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..
R
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13-02-1904
Kent Junior CupKJC - QF R2
Matthews
400
L
13-02-1926
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
Stennings
1600
D
13-02-1937
Southern LeagueSL
Cumner, Doherty
W
13-02-1954
Kent Senior CupKSC - 1R
L
13-02-1954
Kent Senior CupKSC - 1R
L
+
13-02-1960
Kent Senior CupKSC - 2R
W
+
13-02-1965
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
1281
D
+
13-02-1971
Kent Senior CupKSC - 2R
980
W
+
13-02-1974
FA TrophyFAT - 2R r
640
L
13-02-1980
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
W
13-02-1982
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
158
L
13-02-1988
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
173
W
13-02-1990
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
76
D
+
13-02-1993
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
275
W
13-02-1999
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
515
D
+
13-02-2001
Kent Senior CupKSC - 2R
741
L
13-02-2010
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
244
L
13-02-2016
National LeagueNL - South
632
W