Leyton Athletic F.C.

Leyton Athletic
Full name Leyton Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s) Wad Army
Founded 2008
Ground Wadham Lodge, Walthamstow
Manager Jason Ngandu
League Essex Senior League
2017–18 Essex Senior League, 19th of 21

Leyton Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Walthamstow, London. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Wadham Lodge, a ground after which the club was originally named.

History

Following the departure of Waltham Forest from the Wadham Lodge ground in 2008, the club were founded by former Waltham Forest assistant manager Martin Fitch. They started playing at the ground in place of the former tenants and joined the Essex Business Houses Football League. They finished third in their first season, and then moved up to the Essex Olympian League, winning Division Three and then Division Two in consecutive seasons. In Division One, they finished 4th in 2011–12 and a second-place finish in 2012–13 saw them promoted again. After finishing 4th in the Premier Division in 2014–15, an application to join the Essex Senior League for 2015–16 was successful.[1][2][3] In 2018 the club were renamed Leyton Athletic.

Honours

  • Essex Olympian League
    • Division Two champions 2010–11
    • Division Three champions 2009–10

Records

  • Highest league position: 6th in Essex Senior League, 2015–16
  • Best FA Cup performance: Extra-preliminary round, 2017–18
  • Best FA Vase performance: Second round, 2016–17
  • Record attendance: 248 vs Clapton, Essex Senior League, 7 April 2018[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.walthamforest-fc.co.uk/2015/05/22/wadham-lodge-promoted-to-senior-league/
  2. ↑ http://www.eofl.co.uk/premtable.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.fchd.info/WADHAML.HTM
  4. ↑ "Four Essex Senior League clubs record highesr attendence ever as Tons come to own – analysing figures during Clapton fans' boycott". Clapton News. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

Coordinates: 51°35′51″N 0°00′32″W / 51.5974°N 0.008996°W / 51.5974; -0.008996

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