The club is currently a member of the Isthmian League Division One North.-History:...
  
  
• Cheshunt
  Cheshunt F.C.
  Cheshunt Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire and currently playing in the Isthmian League Division One North.-Original club:...
  
  
• Dagenham
  Dagenham F.C.
  Dagenham F.C. was an English football club based in Dagenham. Established in 1949, the club played at Victoria Road from 1955 until its merger with Redbridge Forest in 1992 to form Dagenham & Redbridge.-History:...
  
  

• Edmonton
  Haringey Borough F.C.
  Haringey Borough Football Club are an English football club based in the London Borough of Haringey. Formed in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Wood Green Town, the club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League....
  
  
• Harlow Town
  Harlow Town F.C.
  Harlow Town F.C. are an English football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club currently play in the Division One North of the Isthmian League, after relegation from the Isthmian League Premier Division in 2009....
  
  
• Harrow Town
  Harrow Borough F.C.
  Harrow Borough Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Harrow, in Greater London. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Earlsmead Stadium....
  
  
• Hemel Hempstead Town
  Hemel Hempstead Town F.C.
  Hemel Hempstead Town are a football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, who currently play in the Southern League Premier Division. They are known as the Tudors and play their games at Vauxhall Road...
  
  
• Hertford Town
  Hertford Town F.C.
  Hertford Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hertford, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League and play at Hertingfordbury Park.-History:...
  
  
• Histon
  Histon F.C.
  Histon Football Club is an English football club based in the twin villages of Histon and Impington, approximately north of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. From the 2007–08 season they competed in the Conference National, the highest level that the club has ever reached in the English football league...
  
  
• Hornchurch & Upminster
  Hornchurch F.C.
  Hornchurch F.C. were an non-League football club based in east London. They played in the Conference South, after being promoted from the Isthmian League....
  
  

• Leatherhead
  Leatherhead F.C.
  Leatherhead F.C. is a football club based in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. The club is nicknamed The Tanners and plays home at Fetcham Grove.-History:...
  
  
• Letchworth Town
  Letchworth F.C.
  Letchworth F.C. was a football club based at Baldock Road, Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England, that resigned from the Spartan South Midlands League and folded in 2002....
  
  
• Rainham Town
  Rainham Town F.C.
  Rainham Town F.C. was an English football club based in Rainham, Greater London. Their home ground was Deri Park.-History:The club was established in 1945 and initially played at the Rainham Working Men's Club Ground before moving to Deri Park in 1948. They were founder members of the Delphian...
  
  
• Slough Centre
• Stevenage Town
  Stevenage Town F.C.
  Stevenage Town F.C. was an English football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club existed from 1899 until 1968, after which Stevenage Athletic were established.-History:...
  
  
• Tilbury
  Tilbury F.C.
  Tilbury F.C. are a football club based in Tilbury, Essex, England, established in 1900. In 1976, they won the Isthmian League Second Division. In the 1977–78 season, they reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, their best performance in the competition. They currently play in Division One North of...
  
  
• Ware
  Ware F.C.
  Ware F.C. is a football club established in 1892 and based at Wodson Park in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, currently members of Isthmian League Division One North.-History:...
  
  

• Wembley
  Wembley F.C.
  Wembley Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent, London, England. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County FA...
  
  
• Willesden
  Willesden F.C.
  Willesden F.C. was an English football club based in Willesden, Greater London, London. The club played at King Edwards Park and Willesden Sports Centre.-History:...
  
  
• Windsor & Eton
  Windsor & Eton F.C.
  Windsor & Eton F.C. was an English association football club based in Windsor, Berkshire, last playing in the Southern League Premier Division in 2010–11, until it was wound up on 2 February 2011 due to large debts. A new club, Windsor F.C., has been formed to compete in the 2011–12...
  
  
• Wingate
  Wingate F.C.
  Wingate Football Club was an English football club based in Hendon, Greater London. Established in 1946, the club merged with Finchley in 1991 to form Wingate & Finchley.-History:...
  
  
• Wokingham Town
• Woodford Town
  Woodford Town F.C.
  Woodford Town F.C. was an English football club based in Woodford, Greater London.-History:The club was established in 1937, and were founder members of the Delphian League in 1951. In 1961 they switched to the Metropolitan League, before joining Division One of the Greater London League in 1967...
  
  
• Yiewsley
  Hillingdon Borough F.C.
  Hillingdon Borough Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Ruislip, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was also the name of a now-extinct club that existed between 1965 and 1987.-Historic club:...