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Margate Town Football Club was founded in August 1896 at a meeting held at Trinity School, Margate, chaired by Colonel Rowland Hill. It was agreed that a team should be formed to represent the town although there were already numerous clubs based in the Margate area.
A year later the club reformed, initially under the name Margate Town, and returned to the Kent League, still playing at Dreamland, but folded again due to heavy debts. [8] In 1929 the club reformed again and moved to its present home at Hartsdown Park, leasing part of the park from the local council for conversion into a football stadium.
After the First World War, Margate joined the Kent League, but in 1923 the league suspended the team due to financial irregularities and the club promptly folded. A year later the club reformed, initially under the name Margate Town, and returned to the Kent League, still playing at Dreamland, but folded again due to heavy debts.
This category is for footballers who are or were on the books of Margate F.C. They do not necessarily have to have played a first-team match for the club.
After the First World War, Margate joined the Kent League, but in 1923 the league suspended the team due to financial irregularities and the club promptly folded. A year later the club reformed, initially under the name Margate Town, and returned to the Kent League, still playing at Dreamland, but folded again due to heavy debts.
Margate played for the first time on a Sunday on 27.1.1974 in a Southern League Cup tie at home to Bognor Regis Town. The first time Margate ever used more than one substitute in a competitive game was on 6.8.77 when Alan Draper and Greg Wood both came on in a 1-0 win over Ramsgate in the Kent Senior Shield.
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The club moved to a ground in Garlinge in the early 20s but financial problems saw it fold in 1923, reforming as Margate Town in 1924 and returning to play at Dreamland. The club folded again in 1928, reforming the following year and playing at a new ground, Hartsdown Park.
