The Ultimate History of London Football Clubs - Animated

this is London 600 of square miles of

1960s concrete and eight million city

slickers with terrible teeth there's

also a couple of football clubs lurking

about clubs over the years have changed

identities left their stomping grounds

and pastures new and shape the capital

as a footballing behemoth but to

understand how London's football

landscape looks now we need to head back

to Victorian England and rattle through

the history of the Capitals current

league teams the first of the London

clubs to form was Fulham in 1879 and at

the time were known as Fulham stern

Andrews church Sunday Tikal FC two years

later in 1881 on the other side of town

Glynn Cricket Club pops up they went

from a few name changes until they

became the mighty O's Leyton Orient in

1882 two of London's most recognized

clubs were born QPR in Spurs out west

QPR's first identity was sent dudes at

the same time in North London Hotspur FC

were formed adding Totten to their name

in later years to avoid confusion with

another club called London Hotspur 1885

saw the mighty Millwall created they

were shaped from the lads working at the

Morton & Co jam Factory on the Isle of

Dogs in 1886 in Woolwich Doyle Square

were founded by the workers of the Royal

Arsenal armaments Factory they became

the Arsenal a few years down the line

1888 was the year that barn it was born

the army and only a year after that

Brentwood were created during a heated

meeting of the Oxford and Cambridge Club

Wimbledon FC also formed in 1889 at the

Wimbledon old Central's in 1895 Thames

ironworks SC were forged

they became West Ham in 1910 years later

in 1905 through absolute cease entered

the frame Chelsea and children children

formed the Rising Sun pub and quirk Lea

aren't actually based in Chelsea

but in Fulham in southeast London

Charton began their life as a youth team

Palast also arrived in 1905 and were

created to play on the grounds of the

Crystal Palace exhibition building that

been the venue of the FA Cup final since

1895 right that sorted let's blitz

through 126 years of history as quick as

possible

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in 1901 Spurs when the FA Cup is

non-league team 1904 West had moved

further east to make the beloved Boleyn

Ground their home in night in 10 mil

leave the Isle of Dogs and head for New

Cross is probably a good idea to split

them up in 1912 Wimbledon moved to

plough Lane in 1913 Arsenal in southeast

London and moved to North London only

four miles from Spurs and heated rivalry

develops Aston was moved from Woollett

give space for chalten to flourish when

the following years go from youth team

to senior side in 1917 after many moves

QPR finally settle at Loftus Road and in

1919 no magical and athletic finally

moved to the newly opened Valley stadium

1923 saw old Wembley built and in 1924

palace moved to sell hers Park in 1928

Arsenal Chelsea become the first clubs

to play the shirt numbers and seven

years after that in 1935 arson win their

third successive league title and

Brentford win the second division in

1937 Orient leave Jackson for Leighton

in 1955 trouble to win the league for

the first time maybe they do have

history 961 Spurs become the first club

to do the double 966 West Ham win the

world cup for England in 1970 orient win

division three in 1988 after being

non-league for the majority of their

existence Wimbledon's crazy gang win the

FA Cup in 1993 Miller will leave the old

den for the new den in Bermondsey

and in 2000 Charl win the first division

in 2002 an independent commission pays

way for Wimbledon FC to be dissolved AFC

Wimbledon are born out of the ashes in

2004 also go the league season unbeaten

Millwall qualify for the UEFA Cup after

getting to the FA Cup final and

Wimbledon FC AB relocated to Milton

Keynes in 2006 Arsenal moved to the

Emirates and in 2007 Wembley is rebuilt

in 2010 Philomath of runners-up in the

Europa League in 2011 QPR win the

championship and in 2012 Chelsea win the

Champions League in 2013

d'arnot moved to the hive Stadium 2016

West Stanley the Berlin ground for the

London Stadium in Stratford and AFC

Wimbledon win the second division

playoffs

what does the future hold for London

football will we lose Orion will Arsenal

for to Ligue 2 or will we see no wall

and West Ham become the best of mates

well direct them

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