King's Lynn Town Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. Nicknamed 'The Linnets', they are currently members of the and play at the Walks. They were founded in 2010 as a phoenix club of

King's Lynn F.C. King's Lynn Football Club was an English association football club based in King's Lynn, Norfolk. The club was founded in 1881 and they were wound up at the High Court on 25 November 2009 with debts of £77,000, going out of business in Decembe ...

, which were wound up a year earlier.

History

The club was established in 2010 after

were wound up in 2009.History
King's Lynn Town F.C. They were admitted to the Premier Division of the

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and were runners-up in their first season in the league, also reaching the semi-finals of the

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, where they lost 6–2 on aggregate to Coalville Town. After finishing as runners-up again in 2011–12 the club were promoted to Division One South of the

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. They won Division One South at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2015 the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Southern League. In 2016–17 they won the Norfolk Senior Cup, beating Fakenham Town 2–0 in the final. The club were runners-up in the Southern League Premier Division in 2017–18, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Weymouth 3–0 in the semi-finals, they lost 2–1 to Slough Town in the final. The club were placed in the Premier Division Central for the 2018–19 season, going on to finish as runners-up and qualifying for the play-offs. After defeating Stratford Town and

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, they were promoted to the

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following a 3–2 win against Warrington Town in the super play-off final. The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic with the club second in the league, two points behind leaders

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with two games in hand. The National League later decided the final league table would be based on points-per-game, resulting in King's Lynn being declared champions, earning promotion to the

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. In

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the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time after

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were forced to cede their fourth qualifying round tie due to a COVID outbreak in their squad; King's Lynn went on to defeat League Two club

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1–0 at

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in the first round, before losing 6–1 at

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in the second. Another FA Cup first round appearance in 2021–22 ended in a 1–0 home defeat by

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, while the league season ended with King's Lynn being relegated from the National League back to the National League North. In

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they reached the FA Cup first round again, winning 1–0 at

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to progress to the second round where they lost 3–0 to

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. They went on to finish as runners-up in the National League North, but lost 4–1 to

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in the play-off semi-finals. In 2024–25 the club finished sixth in the division, before losing 1–0 to

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in the play-off quarter-finals.

Current squad

Reserve team

The club's reserve team joined the Reserve Division Two of the United Counties League in 2010, going on to win the division in their first season and earn promotion to Reserve Division One. After winning Reserve Division One the following season and the first team leaving the United Counties League, the reserves joined Division One of the Peterborough & District League in 2012. They secured a third successive title, earning promotion to the Premier Division. After winning the Premier Division the following season, the reserves joined Division One of the

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. They won the Division One Cup in 2016–17, beating

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1–0 in the final. The team was withdrawn from the Eastern Counties League at the end of the 2020–21 season.King's Lynn Town withdraw all teams from Thurlow Nunn League for next season
Lynn News, 10 June 2021

Ground

The club took over the Walks ground from King's Lynn, who had played there since being formed in 1881. Canvas screens were erected around the ground in 1892 to prevent people watching matches without paying. In 1893 a match was played against Wisbech Town under electric lights. A stand was built in 1896, although it was demolished in 1905, replaced by a 500-seat wooden grandstand built at a cost of £250. In the mid-1950s the Supporters Club installed terracing for 4,000 and 780 seats on the northern side of the pitch. In 1955 the wooden stand was sold to a company in Spalding and a new grandstand seating 1,400 with a terraced paddock holding 3,000 was built at a cost of £27,000 and opened by then

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President and FA Chairman

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on 18 August 1956. Floodlights were installed in 1963 and used for the first time in a Culey Festival Cup match against Cambridge City on 25 September.

Honours

*National League **National League North champions 2019–20 *Northern Premier League **Division One South champions 2012–13 *Norfolk Senior Cup **Winners 2016–17

Records

*Best

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performance: Second round,

*Best

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performance: Third round,

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*Best

performance: Semi-finals,

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*Biggest victory: 10–1 vs Raunds Town, United Counties League Premier Division, 1 January 2011

References

External links

Official website
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History

Current squad

Reserve team

Ground

Honours

Records

See also

References

External links