1989-90 Joined The London Spartan League
1990-91 London Spartan League Intermediate Section runner-up (lost title on goal difference) Promoted to Division One
1997-98 Founder members of Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 South Spartan South Midlands League Division One South runner-up
Left to start season 1998/99 as founder members of London Intermediate League

SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS

1989-90 SPAR-I 22 9 5 8 57 41 32 5/12 Div 2
1990-91 SPAR-I 16 11 4 1 56 19 37 2/9 Div 2 Promoted
1991-92 SPAR-1 26 10 4 12 48 60 34 8/14 Div 1
1992-93 SPAR-1 28 11 6 11 50 46 39 9/15 Div 1
1993-94 SPAR-1 30 10 5 15 51 79 35 10/16 Div 1
1994-95 SPAR-1 24 10 4 10 39 42 34 8/13 Div 1
1995-96 SPAR-1 24 7 6 11 39 49 27 8/13 Div 1
1996-97 SPAR-1 14 4 3 7 25 35 15 6/8 Div 1
1997-98 SSML-1S 24 16 4 4 74 22 52 2/13 Div 1S

History Insight
1992/93
Pictured is the programme cover of Met Police Chigwell FC v Cray Valley FC 10th April 1993 in the London Spartan league Division 1 Season 1992-93

The Cray Valley Squad that day was: M Doyle, R Nelson, S Morgan, D Vernon, C Meech (Captain), E Begley, P James, P Troke, K Richardson, D White, S Palmer, R Constable, P Kemp.
Manager: Paul Summersby
Strip: Black/White Stripes, Black Shorts & Hose

Going into the game Cray Valley were in 11th position /15 and Met Pol 9th. League leaders were Clapton Villa with Metrogas 2nd and Old Roan 3rd. Cray Valley had lost 3-1 on the 6th March in the home against Met Pol but had been unbeaten since then in five games, two wins and three draws.

The Cray Valley history reveals that for the previous six seasons prior to 1992/93 they had been playing out of Ivor Grove in Eltham. *

History Insight
1994/95
* A Bridon Ropes v Cray Valley (PM) match day programme dated 26th April 1995 lists the STC Ground, Ivor Grove in Eltham as Cray Valley's home ground.
The Cray Valley Squadfor the London Spartan League Division One fixture played at Meridian Sports Club, Charlton was: 1. Andy Wilshaw, 2. Alan Foreman, 3. Rob Nelson, 4. Mark Wootten, 5. Tony Martin (Capt), 6. Rob Constable, 7. Vinny Duong, 8. Peter Coppen, 9. Paul Troke, 10. Chris Meech, 11. Lee Palmer, 12. Alan McKay, GK. Dean White, 14. Paul Summersby.
Manager: Paul Summersby. Colours: Black & Jade.

The programme lists Mr S Chapman (later to become first team manager in 2011) as Secretary.

* A Cray Valley (PM) v Tottenham Vine match day programme dated Tuesday 11th April 1995 London Spartan League - Division One Kick off 6:30pm Latest.

The Cray Valley line up: 1. Alan Wilshaw, 2. Alan Foreman, 3. Rob Nelson, 4. Mark Wooten, 5. Tony Martin (capt). 6. Rob Constable, 7. Vinny Duong, 8. Steve Chapman, 9. Paul Troke, 10. Chris Meech, 11. Lee Palmer, Subs: 12. Alan McKay, GK. Dean White, 14. Paul Summersby
Manager: Paul Summersby. Colours: Black & Jade striped shirts, Black Shorts and Black Hose.
Ground: STC Sports Ground, Ivor Grove, New Eltham, London SE9

Goalscorere at at 11/4/23
First Team:
Paul Troke 13
Chris Meech 8
Mark Wooten 5
Paul Martin 4
Alan Foreman 3
Lee Palmer. 3
Paul Summersby. 3
Paul Howell. 2
Tony Martin 2

Second Team:
Del Vernon. 7
Vinny Duong. 6
Mark Hanson. 6
Tony Lopategul. 6
Paul Kemp 4
Peter Copper. 3
Rob Nelson. 3
Lee Raymond. 3

RESERVES
1994-95 - Manager Mr E Begley
South London Alliance Division Two Winners
Elizabeth Jacques Cup Winners
1997-98
South London Alliance Division One Runners-Up
Beckenham Hospitals Cup Runners-Up

SPARTAN LEAGUE

1989/90
Cray Valley LSL Div 2 - Pos 5/12 - P22 W9 D5 L8 F57 A41 GD +16 PTS 32

!990/91
Cray Valley LSL Div 2 - Pos 2/9 - P16 W11 D4 L1 F56 A19 GD+37 PTS 37 promoted

