List of Margate F.C. seasons



Margate Football Club is an English association football club based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent. The club was founded in 1896 and played only friendlies and cup matches until 1909, when the team joined the Thanet and District League. Two years later Margate joined the Kent League, initially also playing in the Thanet League due to the county league's small fixture list, before stepping up to the Southern League in 1933. After four seasons at this level, however, the club was forced to resign on financial grounds and return to the Kent League. Margate returned to the Southern League in 1959 and remained there until 2001 when they gained promotion to the Football Conference, the highest level of English non-League football. During their stay at this level they were forced to groundshare with other clubs due to drawn-out and problematic redevelopment work at their Hartsdown Park ground. This led to the club being expelled from the Conference National in 2004 for failing to meet the division's stadium requirements. After one season in the Conference South the club was relegated to the Isthmian League.

The team, nicknamed "The Gate", have to date reached the third round proper of England's premier cup competition, the FA Cup, on two occasions. The club's best performance in the FA Trophy, the main cup competition specifically for non-League clubs, was a run to the quarter-final stage in 2001–02.

Key
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.

Key to league record P – games played W – games won D – games drawn L – games lost F – goals for A – goals against Pts – points Pos – final position Key to rounds – indicates that Margate did not enter the competition in the given season Grp – group stage QR1 – first qualifying round QR2 – second qualifying round, etc. REP – extra-preliminary round RP – preliminary round R1 – first round R2 – second round, etc. QF – quarter-final SF – semi-final n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions Conf – Conference ConfS/NLS – Conference South/National League South (renamed in 2015) IsP – Isthmian League Premier Division KL – Kent League KL1 – Kent League Division One KL2E – Kent League Division Two East SL – Southern League SLP – Southern League Premier Division SLS – Southern League Southern Division SL1 – Southern League Division One SL1S – Southern League Division One South SLE – Southern League Eastern Section SLC – Southern League Central Section SLMW – Southern League Midweek Section TDL – Thanet and District League

Key to cups CLC – Conference League Cup

EFC – Eastern Floodlit Cup ILC – Isthmian League Cup ITGC – Isle of Thanet Gazette Cup KAC – Kent Amateur Cup KFC – Kent Floodlit Cup KFL – Kent Floodlit League KFT – Kent Floodlit Trophy KJC – Kent Junior Cup KLC – Kent League Cup KMT – Kent Messenger Trophy KSC – Kent Senior Cup KSS – Kent Senior Shield MDCC – Margate and District Charity Cup SLC – Southern League Cup SLCH – Southern League Championship Match TMC – Thames and Medway Cup