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Very little if any early history of the London Commercial League. This
BA football team can be found ex- League had ten divisions in its hey-
cept an entry in the minutes of the day with at least 10 teams in each di-
initial minutes of the then Speed- vision and all the teams had to have
bird Club where the BA Football their own sports grounds! All this
team was one of 6 other sporting has now gone with companies selling
activities that formed together as off the land the private developers or
part of the Sporting and Social Club deciding that they couldn’t afford to
for BOAC. So it seems that the ear- run sporting activities any longer, no
liest date we can verify is April 1947 wonder we are all getting fatter!
for the BOAC team no such evidence The Football teams at British Airways
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can rom office workers to pilots, engi- have had a very long, successful and
neers and from baggage handling to proud history in Middlesex Junior
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The teams played at the weekends County honors along the way. The BA
and mid-week in local leagues such Sat 1st team are probably one of the
as the Hanwell and District mid-week most successful teams in Middlesex
League (folded many years ago) fol- Junior football they won the London
lowed by the Airport League which Commercial League Div. 1 title and
has now also folded. The Sat teams Senior League Cup on many, many
played in the West occasions the team have also been
Middlesex League (that has now also successful in the Middlesex County
folded) the teams then moved to the Intermediate Cup winning this cup 8