The
town of Folkestone, England has a
long and
rich tradition of
soccer/
football clubs dating back to the 1880s.
Folkestone Invicta was founded in 1936 as an
amateur club, playing in the
East Kent Amateur League (which later on became the
Kent County League). They moved into Cheriton Road and joined the Kent League in 1991. Over the past decade, Invicta has climbed the steps of the
English pyramid, eventually reaching the
Doc Marten sponsored Southern League Premier Division for the 2000/01 season.
Historical league table:
Place Year and League GP W D L GF GA PTS
13th 1992-93 Kent League First Division 40 16 5 19 78 95 53
12th 1993-94 Kent League First Division 40 17 6 17 83 73 57
4th 1994-95 Kent League First Division 40 21 11 8 107 51 74
10th 1995-96 Kent League First Division 38 15 11 12 82 56 56
6th 1996-97 Kent League First Division 40 19 7 14 66 57 64
2nd 1997-98 Kent League First Division 42 31 4 7 127 42 97
***Kent League First Division runner-up; Joined Southern League Southern Division***
3rd 1998-99 Southern League Southern Division 42 26 8 8 92 47 86
***Southern League Southern Division renamed Southern League Eastern Division***
2nd 1999-00 Southern League Eastern Division 42 30 7 5 101 39 97
***Southern League Eastern Division runner-up; Promoted to Southern League
Premier Division***
17th 2000-01 Southern League Premier Division 42 14 6 22 49 74 48
Thanks to the FCHD (www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk) for the historical league table and thanks to the Official Folkestone Invicta Football Club website (www.folkestoneinvicta.co.uk) for the town's
football history.