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AC London F.C.
Academic Club London Football Club, commonly known as AC London, was a semi-professional football club based in London, England. The club was expelled from the Combined Counties Football League in November 2018 and folded. HistoryThe club was established by Prince Choudary as a youth team in July 2012 as a response to the 2011 London riots,[1] before adding a full age team the following year, with Choudary becoming the youngest manager and chairman in senior football.[2] They applied to join the Kent Invicta League for the 2015–16 season, and despite initially being turned down,[3] were eventually accepted.[4] They finished tenth in their first season, after which they were transferred to the Combined Counties League.[5] In 2016–17 the club won the Division One Challenge Cup, beating Redhill in the final.[6] In 2017–18 AC London participated in the FA Cup for the first time, making Prince Choudary the youngest manager in FA Cup history.[1] However, at the end of the 2017–18 season, the club were expelled from the Combined Counties League by a vote at a league EGM due to "the organisation and management of the club [falling] below the standards appropriate to membership of the competition."[7] However, the club started the 2018–19 season still in the league after the club appealed and whilst a FA investigation was carried out. When the investigation was concluded in November 2018, the club were removed from the league.[8] Season-by-season
GroundDuring the 2015–16 season the club played at the 16,000-capacity Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, before moving to Banstead Athletic's Merland Rise ground for the 2016–17 season.[9] They relocated to Whyteleafe's Church Road ground in 2017.[1] Honours
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