AFC Richmond is a fictional English professional association football club based in Richmond upon Thames, London, featured in the Apple TV+ show.
 
They currently compete in the Premier League, the first tier of the English football league system, following promotion in 2021.  
                                                                                         
The club was founded and played their first match 1897. During World War I, their stadium, Nelson Road Stadium was used as a field hospital.        
                                          
The club was owned by Rupert Mannion when then spouse Rebecca Welton seized ownership of the club outright after their divorce breakup, when he cheated with several other women behind her back – often with the help of the club’s Director of Football Operations, Leslie Higgins.