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Kingstonian

Badge of Kingstonian F.C.
Full name	Kingstonian Football Club
Nickname(s)	The K's
Founded	November 9, 1885
Ground	Kingsmeadow Stadium (Shared)
Capacity	4,500
Chairman	Mark Anderson, Malcolm Winwright
Manager	Alan Dowson
League	Isthmian League Division One South
2006-07	Isthmian League Division One South, 13th
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 2007-08 season.

The club plays at the Kingsmeadow Stadium 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 the Kingsmeadow Stadium 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 1930's 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.

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 with he himself being replaced by Alan Dowson at the start of 2007 after a run of poor results.

Current squad

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 — DF  ENG Michael Brady — DF  ENG Jon Coke — DF  ENG Wayne Finnie — DF  ENG Joe Paris — DF  ENG Stuart Reeks — DF  ENG Nick Rundell — DF  ENG Simon Sobihy (captain) — DF  ENG Richard Taylor — MF  ENG Glenn Boosey — MF  ENG Liam Cockerill — MF  ENG Scott Corbett — MF  ENG Wes Goggin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Simon Huckle — MF  ENG Neil Lampton — MF  ENG Tommy Moorhouse — MF  ENG Lee Riddell — MF  ENG David Shin — MF  ENG Paul Wetherall — FW  EIR Niall Connery — FW  ENG Ross Chalke — FW  ENG Pablo Jenkins — FW  ENG Danny Summers — FW  ENG Bobby Traynor — FW  ENG Mark Watkins

League history

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

Notable former players

• Giles Coke (2004-2005) - Midfielder who played for Kingstonian in the 2004/05 season before progressing to league football with Mansfield Town.

• David 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.

• 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 1930's when he appeared for the Kiwi's during their 2003 Confederations Cup campaign in France.

External links

• Official Site
• The K's Trust
• - unofficial fansite of the K's!

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