1991/92
Division 1
1. Willesden Hawkeye (-3) 26 21 3 2 75 28 63
2. Tower Hamlets Tipples 26 19 3 4 69 15 60
3. Elms 26 19 3 4 86 36 60
4. Craven 26 12 6 8 68 51 42
5. Metrogas 26 12 6 8 55 45 42
6. Walthamstow Trojans 26 11 9 6 55 48 42
7. Leyton County 26 12 4 10 52 44 40
8. Cray Valley PM 26 10 4 12 48 60 34
9. Metropolitan Police Chigwell 26 9 4 13 52 72 31
10. Royal George 26 8 4 14 46 50 28
11. Old Roan 26 6 6 14 39 69 24
12. Swanley Town 26 5 5 16 37 77 20
13. Phoenix Sports 26 4 4 18 31 73 16
14. Catford Wanderers 26 2 3 21 19 64 9

1992/93
Division 1
1. Metrogas 28 24 2 2 94 31 74
2. Craven 28 20 2 6 120 45 62
3. Clapton Villa 28 18 5 5 93 41 59
4. Old Roan 28 17 3 8 81 48 54
5. Leyton County 28 16 6 6 67 41 54
6. Lewisham Elms 28 16 4 8 89 46 52
7. Walthamstow Trojans 28 12 4 12 70 55 40
8. AFC Eltham 28 12 4 12 70 59 40
9. Cray Valley PM 28 11 6 11 50 46 39
10. Metropolitan Police Chigwell 28 10 3 15 66 67 33
11. Woolwich Town 28 7 7 14 58 71 28
12. Chingford Town 28 8 2 18 38 79 26
13. Catford Wanderers 28 5 6 17 41 60 21
14. South East Olympic 28 5 3 20 60 99 18
15. Swanley Town 28 0 1 27 15 224 1

Cray Valley Match Results: Home Away
AFC Eltham 1-1 ---
Catford Wanderers 3-0 0-0
Chingford Town 2-1 ---
Clapton Villa 2-1 1-2
Craven --- 2-3
Leyton County --- 0-1
Lewisham Elms 1-1 ---
Metpol Chigwell 1-3 ---
Metrogas 0-3 1-3
Old Roan --- 1-3
South East Olympic --- 2-1
Swanley Town --- 6-1
Walthamstow Trojans 0-3 1-1
Woolwich Town 2-2 ---
As at 8/4/1993 P 18 W 5 D 5 L 8 PTS 20 GD -4
A strong finish to the season would see Cray Valley win 6 of their final 10 league games losing just 3 with 1 drawn moving from 11th to 9th and finishing 6 points clear of Metpol Chigwell (Met Police) in 10th.

1993/94
Division 1
1. Lewisham Elms 30 22 4 4 98 28 70
2. Clapton Villa 29 17 4 8 78 42 55
3. Old Roan 30 16 7 7 61 39 55
4. Metrogas (-3) 30 17 5 8 73 45 53
5. Woolwich Town (-3) 30 16 7 7 66 39 52
6. Ilford 30 15 4 11 69 53 49
7. Craven 30 14 5 11 75 64 47
8. Metropolitan Police Chigwell 30 13 8 9 54 53 47
9. Leyton County 28 14 4 10 54 45 46
10. Cray Valley PM 30 10 5 15 51 79 35
11. Bridon Ropes 30 9 6 15 58 64 33
12. Walthamstow Trojans 27 8 7 12 48 56 31
13. Catford Wanderers 30 5 12 13 44 62 27
14. AFC Eltham 30 6 7 17 53 90 25
15. Woodford Town 29 4 5 20 44 93 17
16. South East Olympic 29 2 6 21 41 115 12

1994/95
Division 1
1. Tottenham Wine 24 20 3 1 93 24 63
2. Woolwich Town 24 16 4 4 69 33 52
3. Metropolitan Police Chigwell 24 10 8 6 38 29 38
4. Old Roan 24 11 4 9 49 36 37
5. Bridon Ropes 24 10 5 9 44 45 35
6. Walthamstow Trojans 24 9 8 7 29 35 35
7. Leyton County 24 10 4 10 43 38 34
8. Cray Valley PM 24 10 4 10 39 42 34
9. Craven 24 9 4 11 51 63 32
10. Beckton United 24 8 5 11 44 66 29
11. Catford Wanderers 24 7 3 14 29 47 24
12. Lewisham Elms 24 4 4 16 34 64 16
13. Woodford Town 24 3 2 19 28 68 11
Clapton Villa results expunged

