UP THE AVENUE FROM MAURITIUS

Sporting the colours of Oxbridge, I think it is a bit of a coincidence and as far as I can find, this is not promoting a link with the two "elite" universities, although the Walthamstow Avenue football club might have considered itself top notch in the world of Amateur Football.

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/7139677564261224325 

Here's a bonus extra from from last year! and if you read it, you will understand why it is being used; it's an anniversary present for you. The Word Press link also will take you to a very nice website that will document a little bit more on WAFC.

https://walthamstowavenue.wordpress.com/

The club's time-line looks like this:

Founded 1900-Played in the London League from 1901-Joined the Athenian League 1929-Reached First Rd FA Cup 1930-1 lost to Watford 1-5......1936-7 First Round FA Cup beat Northampton Town 6-1 (lost in next round 1-2 to Exeter City).......Joined Isthmian League post WW2......1951-2 Won FA Amateur Cup at Wembley v Leyton 2-1 (100,000 crowd).....1952-3 Won Isthmian League and reached 4th Round of FA Cup (beat Wimbledon, Watford, Stockport County and then drew with Man Utd at Old Trafford 1-1, losing 2-5 in replay at Highbury (Avenue's allowed use of the stadium for their replay). 

The following season saw the club defeat Gillingham in the first round of the FA Cup before losing to Ipswich Town in a second round replay. In 1954-5 they won their third and final Isthmian League title, and also reached the second round of the FA Cup again after defeating QPR in a second replay in the first round, the last time they defeated a Football League club. In 1960–61 the club won the FA Amateur Cup, defeating West Auckland 2–1 in the final at Wembley (45,000).

In 1986-7 the club finished bottom of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, and were relegated to Division One. The 1987-8 was the club's last one, with the club merging into Leytonstone and Ilford FC who were later renamed Redbridge Forest. Redbridge Forest then merged with Dagenham FC who

then became Dagenham and Redbridge FC. The old club was diluted!

A modern-day Walthamstow Avenue was formed on what would have been the original Walthamstow Avenue's centenary anniversary in 2000. Playing at Town Mead in Waltham Abbey, they competed in the London County League for three seasons, before switching to the MIddlesex County League for the 2003–04 season. In 2005 they merged with Walthamstow Pennant to form Walthamstow Avenue & Pennant. The new club merged with Mauritius Sports* in 2007 to form Mauritius Sports and Pennant Since the previous revival, Walthamstow Avenue, nostalgically, has been revived as an Amateur Sunday League Side based in Leyton playing at Green Pond Road!

* a club formed by the Mauritian population in London.