Legendary Kingstonian boss Geoff Chapple has offered his help to find his old club a new home – and that could mean a groundshare with Conference Premier Woking, writes Stuart Amos.

Ks co-chairman Mark Anderson has confirmed the club has stepped up efforts to quit Kingsmeadow in the wake of news landlords AFC Wimbledon are looking to strike a deal to sell the ground to Premier League Chelsea.

The move, which would leave Ks homeless, hangs on whether the Dons’ plans to build an 11,000-seater stadium in Merton are given the go ahead.

Ks still have at least five years left to run on their current tenancy agreement with AFC Wimbledon, but Anderson has revealed the board of directors have already identified three potential new homes.

Chapple famously lifted the FA Trophy twice with Ks at the turn of the century after 13 years at Woking, where he is now a director.

And he has not ruled out offering Ks the chance to play at Kingfield, where they once lifted the SurreySenior CUp thanks to a 1-0 win over AFCWimbledon.

“It is very sad to hear Ks are likely to leave Kingsmeadow. There is a lot of history there,” he said.

“The club still has a special place in my heart and the ground holds lots of happy memories and still have many friends there.

"I watched the FA Cup game on television on Monday and it was nice to see the Kingstonian sign still on the stand. It will be sad to think that will not be there for much longer.

“My favourite is drawing with Cheltenham at home in the FA Trophy semi-final. It was the toughest draw we could get.

“We went on to beat them and then beat Forest Green in the final.

"Then of course there was the game we won at Oxford City to get promoted to the Conference. There were fans in tears and it brought home to me then how much a football club like Ks means to its supporters.

“If I were to receive a phone call from the powers that be at Ks asking if Woking could help in terms of a ground then I would do whatever I could.”

Anderson said the club had been looking at prospective new home grounds "for the past couple of months".

But Anderson reckoned any call for help could still be years away.

He added: “It all depends on Wimbledon's success and Chelsea's continued desire to purchase the ground. As long as those two things carry on, then we carry on.

“If one of those things fell down, then we aren't back to square one, but we've got another five to six years left on our deal with AFC Wimbledon anyway.”