Greenwich Borough F.C.

Greenwich Borough Football Club was a football club based in south-east London, England. History The club was established in 1928 as Woolwich Borough Council Athletic Club. They joined the Woolwich and District League and were champions in their first season. The following season saw them join Division One of the Western Section of the Kent County Amateur League. In 1934 Division One was renamed the Premier Division, and after finishing second-from-bottom of the division in 1934–35, the club were relegated to Division One. They finished bottom of Division One in 1939–40, but the league was largely abandoned the following season due to World War II. Woolwich Borough Council rejoined the Kent County Amateur League in 1947, and despite their pre-war position, the club were placed in the Premier Division of the Western Section. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the division in 1948–49, they left the league, dropping into Division Two of the South London Alliance. In 1954–55 they won the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw them win Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. They went on to win the Premier Division title in six successive seasons from 1960–61 to 1965–66, also winning the Queen Mary Cup twice. In 1965 the club was renamed London Borough of Greenwich following a change of London Borough boundaries. The club won a seventh South London Alliance Premier Division title in 1974, and in 1977 they moved up to the Senior Division of the London Spartan League. They won the Senior Division in 1979–80, earning promotion to the Premier Division. At the end of the season the club adopted its current name. In 1982–83 the club won the league's Senior Cup. In 1984 they transferred to the Kent League. They won the League Cup in their first season in the league, before going on to win back-to-back league titles in 1986–87 and 1987–88, as well as winning the League Cup for a second time in 1986–87. However, they were prevented from being promoted to the Southern League when the council refused planning permission for the necessary ground improvements.