Rising Ballers Kensington F.C.

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Rising Ballers Kensington
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Full nameRising Ballers Kensington Football Club
Founded2012
GroundBerkeley Field, Greenford
ChairmanEni Shabani, Brendon Shabani, Jamie Pollitt
ManagerMo Baklai
League Combined Counties League Division One
2023–24 Combined Counties League Division One, 5th of 22

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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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. 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

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. [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.

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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. ↑ "The RB..." Rising Ballers Kensington. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Spartan South Midlands Football League Official League Handbook 2015–16, p46
  7. ↑ League constitution announced Bedfont & Feltham F.C.
  8. ↑ Kensington Borough move into Surrey! Combined Counties League

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