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Combined

Counties

football

League

he Combined Counties League can trace After finishing second in 1949-50 Banstead
Tits existence back to 1922 when the Sur- Athletic took over the role as most consist-
rey Senior League was formed. The present ent club. They were champions for the next
title was not adopted until 1979. The first four seasons and never finished lower than
champions in 1922-23 were Egham, with second between 1949-59.
Carshalton Athletic as runners-up. In the 1960s a number of sides switched to
Farnham United Breweries were champi- the Spartan League they included Molesey,
ons twice and runners-up twice to Epsom Chertsey Town, Addlestone, Hampton, Ban-
Town between 1923-27. Camberley & York- stead Athletic and Feltham. Most of these
town were the first club to record a hat-trick clubs had previously won the Surrey Senior
of championship wins between 1930-33. League championship at least once. In 1968-
TheSecond World War brought the Surrey 69 a second division was formed which was
Senior League to a close between 1939-46. known as Division One, with the original
Farnham United Breweries were champions league becoming the Premier Division. As
twice and runners-up twice to Epsom Town the majority of clubs forming Division One
between 1923-27. Camberley & Yorktown were junior sides there was no automatic
were the first club to record a hat-trick of promotion and relegation between the divi-
championship wins between 1930-33. The sions. After three seasons Division One was
Second World War brought the Surrey Sen- disbanded and the league continued as be-
ior League to a close between 1939-46. After fore.
the war newcomers to league in 1946-47 in- Early in the 1970’s Farnham Town and
cluded Chertsey Town, Devas Institute, Lag- Farnborough Town joined the Spartan
onda Sports, who after several name chang- League. In an attempt to attract clubs from
es became Petters Sports, Leatherhead and outside the county, the Surrey Senior League
Worcester Park. Leatherhead took the league was renamed the Home Counties League in
by storm winning the championship four 1978-79. However there were objections to
times between 1946-50. the new title and the current title, Combined