1975–76 London Spartan League Explained

Competition:	London Spartan League
Season:	1975–76
Prevseason:	1974–75 SpL 1974–75 Me–LL
Nextseason:	1976–77

The 1975–76 London Spartan League season was the 58th in the history of Spartan League, and the first as London Spartan League. The league consisted of 33 teams.^[1]

Division One

Competition:	London Spartan League Division One
Season:	1975–76
Winners:	Farnborough Town
Relegated:	Penhill Standard

The division featured 16 teams.

• 8 came from last season's Spartan League
  • Farnborough Town (1st)
  • Chertsey Town (2nd)
  • Hoddesdon Town (4th)
  • Banstead Athletic (5th)
  • Berkhamsted Town (6th)
  • Bracknell Town (7th)
  • Kingsbury Town (9th)
  • Farnham Town (11th)
• 8 came from last season's Metropolitan–London League
  • Cray Wanderers (1st)
  • Alma Swanley (2nd)
  • Swanley Town (4th)
  • Penhill Standard (6th)
  • Hatfield Town (7th)
  • Chingford (8th)
  • Heathside Sports (9th)
  • East Ham United (10th)

League table

Division Two

Competition:	London Spartan League Division Two
Season:	1975–76
Promoted:	BROB Barnet Frimley Green Highfield Virginia Water to Athenian League: Chalfont St. Peter

The division featured 17 teams.

• 4 came from last season's Spartan League
  • Crown & Manor (13th)
  • Chalfont St. Peter (14th)
  • Frimley Green (15th)
  • Amersham Town (16th)
• 10 came from last season's Metropolitan–London League
  • Highfield (11th)
  • East Thurrock United (12th)
  • BROB Barnet (13th)
  • Muirhead Sports (14th)
  • Bexley (15th)
  • Barkingside (16th)
  • Thames Polytechnic (17th)
  • Ulysses (18th)
  • Brentstonians, also known as Brent (19th)
  • RAS & RA, also known as Royal Arsenal S & R A (20th)
• 2 came from Surrey Senior League
  • Virginia Water
  • Whyteleafe
• 1 came from South East London Amateur League
  • Beckenham Town

No trace of a Division Two table has been found.

At the end of the season,

• the following 4 clubs were promoted to Division One:
  • BROB Barnet
  • Frimley Green
  • Highfield
  • Virginia Water
• the following club left the league:
  • Muirhead Sports
• the following club were promoted to Athenian League Division Two
  • Chalfont St. Peter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spartan League 1955-1983. nonleaguematters.co.uk. 2021-04-12.