London League (football) to two divisions. London League (football) The London League was a football competition that was held in the London and surrounding areas of south-east England from 1896 until 1964. In 1896 the president of the London League was Arnold Hills founder of Thames Ironworks F.C. (which later reformed as West Ham United). One of the men who helped draft the rules of the competition was Francis Payne, club secretary of Thames Ironworks F.C. in 1897. The league started with three divisions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards winning the inaugural championship. The league fluctuated between having a single division and reaching four
Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club The Thames Tradesmen's Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames in London, United Kingdom at Chiswick Boathouse, 100m north-west of Barnes Railway Bridge, London. Established in 1897, its kit colours are white, claret (a form of red) and green Until 1956 the club was one of the leading and few London members of the National Amateur Rowing Association and helped to bring about the gradual merger with the Amateur Rowing Association for people in 'non-physical' work, to which were affiliated the various clubs on the Putney Embankment. Thames Tradesmen compete in the Head