Corinthian F.C.

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This club should not be confused with the pre-World War II Corinthians F.C., their post-war successors Corinthian-Casuals F.C., Brazil's Sport Club Corinthians Paulista or Corinthians F.C. (Isle of Man).

Corinthian Football Club was an English association football club formed in 1972 at Fawkham in Kent by a millionaire builder named Ron Billings, mainly to give his sons a club to play for. They played at the Gay Dawn Farm sports complex and were known for following the so-called "Corinthian ideal" of amateur sport, with players expected to adhere to a very strict code of conduct on the pitch.

The club played in the Kent League in the early 1980s but were promoted in 1985 to the Southern League Southern Division, at the time a level 7 league in the English football league system. In their first season in the league they finished a creditable fifth, but subsequent seasons saw them slide down the table until they finished bottom and were relegated to the Kent League in 1991. In 1998, after finishing bottom of that league for the second successive season, they dropped out and appear to have folded completely. The Gay Dawn Farm complex remains in use for junior football and has also been used as the home venue of Gillingham's reserve team.

Notable players to play for Corinthian include the former Watford and Gillingham star Andy Hessenthaler, who played at Gay Dawn as a teenager.

[edit] Club records

Best league performance: 5th in Southern League Southern Division (level 7), 1985/86
Best FA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1993/94
Best FA Vase performance: 5th round, 1987/88