Faversham Town F.C.
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| Full name | Faversham Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lilywhites |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Ground | Shepherd Neame Stadium, Faversham |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Ray Leader |
| Manager | Ray Turner |
| League | Isthmian League Division One South |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Division One South, 5th |
Faversham Town Football Club are a football club based in Faversham, Kent, England. They joined the original Kent League in 1949 and the second Kent League in 1966, winning the title in 1970, 1971 and 1990. In 2003 they resigned from the league with 8 games left to play, but rejoined in 2006.
They are known locally as the 'Lilywhites' (because they play in white).
The club was formed in 1884, entering the Kent League in 1894. In those early years they played under a variety of names including Faversham Invicta, Faversham Railway and Faversham Rangers as well as Faversham Town.
The Lilywhites joined the original Kent League in 1949 and played there, without any great success, until it folded ten years later. Records are unclear as to what the club did next, but in 1966 a new incarnation of the Kent League was formed, with Faversham as one of the founder members. They played in this league until 1971 when, after two successive championships, they became founder members of the new Metropolitan–London League. Two years later they were on the move again, this time to the Athenian League, where they played for three seasons before rejoining the Kent League.
In the Lilywhites' second season back in the Kent League they were champions, a feat they repeated in 1990, but in 2003 they were forced to resign from the league midway through the season. Strangely the league opted not to expunge their record but rather to decide the final table on an "average points per game" basis.
The ground fell into disrepair, but was renovated in the spring of 2005 by a committed group of local people.
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