The competition grew out of the Middlesex Youth Invitation Cup set up in the 1950s by the Middlesex FA and was formerly known as the South East Counties Youth Football League.[1] For many years it was the top level of youth football in the region, a second division was added in 1964 this more often than not included teams from division one, these teams putting out their younger youth players. There was also a League Cup called "Division One League Cup" which was, in 1986, superseded by the "South East Counties League Cup". The setup of the FA Premier Youth League, a nationwide competition for the top clubs, in 1997 took many of the top clubs away. The SECL continued for another season with some clubs putting out their youth reserve teams,.[2]
However, in 1998, the Premier Youth League was expanded and renamed the FA Premier Academy League, while a second tier of nationwide youth football, the Football League Youth Alliance was founded, absorbing the remaining teams, meaning the South East Counties League was abandoned.
south, east, counties, league, secl, football, league, youth, teams, clubs, from, southern, england, organising, bodyfafounded1954first, season1954, 55folded1998countryenglandlast, championsluton, town, title, most, championshipstottenham, hotspur, titles, com. The South East Counties League SECL was a football league for the youth teams of clubs from Southern England South East Counties LeagueOrganising bodyFAFounded1954First season1954 55Folded1998CountryEnglandLast championsLuton Town 1st title Most championshipsTottenham Hotspur 13 titles The competition grew out of the Middlesex Youth Invitation Cup set up in the 1950s by the Middlesex FA and was formerly known as the South East Counties Youth Football League 1 For many years it was the top level of youth football in the region a second division was added in 1964 this more often than not included teams from division one these teams putting out their younger youth players There was also a League Cup called Division One League Cup which was in 1986 superseded by the South East Counties League Cup The setup of the FA Premier Youth League a nationwide competition for the top clubs in 1997 took many of the top clubs away The SECL continued for another season with some clubs putting out their youth reserve teams 2 However in 1998 the Premier Youth League was expanded and renamed the FA Premier Academy League while a second tier of nationwide youth football the Football League Youth Alliance was founded absorbing the remaining teams meaning the South East Counties League was abandoned List of winners Edit 3 Season Winners Runners up1954 55 Chelsea Fulham1955 56 Arsenal Chelsea1956 57 Chelsea Arsenal1957 58 Chelsea Charlton Athletic1958 59 Chelsea Bexleyheath amp Welling1959 60 Chelsea Arsenal1960 61 Chelsea Arsenal1961 62 Chelsea Arsenal1962 63 Chelsea Queens Park Rangers1963 64 Queens Park Rangers Chelsea1964 65 Arsenal Queens Park Rangers1965 66 Queens Park Rangers Arsenal1966 67 Charlton Athletic Ipswich1967 68 Queens Park Rangers Chelsea1968 69 Millwall Ipswich1969 70 Tottenham Hotspur Millwall1970 71 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal1971 72 Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur1972 73 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal1973 74 Chelsea Leyton Orient1974 75 Ipswich Tottenham Hotspur1975 76 Ipswich Southend United1976 77 Ipswich Chelsea1977 78 Queens Park Rangers Ipswich1978 79 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich1979 80 Norwich City Queens Park Rangers1980 81 Tottenham Hotspur Watford1981 82 Queens Park Rangers West Ham United1982 83 Norwich City Queens Park Rangers1983 84 Chelsea Norwich City1984 85 West Ham United Ipswich1985 86 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea1986 87 Tottenham Hotspur Watford1987 88 Tottenham Hotspur Watford1988 89 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal1989 90 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea1990 91 Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur1991 92 Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal1992 93 Tottenham Hotspur Millwall1993 94 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham Hotspur1994 95 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea1995 96 West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur1996 97 Norwich City Chelsea1997 98 West Ham United Portsmouth1998 99 Luton Town Leyton OrientReferences Edit The History of the Middlesex County FA Arsenal youth team appearances 1997 98 South East Counties League Archives SCEFL com This article about an English association football competition is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South East Counties League amp oldid 1167286815, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
