Canterbury City F.C.
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| Full name | Canterbury City Football Club |
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Ground | The Homelands, Kingsnorth |
| Capacity | 3,200 (500 seated) |
| Chairman | Tim Clark |
| Manager | Ben Smith |
| League | Southern Counties East League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Southern Counties East League Premier Division, 8th |
Canterbury City Football Club is a football club based in Canterbury, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and play at the Homelands in Ashford, where they groundshare with Ashford United.
Affiliated to the Kent County Football Association, the club reformed in 2007 and were the first football club formed as a community interest company.
The original Canterbury City were formed in 1904, joining the East Kent Thursday League for the 1904–05 season. The following season saw them join both the East Kent League and the Faversham & District League, but they folded at the end of the 1906–07 season. In 1910 the club was reformed by P.C. Speed and joined Division Two West of the Kent League. However, they withdrew from the league during the season, dropping into the Thanet League before folding after playing their last match on 10 December. The name Canterbury City was resurrected in 1920 when Canterbury Alliance changed their name after being promoted to Division One of the Faversham & District League. However, they folded during the 1921–22 season after being unable to collect entrance fees from spectators as they played on a recreation ground.
A new Canterbury City was formed in 1947, and joined Division One of the Kent League. They remained in the league until it folded in 1959, at which point they joined the Metropolitan League. After one season in the Metropolitan League, Canterbury moved up to Division One of the Southern League. In 1964–65 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 6–0 at home to Fourth Division Torquay United. They reached the first round again in 1968–69, losing 1–0 at Third Division Swindon Town.
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