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| Full name | Kingstonian Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Ks | ||
| Founded | 9 November 1885 | ||
| Ground | Prince George's Playing Fields (groundshare with Raynes Park Vale)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Yioryos Vasilaras | ||
| Manager | Scott Harris[2] | ||
| League | Isthmian League South Central Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 22nd of 22 (relegated) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south west London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
The club was founded in 1885 by YMCA, named Kingston & Surbiton YMCA, and began competing properly in 1893 in the Surrey Junior Cup. There was a split before the start of the 1908–09 season which damaged the club, the two clubs were named Old Kingstonians and Kingston upon Thames A.F.C. After period of quiet during World War I, the two clubs re-united and joined the Athenian League in 1919, named Kingstonian. In 1929, their application to join the Isthmian League was accepted, and they have competed there to the present day. The club, nicknamed "The K's" or "The Ks", spent three seasons at the highest level of non-league football, 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01, and have won the FA Trophy twice, in consecutive seasons, in 1999 and 2000.
The club is currently without a home ground, and from 2024 will groundshare with Raynes Park Vale at Prince George's Playing Fields in Raynes Park.[1] They have twice previously had their own stadium, Richmond Road from 1902 to 1988 and Kingsmeadow from 1989 to 2017. After Kingstonian went into administration in 2001, Kingsmeadow was bought by AFC Wimbledon two years later, who allowed Kingstonian to stay. With AFC Wimbledon looking to move to a new ground, Kingsmeadow was sold to Chelsea in 2016, who stipulated that Kingstonian could not remain there.[3]
- ^ "The new Dream Team". 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Chelsea exchange contracts to buy AFC Wimbledon's Kingsmeadow ground". BBC. 7 June 2016.