Arnold Kingswell F.C. was an English

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club founded in 1962 based in

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History

The club were founded in 1962 as Arnold (Kingswell) Youth Club. They joined Division One of the

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in 1970. A third-place finish in 1972–73 saw the club promoted to the Premier Division.East Midlands Regional League 1967–1983
Non-League Matters The club joined the

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in 1975. They were prominent members of the league's second tier First Division, but despite winning the league in 1980 and securing several runners-up finishes, they were never promoted to the Premier Division. They first entered the

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in 1976 but never progressed beyond the Third Round stage. When the Midland League merged with the Yorkshire League to form the

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in 1982, Kingswell were placed in the new league's Division One South. In 1986 they moved down to the

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, spending three years there before merging with Arnold to form Arnold Town in 1989.

Records

* Best

performance: 3rd Round, 1976-1977

References

Defunct football clubs in Nottinghamshire Midland Football League (1889) Arnold Town F.C. 1989 disestablishments in England Association football clubs disestablished in 1989 East Midlands Regional League Northern Counties East Football League Central Midlands Football League Association football clubs established in 1962 {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub