Margate Football Club History

The original Margate Football Club History website, created some 20 years ago, drew plaudits from across the football world. After a period of inactivity, the site, now under new ownership, has been updated and enhanced.

It includes details of every competitive match played since the club’s formation in 1896 until this year. There are also more than 1,100 in-depth player profiles (some of whom also played at the highest level of the sport), reports on memorable matches, special features, galleries of images as well as player and supporter memories.

Learn how Margate FC became Arsenal’s nursery club in the 1930s or the night England’s World Cup-winning trio of Hurst, Moore and Peters played at Hartsdown Park.

It is all here, the highs - FA Cup giant-killings, league titles and big crowds - to the lows - relegations, financial woes and homelessness. Every aspect of the club’s existence is documented on the site, which is now on a new, easy to navigate platform.

A-Z of Players

An A-Z of players that have played for Margate Football Club over the years

Managers

List of all managers from 1946 to present

Seasons

List of all games in all competitions

The Gate

Memorabilia, memories and information about different aspects of the club’s history.

Seasons by Era

The Gate Latest

On This Day

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Date
Comp
Result
Goal Scorers
Att..
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22-04-1922
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
Lewis
W
22-04-1931
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
Jordan
3900
D
+
22-04-1933
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
Thompson
3000
W
+
22-04-1935
Southern LeagueSL - Eastern Section
Tricker (5), Breslin (2), Jordan, White
2700
W
+
22-04-1935
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
Clark
L
+
22-04-1936
Southern LeagueSL - Central Section
Carr
D
22-04-1937
Southern LeagueSL - Midweek Section
Carr (2), Cumner (2)
W
22-04-1948
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
W
22-04-1950
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
3400
L
+
22-04-1959
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
D
22-04-1961
Southern LeagueSL - First Division
L
+
22-04-1963
Kent Senior CupKSC - SF
2458
W
22-04-1967
Southern LeagueSL - First Division
739
W
22-04-1970
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
665
W
22-04-1972
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
983
W
+
22-04-1974
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
575
W
+
22-04-1975
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
461
L
22-04-1976
Kent Floodlit TrophyKFT - Final 1L
175
W
22-04-1980
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
306
W
22-04-1989
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
183
W
+
22-04-1995
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
76
D
22-04-2000
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
822
L
22-04-2006
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
104
W
22-04-2017
National LeagueNL - South
251
L
22-04-2019
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
644
L
22-04-2023
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
543
L