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| fullname = Edgware & Kingsbury Football Club
| nickname = The Wares
| founded = 1939 (re-formed 2014)
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| ground = Silver Jubilee Park, [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]]
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'''Edgware & Kingsbury Football Club''' is a [[Association football|football]] club from [[Edgware]], [[London Borough of Barnet]], England. Originally established in 1939, the club was dissolved at the end of the [[2007–08 Isthmian League|2007–08 season]] but reformed in 2014. They are currently members of the {{English football updater|EdgwareT}} and play at Silver Jubilee Park in [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], about three miles from the club's original ground, the White Lion in Edgware.
 
==History==
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In 2006 the now-renamed Division Two was disbanded and Edgware were transferred to the Premier Division of the [[Spartan South Midlands Football League|Spartan South Midlands League]]. They won it at the first attempt, also winning the Premier Cup and the Challenge Trophy.<ref name=BBC/> The club was promoted to Division One North of the Isthmian League, but were forced to close down at the end of the [[2007–08 Isthmian League|Isthmian League]] season due to lack of funds, following the decision of the local authority to grant planning permission for their ground, leaving the club unable to confirm a home ground for the 2008–09 season after their main sponsor and benefactor decided to withdraw support, putting the club's lease of the White Lion ground in jeopardy.<ref name=BBC>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/06/19/nl_edgware_feature.shtml Edgware Town] BBC London</ref> However, although the club did not play a match for many years from this point, it did not formally fold; FA registration was maintained and the club remained non-playing members of the [[Middlesex Football Association]].<ref name=BBC/>
 
In March 2014 it was announced that the club was to start playing again. They subsequently joined Division One of the [[Spartan South Midlands Football League|Spartan South Midlands League]] for the [[2014–15 Spartan South Midlands Football League|2014–15 season]]. In the [[2015–16 Spartan South Midlands Football League|2015–16 season]] the club won the Division One title by ten points and were promoted to the Premier Division. At the end of the [[2020–21 Spartan South Midlands Football League|2020–21 season]] the club were transferred to the Premier Division North of the [[Combined Counties Football League|Combined Counties League]]. In 2022 the club was renamed '''Edgware & Kingsbury'''.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=EdgwareTownFC |author=Edgware & Kingsbury F.C. |number=1525818871177003008|date = 15 May 2022 |title=Edgware & Kingsbury Football Club}}</ref>
 
==Ground==
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==External links==
*[ {{official website|http://www.edgwaretownfc.co.uk/ Official website]}}
 
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