Clapton Community return home after over a month on the road this Wednesday evening. Well, almost home. They will be welcoming NW London to the Wadham Lodge Sports Ground – next to the Stray Dog – for this crucial league clash. The Tons notched a 3-1 pre-season win at the New River Stadium in Haringey […]
This Saturday Clapton CFC get back to league business with a third game against Eastfield FC of the season. The two clubs previously faced each other in a hard fought 1-1 draw at the Stray Dog in December. A young Eastfield side put in a strong performance in front of a boisterous home crowd. The […]
Clapton Community FC are honoured to be the opponents for Barkingside FC’s 120th season anniversary match. Barkingside formed in 1888 and played in local leagues for the first few decades before moving post-war to the London League, the Spartan South Midlands League and the Essex Senior League. Along the way they’ve won the London Senior […]
This Saturday, Clapton Community have a crucial league clash against Walthamstow neighbours FC Star London. The Romanian heritage side currently sit sixth in the table, a point behind Clapton. Only a win will do for both sides if they wish to escape the mid-table pack and make a late bid to reel in Stonewall and […]
Can we play you every week? Yes, apparently we can. It’s déjà vu all over again this Saturday, as CCFC travel back to White Hart Lane to take on Wilberforce Wanderers – this time in the league. The Tons ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in last weekend’s Jim Rogers President’s Cup semi. Sizzling Sherwin Stanley bagged […]
It’s act two of a three act play this Saturday on White Hart Lane. Clapton Community take on Wilberforce Wanderers three times in little over a month. Sandwiched between two league games, this one is bound to be high drama, with a place in the final of the Jim Rogers President’s Division One Cup at […]
Have your vocal chords recovered yet? After running rampant against league leaders Stonewall FC last week, cup fever is coming to the Stray Dog. Clapton CFC will be in action in the Anagram Records Trophy – aka the Capital Counties Feeder League Trophy – this Saturday against Chipperfield Corinthians. The competition sponsored by the punk […]
A visit to the Stray Dog from league leaders and world-famous LGBT football team Stonewall FC is probably the marquee event of our season so far. Clapton Community FC player-manager Geoff Ocran’s side are sure to be fired up after our 4-0 away defeat in January, a match that was much more competitive than the […]
Clapton CFC travel to take on NW London FC in a noon kick-off this Saturday, with the Tons hoping to build on a recent run of good form. The fixture was originally scheduled for April, but both teams were free this weekend. So they thought: why not? North by northwest NW London were formed in 2015 by friends from […]
After a thrilling penalty shootout win against London Samurai Rovers in the Jim Rogers President’s Cup, Clapton CFC return to league action this weekend against Wilberforce Wanderers. Saturday’s opponents are stalwarts of the Middlesex County Football League and the longest presence in Division One by some margin. Founded in a Trafalgar Square pub in August […]
This Saturday, Clapton Community tussle with the formidable London Samurai Rovers in the last eight of the Jim Rogers President’s Cup. The East Londoners will be looking to bounce back from a run of three league losses. And what better motivation to get back to winning ways than the prospect of debut season silverware? Tough opponents […]
Clapton CFC are making their first trip south of the River Thames when they head to Barnes for what is sure to be a difficult fixture against league leaders Stonewall FC. The match is going to be one of the highlights of Clapton’s season, as Stonewall FC are the world’s most successful LGBT football club. […]
A home clash with FC Star London sees Clapton Community return to action after a three week break. The visitors are a Romanian heritage side who have recently changed their name from AFC United. Last season they finished third in this league. The year before, they actually came top, but could not go up due […]
Back in the sunny days of September, before the world’s media at the height of away shirt mania, Clapton CFC took to the pitch for our first ever competitive match against Ealing Town FC. In a hard-fought encounter in Acton, the Tons came back from a goal down to secure a win on the opening […]
As autumn turns to winter, Clapton Community FC’s attention turns to West London when their Middlesex County Football League (MCFL) campaign continues against The Curve on Saturday. Earlier this season, Saturday’s opponents were known as Kensington United, however several months ago the name of the club was changed. The club are a bit of a […]
After last weekend’s 5-1 humbling at the hands of London Samurai Rovers, Clapton Community FC will be looking to dust themselves off and get back into the habit of winning as they find themselves in MCFL action again against local(ish) rivals Eastfield FC. Eastfield F.C. are a part of the London Olympics legacy, having been […]
After last weekend’s cup win over Deportivo Galicia London Reserves, the Tons are heading back out west for a league clash with London Samurai Rovers FC. This Saturday’s opponents took their current form just this year, after a merger of two Japanese heritage sides: London Samurai and JL Rovers. They currently play their home games […]
Still fighting on three fronts, The Tons are back in cup action this weekend as we head west to Feltham for the second round of the Jim Rogers Cup. Whereas the first round was effectively staged in a park, away at South Kilburn Reserves, this fixture will be at the Bedfont Sports Club, an Isthmian League […]
This Saturday Clapton CFC will be travelling into the wide world outside the M25 to take on the Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the second round of the Anagram Records Trophy. For the history buffs, Letchworth was one of the first “New Towns” based on the principles of visionary planner Ebenezer Howard. It inspired the […]
There can be no glossing over it, it’s been a massively tough start to life in the football pyramid for Hereford Palace. The brand new Wormwood Scrubs-based side started the Middlesex County Football League season with a whopping 18-0 (yes, EIGHTEEN) defeat at home to NW London. A frustrated club spokesman told us that everything […]
