League: Pitching In Isthmian League South Central Division One

Joe Gater. Binfield FC 2021-22. Photo: Neil Graham / ngsportsphotography.com

Ashford Town (Middx) vs Binfield

Joe Gater’s 80th minute strike gives Binfield a 1-0 opening day win.

Binfield FC: Chris Grace, Liam Tack, Cameron Rohart-Brown, Jonathan Denton, Lewis Pegg, Joe Gater, James Beauchamp, George Short (sub: Kian Duncan), Taylor Morgan (sub: Sean Moore), Connor Holland (sub: Connor Holland), Harvey Harry. Not used: Liam Gavin, Nathan Webb.

 

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Hanworth Villa FC

Hanworth Villa

Hanworth Villa FC were founded in 1976. They played in various West London leagues, making their way up the football pyramid before being promoted to Division One of the Combined Counties League in 2002-03. The club were Combined Counties Premier Division North champions in 2021–22, earning promotion to the Isthmian League.

Southall FC

Southall

Southall FC was founded in 1871, making it one of England’s oldest football clubs and they celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2021. They played friendlies for the first 20 years before joining the West London League. Their recent history involve them playing in both the Combined Counties and Spartan South Midland leagues. They were Spartan South Midland Division One champions in 2017–18 before then playing in the Combined Counties Premier division the following season.

The club has quite a role call of former players including Les Ferndinand, Alan Devonshire, Gordon Hill and Justin Fashanu. Given their location in West London, a lot of their players have gone on to play for Brentford, QPR, Fulham amongst other clubs.

Leatherhead FC

Leatherhead

Leatherhead came into being in its’ current form with the merger of Leatherhead Rose and Leatherhead United just after the end of the Second World War. They based themselves at the home of Leatherhead United, Fetcham Grove. This is still there home to this day.

The merger club won the Surrey League four times in a row before moving across to the Metropolitan and District league in 1950.

In the 1970s, they had several runs deep into the FA Cup. In 1974, they beat Colchester in the 2nd round, Brighton in the 3rd round before losing 3-2 away at Leicester City despite being 2-0 up.

They struggled in the early 1980s and were relegated down to Isthmian Division 2. In 2011, they had an extra time win over Dulwich Hamlet to take them back into the Premier Division. They only survived for one season before being relegated back to Division One South. Another promoted via playoffs and relegated places them into the South Central Division.

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