Ruislip Football Club was a semi-professional football club based in

Ruislip Ruislip ( ) is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, and in the historic county of Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...

West London West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary. The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: North London ...

. They played in the Southern League during the 1980s.

History

The club joined the Premier Division of the

Middlesex League Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbouring ...

in 1981, replacing Ruislip Town who had left in 1980 after finishing last in league for two consecutive season.Middlesex League history 1966–1984
Non-League Matters They finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in their first season and ended the 1983–84 season in last place. The league then became the

Middlesex County League The Middlesex County Football League is a football competition based in England loosely drawing teams from the central, northern and western parts of Greater London. The league was founded in 1984 and initially had only one division, although it ...

. Despite only finishing eleventh in the league's inaugural season, Ruislip moved up to the Southern Division of the Southern League. Ruislip finished bottom of the Southern Division in 1988–89, after which they left the league and subsequently folded.

Ground

The club played at Breakspear Road, which was taken over by Hillingdon Borough in 1990,History
Hillingdon Borough F.C. later being renamed the Middlesex Stadium.

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: First qualifying round, 1988–89 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: First round, 1988–89

References

Defunct football clubs in England Middlesex County Football League Southern Football League clubs Defunct football clubs in London 1981 establishments in England Association football clubs established in 1981 1989 disestablishments in England Association football clubs disestablished in 1989 Sport in the London Borough of Hillingdon {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub

History

Ground

Records

See also

References