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The original Ilford were playing at the Ilford Sports Ground by the time they joined the Southern League in 1894. However, after being given notice to leave the site in 1904 as it was to be used for housing, the club leased four acres of land to the north of Ilford, where the ground that became known
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and Southgate Olympic, as well as playing at the Douglas Eyre leisure complex in Walthamstow and two matches at the council-owned Cricklefield Stadium in 1989. However, in 1994 the club made a permanent move to the Cricklefield Stadium in 1993. Cricklefield had been opened in 1925 as an athletics
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in 1988. However, issues including a lack of finance, manpower and home ground led to the club leaving the league in 1990. Although they returned in 1993, they left at the end of the 1993–94 season. After a further two seasons in abeyance, the club joined the
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in the Southern League, Ilford were transferred back to the Isthmian League, joining Division One North. They finished in the bottom three for six of the next seven seasons, before being relegated back to the Essex Senior League at the end of the
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ground had not been considered in the budget and the club were left with insufficient funds to build a new ground. Instead they merged with
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The original Ilford Football Club was established in 1881 by a group of teenagers. They were founder members of the
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it was used as a balloon landing site and following the war the ground was rebuilt and reopened on 27 May 1950.
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ended in a 1–1 draw, they lost the replay at Upton Park 2–0. The club finished as Isthmian League runners-up in
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and play at the Cricklefield Stadium. Nicknamed the Foxes, the club play in blue and white hoops or stripes.
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Ilford Football Club was resurrected as a separate entity in 1987. They joined Division One of the
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After reforming, the modern Ilford struggled to secure a permanent ground, groundsharing at
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in front of a crowd of 35,000. They retained the cup the following season, beating
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In 1957–58 Ilford were FA Cup Amateur finalists for a fourth time, losing 3–0 to
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Essex Senior League: Ilford voted out of competition at Annual General Meeting
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was built. Lynn Road was used for FA Amateur Cup semi-finals, and during the
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in the second round. The club went on to finish as league runners-up in
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the club reached the second round of the FA Cup, losing 2–0 at home to
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in 1894, joining Division One. They finished bottom of Division One in
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Essex Senior League: Ilford win appeal and back in the division
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performance: Second round, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2020–21
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in 1996. They were Essex Senior League runners-up in
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performance: Second round, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1974–75
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Index

Cricklefield Stadium
Club badge
Ilford
Essex Senior League
2023–24
Essex Senior League
Home colours
Away colours
football
Ilford
East London
Essex County Football Association
Essex Senior League
Southern League
1895–96
Wolverton LNWR
London League
South Essex League
Isthmian League
first season
following season
1911–12
World War I
1919 season
1920–21
1921–22
1925–26
FA Cup
London Caledonians
Clapton

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