London Tigers Football Club is a
football
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club based in
Greenford, in the
London Borough of Ealing,
England. Formed in 2006 as a merger of Kingsbury Town and London Tigers, they are currently members of the and play at Spratleys Meadow in
Amersham
Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt.
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History
Kingsbury Town
Kingsbury Town were established in 1919 under an unknown name, but were soon renamed Davis Sports, before becoming Kingsbury Town in 1923.
[History of the Kingsbury FC]
Kingsbury Town F.C. They joined the Willesden & District League and were runners-up in their first season.
[ The club won the Division Two title in 1934–35, earning promotion to the Senior Division.][ In 1943 they joined the ]Middlesex Senior League
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, going on to win the league's Charity Cup in 1944–45, 1945–46 and 1946–47.[
In 1951 Kingsbury were one of nine Middlesex Senior League clubs that left to become founder members of the Parthenon League and were champions in 1952–53.,][Parthenon League 1951–1966]
Non-League Matters In 1960 they left to join the Spartan League, finishing bottom of the league in their first season. The club remained in the league until 1976 when they switched to Division Two of the Athenian League.[
Kingsbury rejoined the Spartan League in 1979, entering the Premier Division. However, two years later they returned to the Athenian League, in which they played until it folded in 1984, at which point they joined Division Two North of the ]Isthmian League
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Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
.[ The club were Division Two North runners-up in 1985–86, earning promotion to Division One;][ the season also saw them win the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup.][ They finished bottom of Division One in 1989–90 and were relegated back to Division Two North. In 1991 league reorganisation saw them placed in Division Three, which became Division Two in 2002.][
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London Tigers
London Tigers were established in 1986 as Marylebone Football Club and were originally based in Westminster.[About Us]
London Tigers[London Tigers FC]
London Tigers They initially played small-sided matches, before moving to 11-a-side football, joining the Senior Division of the Middlesex County League
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in 2001.[Middlesex County League 2000–2006]
Non-League Matters After sitting out the 2002–03 season, the club rejoined the league in 2003, entering the Premier Division.[
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Merged club
In 2006 the two clubs merged to form Kingsbury London Tigers.[ However, in 2012 the name change was allowed.]
Ground
Kingsbury Town initially played at a ground on Townsend Lane, which became Silver Jubilee Park.[ The pitch was moved to its present location in 1953.][ A stand was built in 1981 and floodlights installed.][ London Tigers later became tenants at the ground,][ and when the clubs merged, the new club continued playing at Silver Jubilee Park.
In 2012 the club moved to Avenue Park in Greenford, the former ground of Viking Greenford. After damage to the ground caused by fly-tipping in early 2017, the club moved to Northwood's Northwood Park ground. The club then moved to Spratleys Meadow, in ]Amersham
Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt.
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Records
*Best FA Cup performance: Second qualifying round, 2014–15[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: First round, 2009–10,[ 2015–16][
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See also
*London Tigers F.C. players
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*Kingsbury Town F.C. players Kingsbury may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent
** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station
* Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwickshi ...
* Kingsbury Town F.C. managers
References
External links
Official website
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in London
Sport in the London Borough of Ealing
Association football clubs established in 2006
2006 establishments in England
Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom
Middlesex County Football League
Spartan South Midlands Football League
Diaspora association football clubs in England