Folkestone Invicta F.C.

Folkestone Invicta

Full name

Folkestone Invicta Football Club

Nickname(s)

Invicta, The Seasiders, Stripes

Founded

1936

Ground

Cheriton Road, Folkestone

Capacity

4,000 (900 seated)^[1]

Chairman

Paul Morgan

Manager

Neil Cugley

League

Isthmian League Premier Division

2016–17

Isthmian League Premier Division, 15th of 24

Home colours

Away colours

Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. There are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Cheriton Road.

History

The club was established in 1936 and initially played in the East Kent Amateur League, before joining the Eastern Section of the Kent County League. They won Division One in 1969–70 and were Division One runners-up in 1976–77 before going on to win the Premier Division in 1978–79.^[2] The Premier Division was renamed the Senior Division in 1984. The town's main club, Folkestone, folded in 1990, and after a third-place finish in 1990–91,^[3] Invicta joined Division Two of the Kent League, which was largely composed of reserve teams. They went on to win the division, as well as the Division Two Cup and the Kent Intermediate Shield in the 1991–92 season, and were promoted to Division One.^[2]

Folkestone were runners-up in Division One of the Kent League in 1997–98, earning promotion to the Southern Division of the Southern League. They were transferred to the Eastern Division for the 1999–2000 season. They went on to finish as runners-up in the division, earning promotion to the Premier Division. The club spent three seasons in the Premier Division, before finishing bottom of the table in 2002–03, after which they were relegated to the Eastern Division. A fifth-place finish the following season was enough for an immediate promotion due to the creation of the Conference North and South creating several spaces in the divisions above. However, the club were transferred to the Isthmian League, joining its Premier Division.^[4]

In 2005–06 Folkestone reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 2–1 at League Two Chester City. The club spent four seasons in the Isthmian League Premier Division before relegation to Division One South at the end of the 2008–09 season. In 2009–10 they were runners-up in Division One South, having missed out on the title due to having ten points deducted for going into administration.^[4]^[2] However, they qualified for the promotion play-offs, and after beating Leatherhead on penalties in the semi-finals, they defeated Godalming Town 2–1 in the final, earning promotion back to the Premier Division. In the following season the club finished bottom of the Premier Division and the club were relegated straight back to Division One South.

The next four seasons saw Folkestone finish in the top five, qualifying for the promotion play-offs; in 2011–12 they lost 2–1 to Dulwich Hamlet in the semi-finals and in 2012–13 they lost at the same stage to Maidstone United. In 2013–14 they won their semi-final, beating Hastings United 3–2, but lost on penalties to Leatherhead in the final after a 1–1 draw.^[4] They reached the final again in 2014–15 after defeaing Whyteleafe in the semi-finals, but were beaten 3–0 in the final by Merstham.^[4] After four successive play-off failures, the club won Division One South in 2015–16 to return to the Premier Division.^[4]

Ground

Cheriton Road

When Folkestone folded in 1990, Folkestone Invicta were playing in nearby Hythe. However, they returned to the town in 1991, taking over Folkestone's old Cheriton Road in 1991 after Folkestone.^[5]

Honours

Isthmian League
- Division One South champions 2015–16
Kent League
- Division Two Champions 1991–92
- Division Two Cup Winners 1991–92
Kent County League
- Eastern Section Premier Division champions 1978–79
- Eastern Section Division One champions 1969–70
- Les Leckie Cup winners 1990–91^[2]
Kent Intermediate Shield
- Winners 1991–92

Records

Best FA Cup performance: First round, 2005–06^[4]
Best FA Trophy performance: Third round, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2003–04^[4]
Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 1997–98^[4]
Record attendance: 2,322 v West Ham United, friendly match, 1996–97^[2]
Biggest victory: 13–0 vs Faversham Town, May 1995^[2]
Heaviest defeat: 7–1 vs Crockenhill, February 1993; vs Welling United, Kent Senior Cup, February 2009^[2]
Most appearances: Michael Everitt, 631^[2]
Most goals: James Dryden, 141^[2]

References

↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p324 ISBN 978-1869833695
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 History of Folkestone Invicta F.C Folkestone Invicta F.C.
↑ Kent County League 1984–1991 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Folkestone Invicta at the Football Club History Database
↑ Folkestone Invicta Pyramid Passion

External links

Official website

Isthmian League
Premier Division	Billericay Town Brightlingsea Regent Burgess Hill Town Dorking Wanderers Dulwich Hamlet Enfield Town Folkestone Invicta Harlow Town Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lowestoft Town Margate Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Thurrock Tonbridge Angels Tooting & Mitcham United Wingate & Finchley Worthing
North Division	AFC Hornchurch AFC Sudbury Aveley Barking Bowers & Pitsea Brentwood Town Bury Town Canvey Island Cheshunt Dereham Town Grays Athletic Haringey Borough Hertford Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Mildenhall Town Norwich United Potters Bar Town Romford Soham Town Rangers Tilbury Waltham Abbey Ware Witham Town
South Division	Ashford United Carshalton Athletic Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Cray Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Greenwich Borough Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Lewes Molesey Phoenix Sports Ramsgate Shoreham Sittingbourne South Park Thamesmead Town VCD Athletic Walton Casuals Whyteleafe
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Folkestone
People	List of people from Folkestone
Political	Shepway Folkestone and Hythe constituency
Education	The Harvey Grammar School Folkestone School for Girls The Folkestone Academy Pent Valley Technology College K College University Centre Folkestone
Transport	Folkestone West railway station Folkestone Central railway station Folkestone Harbour railway station Folkestone East railway station M20 motorway Channel Tunnel
Sport, arts and leisure	Folkestone Invicta F.C. Folkestone Sports Centre Folkestone Triennial Leas Cliff Hall Tower Theatre Folkestone & Hythe Operatic & Dramatic Society Folkestone White Horse Leas Lift
Media	Folkestone Herald Kentish Express KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country Academy FM (Folkestone)
Historical events	1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash 2007 Kent earthquake
Twin towns	Boulogne-sur-Mer Middelburg Étaples

Coordinates: 51°5′11.602″N 1°9′34.031″E / 51.08655611°N 1.15945306°E / 51.08655611; 1.15945306

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Folkestone Invicta F.C.

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