Kent Football United F.C.

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Kent Football United
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Full nameKent Football United Football Club
Founded2010
Dissolved2022
GroundGlentworth Sports Club, Dartford
The old Erith & Dartford Town club badge. Erith & Dartford Town F.C. logo.png
The old Erith & Dartford Town club badge.

Kent Football United Football Club was a semi-professional football club based in Dartford, Kent, England. They play at the Glentworth Sports Club.

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History

The club was established as Dartford Town in 1999 by Roy MacNeil. [1] They later joined the South London Alliance, winning Division Four in 2009–10. [2] In 2010 the club merged with Erith Town to form Erith & Dartford Town. Although Erith Town pulled out of the merger shortly afterwards, Dartford continued under the new name. [2] They were founder members of the Kent Invicta League in 2011, finishing thirteenth out of sixteen clubs in its first season. [3] At the end of the season they merged with the Kent Football United youth football club formed by Roy MacNeil's son Sam in 2010, adopting the youth club's name. [4] [5] In 2016 the Kent Invicta League merged into the Southern Counties East League, becoming its Division One. [6] In August 2022 they withdrew from the league. [7]

Ground

The club initially played at the Glentworth Sports Club in Central Park. [1] After joining the Kent Invicta League, they groundshared at VCD Athletic's Oakwood ground, [4] before returning to the Glentworth Sports Club in 2014. [8] Floodlights and a seated stand were installed in 2018, with the seats coming from the London Aquatics Centre. [9]

Records

Honours

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Erith Town's incoming chairman reveals name change Kentish Football, 23 March 2010
  2. 1 2 Merger wasn't going to work, admits Erith Town chief Kentish Football, 11 July 2010
  3. 1 2 Erith & Dartford Town at the Football Club History Database
  4. 1 2 I am determined to make Kent Football United a success despite the doubters, says Sam MacNeil Kentish Football, 24 June 2012
  5. Erith & Dartford Town change name again to Kent Football United Kentish Football, 23 June 2012
  6. Kent Football United at the Football Club History Database
  7. "End of the road for Kent Football United". Southern Counties East League. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. History Kent Football United F.C.
  9. "Kent Football United", Groundtastic, Autumn 2018, p17
  10. KFU 0 v 2 Glebe - record crowd of 208 cant prevent defeat Kent Football United F.C.

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