Ulysses Football Club was a football club based in

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History

Founded as a football club for graduates from the

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, Ulysses first competed in senior football in the 1962–63 season, finishing eighth in the London League. In 1971, Ulysses joined the newly founded Metropolitan–London League, performing poorly in the league for a three-season spell. In 1975, a season after their first participation in the

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, Ulysses joined the

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. At the end of the 1990–91 Spartan League season, Ulysses left senior football. Following their time in senior football, Ulysses competed in the

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and the

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Ground

Ulysses played at the University of London Athletics Stadium in

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later purchased the facilities in 1999, converting the site into their training ground.

Records

*Best

performance: Second round, 1974–75

References

External links

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