HARINGEY BOROUGH FC

Few senior Clubs can have such a convoluted background as Haringey Borough. A Club first took the field under that name 55 years ago when Wood Green Town, which had played at Coles Park in the Spartan League from 1930 until at the end of season 1966/67, finishing bottom of the table and was not re-elected and so became an intermediate Club playing in the long gone Northern Suburban League, name changed to Haringey Borough in 1970. Admission to Reserve Division 2 of the Greater London League was granted and following a merger with the Metropolitan League a year later that led to a year in the Metropolitan - London League.

But Haringey Borough’s roots actually go back to 1907 when Tufnell Park FC was created and joined Division One of the London League, switching to the Spartan League in 1909/10 before becoming founder members of the Athenian League in 1912, winning it in 1913/14. The reserve team broke away in 1911 to play as Tufnell Spartans and name changes to Wood Green in 1920 and Wood Green Town in 1930 followed. Having established itself as one of the top amateur sides in the South, after the Great War an invitation to join the Isthmian League was accepted in 1919/20 and the FA Amateur Cup Final was reached in that same season but Dulwich Hamlet triumphed by the only goal. It was a slow mostly downhill trajectory after that and having finished bottom of the Isthmian League for four consecutive seasons re-election at the end of 1951/52 was not forthcoming. For the last two seasons the Club had played under the name of Tufnell Park (Edmonton) having merged in 1950 with Edmonton Borough, a short lived London League Club formed in 1947. After then rejoining the Spartan League and playing under that name for two seasons a switch to the Delphian League was made in 1954 and, having dropped the Tufnell Park part of the name to become Edmonton FC, the Club stayed in that League until becoming Athenians again when that League absorbed the Delphians in 1964. Having lost its Barrass Stadium Ground it merged with Haringey Borough (i.e Wood Green Town until 1970) in 1973, and the name was changed to Edmonton & Haringey FC and the merged Club played at Coles Park under that name for three seasons before becoming Haringey Borough again in 1976/77. Athenian League membership continued until, following its demise in 1983, the Club was accepted back into the Isthmian League spending four seasons in Division 2 North until unable to field a team in 1988/89 because of the mass departure of Management and players shortly before the start of that season. After a year out of Senior Football the Club was admitted to the Spartan League Premier Division for 1989/90. One further name change occurred as the Club reverted to its original name of Tufnell Park in 1995 only to change back to Haringey Borough after just one season. Membership of the Spartan League continued in its Premier Division until its merger in 1997/98 with the South Midlands League and then in the Premier Division of the Spartan South Midlands League until being relegated to Division One after finishing bottom in 2006/07. Having bounced straight back to the Premier Division as runners up and Divisional Cup winners in the following season, Premier Division status was maintained until ended by an FA sideways move into the Essex Senior League for season 2013/14 in which a 2nd placed finished was followed by the Championship in 2014/15 thus earning promotion to Step 4 and being allocated to the Isthmian League by the FA. After a worrying start to season 2015/16 which seemed to suggest relegation might be the outcome but much improvement as that season wore on secured mid table safety. Then began the Club’s glory years as a semi-final defeat in the 2016/17 play offs was followed by promotion to the Premier Division as play off winners in the following season. In 2018/19 we came within touching distance of becoming a National League Club but having finished 3rd in our first season a defeat in the play off semi final denied us that honour. Covid caused the abandonment of the following two seasons and after that it was downhill all the way culminating in relegation into the North Division in 2023/24 followed by a second relegation in 2024/25 season. However, season 2025/26 will long live in the memory for all the right reasons. After a patchy start and a mid-season slump it seemed that a play off place in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division was the best we could hope for but an unbeaten closing run of 16 games with only 1 draw meant that another draw in the final game away to Cockfosters would make us Champions and a nail biting 0-0 sparked delirium in the ranks of our loyal and so deserving supporters.

During its 118 years of existence the Club has repeatedly faced crises, both on and off the field and financially that it has survived is testament to the passionate devotion and perseverance (and the wallets) of so many wonderful people who were determined it should do so two in particular must be mentioned. The current Manager Tom Loizou who was appointed in March 2009 when we were a struggling Spartan South Midlands team in danger of relegation again and has since led us to the very brink of National League status. The other is Aki Achillea, Chairman since 2004, after ten years or so as a committee member, without whose boundless enthusiasm for the Club, legal expertise - he is a Solicitor – and his cheque book we would probably not have successfully negotiated some very choppy waters. Three of his decisions in particular have changed us from the poorly supported, little known Club we then were to the vibrant family oriented Club we now are, attracting gates of several hundreds and with a solid core of committed supporters for whom no journey to an away match is too daunting. Firstly in 2012 he replaced the rather decrepit Club House with the superb replacement we now have. Secondly, In the summer of 2016, he converted the pitch to 3G. Thirdly, for 2016/17 he introduced his “Free Season Ticket” offer which was eagerly taken up and continues this season, hence the attendance increase.

MAJOR HONOURS

As TUFNELL PARK
1912/13 and 1923/24 London Senior Cup winners

1913/14 Athenian League winners

1919/20 FA Amateur Cup finalists (lost 0-1 to Dulwich Hamlet)

As EDMONTON
1967/68 and 1968/69 Athenian League Divisional Cup winners

As WOOD GREEN TOWN
1940/41 Middlesex Senior League winners (a Wartime emergency Competition)

As HARINGEY BOROUGH
1990/91 London Senior Cup winners

2007/08 Spartan South Midlands League Division 1 Cup winners

2011/12 Spartan South Midlands League Trophy winners

2014/15 Essex Senior Cup winners

2017/18 Isthmian League North Division play-off winners (thus earning Premier Division status|
2018/19 Reached 1st Round Proper of the FA Cup (lost 0-1 to AFC Wimbledon)

2022/23 London Senior Cup runners up

2025/26 Spartan South Midlands League Champions (earning promotion to Step 4)

2025/26 Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup Winners


5	Marlow	26	13
6	Stotfold	25	15
7	Welwyn Garden City	24	14
8	Haringey	23	14
9	Thame Utd	22	11
10	London Lions	22	16
11	Beaconsfield Town	21	16

Haringey Borough

Match Outlook

Division One Central