Enfield Football Club is a rightfully valued and historic part of the Borough of Enfield. Since its formation in 1893 it has achieved much success, winning many trophies along the way and rising to the very pinnacle of the non-league pyramid.
Through the years many great names have passed through the hallways of the club, each one leaving their own mark in its history. Greats such as Dave Jones, Tommy Lawrence, Steve King, Andy Pape and of course the legendary Alf D'Arcy.

Enfield were formed in 1893 and played under the name of Enfield Spartans. In their first season they entered the Tottenham and District Junior Alliance. Their first home was Bailey's Field near Baker Street. However, in 1896 a move to the larger Tucker's Field was made and Enfield Spartans joined the North Middlesex League. While the club started in 'B' Division, in just four years it had already reached the Premier Division.

In 1900, seven years after their formation, the decision was taken to amalgamate with Enfield Wednesday who played at Cherry Orchard Lane. This became the clubs new home, and they stayed there until their move to Southbury Road in 1936.
The new club took on the name that we know today, Enfield Football Club and entered the North Middlesex league.
The newly named Enfield Football Club were soon to leave their mark on the amateur game. Incredibly, after an unremarkable first season, Enfield lost only one league game in seasons 1902 and 1903 winning the North Middlesex League Premier Division consecutively and so made the move to the stronger, London Football League. They were placed in Division Two and soon promoted to Division One. Success was soon to follow, with Enfield finishing a promising second in Division One in 1905. They finally went one better, when in 1911 they finished at the top of Division One and so were promoted to the London League's Premier Division. Indeed, between 1910 and 1912 they were considered to be one of the most formidable teams in the whole of the English Amateur game. During this time all five forwards played for Middlesex County.
Enfield also enjoyed Cup success and reached the equivalent of the F.A. Cup third round, where they held Southend to a 3-3 draw at home, before losing 3-1 in the replay. This success proved their strength and in 1912 Enfield became founder members of the Athenian League together with only eight other clubs. They remained in this league for the next 51 years, apart from a brief return to the London Football League for two seasons, from 1919 - 1921.
While several of their players represented England and Wales at Amateur International level, it was not until 23 years after joining the Athenian League, that Enfield enjoyed any great success, when in 1935 they won the London Senior Cup at Leyton, by beating the Metropolitan Police 2-0, finished league runners-up by just two points to Barking and reached the semi-final of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 1-0 to Wimbledon at Champion Hill, Dulwich.
This success prompted the club to look for more spacious accomodation, and in 1936 they moved, to their present ground in Southbury Road, (Pictures and details on the Stadium Page). The new ground had a capacity of over 8,000, with a main stand capable of holding up to 800 people seated and a further 1,000 standing on the enclosure in front. With further covered accomodation on all sides for 3,000 people.
With the outbreak of war in 1939, the Athenian League was disbanded. Despite this Enfield were able to keep playing by joining the Herts and Middlesex league. With the conclusion of war Enfield rejoined the Athenian League and were again able to enjoy further success. In their first season after the war (1946/47), Hendon were beaten in the final of the Middlesex Senior Cup at White Hart Lane, while long runs were enjoyed in both the FA Amateur Cup and London Senior Cup.
With the appointment of former Tottenham wing half, George Ludford, as Enfield manager in the late fifties, Enfield gained a reputation as one of the strongest clubs in Non-league Football. Indeed, towards the end of the 1959/60 season, under George Ludford, a huge crowd of 15,756 watched Enfield lose 2-0 at Brentford in the semi-final of the FA Amateur Cup, to Hendon. An admirable performance in the FA Cup, saw them reach the Second Round, finally bowing out to Bournemouth at home. Further success was to come when in the same season Tommy Lawrence, set a new club record that still stands today, by scoring an impressive 49 goals. The achievments continued the following season when Enfield won the London Senior Cup, by beating Wealdstone at Highbury.
However, Enfield's biggest achievment came in season 1961/1962 when fifty years after joining the Athenian League, they finally won it for the first time. They repeated this feat the following season, winning the championship by a comfortable seven points, also completing a second season without a single home defeat. The championship was won with a record 130, league goals being scored and only six points dropped. In the Amateur Cup, Enfield reached the quarter finals, and the also reached the FA Cup second round, before losing 1-0 to Peterborough.
At this time the Isthmian League was widely acknowledged as the strongest league in Southern amateur football. However, with the success of certain Athenian League clubs, the Isthmian League decided to allow four clubs to join them. Due to their success Enfield together with Sutton United, Hitchin Town and Hendon, were invited to join for the 1963/64 season. Their first season in the Isthmian League saw Enfield reach the FA Amateur Cup Final at Wembley for the first time.
The Cup Final against former amateur giants Crook Town was a tight match, with Enfield taking the lead after just ten minutes through Roger Day. Unfortunately 25 minutes into the game, Enfield lost goalkeeper Malcolm Mitchell. After such a major loss Enfield struggled to hold the lead, however,in the 58th minute Crook levelled and finally 20 minutes later scored the winner. Finishing the game with a 2-1 win.
However, on 2nd March 1964, while leading the British Olympic Team attack in a trial match held at Coventry, Enfield's legendry centre forward, captain, coach and future manager Tommy Lawrence, suffered a fractured skull. Fortunately, while this ended his playing career, Lawrence recovered, and later took over from George Ludford as team manager. Incredibly in just four and a half seasons, (Ending in 1964), Lawrence had scored an incredible 201 goals for the club.