Lydd Town F.C.
Full name | Lydd Town Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Lydders[1] | ||
Founded | 1885 | ||
Ground | The Lindsey Field, Lydd[2] | ||
Chairman | Pat Lindsey[3] | ||
Manager | Liam Smith[4] | ||
League | Southern Counties East League Division One | ||
2016â17 | Southern Counties East League Division One, 9th of 19 | ||
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Lydd Town F.C. are an English semi-professional football club based in Lydd, Kent. The club formed in 1885, playing locally until they entered the Kent County Football League in 1959. The club's most successful period came in 1989â94 when they won the league in five successive seasons. Despite falling down the Kent County League system in the 2000s, the club were successful in their application to join the Kent Invicta Football League for its inaugural 2011â12 season. For the 2016â17 season, they will be playing in the newly formed Southern Counties East Football League Division One, formerly the Kent Invicta Football League
History
Lydd Town Football Club was established in 1885 and entered the South Eastern (Ashford) League.[5] Their first silverware came in 1909â10 when they won the Rye Charity Cup.[5] in 1921, the club changed its colours from blue and white to green and red.[5] For the 1959â60 season the Lydd Town entered the Kent County Football League Premier Division East, winning the title in 1969â70 and 1970â71.[6] Between 1989 and 1994 the club won the league five times in a row.[6] However, due to a restructuring of the Kent County League system, the first three were in the Senior Division east, and the final two were in Division One East.[5] During this time the Lydders also won several les Leckie Cups.[6] They were eventually promoted to the Premier Division for the 1994â95 season, and the following season they finished runners-up in both the league and the Inter-Regional Cup.[5][6] In the 2005â06 season, they finished bottom in the Kent County League Premier Division and were relegated to the Kent County League Division One East. In 2008â09 they finished bottom of this division and found themselves in Division Two East.[7] After winning Division Two East, Lydd Town were promoted back to Division One East.[6] The club was accepted into the newly formed Kent Invicta Football League for the inaugural 2011â12 season.[8] Lydd Town finished in sixth place in the 2012â13 season.
Colours
Lydd Town's colours are green and red shirts, with green shorts and red socks.[2] Their away kit is blue and yellow shirts, with blue shorts and socks.[2]
Grounds
Lydd Town play their home games at The Lindsey Field, Dengemarsh Road, Lydd, Kent, TN29 9JH.
Lydd Town's first ground was The Rype.[5] They moved to The Lindsay field on the outskirts of town for the 1999â2000 season.[5]
Squad
Lydd are managed by Liam Smith, son of former manager Dave Smith who stepped down at the end of the 2015â16 season ending his second spell as manager of the club. Smith was the club captain during the 1990s.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Lydd Town has won eight league championships and thirteen cups in its history.[5][6]
- Kent County Football League Premier Division
- Runners-up 1995â96
- Kent County Football League Senior Division East
- Champions 1989â90, 1990â91, 1991â92
- Runners-up 1987â88, 1988â89
- Kent County Football League Premier Division East
- Champions 1969â70, 1970â71
- Runners-up 1971â72, 1979â80
- Kent County Football League Division One East
- Champions 1992â93, 1993â94
- Kent County Football League Division Two East
- Runners-up 2010â11
- Kent County Football League Premier Division East Challenge Cup
- Champions 1984â85
- Inter-Regional Cup
- Runners-up 1995â96
- Les Leckie Cup
- Winners 1987â88, 1988â89, 1989â90, 1991â92, 1992â93, 1993â94, 2002â03
- Runners-up 1986â87, 2000â01
- Floodlight Cup
- Winners 1992â93, 1993â94, 1994â95
- Runners-up 1991â92
- Kent Invicta Challenge Trophy[10]
- Runners Up(1): 2012â13
- Rye Charity Cup
- Winners 1909â10
References
- â Non-league UK â Lydd Town Accessed 22 January 2012
- 1 2 3 Kent Invicta Football League official website â Lydd Town Accessed 22 January 2012
- â Lydd Town clubwebsite â Sponsors Accessed 22 January 2012
- â Lydd Town official website â Squad Accessed 28 December 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lydd Town clubwebsite â History Accessed 22 January 2012
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kent County Football League â History Archived 2 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 22 January 2012
- â Tony kempster â Kent County Football League Division One East 2008â09 Accessed 22 January 2012
- â Ashford United official website â Update Accessed 22 January 2012
- â "Lydd Town Football Club Squad". Lydd Town.
- â "Hollands & Blair 4â3 Lydd Town". Kent Sports News. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
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