Folkestone Football Club was the name of two

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football clubs based in the town of

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

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. It is unclear if the two clubs were connected, but neither has any formal connection to

Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cheriton Road. History The club was established in 1936 and joined the East Kent Wednesday League for the 1 ...

, who took over the Cheriton Road stadium after the demise of Folkestone F.C. in 1990.

Folkestone Invicta F.C. Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a association football, football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cheriton Road. History The club was established in 1936 and joined the East Kent Wedne ...

has since become the spiritual successor of the club, inheriting its history and Folkestone F.C.'s previous honours.

History

The first Folkestone F.C. club was one of the founder members of the Kent League in 1894 but left that league in 1904. In 1923 the club resurfaced in the Southern League, where the team played until the

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. The second Folkestone F.C. began life as Folkestone Town F.C., and played in the Kent League from 1945 until the league folded in 1959, whereupon the club joined the Southern League. In 1968 this club adopted the Folkestone F.C. name, followed in 1974 by another name change to Folkestone and Shepway F.C., which lasted for six years before the Shepway element was dropped. The club folded in 1990 and, although a new club, Folkestone Town (1990) F.C. was formed, it also folded without even completing a full season. The various incarnations of the club managed between them to reach the third round proper of the

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on two occasions.

Honours

*Southern League Division One Champions 1963–64 *Central Section Champions, Southern League 1934–35 *Kent League Champions 1950–51, 1952–53 *Southern League Cup Winners 1934–35 *Kent Senior Cup Winners 1933–34, 1956–57, 1968–69, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1984–85

Former coach

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, player-manager, (1938–39)

References

{{Reflist Defunct football clubs in England Defunct football clubs in Kent Southern Football League clubs Folkestone Association football clubs established in 1894 Association football clubs disestablished in 1990 1894 establishments in England 1990 disestablishments in England Southern Counties East Football League