Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian

Full name	Kingstonian Football Club
Nickname(s)	The K's
Founded	9 November 1885
Ground	Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
Ground Capacity	4,850 (2,025 seated)
Chairman	John Fenwick
Manager	Alan Dowson
League	Isthmian League Premier Division
2012–13	Isthmian League Premier Division, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Kingstonian Football Club are an English semi-professional football club who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2012–13 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their original Richmond Road ground. They share the ground with AFC Wimbledon, who purchased Kingsmeadow in 2003.

History

Kingstonian has a history dating back to 1885. The club had a lot of success in the 1930s winning the FA Amateur Cup in 1933 along with numerous other competitions in that decade. They also enjoyed a period of great success more recently, winning the Isthmian League in 1998 and the FA Trophy in 1999 and 2000 at Wembley Stadium under renowned manager Geoff Chapple, and then nearly managed to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup in 2001. Entering the competition at the Fourth Qualifying Round, they beat Devizes Town before beating two Football League clubs – Brentford 3–1 away in the first round ^[1] and Southend United 1–0 away in the third round,^[2] either side of a win over fellow Conference team Southport – on their way to the FA Cup fourth round proper, where they were seconds away from beating Bristol City ^[3] before succumbing to a late winner in the replay.^[4]

Relegation and financial problems saw a sharp downturn in the club's fortunes between 2001 and 2005. However, in February 2005 Khosla^[5] stepped down as Chairman, selling the club to Jimmy Cochrane. While this did not save Kingstonian from relegation that year, the 2005–06 season saw Kingstonian Football Club revitalised. They only narrowly missed out on the promotion playoffs ^[6] and finished their season by beating AFC Wimbledon in the final of the Surrey Senior Cup at Woking's ground by one goal to nil.^[7]

Changes continued during mid-2006 with Mark Anderson and Malcolm Winwright taking charge of the club, installing Stuart McIntyre as successor to Ian McDonald in the role of head coach. However McIntyre's stay in the role was brief and unsuccessful, with he himself being replaced by Alan Dowson at the start of 2007 after a run of extremely poor results. Under Dowson the club has stabilised and has seen an improvement in its fortunes including promotion back to the Isthmian Premier in 2009.

Stadiums

The early precursors to the modern Kingstonian F.C. played home matches at various locations around the town including Oil Mill Lane (now Villiers Road) and the Fairfield, near Kingston town centre. In 1891 they participated in a tournament at the rugby club ground in Richmond Road, later to become their home.

In 1898 the club moved to their first private enclosed ground at Dinton Road, next to Kingston Barracks, moving again at the turn of the century to Lower Marsh Lane, followed, in 1902, by a move to part of the rugby ground in Richmond Road. A split within the club during 1908/09 led to a breakaway group playing at Norbiton Sports Ground, the other half remaining at Richmond Road. Reunited after World War I, the club continued to play at Richmond Road but, in 1920, the site's owners, the Dysarts, leased the site to Leyland Motors, then establishing a factory base at nearby Ham. The club managed to negotiate a ground-sharing arrangement and were eventually able to buy the land.^[8]

Kingstonian F.C. remained at Richmond Road for most of the 20th Century, it thus being referred to as the club's 'traditional home'. The club's record attendance of 8,760 was attained there in 1933 in a match against Dulwich Hamlet F.C..^[9] The maintenance of the site increasingly became more than the club's income could support and parts of the site were sold off for redevelopment; the 'Kingstonian petrol station' occupying much of the Richmond Road frontage since 1956, and the former running track and reserve pitch redeveloped for housing in the 1970s. The club eventually sold up and moved out of Richmond Road in 1988. The stadium was demolished after 1989 and the remainder of the site redeveloped for housing.^[10][11]

After a season and a half ground-sharing at Hampton F.C.'s Beveree ground, KFC opened their brand new Kingsmeadow Stadium (on the site of the old Norbiton Sports Ground owned by Kingston Council,) in August 1989.^[8][12] The lease of the site was subsequently purchased by AFC Wimbledon in 2003 and the clubs have operated a ground-sharing arrangement since then.^[13]

