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London FA Senior Cup

The London FA was established in 1882, effectively as a branch of the actual Football Association with the purpose of overseeing club football in the metropolitan area. This was to enable the FA to focus on administering the Laws of the Game, the FA Cup  and international football. Any clubs within 12 miles of Charing Cross fall under the jurisdiction of the London  Association.
The following clubs were members in the inaugural season:

Acton
Hermits
Olympic
Vulcans
Alexandra
Hotspur
Olympic Rangers
West End
Alpine Rovers
Kildare
Park
Westminster Club
Argus
Lennox
Pilgrims
Woodford Bridge
Clapham Rovers
Lyonstown
Prairie Rangers

Clapton
Melrose
Rangers
City Ramblers
Minerva
St Alban’s
Dreadnought
Morton Rangers
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Excelsior
Mosquitoes
St Bride’s
Finchley
Oakshott
St Peter’s
Grove House
Old Brightonians
Somerset
Hanover
Old Etonians
Union
Hatton Rovers
Old Westminsters
Upton Park
Hendon
Olympian
Upton Rangers





The first President was A.F Kinnaird, Vice presidents were C.W Alcock and R.A Ogilvie. Hon. sec. was N. L Jackson (founder of Corinthian F.C, who eschewed 'competitive' football). London followed the example of provincial associations and instituted a cup competition for member clubs.
Southern Football was essentially amateur up until the 1890s (Royal Arsenal and Brentford  are the only teams featured here to play League football until Wimbledon and Barnet graduated to the League in the 1970s and 1990s).
The early years of the competition were dominated by venerable amateur clubs that regularly saw players capped by  England.
Old Carthusians had won the FA Cup in 1880-81 and were semi-finalists in the following 2 seasons.  Their wins in  1894 and 1897 were 'doubles' in which they also won the FA Amateur Cup.




                                                                         Clapton 1889

1882-83 
Upton Park
4
0
Old Foresters
1883-84
Upton Park
4
1
Old Foresters
1884-85
Old Foresters
2
1
Upton Park
1885-86
Ashburnham Rovers
2
1
Hotspur
1886-87
Old Westminsters
1
1
Casuals
Shared
1887-88
Old Westminsters
1
0
Casuals
1888-89
Clapton
4
2
Casuals
1889-90
Old Westminsters
1
0
Royal Arsenal
1890-91
Royal Arsenal
6
0
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
1891-92
Old Westminsters
2
1
Ilford
1892-93
Old Westminsters
3
0
Casuals
1893-94
Old Foresters
2
1
Old Carthusians
1894-95
Old Carthusians
6
0
Casuals
1895-96
Old Carthusians
3
1
Casuals
1896-97
Old Carthusians
5
2
3rd Grenadier Guards
1897-98
Brentford
5
1
Ilford
1898-99
Old Carthusians
2
1
London Caledonians
  99-00
London Caledonians
1
0
Old Westminsters
1900-01
Ilford
2
1
Clapton
1901-02
Civil Service
3
2
Shepherds Bush
1902-03
Old Malvernians
4
2
Clapton
1903-04
Leyton
1
0
Ilford
1904-05
Ilford
2
1
Ealing
1905-06
New Crusaders
2
2
Dulwich Hamlet


3
1

1906-07
West Norwood
4
1
West Hampstead
1907-08
London Caledonians
1
0
Dulwich Hamlet
1908-09
Clapton
1
0
Nunhead
1909-10
Bromley
1
0
Clapton
1910-11
Clapton
2
0
Ilford
1911-12
Barking
3
0
London Caledonians
1912-13
Tufnell Park
2
0
Metrogas
1913-14
Ilford
1
1
Nunhead


2
0

1914-15
London Caledonians
4
1
Clapton





1919-20
Leytonstone
5
2
Barking Town
1920-21
Barking Town
4
1
Dulwich Hamlet
1921-22
Ilford
3
1
Nunhead
1922-23
Nunhead
1
0
Bromley
1923-24
Tufnell Park
2
1
Kingstonian
1924-25
Dulwich Hamlet
2
0
Clapton
1925-26
London Caledonians
3
1
Kingstonian
1926-27
Barking Town
4
2
London Caledonians
1927-28
London Caledonians
2
0
Dulwich Hamlet
1928-29
Ilford
4
1
London Caledonians
1929-30
Ilford
4
1
Walthamstow Avenue
1930-31
Wimbledon
1
0
Kingstonian
1931-32
Hayes
3
1
Ilford
1932-33
Finchley
2
0
Barnet
1933-34
Wimbledon
1
1
Leyton


2
1

1934-35
Enfield
2
0
Metropolitan Police
1935-36
Walthamstow Avenue
1
0
Golders Green
1936-37
Walthamstow Avenue
6
3
Hayes