Faversham Town Football Club is a football club based in

Faversham Faversham is a market town in Kent, England, from London and from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary. It is close to the A2 road (Great Britain), A2, which foll ...

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. Nicknamed the 'Lilywhites' due to their white strip, they are currently members of the and play at Salters Lane.

History

The club was established in 1884 and were founder members of the Kent League in 1894, joining Division Two of the new league.The 'original' Kent League 1894–1922
Non-League Matters They were Division Two champions in 1895–96, earning promotion to Division One. They left the league in 1900, but returned in 1904. When the league was expanded in 1909 they were moved into Division Two East. After finishing bottom of the division in 1911–12, the club left the league for a second time. The club rejoined the league in 1924 under the name Faversham Rangers, and were placed in Division Two (Mid-Kent). However, they left the league after three seasons.
Non-League Matters Now under the name Faversham Invicta, they joined Division One of the Eastern Section of the

Kent County League The Kent County League is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has seven senior divisions – a Premier Division, Division One East and West, Division Two East and West and Division Three East and West. It sits below the Sou ...

in 1934.Kent County Amateur League 1934–1938
Non-League Matters Although they were relegated to the Mid-Kent Section at the end of the 1934–35 season, they returned to the Kent League in 1937, joining Division Two. They finished bottom of the division in 1938–39. After

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Faversham (now under their current name) continued in the Kent League, and were Division Two runners-up in 1946–47.The 'original' Kent League 1944–1959
Non-League Matters They were promoted to Division One at the end of the 1948–49 season and remained in Division One until the league folded in 1959, at which point they joined the

Aetolian League The Aetolian (or Aitolian) League ( grc-gre, Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν) was a confederation of tribal communities and cities in ancient Greece centered in Aetolia in central Greece. It was probably established during the early Hellen ...

. In 1964 the Aetolian League merged with the London League to form the

Greater London League The Greater London League was a football league for clubs in and around London. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the London League and the Aetolian League, after the two leagues had run a joint league cup the previous season due to both str ...

, with Faversham placed in the 'B' Section. In 1965 they became members of the Premier Division. However, they left at the end of the 1965–66 season to join the reformed Kent League. They went on to win back-to-back league titles in 1969–70 and 1970–71, before joining Division One the Metropolitan–London League (a merger of the Greater London League and the

Metropolitan League The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England between 1949 and 1971.Athenian League The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this ...

, but after finishing bottom of the table in 1975–76 they returned to the Kent League. In 1977–78 they won the Kent League, a feat they repeated in 1989–90. After several seasons of struggling in the league, including finishing bottom of the table in 1995–96 and 2001–02, the club resigned from the league eight matches from the end of the 2002–03 season. They did not enter a league in 2003–04 or 2004–05, but joined the Premier Division of the

in 2005. After finishing as Premier Division runners-up in their first season, they were promoted back to the Kent League. They went on to win the Kent League in 2009–10, earning promotion to Division One South of the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...

. In

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Faversham finished third in Division One South, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After defeating Hythe Town 3–0 in the semi-finals, they were beaten 3–0 by

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in the final. Another third-place finish in 2014–15 ended with the club losing 5–4 on penalties to

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in the semi-finals of the play-offs after a 0–0 draw. They reached the play-offs again in 2015–16 after finishing fifth, but after beating Dorking Wanderers 2–1 in the semi-finals, the club lost 3–0 to

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in the final .

Ground

The club moved to Salters Lane in 1948.History
Faversham Town F.C. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,000, of which 200 is seated and 1,800 covered.

Crest

Due to the fact that Faversham's civic coat of arms is based on the

Royal Arms of England The royal arms of England are the Coat of arms, arms first adopted in a fixed form at the start of the age of heraldry (circa 1200) as Armorial of the House of Plantagenet, personal arms by the House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet kings who ruled ...

, Faversham Town is the only English club side to have a badge depicting three lions ''passant guardant'', similar to that of the England national team.

Honours

*Kent League **Champions 1969–70, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1989–90, 2009–10 **Division Two champions 1895–96 *Kent Senior Trophy **Winners 1976–77, 1977–78, 2009–10 *Kent Amateur Cup **Winners 1956–57, 1958–59, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

performance: Third qualifying round, 2016–17 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

performance: First round, 2021–22 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase, is an annual football competition for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System (or equivalently, tier 9 or 10 of the overall English footb ...

performance: Third round, 1991–92

References

External links

Official website
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