List of Delphian League seasons

The Delphian League ran for twelve seasons between its formation in 1951 and its merger into the Athenian League in 1963.

1951–52

Six clubs joined from the Spartan League Premier Division:

Three clubs came from the London League:

Two clubs came from the Metropolitan League:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brentwood & Warley 26 16 4 6 65 37 +28 36
2 Dagenham 26 16 3 7 68 35 +33 35
3 Yiewsley 26 14 5 7 70 48 +22 33
4 Leatherhead 26 14 4 8 51 43 +8 32
5 Woodford Town 26 12 7 7 59 44 +15 31
6 Aylesbury United 26 12 6 8 67 40 +27 30
7 Rainham Town 26 13 3 10 41 43 −2 29
8 Slough Centre 26 10 6 10 58 61 −3 26
9 Willesden 26 10 3 13 48 50 −2 23
10 Bishop's Stortford 26 10 3 13 55 80 −25 23
11 Berkhamsted Town 26 9 3 14 47 58 −11 21
12 Stevenage Town 26 6 7 13 50 75 −25 19
13 Cheshunt 26 5 6 15 46 69 −23 16
14 Wembley 26 2 6 18 30 72 −42 10
Source: Non-League Matters

1952–53

Two new clubs joined the league for its second season:[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Dagenham 30 22 3 5 78 34 +44 47
2 Aylesbury United 30 18 3 9 70 43 +27 39
3 Yiewsley 30 14 11 5 62 48 +14 39
4 Slough Centre 30 16 4 10 60 35 +25 36
5 Stevenage Town 30 17 2 11 63 51 +12 36
6 Brentwood & Warley 30 15 5 10 60 50 +10 35
7 Woodford Town 30 14 6 10 66 52 +14 34
8 Rainham Town 30 14 3 13 47 41 +6 31
9 Leatherhead 30 12 7 11 53 59 −6 31
10 Hornchurch & Upminster 30 12 5 13 48 48 0 29
11 Berkhamsted Town 30 11 6 13 57 71 −14 28
12 Wembley 30 8 7 15 52 58 −6 23
13 Cheshunt 30 9 4 17 48 66 −18 22
14 Hemel Hempstead 30 7 3 20 46 77 −31 17
15 Bishop's Stortford 30 6 5 19 47 94 −47 17
16 Willesden 30 4 8 18 29 59 −30 16 Left to join the Parthenon League at end of season
Source: Non-League Matters

1953–54
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Aylesbury United 28 18 5 5 97 45 +52 41
2 Dagenham 28 18 4 6 64 35 +29 40
3 Rainham Town 28 17 6 5 64 40 +24 40
4 Wembley 28 14 4 10 52 49 +3 32
5 Slough Centre 28 13 5 10 58 52 +6 31
6 Bishop's Stortford 28 12 4 12 64 56 +8 28
7 Stevenage Town 28 12 4 12 65 61 +4 28
8 Woodford Town 28 11 5 12 41 59 −18 27
9 Yiewsley 28 11 4 13 51 45 +6 26 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season[2]
10 Brentwood & Warley 28 8 9 11 55 62 −7 25
11 Berkhamsted Town 28 9 7 12 54 61 −7 25
12 Cheshunt 28 10 5 13 50 59 −9 25
13 Hemel Hempstead 28 9 5 14 48 66 −18 23
14 Hornchurch & Upminster 28 6 6 16 46 72 −26 18
15 Leatherhead 28 4 3 21 45 92 −47 11
Source: Non-League Matters

1954–55

One new club, Tuffnell Park Edmonton (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1954–55 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Bishop's Stortford 28 22 3 3 98 39 +59 47
2 Dagenham 28 19 3 6 82 29 +53 41
3 Aylesbury United 28 18 1 9 77 43 +34 37
4 Rainham Town 28 16 4 8 66 47 +19 36
5 Slough Centre 28 15 5 8 62 46 +16 35
6 Hemel Hempstead 28 14 1 13 56 53 +3 29 Renamed Hemel Hempstead Town at end of season
7 Woodford Town 28 11 6 11 55 58 −3 28
8 Wembley 28 11 4 13 48 40 +8 26
9 Stevenage Town 28 10 6 12 53 72 −19 26
10 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 28 9 6 13 41 61 −20 24
11 Leatherhead 28 8 5 15 48 65 −17 21
12 Hornchurch & Upminster 28 9 3 16 49 68 −19 21
13 Berkhamsted Town 28 9 3 16 42 70 −28 21
14 Cheshunt 28 6 3 19 37 76 −39 13[lower-alpha 1] Left league at end of season
15 Brentwood & Warley 28 4 5 19 36 83 −47 13
Source: Non-League Matters
Notes:
  1. Cheshunt had two points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.[3]

