Tilbury F.C.
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| Full name | Tilbury Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Dockers |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Ground | Chadfields, Tilbury |
| Capacity | 4,000 (350 seats) |
| Owner | Tilbury Football Club Ltd |
| Chairman | Daniel Nash |
| Manager | Gary Henty |
| League | Isthmian League Division One North |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Division One North, 11th |
Tilbury Football Club are a football club based in Tilbury, Thurrock, England, established in 1895. In 1976, they won the Isthmian League Second Division. In the 1977–78 season, they reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, their best performance in the competition. They currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League.
Tilbury F.C. was formed in 1889, joining the Gravesend League. and first affiliated to Essex F.A. in 1896. After World War I they played in the South Essex League. In 1927, the club gained senior status and joined the Kent League, after several other senior leagues had rejected them, but after four seasons the financial constraints of travelling to Kent for away games saw them leave this league and switch to the London League.
In 1950, buoyed by a successful FA Cup run the year before where they met Notts County, led by ex-England centre forward Tommy Lawton, losing 4–0, Tilbury joined the Corinthian League. In 1957 they switched back to the London League, where they were champions for four consecutive seasons between 1958 and 1962. After their four title win they joined the Delphian League but the 1962–63 Delphian League campaign had to be abandoned due to extensive adverse weather conditions and the league then promptly folded completely.
Tilbury next joined the Athenian League, where they won the Division two title at the first attempt, followed by the Division One title in 1968–69. In 1973, after a third-place finish in the Premier Division, they joined the newly formed Isthmian League Division Two, where they won the championship in 1975–76. In 1979–80 they were relegated from what was now called the Premier Division to the new Division One, followed by further relegation to Division Two North in 1986–87 and Division Three in 1990–91. They were promoted from Division Three at the first attempt but were relegated once again in 1997–98. In 1999-00 they were promoted once again to Division Two, then placed in Division One North when the league was re-organised in 2002. For the 2004–05 season they were switched to the Southern League, being placed in the Eastern Division, where they promptly finished bottom and were relegated to the Essex Senior League. In 2005–06 they finished third in the Essex League, sufficient to see them promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North.
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