Kensington & Ealing Borough F.C.
Kensington & Ealing Borough Football Club is a 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.
Full name | Kensington & Ealing Borough Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2012 | ||
Ground | Reynolds Field, Perivale | ||
Chairman | Mohammed Bakkali | ||
Manager | Mohammed Bakkali | ||
League | Combined Counties League Division One | ||
2019–20 | Combined Counties League Division One (season abandoned) | ||
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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
- Tigers and Pearscroft hit all the right notes Get West London, 21 May 2014
- Division One (Central and East): League Table Football Mitoo
- AFC Hillgate at the Football Club History Database
- Next Season's Constitution Combined Counties League
- Spartan South Midlands Football League Official League Handbook 2015–16, p46
- League constitution announced Bedfont & Feltham F.C.
- Kensington Borough move into Surrey! Combined Counties League