Rising Ballers Kensington 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 North Greenford United Berkeley Fields ground in Sudbury.
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| Full name | Rising Ballers Kensington Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Berkeley Field, Greenford | ||
| Chairman | Eni Shabani, Brendon Shabani, Jamie Pollitt | ||
| Manager | Mo Baklai | ||
| League | Combined Counties League Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Combined Counties League Division One, 5th of 22 | ||
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History
editEstablished 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. Prior to the 2022–23 season, the club was renamed Rising Ballers Kensington.[5] They finished fifth in Division One in 2023–24, qualifying for the promotion play-offs in which they lost 1–0 to British Airways in the semi-finals.
Ground
editHaving previously played at the Linford Christie Stadium in White City, the club moved to Avenue Park Stadium in Greenford for the 2015–16 season.[6] They moved to Spratleys Meadow in Amersham for the 2016–17 season and then to the Orchard in Bedfont for the following season.[7] Prior to the 2018–19 season the club relocated to Leatherhead's Fetcham Grove.[8] 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, moving to Reynolds Field in Perivale.
Records
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ "The RB..." Rising Ballers Kensington. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ 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