Kensington Borough F.C.

Kensington Borough
Full name Kensington Borough Football Club
Founded 2012
Ground Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead
Manager Mohammed Bakkali
League Combined Counties League Division One
2017–18 Combined Counties League Division One, 15th of 19

Kensington 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 Leatherhead's Fetcham Grove ground.

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]

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]

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

Coordinates: 51°17′31.222″N 0°19′56.842″W / 51.29200611°N 0.33245611°W / 51.29200611; -0.33245611

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