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| Full name | Academic Club London Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Dissolved | 2018 | ||
| Ground | Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (2015–16) Merland Rise (2016–17) Church Road (2017–18) | ||
Academic Club London Football Club, commonly known as AC London, was a semi-professional football club based in London, England. The club was expelled from the Combined Counties Football League in November 2018 and folded.
The club was established by Prince Choudary as a youth team in July 2012 as a response to the 2011 London riots, [1] before adding a full age team the following year, with Choudary becoming the youngest manager and chairman in senior football. [2] They applied to join the Kent Invicta League for the 2015–16 season, and despite initially being turned down, [3] were eventually accepted. [4] They finished tenth in their first season, after which they were transferred to the Combined Counties League. [5] In 2016–17 the club won the Division One Challenge Cup, beating Redhill in the final. [6]
In 2017–18 AC London participated in the FA Cup for the first time, making Prince Choudary the youngest manager in FA Cup history. [1] However, at the end of the 2017–18 season, the club were expelled from the Combined Counties League by a vote at a league EGM due to "the organisation and management of the club [falling] below the standards appropriate to membership of the competition." [7] However, the club started the 2018–19 season still in the league after the club appealed and whilst a FA investigation was carried out. When the investigation was concluded in November 2018, the club were removed from the league. [8]
| Season | Division | Position | Significant events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Kent Invicta League | 10/20 | Transferred to the Combined Counties League |
| 2016–17 | Combined Counties League Division One | 7/18 | Division One Challenge Cup Winners |
| 2017–18 | Combined Counties League Division One | 8/19 | |
| 2018–19 | Combined Counties League Division One | – | Expelled from the league in November 2018 |
During the 2015–16 season the club played at the 16,000-capacity Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, before moving to Banstead Athletic's Merland Rise ground for the 2016–17 season. [9] They relocated to Whyteleafe's Church Road ground in 2017. [1]
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