# Folkestone F.C.

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{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox football club
|clubname      = Folkestone
|image         = 
|caption       = 
|fullname      = 
|nickname      = the Magpies<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weston |first1=Archie |title=A straight tip |journal=Folkestone Herald |date=29 September 1923 |page=9}}</ref>
|shortname     = 
|founded       = 1894 (maybe reformed 1945)
|dissolved     = 1990
|ground        = Cheriton Road
|capacity      = 
}}

'''Folkestone Football Club''' was the name of two English [football](/source/football_(soccer)) clubs based in the town of [Folkestone](/source/Folkestone), [Kent](/source/Kent). It is unclear if the two clubs were connected, but neither has any formal connection to [Folkestone Invicta](/source/Folkestone_Invicta_F.C.), founded in 1936, which took over the Cheriton Road stadium after the demise of Folkestone F.C. in 1990. [Folkestone Invicta F.C.](/source/Folkestone_Invicta_F.C.) 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](/source/Kent_Football_League) in 1894 but left that league in 1904. In 1923 the club resurfaced in the [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League), where the team played until the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War).<ref name="O">{{fchd|name=Folkestone|id=FOLKESTO}}</ref>

The second Folkestone F.C. began life as '''Folkestone Town F.C.''', and played in the [Kent League](/source/Kent_Football_League) from 1945 until the league folded in 1959, whereupon the club joined the [Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League).  In 1968 this club adopted the Folkestone F.C. name,<ref name="T">{{fchd|name=Folkestone Town|id=FOLKESTT}}</ref> followed in 1974 by another name change to '''Folkestone and Shepway F.C.''', which lasted for six years before the Shepway element was dropped.<ref>{{fchd|name=Folkestone & Shepway|id=FOLKESTS}}</ref> The club folded in 1990<ref name="O" /> and, although a new club, '''Folkestone Town (1990) F.C.''' was formed, it also folded without even completing a full season.<ref name="T" />

The various incarnations of the club managed between them to reach the third round proper of the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) on two occasions.<ref name="O" />

==Ground==

The club played on Cheriton Road.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reserves lose |journal=Folkestone Herald |date=29 September 1923 |page=9}}</ref>

==Honours==

*Southern League Division One Champions [1963–64](/source/1963%E2%80%9364_Southern_Football_League)
*Central Section Champions, Southern League [1934–35](/source/1934%E2%80%9335_Southern_Football_League)
*Kent League Champions 1950–51, 1952–53
*Southern League Cup Winners 1934–35
*Kent League Cup Winners 1951–52<ref>{{cite news |title=Kent League Cup: Final |newspaper=Kentish Express |date=16 May 1952 |place=Ashford |page=3}}</ref>
*Kent Senior Cup Winners 1933–34, 1956–57, 1968–69, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1984–85

==Former coach==
*[Jack Kirby](/source/Jack_Kirby_(English_footballer)), player-manager, (1938–39)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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