Rising Ballers Kensington Football Club is a semi-professional
football
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club originally based in London, England. They are currently members of the and play at
North Greenford United Berkeley Fields ground in
Sudbury.
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, earning promotion to Division One Central and East. After finishing sixth in Division One Central and East in 2014–15, they switched to Division Two of the Spartan South Midlands League. A fifth-place finish in
2015–16 saw them promoted to Division One. 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
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. 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. They finished fifth in Division One in
2023–24, qualifying for the promotion play-offs in which they lost 1–0 to
British Airways
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in the semi-finals.
Ground
Having previously played at the
Linford Christie Stadium
The Linford Christie Stadium previously the West London Stadium is an athletics stadium in Wormwood Scrubs, West London, England.
History
The venue first opened as the West London Stadium in 1967. It initially had a cinder running track, wh ...
in
White City, the club moved to Avenue Park Stadium in
Greenford
Greenford () is a large town in the London Borough of Ealing in West London, Greater London, London, England, lying west from Charing Cross. It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants.
Greenford is served by Greenford station, Greenford Stati ...
for the 2015–16 season. They moved to Spratleys Meadow in Amersham for the 2016–17 season and then to the Orchard in Bedfont for the following season. Prior to the 2018–19 season the club relocated to
Leatherhead's Fetcham Grove.
Kensington Borough move into Surrey!
Combined Counties League 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
Perivale () is a mainly residential suburban town of Greater London, west of Charing Cross. It is the smallest of the seven towns which make up the London Borough of Ealing.
Perivale is predominately residential, with a library, community ce ...
.
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: Preliminary round, 2021–22
*Best FA Vase
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performance: Second round, 2018–19
See also
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References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in London
2012 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 2012
Middlesex County Football League
Spartan South Midlands Football League
Combined Counties Football League