Kidlington Football Club is a semi-professional side founded in 1909. Its first team plays in the Evo-Stik League South Division One Central and its reserve side in Uhlsport Hellenic Division One West. Kidlington F.C. also runs an under-18 youth team that plays in the Allied Counties League and an U16 team. All four teams play and are based at Kidlington F.C.'s ground in Yarnton Road. The pitch is floodlit and has spectator terracing and seating for 150 spectators. The 2010–2011 season saw Kidlington reach the final of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup for the first time in its history where they was beaten by Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium. Kidlington F.C. previously played at other sites in or just outside the village.