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Southern Counties East 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
Football League 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
he Southern Counties East Therefore In the early days we played in vari- Div 1 of this League
TFootball League is an English the South- ous local leagues with home match-
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football league for teams based in ern Counties es being played at our home ground
Kent and the South East, which was East Football within the factory grounds until
established in 1966. Until 2013 it league now op- eventually joining the South London
was known as the Kent League. erates two Divisions. The Premier Divi- Amateur League.
sion is at Step 5 of the Non -League Pyr- View the Chessington & Hook United website for
London Spartan League
The first Kent League was formed in amid with the First Division at Step 6. Several years later we found our-
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1894 and folded in 1959. Despite many The promoted teams from the Premier selves playing in the Greater Lon-
of the same clubs having spells in mem- will enter the Isthmian League at Step 4 don League which they left in1975
bership, there is no direct connection with relegated teams from the First Di- to join the London Spartan League
between the two competitions. vision likely to enter the Kent County still under the name of British Ropes
League at Step 7. but in 1990 the Factory changed its
The current incarnation of the league name to Bridon Ropes and the foot-
was formed in 1966 as the Kent Pre- Like was the case for most all of the ball club changed its name to Bri-
mier League (changing to Kent Football leagues at our level, the 2019-20 and don Sports. They then won Division
League in 1968), and in its early years 2020-21 Seasons were both abandoned Two of the Spartan League in 1991–
many of its members were reserve sides due to the Worldwide Covid-19 pan- 92 and the London Junior Cup. In
of Southern League teams. Gradually, demic. The 2019-20 season was approx- 1992 the club changed its name to the
the reserve sides were all shifted down imately 75% completed but was made current Bridon Ropes FC.
into the lower divisions. null and void. The 2020-21 Season was Joined the Kent County League
only around 25% through and was cur- In 1997 they became founder mem-
In 2013 the league changed its name to tailed. bers of the Spartan South Midlands
the Southern Counties East League, to Football League Division Div One
reflect the fact that not all of its member South. However, they left the league
clubs played within the county of Kent. the following season to become
founder members of the London In-
At the end of the 2015–16 season, the termediate League. Bridon Ropes lat-
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