Richmond Road Ground in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames

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, London

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, was the traditional home of Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian F.C.

Kingstonian Football Club are an English, semi-professional football club that are playing in the Isthmian League Premier Division for the 2011–12 season. The club has played at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames since 1989, after leaving their traditional Richmond Road ground...

 Football

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 had been played there since the 1870s. The highest ever attendance for a game was 13,847, but after the Taylor Report

Taylor Report

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, the stadium had a much smaller capacity due to safety requirements. The football ground lasted until 1989 and was known as The King's Castle. Surrey AC had their training ground on Richmond Road by at least 1908.