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
18-02-1899
Kent Junior CupKJC - 4R
Pearce, Wells
L
18-02-1911
Thanet & District LeagueTH - D1
L
+
18-02-1922
Kent Senior CupKSC - SF
3000
D
18-02-1928
Kent Senior CupKSC - 2R
Hipkin, Jolley
2683
L
+
18-02-1933
Kent Senior CupKSC - 2R
Mays
W
18-02-1950
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
1536
W
18-02-1956
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
852
L
+
18-02-1961
Southern LeagueSL - First Division
2727
W
+
18-02-1963
Southern League CupSLC - 3R
1086
D
+
18-02-1964
Kent Floodlight CupKFC
L
18-02-1967
Southern LeagueSL - First Division
1352
D
18-02-1970
Kent Senior ShieldKSS - Group stage
628
D
+
18-02-1975
Kent Messenger TrophyKMT - Group stage
200
W
+
18-02-1978
Southern LeagueSL - Division 1 South
721
W
18-02-1984
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
147
W
18-02-1989
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
217
L
18-02-1995
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
106
W
18-02-2006
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
678
D
18-02-2012
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
176
L
18-02-2014
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
211
W
18-02-2017
National LeagueNL - South
547
L
18-02-2020
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
218
D
18-02-2023
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
410
L
18-02-2025
Isthmian LeagueIL - South East Division
D