Metropolitan League

The league was founded in 1949 after several clubs learnt plans for a second division of the Southern League would come to nothing shortly before the start of the season, and was driven by Dagenham secretary Dave Thake, whose club were disappointed about being placed in the lower division of the London League. which re-adopted the name Spartan League in 1987. For three seasons an Amateur Cup was contested between the league's amateur teams; in 1951–52 and 1952–53 it was won by Windsor & Eton, whilst Vickers Armstrong (Surrey) won it in 1953–54. Thereafter it was awarded to the amateur team that finished highest in the league. ==Champions==

• Arsenal 'A' • Ashford Town Reserves • Barnet Reserves • Bedford Town Reserves • Bexley United Reserves • Bletchley Town • Braintree & Crittall Athletic • Brentwood Town • Brentwood Town Reserves • Brighton & Hove Albion ‘A’ • Bury Town • Callender's Athletic • Cambridge City Reserves • Canterbury City • Canterbury City Reserves • Charlton Athletic 'A' • Chatham Town • Chelmsford City Reserves • Chelsea ‘A’ • Chertsey Town • Chingford • Chingford Town Reserves • Chipperfield • Crawley Town • Crawley Town Reserves • Cray Wanderers • Croydon Rovers • Dagenham • Dartford Reserves • Deal Town Reserves • Dickinson (Apsley) • Didcot Town • Dover Reserves • Dunstable Town • Dunstable Town Reserves • Eastbourne United • Epping Town • Folkestone Town Reserves • Fulham ‘A’ • Gillingham Reserves • Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves • Guildford City Reserves • Hammersmith United • Hastings United Reserves • Hatfield Town • Haywards Heath • Hillingdon Borough Reserves • Horsham • Hove United • Kettering Town Reserves • Leatherhead • Luton Town 'A' • Margate Reserves • Metropolitan Police • Millwall 'A' • Newbury Town • Oxford United 'A' • Oxford United Reserves • Rainham Town • Ramsgate Athletic Reserves • Romford Reserves • Sheppey United • Sittingbourne Reserves • Skyways • Southwick • St Neots Town • Stevenage Athletic • Stevenage Town Reserves • Tonbridge Reserves • Tottenham Hotspur 'A' • Twickenham • Vickers Armstrong (Surrey) • Wellingborough Town • West Ham United 'A' • Wimbledon Reserves • Windsor & Eton • Wokingham Town • Woodford Town ==See also==