In 1896 the president of the London League was Arnold Hills founder of Thames Ironworks F.C.
One of the men who helped draft the rules of the competition was Francis Payne, club secretary of Thames Ironworks F.C.
[1] The league started with three divisions,[2] the 3rd Grenadier Guards winning the inaugural championship.
Before World War I, most of the senior London Football League clubs fielded a reserve side in the London League.
On the resumption of football after the war, nineteen clubs played in the London League, split into Western and Eastern Divisions.