After meeting us for the first time during the 1987-8 season, Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone-Ilford that summer. The Stow were actually one of the top amateur sides in the country during the 1950s; winning their second and third Isthmian League titles (the first came in 1946) and adding a couple of FA Amateur Cups into the mix. After ending up in second place at the end of the 1979-80 season, the 1980s didn’t prove as bright.
