Crouch End Vampires Football Club - Established 1883
The Crouch End Vampires are of London's oldest, and best, amateur football clubs.
Founded in 1883, the club came about through a merger of Crouch End FC, and a south London side called the Vampires.
In The Vampires' first ever London League game on 19 September 1895 they lost to Thames Ironworks F.C. 0-3. The Ironworks later became West Ham United.
Today the club field seven teams in the Southern Amateur League (SAL) and are also affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance (AFA).
Membership
We have a playing membership of just over 100 and around 150 in total. These members are centred, as you might expect, around the north London area but our weekly newsletter is sent all over the United Kingdom and beyond.
FC Rood-Wit Wilrijk
Our most prominent outpost is that of FC Rood-Wit Wilrijk - an amateur club in Antwerp, Belgium. The Vampires have sent teams to the annual 'Paastornoi' (Easter tournament) for over thirty years now. Each year we make the journey to Antwerp and are welcomed with unrivalled hospitality and friendship.