Folkestone Invicta F.C.

Folkestone Invicta Football Club is a football club based in Folkestone, Kent, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cheriton Road. History The club was established in 1936 and joined the East Kent Wednesday League for the 1936–37 season. They continued in the league until World War II. In 1962 the club joined the new Division Two of the Eastern Section of the Kent County Amateur League. They won the division at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. The club were Division One champions in 1969–70 and were promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated back to Division One at the end of the following season. After finishing as runners-up in Division One in 1976–77, the club were promoted back to the Premier Division. Two seasons after being promoted, Invicta were champions of the Eastern Section Premier Division. In 1980–81 they were beaten 2–0 by New Romney in the final of the League Cup. The Premier Division was renamed the Senior Division in 1984 and clubs in the division were granted 'Intermediate' status enabling them to enter a higher standard of county cup competition. The club were subsequently runners-up in the Kent Intermediate Shield in both the 1985–86 and 1989–90 seasons, losing 2–1 to Sevenoaks and 6–3 to Sangley Sports respectively. Folkestone folded in 1990, with Invicta, now the highest-ranked club in the town, taking over their Cheriton Road the following year. In 1990–91 Invicta won the league's Les Leckie Cup (defeating Kennington in the final) and finished third in the Premier Division, after which they were elected to Division Two of the Kent League, which was largely composed of reserve teams. They went on to win the division, as well as the Division Two Cup and the Kent Intermediate Shield in the 1991–92 season, and were promoted to Division One, as well as being awarded senior status. Their first spell in Division One saw them reach the final of the Kent Senior Trophy twice; in 1993–94 they lost 3–1 to Alma Swanley and in 1993–94 were beaten in a penalty shoot-out 5–4 by Deal Town. The club were runners-up in Division One in 1997–98, earning promotion to the Southern Division of the Southern League, also losing another Kent Senior Trophy final 1–0 to Greenwich Borough. After losing 1–0 to Welling United in the final of the Kent Senior Cup in 1998–99, the club were transferred to the Eastern Division for the 1999–2000 season.