1979–80 Athenian League
# 1979–80 Athenian League

The 1979–80 Athenian League season was the 57th in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 20 teams.

## Clubs

The league joined 2 new teams:

* Banstead Athletic, from London Spartan League Premier Division
* Woodford Town, from Essex Senior League

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Windsor & Eton (C) | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 26 | 2.769 | 58 | |
| 2 | Burnham | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 28 | 2.607 | 56 | |
| 3 | Leyton-Wingate | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 48 | 1.792 | 52 | |
| 4 | Dorking Town (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 41 | 1.488 | 48 | Promotion to Isthmian League Division Two |
| 5 | Welling United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 86 | 46 | 1.870 | 47 | |
| 6 | Uxbridge | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | 47 | |
| 7 | Grays Athletic | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 | 42 | |
| 8 | Ruislip Manor | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 1.196 | 42 | |
| 9 | Marlow | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 66 | 58 | 1.138 | 42 | |
| 10 | Edgware | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 63 | 0.984 | 41 | |
| 11 | Redhill | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 46 | 1.196 | 39 | |
| 12 | Banstead Athletic | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 54 | 1.056 | 39 | |
| 13 | Woodford Town | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 60 | 0.950 | 35 | |
| 14 | Hoddesdon Town | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 55 | 1.018 | 31 | |
| 15 | Chalfont St.Peter | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 67 | 0.746 | 30 | |
| 16 | Harefield United | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 60 | 0.683 | 28 | |
| 17 | Fleet Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 80 | 0.538 | 26 | |
| 18 | Haringey Borough | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 41 | 83 | 0.494 | 25 | |
| 19 | Alton Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 43 | 101 | 0.426 | 21 | |
| 20 | Chertsey Town | 38 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 33 | 104 | 0.317 | 11 | |