1955–56

One new club, Ware (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1955–56 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Dagenham 28 20 3 5 83 28 +55 43
2 Wembley 28 18 6 4 72 32 +40 42 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
3 Rainham Town 28 18 3 7 71 45 +26 39
4 Bishop's Stortford 28 16 5 7 84 43 +41 37
5 Aylesbury United 28 14 4 10 57 63 −6 32
6 Hornchurch & Upminster 28 13 5 10 60 59 +1 31
7 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 11 8 9 61 56 +5 30
8 Leatherhead 28 11 5 12 53 63 −10 27
9 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 28 9 7 12 51 59 −8 25
10 Ware 28 8 9 11 63 73 −10 25
11 Berkhamsted Town 28 10 3 15 53 72 −19 23
12 Woodford Town 28 8 7 13 52 74 −22 23
13 Slough Centre 28 6 6 16 50 68 −18 18 Left league at end of season
14 Brentwood & Warley 28 5 3 20 42 80 −38 13
15 Stevenage Town 28 2 8 18 35 72 −37 12 Renamed Stevenage at end of season[4]
Source: Non-League Matters

1956–57

One new club, Letchworth Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1956–57 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Dagenham 26 18 5 3 66 29 +37 41 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
2 Rainham Town 26 15 4 7 68 45 +23 34
3 Brentwood & Warley 26 14 6 6 68 46 +22 34
4 Aylesbury United 26 11 7 8 55 41 +14 29
5 Bishop's Stortford 26 13 3 10 70 56 +14 29
6 Ware 26 13 2 11 78 65 +13 28
7 Letchworth Town 26 12 3 11 57 47 +10 27
8 Hornchurch & Upminster 26 12 3 11 47 44 +3 27
9 Leatherhead 26 11 4 11 57 67 −10 26
10 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 8 6 12 50 56 −6 22
11 Stevenage 26 6 7 13 39 70 −31 19
12 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 26 5 8 13 40 59 −19 18
13 Berkhamsted Town 26 6 5 15 35 64 −29 17
14 Woodford Town 26 5 3 18 43 84 −41 13
Source: Non-League Matters

1957–58

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1957–58 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Letchworth Town 28 22 4 2 96 27 +69 48
2 Aveley 28 18 4 6 77 46 +31 40
3 Rainham Town 28 17 5 6 67 45 +22 39
4 Brentwood & Warley 28 15 5 8 78 47 +31 35
5 Aylesbury United 28 14 6 8 69 49 +20 34
6 Leatherhead 28 14 4 10 77 56 +21 32 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
7 Hornchurch & Upminster 28 13 5 10 50 38 +12 31
8 Bishop's Stortford 28 12 6 10 62 54 +8 30
9 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 28 11 6 11 44 53 −9 28
10 Woodford Town 28 8 6 14 44 66 −22 22
11 Ware 28 8 5 15 41 60 −19 21
12 Wokingham Town 28 8 5 15 44 69 −25 21
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 6 5 17 30 72 −42 17
14 Stevenage 28 5 3 20 40 79 −39 13
15 Berkhamsted Town 28 4 1 23 24 82 −58 9
Source: Non-League Matters

1958–59

One new club, Harrow Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1958–59 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Brentwood & Warley 28 21 1 6 74 39 +35 43
2 Hornchurch & Upminster 28 19 2 7 73 41 +32 40 Joined the Athenian League at end of season
3 Woodford Town 28 15 6 7 60 39 +21 36
4 Harrow Town 28 14 7 7 73 40 +33 35
5 Bishop's Stortford 28 15 5 8 64 50 +14 35
6 Rainham Town 28 14 5 9 64 41 +23 33
7 Aylesbury United 28 16 1 11 57 48 +9 33
8 Aveley 28 13 5 10 58 52 +6 31
9 Ware 28 10 7 11 52 52 0 27
10 Wokingham Town 28 11 2 15 63 54 +9 24 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
11 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 28 9 5 14 55 50 +5 23
12 Letchworth Town 28 7 8 13 52 70 −18 22 Joined the Corinthian League at end of season
13 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 6 5 17 44 77 −33 17
14 Stevenage 28 5 4 19 39 94 −55 14
15 Berkhamsted Town 28 3 1 24 30 111 −81 7
Source: Non-League Matters

1959–60

One new club, Hertford Town (Spartan League), joined the league for the 1959–60 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Brentwood & Warley 24 17 3 4 56 23 +33 37
2 Hertford Town 24 17 1 6 55 22 +33 35
3 Harrow Town 24 13 7 4 52 32 +20 33
4 Bishop's Stortford 24 14 3 7 52 35 +17 31
5 Aylesbury United 24 13 4 7 50 37 +13 30
6 Woodford Town 24 12 3 9 39 29 +10 27
7 Rainham Town 24 10 7 7 45 35 +10 27
8 Aveley 24 8 7 9 41 42 −1 23
9 Ware 24 8 4 12 38 54 −16 20
10 Stevenage 24 6 5 13 34 50 −16 17 Renamed Stevenage Town at end of season
11 Tuffnell Park Edmonton 24 6 4 14 36 53 −17 16 Renamed Edmonton at end of season
12 Hemel Hempstead Town 24 3 3 18 23 63 −40 9
13 Berkhamsted Town 24 2 3 19 22 68 −46 7
Source: Non-League Matters