Current squad

As of 22 August 2013:^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Adam Faith GK Rob Tolfrey DF James Aldred DF Matt Drage DF Aaron Goode DF Max Hustwick DF Tom Jelley DF Marcus Moody DF Sam Page DF Daniel Sweeney

No. Position Player MF Bashiru Alimi MF Tommy Kavanagh MF Dee Okojie MF Matt Pattison MF Matt Somner FW Stuart Duff FW Andre McCollin FW Ryan Moss FW Jamil Okai

Team management

As of 22 August 2013

Position	Name
Manager	Alan Dowson
Assistant Manager	Gary Abbott
Coach	Martin Tyler
Physio	Jamie Street

Managers

As of 2 October 2012.

Name	Nationality	Period	G	W	D	L	Win %
Alan Dowson		January 2007 – present	?	?	?	?	?
Stuart McIntyre		May 2006 – January 2007	?	?	?	?	?
Ian McDonald		March 2005 – May 2006	?	?	?	?	?
Scott Steele		August 2004 – March 2005	?	?	?	?	?
Kim Harris		December 2002 – August 2004	?	?	?	?	?
Steve Sedgley		October 2001 – December 2002	?	?	?	?	?
Bill Williams		August 2001 – October 2001	14	4	2	8	28.57
Geoff Chapple		1997 – August 2001	?	?	?	?	?
Graham Westley		1996 - 1997	?	?	?	?	?

Awards & records

Supporters' Club Player of the Year

Season	Player
2011–12	Simon Huckle (M)
2010–11	Rob Tolfrey (GK)
2009–10	Bobby Traynor (F)
2008–09	Carl Wilson-Denis (F)
2007–08	Dean Lodge (M)
2006–07	Luke Garrard (GK)
2005–06	Julian Sills (D)
2004–05	Phil Ruggles (F)
2003–04	Lance Key (GK)
2002–03	Tim Sills (F)
2001–02	Lance Key (GK)

All time top scorers

Player	Seasons	Goals
Johnny Whing	1948–1962	295
Frank Macey	1923–1934	230
John McCormack	1961–1969	211
Doug Whitehead	1931–1939	200
Bobby Traynor	2007–2012	154
Eddie Akuamoah	1993–2001	121

