Thursday 24 February 2011

FOOTBALL FOR FREE IN LONDON - THE CAMDEN SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE


Following on from the cold end's first "football for free in London" feature about the Enfield Alliance Football League the cold end moves onto Sunday football with the Camden Sunday Football League.

The League was formed in 1954 and their moto reads ' Non sibi sed Toti' which translates to 'Not for one's self, but for all'.  Most of the games are played on the world famous Hackney Marshes alongside matches from other Sunday competitions including what is probably the more well known Hackney and Leyton Football League. There are three divisions for this season with only a handful of league games left in the top division made up of only six teams following Lord Tredegar FC's withdrawal.

CURRENT DIVISION ONE TABLE 

Phoenix                11 11 0 0 65 13 +52 33 
Mostyn F.C.            11 9  0 2 39 21 +18 27 
Lord Southampton       10 7  0 3 49 21 +28 21 
Cobden Athletic        12 3  2 7 42 57 -15 11 
CS Maritimo de Londres 10 3  1 6 27 39 -12 10 
AFC Shooters           11 2  1 8 20 42 -22  7 
Mayville A             11 0  2 9 14 63 -49  2 

The Championship was confirmed in Division One on Sunday 13th February when Phoenix beat Mostyn FC 3-0 to win the title for the second season in a row. The can complete a 100% winning league record when they play third placed Lord Southampton FC on the 20th March. They are still on for a treble as they are due to play Divison Two table toppers Athetico Annies in the League's Senior Cup final (was due to be played at Cockfosters on the 20th February but was postponed) and are semi finalist in the CNJ Cup along with Boundary Estate FC (of Division Three) and AFC Shooters. Phoenix well deserve their title as they have scored the most goals by sixteen (currently 65 to Lord Southampton's 49) including  9-3, 8-0 and 7-1 victories along the way.

Bottom of the table Mayville A have a total of two points earned in a 2-2 draw with second bottom AFC Shooters and a 4-4 draw with Cobden Athletic.

CURRENT DIVSION TWO TABLE 
                   P  W  D L  GF GA  GD PTS 
Athletico Annies   13 12 0 1  65 20 +45 36 
MDM                13 7 4  2  50 38 +12 25 
Crouch End Rangers 16 7 2  7  49 35 +14 23 
Dinamo Dorigo      12 6 2  4  47 37 +10 20 
AFC Brasenose      13 6 1  6  27 38 -11 19 
Mayville B         13 5 1  7  29 29   0 16 
Constitution FC    12 5 1  6  24 33 - 9 16 
Surreal Madrid A   13 3 2  8  25 52 -27 11 
Park City Rovers   13 1 1 11  16 50 -34  4 

The teams play sixteen games in Division Two with Athletico Annies crowned champions having only lost one game (1-3 against Mayville B on 24th October) followed by MDM and Crounch End Rangers in second and third postitions. Some original team names in this division such as AFC Brasenose and Surreal Madrid. Park City Rovers prop up the table with only one victory to their name which came on the 20th February against Crouch End Rangers (2-1).

CURRENT DIVISION THREE TABLE 
                   P  W D L GF GA  GD PTS
The Hurricanes FC  12 9 0 3 42 17 +25 27 
The Boston Celtics 11 8 2 1 31 17 +14 26 
Surreal Madrid D   11 6 2 3 28 23 + 5 20 
Boundary Estate FC 11 6 0 5 24 33 - 9 18 
River Fleet        11 5 1 5 34 32 + 2 16 
Enate United       11 4 1 6 32 25 + 7 13 
FC Bertoli         10 3 2 5 18 31 -13 11 
Chalk Scratchings  13 3 1 9 38 40 - 2 10 
Kings Hell Cats    10 1 1 8 21 50 -29  4 

The third division has some more eccentrically named teams with the Boston Celtics, Kings Hell Cats and Chalk Scratchings FC joining Surreal Madrid's 'D' team. Sixteen games are played in this division with the title still up for grabs between The Hurricanes and The Boston Celtics. Bottom of the table KHC's only league win so far was against 2nd from bottom CSFC on the 10th October. KHC's opening two games ended in 12-1 loses against Enate United and River Fleet before losing what sounds like a classic game 6-7 against CSFC.

The league has three cup competitions being the Bill Price Memorial Cup, The CNJ Challenge cup and the Senior Cup.

The Bill Price Memorial Cup Round One Fixtures take place on Sunday 6th March with the CNJ Challenge cup at the semi final stage where AFC Shooters take on Phoenix (scheduled 13/3) and Boundary Estate take on Athletico Annies (scheduled 6/3). If the Divison One and Two champions are successful in their ties it would mean they would contest both the Senior Cup and the CNJ cup finals. Phoenix were due to play Athletico Annies on the 20th February in the Senior Cup final at Cockfosters FC but it was postponed. A new date has been scheduled being the 20th March. The cold end does not know of the venue as yet.

What football fan wouldn't want to watch Surreal Madrid D take on Chalk Scratchings???
If you pop down to the Hackney Marshes North this weekend you can do exactly that - for free!!!

Random Fact
The Division Two table for 2006/07 was propped up by a team named 'Big Red FC' who let in 100 goals in just 20 games. They were followed by 'Grupo Desportivo os Amigos De Londres' who let in 102 goals in 20 games. The results between the two clubs were a 5-2 win for Big Red and a 6-1 win for Grupo. Grupo's record defeat was 13-0 against OS Lusos and Big Red's was 13-1 against Hornsey.

This weekend's fixtures (Sunday 27th February)


Division One
Lord Southampton FC v Mostyn F.C
Mayville A v CS Maritimo de Londres


Division Two
Constitution FC v Athletico Annies
Dinamo Dorigo v AFC Brasenose 
Surreal Madrid A v Park City Rovers

Division Three
Boundary Estate FC v The Hurricanes
FC Bertoli v Kings Hell Cats 
River Fleet v Enate United
Surreal Madrid D v Chalk Scratchings

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