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Greenwich Borough Football Club was a football club based in south-east London, England.

History

The club was established in 1928 as Woolwich Borough Council Athletic Club. They joined the Woolwich and District League and were champions in their first season. The following season saw them join Division One of the Western Section of the Kent County Amateur League. In 1934 Division One was renamed the Premier Division, and after finishing second-from-bottom of the division in 1934–35, the club were relegated to Division One. They finished bottom of Division One in 1939–40, but the league was largely abandoned the following season due to World War II.

Woolwich Borough Council rejoined the Kent County Amateur League in 1947, and despite their pre-war position, the club were placed in the Premier Division of the Western Section. However, after finishing second-from-bottom of the division in 1948–49, they left the league, dropping into Division Two of the South London Alliance. In 1954–55 they won the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One. The following season saw them win Division One, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. They went on to win the Premier Division title in six successive seasons from 1960–61 to 1965–66, also winning the Queen Mary Cup twice.

In 1965 the club was renamed London Borough of Greenwich following a change of London Borough boundaries. The club won a seventh South London Alliance Premier Division title in 1974, and in 1977 they moved up to the Senior Division of the London Spartan League. They won the Senior Division in 1979–80, earning promotion to the Premier Division. At the end of the season the club adopted its current name. In 1982–83 the club won the league's Senior Cup. In 1984 they transferred to the Kent League. They won the League Cup in their first season in the league, before going on to win back-to-back league titles in 1986–87 and 1987–88, as well as winning the League Cup for a second time in 1986–87. However, they were prevented from being promoted to the Southern League when the council refused planning permission for the necessary ground improvements.

Greenwich won a third League Cup in 1997–98. After five consecutive top-half finishes between 2006–07 and 2010–10, Greenwich finished bottom of the Kent League in 2011–12. The league was renamed the Southern Counties East League in 2013, and in 2014–15 the club won the Premier Division Cup. The following season saw them win the league, earning promotion to Division One South of the Isthmian League. In 2016–17 the club finished third in the division, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. However, they lost 4–3 to Corinthian-Casuals in the semi-finals. Although a fourth-place finish the following season saw the club finish fifth and reach the play-offs again, they lost 3–0 to Corinthian-Casuals in the semi-finals. At the end of the season they were moved into the South East Division as the league was reorganised.

In 2018–19 Greenwich finished bottom of the South East Division and were relegated to the Premier Division of the Southern Counties East League (the renamed Kent League). They resigned from the league in January 2020.

Команда «Гринвич» была основана в 1883 году в лондонском районе Гринвич. Клуб провел большую часть своей истории в низших дивизионах английского футбола, пока в 1920 году не был избран во Второй дивизион Футбольной лиги. «Гринвич» провел в этом дивизионе следующие 10 сезонов, но ни разу не поднялся в Первый дивизион. В 1930 году клуб был расформирован из-за финансовых проблем.

Лучшим достижением «Гринвича» в Кубке Англии стал выход в четвертьфинал в сезоне 1927/28, где он проиграл «Шеффилд Юнайтед» со счетом 0:2. Клуб также несколько раз выходил в полуфинал Кубка Футбольной лиги, но каждый раз проигрывал.

В 1919 году «Гринвич» выиграл Кубок графства Лондон, победив в финале «Куинз Парк Рейнджерс» со счетом 2:1. Это был единственный крупный трофей, выигранный клубом за всю его историю.

«Гринвич» был известен своими яркими домашними матчами на стадионе «Вулвич Арсенал», который вмещал до 40 000 зрителей. Клуб также играл на нескольких других стадионах в районе Гринвич, в том числе на стадионе «Гринвич Стэдиум», который был построен в 1898 году.

В 1930 году «Гринвич» был расформирован из-за финансовых проблем. Клуб не смог выплатить зарплату своим игрокам и был вынужден объявить о банкротстве. Игроки «Гринвича» перешли в другие клубы, а стадион «Вулвич Арсенал» был снесен в 1954 году.

«Гринвич» был одним из самых популярных клубов в лондонском районе Гринвич. Клуб имел большое количество преданных болельщиков, которые поддерживали его даже в самые трудные времена. Расформирование «Гринвича» стало большой потерей для футбола в Лондоне.