Clapton F.C.
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Clapton F.C. are an English association football club, who play in Forest Gate, east London (although they were originally from Clapton, which is several miles to the west).
Clapton joined the Isthmian League upon its establishment. Champions twice in the early years, they spent many years in the lower reaches of the league since WWII. In the 2005/06 season they played in the Second Division, but lost their place with the 2006 re-structuring of the non-league set-up. They will play in the Essex Senior League in 2006/07.
Clapton should not be confused with Clapton Orient, which was the former name of Leyton Orient, between 1888 and 1946.
History
- 1904-05 - F.A. Amateur Cup runner-up
- 1905-06 - Founder member of Isthmian League. Isthmian League runner-up
- 1906-07 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners
- 1907-08 - Isthmian League runner-up (on goal average x2)
- 1908-09 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (2nd time)
- 1909-10 - Isthmian League runner-up (on goal average)
- 1910-11 - Isthmian League Champions
- 1914-15 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (3rd time)
- 1922-23 - Isthmian League Champions (2nd time)
- 1923-24 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (4th time)
- 1924-25 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (5th time); Isthmian League runner-up
- 1976 - Relegated to Division Two
- 1977-78 - Division Two renamed Division One
- 1982 - Relegated to Division Two
- 1982-83 - Isthmian League Division Two Champions; promoted to Division One
- 1985 - Relegated to Division Two North
- 1989-90 - One point deducted
- 1990-91 - Three points deducted
- 1991-92 - Placed in Division Three on re-organisation
- 2002-03 - Division Three effectively renamed Division Two on re-organisation
- Best post-War league position: 14th in Isthmian, League, Premier division (then level 6), 1978-79
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round, 1925-26
- Best FA Amateur Cup performance: Winners (five times) in 1906-07, 1908-09, 1914-15, 1923-24, and 1924-25.
- Best FA Trophy performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1980-81
- Best FA Vase performance: 2nd round, 2003-04
Honours
- FA Amateur Cup
- *Winners 1907, 1909, 1915, 1924, 1925
- Isthmian League
- *Champions 1911, 1923
- *Runners up 1906, 1908, 1910, 1925
- *Second Division champions 1983
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