1960–61

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1960–61 season:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Hertford Town 28 20 5 3 65 27 +38 45
2 Brentwood & Warley 28 21 1 6 86 32 +54 43
3 Windsor & Eton 28 17 4 7 64 43 +21 38
4 Hemel Hempstead Town 28 14 5 9 59 44 +15 33
5 Bishop's Stortford 28 14 2 12 67 63 +4 30
6 Harrow Town 28 12 6 10 65 63 +2 30
7 Aveley 28 13 3 12 69 55 +14 29
8 Rainham Town 28 11 4 13 53 46 +7 26 Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season
9 Aylesbury United 28 10 4 14 57 64 −7 24
10 Histon 28 10 4 14 58 71 −13 24
11 Ware 28 8 6 14 55 74 −19 22
12 Edmonton 28 8 5 15 47 64 −17 21
13 Stevenage Town 28 7 7 14 44 61 −17 21
14 Woodford Town 28 8 5 15 38 68 −30 21 Left to join the Metropolitan League at end of season
15 Berkhamsted Town 28 3 7 18 35 87 −52 13
Source: Non-League Matters

1961–62

One new club, Harlow Town, joined the league for the 1961–62 season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hertford Town 26 18 5 3 84 32 +52 41
2 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 14 9 3 64 29 +35 37
3 Bishop's Stortford 26 14 6 6 62 36 +26 34
4 Brentwood & Warley 26 12 8 6 63 55 +8 32
5 Aylesbury United 26 11 8 7 46 40 +6 30
6 Windsor & Eton 26 10 7 9 66 53 +13 27
7 Aveley 26 9 8 9 50 43 +7 26
8 Edmonton 26 8 9 9 45 43 +2 25
9 Stevenage Town 26 9 7 10 53 65 −12 25
10 Berkhamsted Town 26 9 4 13 34 58 −24 22
11 Ware 26 7 7 12 36 58 −22 21
12 Harlow Town 26 5 8 13 28 39 −11 18
13 Harrow Town 26 3 7 16 33 62 −29 13
14 Histon 26 5 3 18 39 90 −51 13
Source: Non-League Matters

1962–63

Two new clubs joined the league for the 1962–63 season, Tilbury and Wingate. Due to the severe weather during the winter, the league was abandoned, with clubs having played between 11 and 18 matches. The league was split into East and West sections, with the clubs playing each other once. The two winners of the sections played a two-leg play-off for the championship.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Harlow Town 11 7 1 3 25 7 +18 15
2 Harrow Town 12 3 3 6 23 32 −9 9
3 Hemel Hempstead Town 12 5 3 4 31 18 +13 13
4 Aylesbury United 14 5 5 4 32 29 +3 15
5 Edmonton 14 7 2 5 40 20 +20 16
6 Ware 15 5 2 8 28 33 −5 12
7 Stevenage Town 15 7 4 4 21 24 −3 18
8 Wingate 16 1 4 11 21 53 −32 3[lower-alpha 1]
9 Berkhamsted Town 16 6 1 9 27 25 +2 13
10 Tilbury 16 6 5 5 32 29 +3 17
11 Brentwood & Warley 17 5 1 11 27 49 −22 11
12 Windsor & Eton 17 6 5 6 37 35 +2 17
13 Aveley 17 8 5 4 34 29 +5 21
14 Bishop's Stortford 17 9 5 3 38 29 +9 23
15 Hertford Town 17 13 3 1 61 19 +42 29
16 Histon 18 4 1 13 21 67 −46 9
Source: Non-League Matters
Notes:
  1. 3 points deducted?

East Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Hertford Town 7 5 1 1 15 4 +11 11 Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
2 Bishop's Stortford 7 5 1 1 13 8 +5 11
3 Harlow Town 7 4 1 2 14 10 +4 9
4 Aveley 7 4 0 3 11 11 0 8
5 Tilbury 7 2 2 3 13 13 0 6
6 Ware 7 1 3 3 13 17 −4 5
7 Histon 7 1 2 4 7 14 −7 4
8 Brentwood & Warley 7 0 2 5 7 16 −9 2
Source: Non-League Matters

West Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Edmonton 7 5 1 1 25 6 +19 11 Joined Division Two of the Athenian League
2 Windsor & Eton 7 4 2 1 14 10 +4 10
3 Berkhamsted Town 7 3 3 1 16 12 +4 9
4 Hemel Hempstead Town 7 3 2 2 13 9 +4 8
5 Harrow Town 7 4 0 3 11 10 +1 8
6 Aylesbury United 7 2 0 5 12 21 −9 4
7 Wingate 7 2 0 5 9 17 −8 4
8 Stevenage Town 7 0 2 5 8 23 −15 2 Joined Southern League at end of season
Source: Non-League Matters

Play-off
Hertford Town1–1Edmonton
Edmonton1–1
(4–1 aet)		Hertford Town

References
  1. Delphian League Non-League Matters
  2. Yiewsley at the Football Club History Database
  3. Cheshunt at the Football Club History Database
  4. Stevenage Town at the Football Club History Database
  5. Wokingham Town at the Football Club History Database
  6. Windsor & Eton at the Football Club History Database
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