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Canterbury City F.C.

Canterbury City Football Club is a football club based in Canterbury, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Kent County League Premier Division and currently play at the Thanington Recreation Ground in Thanington. Affiliated to the Kent County Football Association, the club reformed in 2007 and were the first football club to be formed as a community interest company.

History
The original Canterbury City were formed in 1904, joining the East Kent Thursday League for the 1904–05 season. The following season saw them join both the East Kent League and the Faversham & District League, but they folded at the end of the 1906–07 season. However, they withdrew from the league during the season, and joined Division One of the Kent League. They remained in the league until it folded in 1959, at which point they joined the Metropolitan League. ==Grounds==
Grounds
The original Canterbury City played at Wincheap Grove. A 140-capacity stand and dressing rooms were built in 1904 and were opened on 4 December by the city's mayor. The modern version of the club originally played at the Kingsmead Stadium, but were evicted by the council in 2001. They played at Deal Town's Charles Sports Ground in 2017–18, before moving to Salters Lane, the home ground of Faversham Town, for the 2018–19 season. After Faversham Town informed Canterbury that they would not wish to continue the arrangement into the 2022–23 season, a groundshare was arranged with Sittingbourne. In March 2023, they announced a new groundshare arrangement to play the following season at Margate's Hartsdown Park. Following the announcement of being unable to arrange a suitable ground to play at for the 2025–26 season and voluntarily relegating to the Kent County League, the club moved to the Thanington Recreation Ground in Thanington. ==Honours==
Honours
Kent League • League Cup winners 1949–50 • Kent County League • Division One East champions 2008–09 • Division Two East champions 2007–08 • Les Leckie Cup winners 2008–09 • Kent Senior Cup • Winners 1953–54 • Kent Senior Trophy • Winners 1979–80 • Frank Norris Trophy • Winners 1988–89, 1989–90 • Kent County Junior Cup • Winners 2007–08 ==Records==
Records
• Best FA Cup performance: First round, 1964–65, 1968–69 • Best FA Trophy performance: Second round, 1974–75 • Best FA Vase performance: Semi-finals, 2018–19 ==See also==
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