Haringey Borough F.C.
Haringey Borough F.C. are a
football club based in
London,
England. They currently play in the
Spartan South Midlands Football League, and were founder members of this league in 1997.
The club has seen many mergers in its long history but perhaps the oldest teams that have contributed are
Wood Green Town F.C. and
Tufnell Park F.C., both formed in the early twentieth century and members of the
London League. Tufnell Park F.C. joined the Spartan League in 1910-11 and in their first season finished as runner-up, only missing out on the title due to a lower goal difference.
In 1912 they were a founder member of the
Athenian League, and in
1913-14 became Athenian League Champions. In the
1919-20 season they joined the
Isthmian League and finished as runners up in the
F.A. Amateur Cup. The following season they finished third, again missing out on a higher placing due to an inferior goal difference.
In 1950 the club merged with
Edmonton Borough F.C. to form
Tufnell Park Edmonton F.C.. The new club left the Isthmian League in 1952 to join the
Spartan League. Two seasons later they joined the
Delphian League.
In 1960 the club changed its name again to
Edmonton F.C.. During the 1962-63 season, the normal Delphian League competition was aborted due to horrendous weather conditions, and emergency competitions were organised. Edmonton F.C. became Delphian League Western Section Champions and won the overall title after beating the Eastern Section winners
Hertford Town in a
playoff over two legs. The Delphian League was then disbanded altogether and Edmonton F.C. became one of the founder members of the Athenian League. In the
1969-70 season they finished as Athenian League Division Two runners-up and were promte to Division One.
In 1973 they were renamed as
Edmonton & Haringey F.C., and in 1976 to
Haringey Borough F.C. after merging with
Wood Green Town F.C..
The team joined the Isthmian League Division Two North in
1984-85 and remained members until 1988, when they left the League. Haringay Borough F.C. spent the
1988-89 season inactive, but rejoined the Spartan League the following season.
In 1995 they changed their name back to the original
Tufnell Park F.C. for one season, before becoming
Haringey Borough F.C. again.
They were founder members of Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division South in
1997-98.
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