League history

Season	League contested	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points	Final league position	Average Attendance
2012–13	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	18	5	19	63	62	59	11th of 22	302
2011–12	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	18	7	17	58	64	61	11th of 22	323
2010–11	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	21	9	12	66	50	72	7th of 22	376
2009–10	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	20	8	14	73	69	68	5th of 22	417
2008–09	Isthmian League Division One South	42	26	8	8	90	47	86	1st of 22 Promoted	335
2007–08	Isthmian League Division One South	42	20	10	12	66	52	70	7th of 22	310
2006–07	Isthmian League Division One South	42	13	13	16	60	63	52	13th of 22	307
2005–06	Isthmian League Division One	44	20	14	10	82	56	74	7th of 23	350
2004–05	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	7	5	30	43	93	26	22nd of 22 Relegated	unknown
2003–04	Isthmian League Premier Division	46	12	13	21	40	56	49	18th of 24	unknown
2002–03	Isthmian League Premier Division	46	16	17	13	71	64	65	11th of 24	unknown
2001–02	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	13	13	16	50	56	52	14th of 22	unknown
2000–01	Football Conference	42	8	10	24	47	73	34	21st of 22 Relegated	unknown
1999–2000	Football Conference	42	20	7	15	58	44	67	5th of 22	unknown
1998–99	Football Conference	42	17	13	12	50	49	64	8th of 22	unknown
1997–98	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	25	12	5	84	35	87	1st of 22 Promoted	unknown
1996–97	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	16	8	18	79	79	56	11th of 22	unknown
1995–96	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	20	11	11	62	38	71	8th of 22	unknown
1994–95	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	16	8	18	62	57	56	13th of 22	unknown
1993–94	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	18	9	15	101	64	63	10th of 22	unknown
1992–93	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	14	10	18	59	58	52	13th of 22	unknown
1991–92	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	17	8	17	71	65	59	10th of 22	unknown
1990–91	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	21	12	9	86	57	75	5th of 22	unknown
1989–90	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	24	9	9	87	51	81	4th of 22	unknown
1988–89	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	19	11	12	54	37	68	6th of 22	unknown
1987–88	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	14	12	16	47	53	54	14th of 22	unknown
1986–87	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	16	9	17	58	50	57	12th of 22	unknown
1985–86	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	15	15	12	57	56	60	8th of 22	unknown
1984–85	Isthmian League Division One	42	23	10	9	67	39	79	2nd of 22 Promoted	unknown
1983–84	Isthmian League Division One	42	13	9	20	47	67	48	19th of 22	unknown
1982–83	Isthmian League Division One	40	13	12	15	53	53	51	12th of 21	unknown
1981–82	Isthmian League Division One	40	16	7	17	57	56	55	11th of 21	unknown
1980–81	Isthmian League Division One	42	20	9	13	63	52	66	6th of 22	unknown
1979–80	Isthmian League Division One	42	22	8	12	59	44	74	5th of 22	unknown
1978–79	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	3	15	24	35	72	24	21st of 21 Relegated	unknown
1977–78	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	8	13	21	43	65	37	19th of 22	unknown
1976–77	Isthmian League Division One	42	13	7	22	45	60	46	17th of 22	unknown
1975–76	Isthmian League Division One	42	13	8	21	53	87	47	18th of 22	unknown
1974–75	Isthmian League Division One	42	13	4	25	48	73	43	19th of 22	unknown
1973–74	Isthmian League Division One	42	12	15	15	47	46	51	15th of 22	unknown
1972–73	Isthmian League	42	20	10	12	60	49	50	8th of 22	unknown
1971–72	Isthmian League	40	10	12	18	49	59	32	15th of 21	unknown
1970–71	Isthmian League	38	11	8	19	53	71	30	15th of 20	unknown
1969–70	Isthmian League	38	13	9	16	55	57	35	12th of 20	unknown
1968–69	Isthmian League	38	15	8	15	62	56	38	12th of 20	unknown
1967–68	Isthmian League	38	14	10	14	56	61	38	11th of 20	unknown
1966–67	Isthmian League	38	18	8	12	60	49	44	9th of 20	unknown
1965–66	Isthmian League	38	24	5	9	94	55	53	5th of 20	unknown
1964–65	Isthmian League	38	24	8	6	86	44	56	3rd of 20	unknown
1963–64	Isthmian League	38	24	4	10	100	62	52	3rd of 20	unknown
1962–63	Isthmian League	30	18	8	4	79	37	44	2nd of 16	unknown
1961–62	Isthmian League	30	15	5	10	65	48	35	4th of 16	unknown
1960–61	Isthmian League	30	10	6	14	55	61	26	12th of 16	unknown
1959–60	Isthmian League	30	18	3	9	76	51	39	4th of 16	unknown
1958–59	Isthmian League	30	9	4	17	54	72	22	12th of 16	unknown
1957–58	Isthmian League	30	7	8	15	45	66	22	13th of 16	unknown
1956–57	Isthmian League	30	11	9	10	72	77	31	7th of 16	unknown
1955–56	Isthmian League	28	12	6	10	67	64	30	6th of 15	unknown
1954–55	Isthmian League	28	10	7	11	47	57	27	8th of 15	unknown
1953–54	Isthmian League	28	8	7	13	59	71	23	13th of 15	unknown
1952–53	Isthmian League	28	13	6	9	62	50	32	5th of 15	unknown
1951–52	Isthmian League	26	11	7	8	62	48	29	5th of 14	unknown
1950–51	Isthmian League	26	9	4	13	46	54	22	10th of 14	unknown

