- Faversham Town F.C.
Infobox Football club
clubname = Faversham Town
fullname = Faversham Town Football Club
nickname = The Sorters, The Creeksiders
The Lilywhites
shortname =
founded = c.1879
dissolved =
ground = Salters Lane
Faversham
Kent
capacity = 2,000
chairman = Bob Mason
mgrtitle = Joint Managers
manager = Justin Luchford
Jimmy Strouts
league =Kent League
Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position =Kent League
Premier Division, 13th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFFaversham Town F.C. are a football club based in
Faversham ,England . They joined theKent League in 1949 and won 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) or "Sorters" (as they play at Salters Lane) and are the only team besides the England national football team to wear the 3 lions badge.
History
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 newMetropolitan Football League . Two years later they were on the move again, this time to theAthenian 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.
For the 2006-07 season Faversham rejoined the Kent League.
Club records
*Best League performance: Kent League champions 1969/70, 1970/71, 1989/90
*BestFA Cup performance: 2nd qualifying round, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1991/92
*BestFA Trophy performance: Preliminary round, 1974/75 (only entry)
* BestFA Vase performance: 3rd round, 1991/92ources
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External links
* [http://www.favershamtownfc.co.uk/ Club website]
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