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How the club started... |
Lea Valley Royals F.C. was founded in 1981-82 as "Ponders End Tigers" by present chairman Sam Turone and a few friends.The club joined Division Four of the Mercury Waltham Football League and with Sam Turon as player-manager finished third on Four and League Junior Cup as well as finishing Runners-Up in the Anglo-Italian Cup (losing 1-0 at Tooting & Mitcham'Ground).
Due to this sucess the club quickly grew and soon had three teams in the league.However following a few disagreements,two of the teams changed their name and became Lea Valley Royals and the other went its separate way. In the 1984-85 season,Lea Valley Royals won Junior Division One and were Runners-Up in the Intermediate version of the County Cup.
The club continued between 1986 and 1997 with limited success and was eventually reduced to just one team which struggled for a few seasons in the mid-nineties.
However by 1998,the sons of the original club members were old enough to play for the team and the club began to grow once more and in 2000 a reserve team was entered. This growth also co-incided with a influx of quality 'First Team'players from Hoddesdon,and it was not long before Lea Valley Royals were once again amongst the Silverware with first team winning division 2 in 2001-2002. The following year the same team came unlucky second in Division one thus gaining promotion to the Premier Division. This team is now a solid member of the Premier Division and was a beaten finalist in 2005-06 season league showpiece the Roy Bailey Challenge Cup.
The Reserve Team began struggle for players in the 2004-05 season but during the summer of the 2005,a number of Portuguese Players joined the team and things have steadily improved.
Season 2006-2007 has begun well and the team is hoping to gain Promotion from Division 5.
The first team is proudly sponsored by APS Meats and JP Martinelli.
The Reserve team is proudly sponsored by San Miguel,Palmeira,Phillies and Cafe 21.
Who we thank for their continued support.
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