St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals F.C.

An association football club was formed at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1879, the initiative coming in response to the start of inter-hospital competitions.

It was the last time the Wanderers entered the FA Cup and St Bart's, playing in black shirts with the hospital crest on them, lost in the second round to Great Marlow.

[5] The club also reached the final of the London Senior Cup in 1890–91, beating Millwall in the semi-final, only to be beaten 6–0 by Royal Arsenal at the Oval.

An entrance fee of five guineas entitled students to life membership of the Abernethian Society, Athletic, Boxing, Boating, Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Rugby, Swimming and Association Football Clubs which led to the acquisition of a sports ground by the College Committee at Winchmore Hill for £8,000 and a pavilion was erected and suitable pitches and tennis courts were laid out.

It was proposed, therefore, that an attempt be made to find a new ground, which would be large enough to cater for the student's sporting requirements, and in 1937 the college purchased a new site at Foxbury, Chislehurst in Kent (now South London).

Students at Charterhouse played football within the cloisters of the old Carthusian monastery and as space was limited the players depended on dribbling skills.

The college then later moved their sports ground to Hale End in Walthamstow which continued to be used and improved including the building of a new and better pavilion following its destruction by fire one night in 1956 until the merger and its later sale in 2000.