Results plus Cray Valley Goalscorers
1994 (league unless stated)
27/8 Woolwich Town H Won 2-1 Wootten 2
3/9 Catford Wanderers H Won 2-0 Begley, Constable
10/9 Woodford Town A Won 3-1 Troke 2, Howell
17/9 Ldn FA Intermediate Cup 3Q Corinthian Casuals Reserves Won 3-1 Meech 2, Summersby
24/9 Old Roan A Won 4-1 Summersby, Troke, Foreman, T Martin
1/10 Leyton County H Lost 0-1
8/10 Beckton United A Lost 4-5 Troke 2, P Martin, Summersby
15/10 Ldn FA Intermediate Cup 1st Leyton Res A Won 1-0 Howell
22/10 Metpol Chigwell A Lost 1-2 Troke
29/10 Catford Wanderers A Won 3-0 Meech 2, Own Goal
12/11 Old Roan A Lost 0-4
15/11 Ldn FA Intermediate Cup 2nd Barkingside Res A Won 2-1 Palmer, Wootten
19/11 Kent County Intermediate Shield 2 Knockholt H Lost 2-3 Troke, Wootten
26/11 Ldn Spartan Inter Cup 2nd Singh Sabha Barking H Won 6-0 P Martin 3, Troke 2, Foreman
3/12 Ldn FA Intermediate Cup 3rd Craven H Lost 0-3
17/12 Clapton Villa A Lost 1-4 Troke ^Result expunged from league table
24/12 Bridon Ropes H Won 1-0 Foreman
1995
7/1 Woodford Town H Lost 1-2 Troke
14/1 Leyton County H Won 2-1 Nelson, Palmer
4/2 Ldn Spartan Inter Cup 3rd Chingford United Lost 1-3 Meech
4/3 Lewisham Elms A Won 3-0 Troke 2, Palmer
11/3 Walthamstow Trojan A Drew 1-1 T Martin
18/3 Walthamstow Trojan H Lost 1-2 Meech
29/3 Woolwich Town A Lost 0-2
1/4 Metpol Chigwell H Drew 2-2 Meech, Wootten
8/4 Lewisham Elms A Won 1-0 Meech
11/4 Tottenham Wine H Lost 0-2
15/4 Tottenham Wine A Lost 1-5 Meech
18/4 Craven A Drew 0-0
26/4 Bridon Ropes A ?
29/4 Craven H ?
3/5 Beckton United H ?
Cray Valley's final three league games, scores unknown, would produce a win. draw and a defeat.

1995/96
Division 1
1. Leyton County 24 20 1 3 68 25 61
2. AFC Blackheath 24 18 3 3 68 26 57
3. Islington St. Mary’s 24 15 6 3 60 28 51
4. Old Roan 24 10 10 4 45 26 40
5. Woodford Town 24 11 5 8 46 37 38
6. Craven 24 10 3 11 66 49 33
7. Walthamstow Trojans 24 7 7 10 35 34 28
8. Cray Valley PM 24 7 6 11 39 49 27
9. Bridon Ropes 24 8 3 13 44 59 27
10. Beckton United 24 8 3 13 39 64 27
11. Metropolitan Police Chigwell 24 7 5 12 46 45 26
12. Catford Wanderers 24 5 3 16 31 67 18
13. Lewisham Elms 24 2 1 21 22 100 7

1996/97
Division 1
1. Leyton County 14 10 2 2 34 14 32
2. Catford Wanderers (-3) 14 9 1 4 33 16 25
3. Old Roan 14 7 4 3 28 19 25
4. Trojan 14 7 3 4 25 18 24
5. Craven 14 6 3 5 39 25 21
6. Cray Valley PM 14 4 3 7 25 35 15
7. Bridon Ropes 14 2 3 9 15 29 9
8. Classic Inter 14 1 1 12 18 61 4

SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE

1997/98
Division 1 South
1. Old Roan 24 18 2 4 111 29 56
2. Cray Valley PM 24 16 4 4 74 22 52
3. Crown & Manor 24 16 3 5 74 22 51
4. Leyton County (-3) 24 15 5 4 72 24 47
5. Bridon Ropes 24 13 4 7 72 39 43
6. Cheshunt Trojans 23 11 6 6 66 42 39
7. Odua United 24 11 4 9 62 41 37
8. Holland Park 24 9 5 10 57 61 32
9. Long Lane 24 9 1 14 51 42 28
10. Leyton 23 7 7 9 54 49 28
11. Doddinghurst 24 4 2 18 34 97 14
12. Leyton Youth 24 2 1 21 32 136 7
13. Chingford Town 24 2 0 22 19 174 6

Cray Valley Top Goalscorer 1997/98: Chris Meech 20
Player of the Year: Robert Nelson

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