1. There were 21 football clubs, six hurling clubs and four clubs fielding both football and hurling in London in 2016
Robert Emmetts' Tomas Lawrence tackles Gabriels midfielder Sean Gilchrist [Picture: Mal McNally]
2. Inter-county transfers into London were down by 23 per cent in 2016 (378) compared to 2015 (493)
Football is thriving while hurling lags behind [©INPHO/Andrew Paton]
3. The highest number of player transfers in to any one club was 22, while the highest number of players transferred out of a club was 20
Neasden Gaels came back up at the first time of asking [Picture: Mal McNally]
4. There were 93 hurling transfers into London, with the senior clubs accounting for 62 of these
London v Antrim, National Hurling League Division 2A, Ruislip, 20/3/2016 [Picture: Mal McNally]
5. In 2016 there were 4,391 London GAA members registered, 2,665 of which were players, with 1,600 being youth players
Youth Gaelic football is thriving in particular [Picture: Mal McNally]
6. New youth club Gael Londain recruited nearly 150 members in less than a year since being affiliated
Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall and the Mayor of Spelthorne Borough Council Cllr Mark Francis and his wife Catherine are pictured with youngsters of Gael Londain [Picture: Mal McNally]
7. Twenty-five Primary Schools received Gaelic football and/or hurling coaching this year, with over 100 teams taking part across the five Primary School tournaments held
The ABC in Greenford was once again a great success
8. In the London Senior Football Championship final, both teams were captained by London-born players, two of 11 homegrown players on the field
London-born Captain Moyles raises the SFC trophy in celebration [Picture: Mal McNally]
9. Intermediate Championship runners-up Harlesden Harps had 11 English-born players in their starting line-up in the final
Harlesden Harps (green) are dedicated to grassroots GAA [Picture: Mal McNally]
10. This year there has been five former members of the Youth Development Squad on the London Senior Football panel
Tir Chonaill Gaels all-English Junior side are likely to provide future players for London [Picture: Jamie Casey]
11. Of the 13 London-born players to have represented the senior county team, all bar one come from north London
London-born Philip Butler with the ball against Waterford's Paul Whyte during their Div 4 National Football League game [Picture: Sean Byrne/Deise Sport]
12. In the last five years, the London GAA Golf Classic fundraiser has helped amass almost £80,000 towards the redevelopment of Ruislip, which has come on a significant amount in 2016.
The new stand in Ruislip is well on the way to completion [Picture via London GAA]
13. Over 200 people have graduated from coaching courses organised by the Coaching and Games Committee in the last four years
14. The Irish Guards - re-named Naomh Padraig at the start of the year - endured a difficult first year in the junior competitions, with many walkovers and heavy defeats suffered.
The Irish Guards in their first competitive outing in Wormwood Scrubs [Picture: Brendan Vaughan]