London League

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1888-89 Athenaeum North London Originally called the Metropolitan Senior Chess Clubs: competition (12 boards). Junior Chess Clubs: (8 boards) Great Western Railway Image
1889-90 North London Junior Clubs: Battersea Image
1890-91 Ludgate Circus Junior Clubs: Belsize Image
1891-92 Metropolitan Junior Clubs: Amethyst Image
1892-93 Metropolitan Division 1: (20 boards), Division 2: (12 boards) - Hampstead, Division 3: (8 boards) - West Hackney. Also, at end the end of season May meeting the title of the League was altered to the 'London Chess League'. Image
1893-94 Metropolitan City of London Metropolitan beat City of London 12-8 playoff match,
B Division: Post Office, C Division: St. Martin's
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1894-95 Metropolitan City of London B Division: Sydenham & Forest Hill,
C Division: Hammersmith
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1895-96 Metropolitan North London B Division: Ibis, C Division: Polytechnic Image
1896-97 Ludgate Circus Athenaeum Ludgate Circus beat Athenaeum 10½-9½ playoff match,
B Division: West London (formally Hammersmith),
C Division: Birkbeck
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1897-98 Brixton Metropolitan / North London B Division: Lee, C Division: Forest Gate Image
1898-99 North London
1899-00 Metropolitan
1900-01 Lud-Eagle
1901-02 Metropolitan
1902-03 Lud-Eagle
1903-04 Metropolitan
1904-05 Metropolitan
1905-06 Hampstead
1906-07 Metropolitan
1907-08 Lud-Eagle
1908-09 Lud-Eagle
1909-10 Hampstead
1910-11 Hampstead
1911-12 Hampstead
1912-13 Hampstead
1913-14 Metropolitan
1914-15 Metropolitan
1919-20 North London
1920-21 Metropolitan
1921-22 Brixton
1922-23 Hampstead
1923-24 Brixton
1924-25 Hampstead
1925-26 Hampstead
1926-27 Hampstead 2nd Division: Battersea II Image
1927-28 Lud-Eagle 2nd Division: Claremont Image
1928-29 Battersea 2nd Division - Clapham Common Image
1929-30 Lud-Eagle Brixton 2nd Division - Claremont Image
1930-31 Hampstead Battersea 2nd Division - Stock Exchange Image
1931-32 Hampstead Brixton 2nd Division - Clapham Common Image
1932-33 Brixton Battersea 2nd Division - Clapham Common Image
1933-34 Hampstead Lewisham "B" Division - Claremont Image
1934-35 Battersea Lewisham "B" Division - Claremont Image
1935-36 Lewisham Clapham Common 'B' Division - Claremont Image
1936-37 Lewisham Clapham Common 'B' Division - Finchley Image
1937-38 Hampstead Lewisham First place playoff 11-9 Image
1938-39 Battersea Hampstead "C" Division - Harrow Image
1945-46 Croydon West London No Division "B" or "C" Image
1946-47 Clapham Common Hampstead Division "B" - Harrow Image
1947-48 Clapham Common Hampstead Division "B" - North London Image
1948-49 Hampstead Clapham Common Division "B" - Ealing Image
1949-50 Hampstead Clapham Common Division "B" - Croydon Image
1950-51 Hampstead Clapham Common Division "B" - Harrow Image
1951-52 Hampstead Ilford Division "B" - Metropolitan II Image
1952-53 Ilford Hampstead Division "B" - Harrow Image
1953-54 Hampstead Ilford Division "B" - Ealing Image
1954-55 Ilford Hampstead Division B - Harrow Image
1955-56 West London West Ham Division B - Twickenham Image
1956-57 Ilford
1957-58 Ilford Hampstead Division B - Harrow Image
1958-59 Hampstead
1959-60 Hampstead
1960-61 Metropolitan Wimbledon Division B - Finchley Image
1961-62 Metropolitan
1962-63 Hampstead Ilford Division B - Islington & N.L. Image
1963-64 Islington & North London Richmond & Twickenham 'B' Division - Streatham & Brixton Image
1964-65 Hampstead Islington & North London 'B' Division - Imperial College Image
1965-66 Athenaeum
1966-67 Islington
1967-68 Islington
1968-69 Islington
1969-70 Cavendish
1970-71 London University
1971-72 Cavendish Mushrooms 2nd Division - Ilford Image
1972-73 Athenaeum Cavendish 2nd Division - London University II Image
1973-74 Cavendish London University 2nd Division - Harrow Image
1974-75 Athenaeum
1975-76 Richmond
1976-77 Streatham
1977-78 Charlton
1978-79 Charlton
1979-80 Central YMCA
1980-81 Wood Green
1981-82 Streatham
1982-83 Hendon
1983-84 Wood Green
1984-85 Streatham
1985-86 Wood Green
1986-87 Wood Green
1987-88 Richmond
1988-89 Kings Head
1989-90 Kings Head
1990-91 Barbican
1991-92 Kings Head
1992-93 Kings Head
1993-94 Wood Green
1994-95 Wood Green
1995-96 Charlton Barbican Division 2 - Ilford Image
1996-97 Barbican
1997-98 Hackney
1998-99 Wood Green
1999-00 Hackney
2000-01 Wood Green
2001-02 Cavendish
2002-03 Wood Green
2003-04 Wood Green
2004-05 Wood Green Kings Head Division 2 - Streatham Image
2005-06 Wood Green
2006-07 Wood Green
2007-08 Wood Green
2008-09 Wood Green
2009-10 Wood Green
2010-11 Wood Green
2011-12 Wood Green
2012-13 Wood Green
2013-14 Wood Green
2014-15 Wood Green
2015-16 Wood Green 1
2016-17 Wood Green 1
2017-18 Wood Green 1
2018-19 Wood Green 1
2021-22 Wood Green 1 Hammersmith Firsts Div2: Mushrooms / Lewisham 3,
Div3: DHSS
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2022-23 Wood Green 1 Hammersmith 1 Div2: East Ham 1, Div3: Albany,
Div4: Kings College
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2023-24 Wood Green 1 Hammersmith 1 Div2: Kings Head 1, Div3: University College,
Div4: Greater London Chess Club 2
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2024-25 Wood Green 1 Hammersmith 1 Div2: University College, Div3: Hammersmith 2,
Div4: Battersea 2
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