Sheppey United F.C.
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| Full name | Sheppey United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The 'Ites' |
| Founded | 1890 (reformed in 2010) |
| Ground | Holm Park |
| Capacity | 1450 |
| Chairman | Matthew J. Smith |
| Manager | Ernie Batten |
| League | Southern Counties East League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | Southern Counties East League Premier Division, 5/20 |
Sheppey United F.C. is an English football club based on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The club are members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division and play at Holm Park. The club is affiliated to the Kent County Football Association.
The club was formed in 1890 by a merger of Sheerness Victoria and Invicta, and initially played at the Sheppey United Cricket Club ground at Botany Road. They were founder members of both the Southern League and the Kent League in 1894. In the Southern League they were placed in Division Two, in which they finished as runners-up in the first season, before losing the promotion/relegation test match against Clapton 5–1. The following season they finished second again, and this time won the test match, defeating Royal Ordnance Factories 4–2 to earn promotion to Division One. At the end of the season they left the Kent League. The season also saw the club make their debut in the FA Cup when they played Millwall Athletic, but lost 4–0.
In their first season in Division One they finished second bottom of the table, but avoided relegation by defeating RETB Chatham 2–1 in the test matches. The following season the club finished a creditable 7th out of 12 clubs in the league, incudling finishing above future football league clubs Swindon Town and Millwall F.C.. In 1898–99 they again finished second bottom of the table but retained their Division One status after drawing the test match against Thames Ironworks 1–1. However, the following season they finished bottom of the table and lost the test match against Watford 2–1, resulting in relegation back to Division Two.
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