Redbridge Forest F.C.

Redbridge Forest Football Club was an English football club, founded in 1979 as Leytonstone & Ilford F.C., which in 1989 merged with Walthamstow Avenue and the following season adopted the name Redbridge Forest.

They were somewhat successful in non-league football, while under the name Leytonstone & Ilford, they were crowned Isthmian League champions during 1981–82.

Initially there was no name change, and the club won the Isthmian League that season; they were due to be promoted to the Football Conference, but were denied due to ground problems, as the Green Pond Road ground at Walthamstow had already been sold to developers so was not worth upgrading.

The club moved to Victoria Road, home of Dagenham F.C., but found the same problem as their ground too was now not up to Conference standard.

Redbridge Forest were in the Conference for one year and achieved a seventh-place finish during the 1991–92 season.

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