Ruislip F.C.

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Ruislip F.C.
Full nameRuislip Football Club
Founded1981
Dissolved1989
GroundBreakspear Road, Ruislip

Ruislip Football Club was a semi-professional football club based in Ruislip, West London. They played in the Southern League during the 1980s.

History[]

The club joined the Premier Division of the in 1981, replacing Ruislip Town who had left in 1980 after finishing last in league for two consecutive season.[1] They finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in their first season and ended the 1983–84 season in last place.[1] The league then became the Middlesex County League. Despite only finishing eleventh in the league's inaugural season,[2] Ruislip moved up to the Southern Division of the Southern League.[3]

Ruislip finished bottom of the Southern Division in 1988–89, after which they left the league and subsequently folded.

Ground[]

The club played at Breakspear Road, which was taken over by Hillingdon Borough in 1990,[4] later being renamed the Middlesex Stadium.

Records[]

  • Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying round, 1988–89[3]
  • Best FA Vase performance: First round, 1988–89[3]

See also[]

  • Ruislip F.C. players

References[]

  1. ^ a b Middlesex League history 1966–1984 Non-League Matters
  2. ^ Middlesex County League 1984–2000 Non-League Matters
  3. ^ a b c Ruislip at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ History Hillingdon Borough F.C.

Coordinates: 51°35′13″N 0°26′34″W / 51.587011°N 0.44276699°W / 51.587011; -0.44276699

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