Sports in Kenilworth

A late strike from substitute Mason Platts earned a point for Kenilworth Sporting from second placed Knowle after another "never say die" performance from Ascroft's young team.

After last week's point against league leaders Fairfield Villa, travelling to second in the table Knowle was a tough ask for Kenilworth.

Wasted chances cost Kenilworth Wardens as RS Sports came from behind to seal a 4-3 victory and move 11 points clear at the top of the Coventry Alliance Division One table.

Wardens went into the table topping clash knowing that they would need to be at their best if they were to beat the only side to have defeated them so far this season.

Kenilworth Sporting FC played their first game since October last year as they hosted Coventry Alliance Premiership side Balsall and Berkswell FC at Gypsy Lane tonight.

Sporting scored in the final ten minutes to claim a 3-3 draw in what purists would describe as a competitive fixture.

Kenilworth Sporting overcame a two goal deficit to snatch a draw in the local derby against Kenilworth Wardens at Gypsy Lane today.

Sporting, of the Midlands League Division Three, left it until the final 10 minutes to secure the draw, having trailed to Wardens, of the Coventry Alliance Division Two, for over an hour in their friendly fixture today.

Kenilworth Sporting have been left 'very disappointed' after the announcement this week that all non-league football was to be abandoned for the rest of the 2020-21 season, putting an end to the club's title challenge.

Non-league teams were given the chance to vote on whether the leagues should continue. Three-quarters of sides voted to curtail the season, and as such all teams in steps three to six in the non-league pyramid have had their seasons null and voided.

The return of Kenilworth Sporting for the 2020/21 season has started a revival of non-league football in the town. The hiatus of action at Gypsy Lane however, is the latest in a stop-start history for the club, a history which we have looked back over.

The first club which we would now recognise as 'non-league' in Kenilworth was founded in 1936 as Kenilworth Town FC, with a home pitch on the St John's playing fields. They entered the then Coventry and District League.

Kenilworth Sporting FC have been named Team of the Month for the Midlands League Division Three, the first award the team has won since reforming this season.

Sporting currently sit at the top of the Midlands League Division Three, having won seven of their opening eight fixtures.

Players, fans, and staff at Kenilworth Sporting FC have now reached the midpoint of their Miles For Smiles challenge as they raise money for local children, elderly or vulnerable people who go without gifts at Christmas.

Members of the club have been cycling and running the equivalent distance of the 'End to End' - Lands End to John O'Groats - which will see riders and runners complete 951 miles in total.

Following their narrow defeat to Upton Town last weekend, Kenilworth Sporting were looking for a reaction as they returned to their Gypsy Lane home ground yesterday to host Birmingham Tigers.

What a reaction it was.

League leaders Kenilworth Sporting FC will play their fifth away game of the season this weekend, as they travel west to play Upton Town.

Upton currently sit seventh in the Midlands League Division Three on a respectable tally of ten points. Kenilworth find themselves eight points and six positions ahead of their hosts this weekend, as they top the table having won all of their opening six games.