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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27-03-1913
Margate & District Charity CupMDCC - SF
Fordham (2), Wilkins
W
27-03-1926
Kent LeagueKL - Div 1
L
27-03-1937
Southern LeagueSL
L
27-03-1948
Kent League CupKLC - 1R 1L
W
27-03-1954
Kent LeagueKL - First Division
W
27-03-1959
Thames & Medway CombinationTMC
L
27-03-1962
Kent Floodlight CupKFC
D
27-03-1963
Kent Floodlight CupKFC
L
+
27-03-1964
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
1600
D
27-03-1965
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
1488
L
27-03-1967
Southern LeagueSL - First Division
2065
W
27-03-1971
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
363
L
27-03-1972
Southern League CupSLC - SF r
1911
L
27-03-1976
Southern LeagueSL - Premier Division
D
+
27-03-1978
Southern LeagueSL - Division 1 South
817
W
+
27-03-1982
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
L
+
27-03-1989
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
300
L
27-03-1990
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
280
L
+
27-03-1993
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
328
L
27-03-1999
Southern LeagueSL - Southern Division
336
W
27-03-2004
Football ConferenceFC
1240
W
27-03-2007
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
W
27-03-2007
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
462
D
27-03-2010
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
148
D
27-03-2012
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
220
L
27-03-2014
Isthmian LeagueIL - Premier Division
248
L