Ojelabi returning as manager but this was not enough as the side finished 21st out of 22 teams but they were reprieved from relegation. In July 2013, Waltham Forest F.C. announced that the club would be returning to the borough after a five-year exile in Ilford, Essex, securing a lease at their former ground at the Wadham Lodge Sports Ground on Kitchener Road, Walthamstow. As Walthamstow F.C., they won the 2021–22 Essex Senior Football League, the club's first league title in 37 years, with joint managers John Mackie and Terry Spillane. They were promoted to Division One Central of the Southern League. Mackie and Spillane were dismissed after four games at the start of the 2022–23 season. Former Walthamstow player and Welwyn Garden City manager, Nicky Ironton, was appointed as manager. Honours Essex Senior Cup Winners (1): 2005–06 London Senior Cup: Runners-up (1): 1990–91 Essex Senior League Winners (1): 2021-22 See also Football in London References External links Official website Football clubs in England Essex Senior Football League Isthmian League Sport in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Association football clubs established in 1868 Southern Football League clubs Football clubs in London 1868 establishments in England