Honours

League Competitions

• Isthmian League Premier Division

• Winners (3): 1933–34, 1936–37, 1997–98

• Runners-up (2): 1947–48, 1962–63

• Isthmian League Division One South

• Winners (1): 2007-08

• Isthmian League Division One

• Runners-up (1): 1984-85

FA Competitions

• FA Trophy

• Winners (2): 1998-99, 1999-00

• FA Amateur Cup

• Winners (1): 1932-33

• Runners-up (1): 1959-60

Other Competitions

• Conference League Cup

• Runners-up (2): 1999-00, 2000-01

• Conference Charity Shield

• Winners (1): 1999

• Runners-up (1): 2000

• Isthmian League Cup

• Winners (1): 1995-96

• Runners-up (1): 1981-82

• Isthmian League Charity Shield

• Winners (2): 1995, 1998

• Surrey Senior Cup^[15]

• Winners (13): 1910-11, 1913-14, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1951-52, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1997-98, 2005-06

• Runners-up (7): 1906-07, 1936-37, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1972-73, 1990-91, 2002-03

• London Senior Cup^[16][17]

• Winners (3): 1962-63, 1964-65, 1986-87

• Runners-up (6): 1923-24, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1946-47, 1983-84, 2011-12

• Surrey Junior Cup:^[18]
  • Runners-up (1): 1896–97

Pre-Season Competitions

• Trevor Jones Memorial Trophy

• Winners (3): 2003, 2006, 2009

• Runners-up (6): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

• Geoff Harvey Memorial Vase

• Winners (2): 2012, 2013

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Shirt Sponsor
1997–1998	Paulas Benara	Emporium Club
1998–1999		Greenfield
1999–2000		Grolsch
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003	Nike	None
2003–2004	ICIS	Allen Carr's Easyway
2004–2005	Duque & Ferretti	None
2005–2006	Kitz	Anderson Travel Group
2006–2007
2007–2008		TMG Fire & Security
2008–2009		Banquet Records
2009–2010	Vandanel
2010–2011		Prestige Cars & Couriers
2011–2012	Nike	Banquet Records
2012–2013		Trident Maintain Limited
2013–2014	Pro Star	Anderson Travel Group

Notable former players

Players who have won major honours at the club

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• Dave Leworthy (1997–2000, 2006) – David has played league football for Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Oxford United and Reading, before being the subject of a record non-league transfer fee when moving to Dover Athletic from Farnborough Town. He remains Kingstonian's record signing, joining for £18,000 from Rushden & Diamonds at the start of the 1997/98 Isthmian League winning campaign, going on to score 66 goals in 146 appearances.

• FA Trophy: 1998-99
• Isthmian League Premier Division: 1997-98

• Tarkan Mustafa (1998–2000) – Scored the winning goal in the 1999 FA Trophy Final.

• FA Trophy: 1998-99, 1999-00

• Geoff Pitcher (1997–2008) Played 220 games between 1997 and 2001, and a further 5 games during a brief return in 2008. His honours with the club include an Isthmian League championship title, two FA Trophy winners medals and 10 England semi-pro caps. He was the Club's top scorer in 2000/01.

• FA Trophy: 1998-99, 1999-00
• Isthmian League Premier Division: 1997-98

• Amara Simba (2000) – Amara Simba was a former full international for France, winning 3 caps and scoring 1 goal for his country under the reign of Michel Platini in 1991/1992, Simba won the FA Trophy with Kingstonian in 2000, scoring the winning goal in the final.

• FA Trophy: 1999-00

Other notable players

• Jon Coke (2004–2009) – played over 200 games for Kingstonian under a number of managers and was one of the longest serving players at the clubs.^[19]

• Ian Culverhouse (1998) – A regular in the Norwich City team of the late 80s and early 90s who beat Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup.

• Gavin Holligan (1998, 2001) – Gavin Holligan, a striker who was sold to Premiership club West Ham United for a club record fee of £150k in 1998.

• Lance Key (2001–2004) played 136 times for the Kingstonian .^[20]

• John Lacy – Made more than 100 appearances for both Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur in the 70s and early 80s and played in the 1975 FA Cup Final.

• Hugh Lindsay (1950s and 1960s) – Represented Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics

• Tim Sills (2002–2003) – Prolific striker for Kingstonian who represented England C in 2003.

• Scott Smith (2003–2005, 2006) – Scott became the first Kingstonian player to gain full international honours since the 1930s when he appeared for the All Whites in the 2003 Confederations Cup in France.

References

External links

• Official website
• Archive site

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