The Chiltonian League was an English football league, existing from 1984 until its merger with the Hellenic League in 2000. While never having a defined place in the English football league system, successful clubs moved from the Chiltonian League to the Combined Counties League and to the South Midlands League.[1]
The league originally consisted of a single section of 17 clubs, most of which had previously competed in the Wycombe & District League.
After its inaugural season, the league expanded to two divisions (for first teams; reserve divisions were constituted separately). The divisions were originally known as Divisions One and Two, but after two seasons this was changed to Premier Division and Division One.
Season | Division One | Division Two |
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1985-86 | Holmer Green | Drayton Wanderers |
1986-87 | Coopers Payen | Seer Green |
Season | Premier Division | Division One |
1987-88 | Henley Town | Finchampstead |
1988-89 | Coopers Payen | Mill End Sports |
1989-90 | Coopers Payen | Binfield |
1990-91 | Peppard | Letcombe |
1991-92 | Peppard | Eton Wick |
1992-93 | Eton Wick | Broadmoor Staff |
1993-94 | Holmer Green | Slough Irish Society |
1994-95 | Reading Town | Denham United |
In 1995, the reserve divisions were scrapped and the league re-constituted into a single structure of three divisions - Premier Division, Division One and Division Two
Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division Two |
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1995-96 | Binfield | Vansittart Wanderers | Penn & Tylers Green reserves |
1996-97 | Denham United | Eton Wick reserves | Drayton Wanderers reserves |
1997-98 | A.F.C. Wallingford | Cippenham Village | Henley Town reserves |
1998-99 | Eton Wick | Finchampstead reserves | Stocklake reserves |
With only six teams completing the 1998-99 Division Two season, that division was dropped and the league returned to a two-division structure. At the end of the 1999–2000 season, the league merged into an expanded Hellenic League.