Tonbridge Angels F.C.
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| Full name | Tonbridge Angels Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Angels |
| Founded | 1947 (as Tonbridge) |
| Ground | Longmead Stadium, Tonbridge |
| Capacity | 3,000 (inc 760 Seats) |
| Chairman | Steve Churcher |
| Manager | Steve McKimm |
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 4th |
Tonbridge Angels Football Club is an English football club who play at Longmead Stadium in Tonbridge, Kent, since moving from the Angel Ground in 1980.
The club were promoted to the Conference South after beating Lowestoft Town 4–3 in the play-off final of the Isthmian League Premier Division in the 2010–11 season. They were relegated back to the Isthmian League in 2014 where they compete as of the 2016-17 season.
Notable ex-players include England international Malcolm Macdonald, Aston Villa's league championship winning manager Ron Saunders and former England manager Roy Hodgson.
Tonbridge Football Club was formed in October 1947 following the suggestion of local businessman and founder chairman Mr. Herbert Portch, and was one of four clubs to be elected to the Southern Football League for the 1948–49 season. The club took out a lease on the Angel Ground, formerly the home of Kent County Cricket Club and named after the nearby hotel, 'The Angel'. Hence Tonbridge FC became known as 'The Angels'. A crowd of around 5,000 turned up for the club's opening league fixture against fellow newcomers Hastings United but the match was lost 2–1, with Albert Robson scoring the club's first ever goal. Progress was slow in the early days, with the club rock bottom at Christmas and with Harold Hobbis taking over as manager from Dunoon and Marshall Raybould, but the club would improve their form in the second half of the season to finish third from last.
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