Football Society

In February 1970, the Polytechnic Football Club kicked off the season in a low league position as their predecessors. The football club went on to play nine games bringing only one win and two draws in throughout the season. The club participated in Seetech football competitions. In October 1971, the society had established 5 different teams within the club.
The polytechnic played in the first round of the national polytechnic club in October/November 1971.

The academic year of 1973/74, saw a very disappointing start to the football society for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th teams. In November 1973, the Polytechnic’s first team became runners up in the British Polytechnic Cup, after losing against North London Polytechnic in the first stage of the cup. The Polytechnic’s 2nd team competed in the quarter finals of the BPSA Cup in February 1974, but had lost in the quarter finals. Along with this, the first team competed in the Premier Division of the league, however they lost in the first fixture of the season to Ealing. The Polytechnic’s first team in March 1974, won their first league match against Shoreditch Training College.

In November 1975, the society competed in a BPSA Cup. Throughout the academic year of 1975/76, the society competed in several four a side football competition. At the end of this year, the first team reportedly did reasonably well in both league and cup matches, and consequently had seven wins, one draw and eight defeats; and finished halfway in the league table. Whilst, the second team had achieved seven wins, three draws and seven defeats. The third team managed to attain ten wins, three draws and six defeats. However, the fourth team had four wins, one draw and unfortunately nine defeats. This was similar to the fifth team’s results.

In November 1978, the society's third team was knocked out of the second round of the Seetech Regional Cup by Loughton College.

Since 1979, the society every year went abroad on tours to Brussels, Germany and Amsterdam, whilst winning every tour they had been on. There was also a five-a-side tournament within the Polytechnic, where 40 teams competed in a knockout competition.
In January 1979, the first team maintained a 100% record of their league programme, beating their rivals at the time, Thames Polytechnic. During this time, the polytechnic hosted a five-a-side tournament, with over forty teams participating in the tournament. In March 1979, the first team beat Kingston Polytechnic, which meant they were one point away from the ultimate championship. Whilst, the third team competed in the Seetech Seven-a-side Tournament in Richmond Park, with them only reaching the quarter finals however, they finished with the highest points of the day. In April 1979, the first team eventually became champions after beating Brussels British Football Club in Brussels.

In February 1980, the society participated in a 5-a-side tournament which took place at the Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden. In March 1980, the team managed to reach the quarter finals of the Seetech 6-a-side tournament, eventually losing to Borough Road College.

In November 1980, the third team entered the second round of the Seetech Cup. However in January 1981, the first team had been knocked out of the qualifying round of the B.P.S.A Cup. Whilst, the third team started to topple from the league leadership. In February 1981, the first team had many victories moving them closer to becoming the champions of the Seetech Division one league.

In January 1982, the club for the first time won the trophy for winning the Inter-London Polytechnic 5-a-side competition at the Britannia Sports Centre, after winning all five of their matches.

Towards the end of the academic year of 1981/82 in June, the third football team to exist in the society was the most successful that year, whilst the second and fourth were not too far from being relegated. However, the biggest disappointment that year was the demise of the first team, which saw players not playing anymore matches after one or two disappointing results.