Kingsbury London Tigers Club History
 

The club first saw the light of day in 1919 when a group of local ex-servicemen, recently demobbed, met in the nearby Plough public house and organised a roped off area of farmland, in Townsend Lane, Kingsbury, to play football matches on. That first pitch straddled what is now the northern end of the present ground, and is now known as Silver Jubilee Park. The original name of the club is now forgotten, but, that group of men went on and progressed to amateur status, under various guises, to become Davis Sports in the old Hellenic pre-war league and finally to Kingsbury Town in 1923. In their first season the club finished 2nd in The Willesden & District Football League, and were promoted to the Senior Division in 1935 as champions of Division 2. In 1943 the club were elected to The Middlesex Senior League where they won the League Charity Cup in three successive seasons, 1944/45, 1945/46 & 1946/47.
 

From here the club moved to The Parthenon League, with the Championship & Premier Charity Cup being won in successive seasons, 1951/52 & 1952/53 in addition to being finalists in The Senior Charity Cup in 1953. In 1953 the club’s pitch was resited to it’s present location, which had housed an anti aircraft installation during the war. Kingsbury entered the Spartan League in 1959/60 and were beaten finalists in the League Cup that season, losing 3-1 to Hampton F.C. 
 

One of the club’s players in that final, Mark Hart, went on to become Chairman of the club during it’s most successful period in the mid to late 1980’s and is now enjoying his second spell as Chairman of the club.During this period the club also, briefly, changed it’s name to Kingsbury 584 as part of a sponsorship deal with a local garage. In 1976/77 the club was again on the move, this time to The Athenian League. This proved a difficult move for the club and they were forced back into The Spartan League in 1978 for three seasons. 
 

In 1981 the stand on the west (clubhouse) side of the ground was completed and floodlights installed as the club moved back into The Athenian League. Season 1984/85 saw the club join the expanded Isthmian Football League and were placed in Division 2 (North). 
 

Season 1985/86 saw the club promoted to Division 1 as runners up to Stevenage Borough and also win the Middlesex County F.A. Senior Charity Cup. In season 1989/90 the club’s success continued, reaching the Final of both The Middlesex County F.A. Senior Challenge Cup, losing 2-1 to Enfield F.C., and The Middlesex County F.A. Senior Charity Cup. This final also resulted in defeat, this time 4-0 to Chelsea. The game was played at Stamford Bridge, with the home side being held 0-0 at the interval. 1989/90 was to see the club suffer one of it’s worst seasons with a run of poor from in Division 1, coupled with the deduction of 9 points, for fielding an incorrectly registered player, resulting in relegation to Division 2 (North).
The following season the club were again “relegated” when a reorganisation of The Isthmian League saw Town needing to win their final game of the season, at home to Hertford Town, to start the following season in the newly formed 2nd Division. Sadly defeat in that game saw Kingsbury in the 3rd Division the next season, which is where they have remained ever since. Season 1996/97 saw the club beaten in the final of The London F.A. Senior Cup at Dulwich Hamlet F.C. 
 

The next season was Kingsbury’s worst ever as they finished 20th (bottom) in Division 3 and the next season, 1998/99, they fared little better, avoiding the bottom place only on goal difference. 
 

Season 1999/2000 saw the appointment of a new manager, Toni Kelly, who encouraged the return of many of the players he brought to the club in his former capacity as the club’s youth team manager. Those players saw the club finish in 16th position in that season , and in so doing they collected more points than in the previous two seasons combined. 
 

At the end of season 2001/02 Kelly left the club by mutual agreement and, with the club now promoted back to Division 2, again by way of league restructuring, was replaced by former player and Wembley manager Peter Grant. His inaugural season saw the club finish in 11th position, despite a slow start, and having collected 38 points, 3 more than the previous season, from 12 fewer fixtures. 
 

This season the club have undertaken major works to improve both on field and off field facilities. The most apparrent was the installation of a new pitch drainage system, which was largely funded by an F.A. grant of £37,500. Other works to be completed include re-wiring of the club house and changing rooms, new ceilings throughout both of these areas, the installation of a new boiler, which will provide both hot water and central heating and the replacement of the main stand. The combine cost of these works will be in excess of £200,000. On the playing front the club are now again running a reserve side and hope to see many of the players who won last seasons M.C.F.A. Senior Youth Cup playing in that side. 
 

At the end of the season of 2004/05 Cecil Collins and Mike Smalls were installed as co managers at the club and together with their coaching team have started rebuilding the side in 2005/06, so we are hoping for the improvement to continue on the pitch. The club is now being completely refurbished due to new businessmen joining at the top level of the club. They are planning for a bright future and hopefully a good standard of football to keep Kingsbury Town fc in the better football leagues.

2005/06 started full of promise with some good results being gained and a good start in the FA vase where the team reached the third round proper only to lose to Lowestoft on their ground. But results did not keep up and we finished the season in 12th place. With the demise of the Ryman League division 2, we now look forward to a new challenge by joining the Molten Spartan South Midlands League for the forthcoming season. Also along with the new challenge comes a new set up with the amalgamation of The London Tigers with us and a new management team of Eddie Cardoso and Taff Islam to take us forward.