{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football league | name = Parthenon League | image = | pixels = | country = {{ENG}} | confed = | founded = 1951 | first = 1951–52 | folded = 1966 | divisions = One (1951–1960)<br />Two (1960–1966) | teams = | feeds = | promotion = | relegation = | levels = | domest_cup = FA Cup | league_cup = | most_champs = Wapping Sports (3) }}
The '''Parthenon League''' was a football league covering Greater London and the surrounding area.
==History== The league was formed in 1951 with 11 clubs, nine of which had come from the Middlesex Senior League.<ref name=NLM>[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regions_2_SE/PL51.html Parthenon League 1951-1966] Non-League Matters</ref> By 1954 the league had grown to 16 clubs, but then slowly lost members until 1960 when a second division was added, although largely filled with reserve teams.<ref name=NLM/> However, the league was dissolved in 1966 and was replaced by the Middlesex League.<ref>[http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3ED/Msex66.html Middlesex League 1966-1984] Non-League Matters</ref>
==List of champions== {| class=wikitable !Season !Champions |- |1951–52||Wingate |- |1952–53||Kingsbury Town |- |1953–54||Crown & Manor |- |1954–55||Basildon Town |- |1955–56||Boreham Wood |- |1956–57||Willesden |- |1957–58||Wapping Sports |- |1958–59||Twickenham |- |1959–60||Wapping Sports |- |1960–61||Wapping Sports |- |1961–62||Fisher Athletic |- |1962–63||Wandsworth |- |1963–64||Wandsworth |- |1964–65||Harefield United |- |1965–66||Surbiton Byron |}
==Member clubs== During its history, member clubs included: {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} *Addlestone *Arlesey Town *Atlas Sports *Baldock Town *Barnes *Basildon Town *Battersea United *Bees Club *Boreham Wood *British European Airways *Byron Wanderers *Camberley Wanderers *Canvey Island *Chalfont National {{col-break}} *Chalfont St Peter *Chingford *Collier Row *Crown & Manor *Ditton Old Boys *Edmonton BOC *Egham Town *Epping Town *Finsbury *Fisher Athletic *Harefield United *Harold Hill *Hatfield Town *Kings Langley {{col-break}} *Kingsbury Town *Kodak *London Transport Buses *Northolt Saints *Orpington Athletic *Paddington Town *Post Office Engineers *Rainham Town Reserves *Rayners Lane *Rickmansworth Town *Rootes Athletic *Ruislip Town *Saffron Walden Town *Shefford Town {{col-break}} *South Vale Glacier *Southall Athletic *Southall Corinthians *Spelthorne *Staines Town *Surbiton Byron *Surbiton Town *Tudor Park *Twickenham *Wandsworth *Wapping Sports *Westfield *Willesden *Wingate {{col-end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Parthenon League Category:Defunct football leagues in England Category:Football competitions in London Category:1951 establishments in England Category:1966 disestablishments in England