Kensington & Ealing Borough F.C.

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Kensington & Ealing Borough
Kensington Borough F.C. logo.png
Full nameKensington & Ealing Borough Football Club
Founded2012
GroundReynolds Field, Perivale
ChairmanMohammed Bakkali
ManagerMohammed Bakkali
LeagueCombined Counties League Division One
2020–21Combined Counties League Division One (season curtailed)

Kensington & Ealing Borough Football Club is a semi-professional football club originally based in London, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Hanwell Town's Reynolds Field ground in Perivale.

History[]

Established as A.F.C. Hillgate in 2012, the club joined the Middlesex County League. In 2013–14 they finished third in Division Two,[1] earning promotion to Division One Central and East. After finishing sixth in Division One Central and East in 2014–15,[2] they switched to Division Two of the Spartan South Midlands League. A fifth-place finish in 2015–16 saw them promoted to Division One.[3] In the summer of 2016 they were renamed Kensington Borough. At the end of the 2016–17 season the club were moved to Division One of the Combined Counties League.[4] At the end of the 2018–19 season, the club was renamed Kensington & Ealing Borough.

Ground[]

Having previously played at the Linford Christie Stadium in White City, the club moved to Avenue Park Stadium in Greenford for the 2015–16 season.[5] They moved to Spratleys Meadow in Amersham for the 2016–17 season and then to the Orchard in Bedfont for the following season.[6] Prior to the 2018–19 season the club relocated to Leatherhead's Fetcham Grove.[7] They moved to Grand Drive, home of Raynes Park Vale, in October 2019. Prior to the 2020–21 season the club agreed a groundshare with Hanwell Town's, moving to Reynolds Field in Perivale.

References[]

  1. ^ Tigers and Pearscroft hit all the right notes Get West London, 21 May 2014
  2. ^ Division One (Central and East): League Table Football Mitoo
  3. ^ AFC Hillgate at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ Next Season's Constitution Combined Counties League
  5. ^ Spartan South Midlands Football League Official League Handbook 2015–16, p46
  6. ^ League constitution announced Bedfont & Feltham F.C.
  7. ^ Kensington Borough move into Surrey! Combined Counties League

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Coordinates: 51°31′57.08″N 0°19′44.22″W / 51.5325222°N 0.3289500°W / 51.5325222; -0.3289500

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