Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian

Badge of Kingstonian F.C.
Full name	Kingstonian Football Club
Nickname(s)	The K's
Founded	November 9, 1885
Ground	Kingsmeadow (Shared) Kingston upon Thames Surrey England
Capacity	4,500
Chairman	Mark Anderson, Malcolm Winwright
Manager	Alan Dowson
League	Isthmian League Division One South
2007-08	Isthmian League Division One South, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League First Division South for the 2008-09 season.

The club plays at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames - a complex built by the club with local council backing in 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground. The club now shares Kingsmeadow with AFC Wimbledon, who in 2004 purchased the lease to the ground from Kingstonian's controversial Chairman at the time, Rajesh Khosla.

History

Kingstonian has a proud tradition 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, before beating two Football League clubs - Brentford 3-1 away and Southend United 1-0 away - on their way to the FA Cup fourth round proper in 2001, where they were seconds away from beating Bristol City before succumbing to a late winner in the replay.

Relegation and financial problems saw a sharp downturn in the club's fortunes between 2001 and 2005. However, in February 2005 Khosla 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 after an excellent run of form after Christmas and finished their season by beating AFC Wimbledon in the final of the Surrey Senior Cup at Woking FC's Ground by one goal to nil.

Changes continued during the summer of 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 poor results. Under Dowson the club has stabilised and has seen an improvement in its fortunes. The season ended with a 2-1 defeat to Eastbourne Town and coupled with a win by Dulwich Hamlet, Kingstonian ended the season in seventh.

Due to an administrative error Kingstonian were expelled from the 2007-8 Surrey Senior Cup final for fielding an ineligible player. Ironically their opponents Tooting and Mitcham FC, who had lost the match 4-0, were also thrown out of the competition for a similar offence that could only occur in the semi finals and finals of this cup.

They have reached the fourth round proper of the FA Cup in season 2000-01.

There was a serious incident on Saturday 11th October where several Kingstonian supporters violently attacked the Manager from Hayes and Yeading who was trying to vacate the pitch having been asked to leave. This is the latest in a long line of incidents where Kingstonian supporters have been involved in unsavoury acts and the club is fast gaining a reputation for being an unpleasant place to visit in stark comparison to the ground when AFC Wimbledon play there.

A picture of the violent altercation by so-called supporters of Kingstonian can be seen in this thread. Sadly Kingstonians finest seek to defend it and distort what happened preceding it.

http://www.hayesandyeadingfc.org/HNY/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1532

Current squad

As of September 21 2008: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Luke Garrard
—	GK	NZL	Luke Naughton
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Beer
—	DF	ENG	Jon Coke
—	DF	ENG	Tom Dilloway
—	DF	ENG	Wayne Finnie
—	DF	ENG	Max Hustwick
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Reeks
—	DF	ENG	Rob Sheridan
—	DF	ENG	Adam Thompson
—	DF	ENG	Jason Turley
—	DF	ENG	Nick Rundell
—	MF	GRN	Tony Bedeau

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Ellis Conroy
—	MF	ENG	Simon Huckle
—	MF	ENG	Neil Lampton
—	MF	ENG	Dean Lodge
—	MF	ENG	Jermaine McGlashan
—	MF	FRA	Jean-Serge Musungu
—	MF	ENG	Tommy Williams
—	MF	ENG	Phil Williams
—	FW	ENG	Jon Neal
—	FW	ENG	Julien Thompson
—	FW	ENG	Bobby Traynor
—	FW	ENG	Carl Wilson-Denis

Managers

As of 25 June, 2008.

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	?	?	?	?	?
Geofff Chapple		unknown–August 2001	?	?	?	?	?

League history

Season	League contested	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points	Final league position	Average Attendance
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
1999-00	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

• FA Trophy winners 1999, 2000
• FA Amateur Cup winners 1933; runners up 1960
• Conference League Cup runners up 2000, 2001
• Conference Charity Shield winners 1999; runners up 2000
• Isthmian League winners 1934, 1937, 1998; runners up 1948, 1963
• Isthmian League Cup winners 1996; runners up 1982
• Isthmian League Charity Shield winners 1995, 1998
• Surrey Senior Cup winners 1911, 1914, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1998, 2006; runners up 1907, 1937, 1948, 1950, 1973, 1991, 2003
• London Senior Cup winners 1963, 1965, 1987; runners up 1924, 1926, 1931, 1947, 1984
• Trevor Jones Memorial Trophy winners 2003, 2006; runners up 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

Notable former players

• Dave Leworthy (1997-2000, 2006) - David has played league football for Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Oxford United and Reading F.C., 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 for the K's.
• Gavin Holligan (1998, 2001) - Gavin Holligan, a young promising striker for the K's, was sold to Premiership club West Ham United for a club record fee of £150k
• 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.
• Scott Smith (2003-2005, 2006) - Scott became the first K's player to gain full international honours since the 1930s when he appeared for the Kiwi's during their 2003 Confederations Cup campaign in France.
• Giles Coke (2004-2005) - Midfielder who played for Kingstonian in the 2004/05 season before progressing to league football with Mansfield Town.

External links

• Official Site
• Kingstonian.co.nr - unofficial fansite of the K's!