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Bridon  Ropes  F.C. began life as a  In 2011 they became founder mem-
                                                                                          factory team back in 1935. It was  bers  of  the  Kent  Invicta  Football
                                                                                          founded by workers at the Brit-       League. This  League  was eventually
                                                                                          ish Ropes Works in Charlton, Lon-     amalgamated with the Kent League
                                                                                          don, and unsurprisingly became  which now has 2 divisions. The Kent
                                                                                          known as British Ropes F.C.           Invicta League teams formed the new
        FIRST DIVISION – 5TH FEBRUARY                                                     In the early days we played in vari-  Div 1 of this League
                                                                                          ous local leagues with home match-
                                                                                          es being played at our home ground
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                                                                                          within  the  factory  grounds  until
                                                                                          eventually joining the South London
                                                                                          Amateur League.
                                                                                                London Spartan League
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                                                                                          selves  playing  in  the  Greater  Lon-
                                                                                          don League which they left in1975
                                                                                          to join the  London Spartan League
                                                                                          still under the name of British Ropes
                                                                                          but in 1990 the Factory changed its
                                                                                          name to Bridon Ropes and the foot-
                                                                                          ball  club  changed its name to  Bri-
                                                                                          don Sports.    They then won Division
                                                                                          Two of the Spartan League in 1991–
                                                                                          92 and the London Junior Cup.  In
                                                                                          1992 the club changed its name to the
                                                                                          current Bridon Ropes FC.
                                                                                             Joined the Kent County League
                                                                                          In 1997 they became founder mem-
                                                                                          bers of the Spartan South Midlands
                                                                                          Football League Division  Div One
                                                                                          South. However, they left the league
                                                                                          the following season to become
                                                                                          founder members of the London In-
                                                                                          termediate League. Bridon Ropes lat-
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                                                                                          er joined the Kent County League Di-
                                                                                          vision One and became Champions
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                                                                                          tion to the Premier Division.
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