REACTION TO THE 2024-25 DIVISION ALLOCATIONS – AND A SHOCK EXIT
By Matthew Nash

CLAPTON fear for the future of the 147-year-old club in senior football following a sideways move into the Southern Counties East League which was dropped on them “out of the blue”.
The Tons, founded in 1877 as Downs FC, are one of the oldest football clubs in the country but face an enormous threat to their existence after the Football Association’s decision to move them across at Step 6.
The predominantly Kent-based Division One also features trips to south London and Surrey...