Leyton Athletic F.C. Explained

Clubname:Leyton Athletic
Fullname:Leyton Athletic Football Club
Founded:2008 (as Wadham Lodge)
Dissolved:2019
Chairman:Bandurio Kusumonegoro
Manager:Furqon Nur Karim
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Leyton Athletic Football Club was a football club based in Walthamstow, London.

History

Following the departure of Waltham Forest from the Wadham Lodge ground in 2008, Wadham Lodge F.C. was 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]

In 2018 the club was renamed Leyton Athletic. In August 2018, under manager Jason Ngandu, the club secured their first-ever victory in the FA Cup; Ngandu was the competition's youngest manager at the age of 25. A 3–0 win against Barkingside in the extra preliminary round secured their progress into the next round where they were knocked out by Great Wakering Rovers. The club were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season after finishing bottom of the Essex Senior League. On 4 September 2019, it was announced the club was withdrawing from the league after failing to secure a suitable home ground for the 2019–20 season.[3] The club subsequently folded.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wadham Lodge promoted to Senior League. 13 September 2020. Walthamstow Football Club. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Football Club History Database - Wadham Lodge. 13 September 2020. www.fchd.info.
  3. Web site: Leyton Athletic withdraw. Newbury Forest F.C.. 4 September 2019. 14 September 2019.
  4. Web site: A Look Into History 20. Essex Senior Football League. 15 March 2020. 18 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Four Essex Senior League clubs record highest attendance ever as Tons come to own – analysing figures during Clapton fans' boycott. Clapton News. 11 August 2018. 10 April 2018.