Impact - Division 1 North - Greater London Women's Football League

Last updated : 21/08/2023 09:58:22

Introduction

Impact are a Grassroots football team.

The team is from England, United Kingdom and play in the Greater London Women's Football League Division 1 North.

Team Details

Impact Football Club

Impact Football Club is a women's football team based in London, England. They currently play in the Premier Division of the Greater London Women's Football League.

The club was founded in 2003 by a group of women who wanted to play competitive football. They have since gone on to become one of the most successful teams in the league, winning the title in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Impact play their home games at Hackney Marshes Centre in Hackney, London. Their current manager is Mark Jackson.

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About the Greater London Women's Football League

The Greater London Women's Football League is an amateur competitive women's association football competition based in Greater London, England. The league is affiliated with the Amateur Football Alliance, Middlesex County Football Association, and London Football Association. Matches are played on Sundays.

The league was founded in 1972 as the Hounslow and District Ladies Football League (H&DIST League) with two divisions, named Division A and Division B. In the debut edition, Kingston Grasshoppers won Division A and Barnet Copthall won Division B. Players originally paid to participate, with fees of £3 as of 1974. Gallaher Ladies were named the league's first champions on 9 February 1973 after defeating Moselely 4–0 and securing an unbeaten season.

The league renamed itself Greater London Women's Football League in 1983, then to Greater London Women's Regional League in 1990, and back to Greater London Women's Football League in 2003. The league added a third division in 1975, a fourth division in 1978, a fifth Premier division in 1991 that offered promotion into the WFA National League, and a sixth division in 2003.