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achieved following a 1-0 win over player winning the Performance to a last minute goal against East- as Leigh Dynan was replaced by
AFC Wimbledon in the Surrey of the Round award from the FA. bourne Borough. The league cam- Dean Brennan and then very quick-
Senior Cup Final. McDonald was But it was in the Ryman League paign was a roller-coaster, a late ly by stand-in manager Kim Harris
almost immediately succeeded by Division One South that the big- challenge for the play-offs falling - K's moved from second place in
McIntyre as manager, whilst the gest success came, as a very strong short in the last couple of weeks the table on New Year's Day to es-
club was jointly bought by Mark start and a storming finish led to of the season. In his second sea- caping relegation by a single place
Anderson and Malcolm Winwright Kingstonian winning the division son, the 2015-16 campaign saw the after a horror run of results.
– the board would be completed by by seven points ahead of Cray Wan- K’s lift their first cup in ten years, An enormous boost
the presence of John Fenwick as derers. winning the Isthmian League Cup The 2019-20 season may have been
chairman from May 2011 to June The controversial final match with a 5-0 victory over Faversham curtailed by the COVID-19 pan-
2014 and then co-chairman with After an absence of four years, Town. demic, but new manager Hayden
Anderson and Winwright until the club almost passed straight Turned the club around Bird's arrival gave the club an
January 2018, when he became up through the Ryman Premier The 2016-17 season proved to be enormous boost, and the K's sup-
sole chairman again. Division, recovering from a diffi- a difficult campaign, as the club porters were rewarded amply with
Plenty of expectation cult start to reach the end of the flirted dangerously with relegation fine runs in both the FA Cup and
Stuart McIntyre’s time as manag- season playoffs. It was Boreham thanks to a dreadful run follow- the FA Trophy - the club reached
er was unfortunately short-lived Wood, however, who won the con- ing Christmas; with six games left the First Round of the FA Cup for
and unsuccessful, and midway troversial final match. Heartache and hopes almost lost, Tommy the first time since 2000-01, and
through the 2006/07 season he followed in the following 2010/11 Williams was replaced as manag- defeated Macclesfield Town 4-0
was replaced as manager by for- season when a final day collapse er by former Billericay Town man at Moss Rose in Round One be-
mer Walton and Hersham manag- at Margate cost another attempt Craig Edwards. He turned the club fore bowing out in Round Two at
er Alan Dowson. Dowson and his at the playoffs. The following two around immediately and K’s moved home to AFC Fylde on a day that
team immediately transformed the seasons saw mid-table finishes in up to 16th after a five match un- saw the club host that afternoon's
club, and achieved a semblance of the league accompanied by suc- beaten run to end the season. K’s edition of BBC Football Focus.
stability. There was plenty of ex- cessive London Senior Cup final left the Kingsmeadow Stadium at Their FA Trophy run also ended
pectation for the 2007/08 season, appearances, before a return to the end of the season and moved to in Round Two but was most nota-
though inconsistency led to the K’s the playoffs in the 2013/14 season, Fetcham Grove with Leatherhead ble for a fine 3-1 victory over Alan
missing the play-offs once again on after the club finished runners-up FC; Edwards resigned in October Dowson's Woking team at King
the final day of the season. in the league. A semi final defeat 2017 and was replaced by former George's Field.
Storming finish against AFC Hornchurch however Whyteleafe manager Leigh Dynan.
The 2008/09 season was successful denied the chance of promotion, in Horror run of results
from start to finish. A run to the what turned out to be Alan Dow- At the beginning of the 2018-19
Third Qualifying Round of the FA son’s last game in charge. season, Kingstonian moved back to
Cup was highlighted by a 4-0 home Isthmian League Cup the Royal Borough of Kingston-up-
win over Conference South team With former K’s midfielder Tom- on-Thames and started a ground
Braintree Town, all four goals my Williams installed as manager, share with Corinthian-Casuals at
scored by midfielder Dean Lodge. the club again reached the FA Cup King George's Field. A difficult sea-
This performance led to the K’s Third Qualifying Round, losing 3-2 son saw K's have three managers,

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