Sporting Khalsa F.C.

Sporting Khalsa
Full name Sporting Khalsa Football Club
Founded 1991
Ground Aspray Arena, Willenhall
League West Midlands (Regional) League
Premier Division
2010–11 West Midlands (Regional) League
Division One, 3rd (promoted)

Sporting Khalsa F.C. are a football club , formed in 1991[1], who play their home games at the Aspray Arena ground on Noose Lane in Willenhall, West Midlands. They are the first Asian team to own their own ground, which they bought from Willenhall Town in 2010 after moving from Abbey Park, the former home of the now defunct Bloxwich Town. Willenhall Town are now their tenants, despite them being in a higher league in the football pyramid.

History

The team was founded in 1991. They played one season in the West Midlands Regional League in 1996–97 before leaving after finishing bottom of the league. They later returned in 2004–05 and were promoted after finishing 5th.[2]

In 2011, Sporting Khalsa were promoted to the Premier Division of the West Midlands Regional League.[3]

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