Northfleet United F.C.

Northfleet United Football Club
Full name	Northfleet United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Fleet; The Cementers
Founded	1890
Dissolved	1946
Ground	Stonebridge Road; Northfleet; Gravesham
Home colours	Away colours

Northfleet United Football Club was a football club based in Northfleet, Kent.

History[]

The club was founded in 1890. In 1905 Northfleet United moved into the newly constructed Stonebridge Road ground. They joined the Kent League in 1906–07 and were runners-up in their inaugural season. 'The Fleet' followed that with three successive championship titles in 1907–08, 1908–09 and 1909–10. The team repeated winning the championship in 1919–20 and were runners-up in 1921–22. In the intervening season, 1920–21, they were winners of the Kent Senior Cup.

Following financial difficulties in 1923, Northfleet entered into a^[2] formal arrangement whereby they played youngsters from Football League Tottenham Hotspur. United were Kent League Cup winners^[3] in 1923–24, League runners-up in the following season and a year later in 1925–26 were Kent League Division 1 champions scoring 172 goals over a 36 match season. The club were Kent League Cup finalists in 1926–27, losing to the Chatham-based Royal Naval Depot. For five successive seasons between 1923–24 to 1927–28 Northfleet United won the Kent Senior Cup.

Northfleet United joined the Southern League in 1927–28, joining the Easern Section, but left in 1930.^[4] and rejoined the Kent League

In 1931, the arrangement with Tottenham Hotspur was upgraded to full nursery team status,^[2] and this heralded a period of seven seasons of success during which period they scored a minimum of 110 goals in league competition each season. Northfleet were Kent League Division 1 Championship and Kent League Cup double winners in 1931–32, 1934–35, and 1936–37. Additionally, they were Kent League Division 1 Championship winners twice more in 1935–36 (completing a straight hat-trick as league toppers) & 1938–39, were Kent League Cup victors again in 1937–38, and lifted the Kent Senior Cup in 1937–38 too. The club were Kent Senior Cup semi-finalists in both 1935–36 and 1936–37, losing to ultimate winners and Arsenal nursery team^[2] Margate on both occasions. The 1932–33 season was by comparison a relative anticlimax as Kent League runners-up, to Margate on goal average only!

With the outbreak of the Second World War league competition ceased as did the nursery team arrangement.

In 1946, the club merged with Gravesend United to form Gravesend & Northfleet, which is now known as Ebbsfleet United who continue to play at the Northfleet United home ground of Stonebridge Road.

In November 2015, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding, a complete history of the club – called Set in Concrete – was published.^[5]

Season playing records[]

Season	Lge	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Other*
1906–07	Kent League	14	9	0	5	37	19	18	2/8	4Q
1907–08	Kent League	16	14	1	1	24	11	29	1/9
1908–09	Kent League	16	13	1	2	52	22	27	1/9	4Q
1909–10	Kent Lge Div 1	22	17	2	3	74	31	36	1/12
1910–11	Kent Lge Div 1	26	7	4	15	38	64	18	13/14
1911–12	Kent Lge Div 1	28	10	5	13	47	48	25	8/15
1912–13	Kent Div Lge 1	28	14	5	9	58	55	33	4/15
1913–14	Kent Div Lge 1	30	17	5	8	63	49	37	4/16	2pts deducted
1919–20	Kent League	24	19	3	2	70	22	41	1/13		ru:KSS
1920–21	Kent Lge Div 1	32	21	3	8	76	40	45	3/17
1921–22	Kent Lge Div 1	28	18	6	4	78	36	42	2/15	5Q
1922–23	Kent Lge Div 1	32	17	5	10	88	41	39	4/17
1923–24	Kent Lge Div 1	30	15	5	10	61	35	35	4/16		w:KLC & KSC
1924–25	Kent Lge Div 1	34	29	1	4	114	25	59	2/18		w:KSC
1925–26	Kent Lge Div 1	36	29	3	4	172	48	61	1/19	R1	w:KSC
1926–27	Kent Lge Div 1	26	15	3	8	76	51	33	5/14	R2	ru:KLC; w:KSC
1927–28	Sthn Lge: East	34	17	7	10	83	54	41	3/18	R1	w:KSC
1928–29	Sthn Lge: East	36	17	4	15	87	65	38	9/19	R2
1929–30	Sthn Lge: East	32	6	7	19	53	77	19	16/17	R2
1930–31	Kent Lge Div 1	36	22	3	11	125	58	47	4/19	R1
1931–32	Kent Lge Div 1	36	32	2	2	138	22	66	1/19	R1	w:KLC
1932–33	Kent Lge Div 1	34	28	1	5	126	50	57	2/18
1933–34	Kent Lge Div 1	36	23	3	10	122	47	48	4/19	R1
1934–35	Kent Lge Div 1	36	26	7	3	110	51	50	1/19	4Q	w:KLC
1935–36	Kent Lge Div 1	36	26	5	5	158	41	57	1/19		sf:KSC
1936–37	Kent Lge Div 1	32	25	2	5	128	29	52	1/17		w:KLC; sf:KSC
1937–38	Kent Lge Div 1	32	23	5	4	116	29	51	3/17		w:KLC & KSC
1938–39	Kent Lge Div 1	28	20	4	4	125	38	44	1/15
*KEY: KLC=Kent League Cup; KSC=Kent Senior Cup; KSS=Kent Senior Shield

Key

League Record

Pld = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position/rank

FA Cup

1Q = First qualifying round
2Q = Second qualifying round
3Q = Third qualifying round
4Q = Fourth qualifying round
5Q = Fifth qualifying round
R1 = First round proper
R2 = Second round proper

'Other'

w = winner
ru = runner-up
sf = semi-finalist

Former players[]

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

References[]

^ Delaney, Sean (10 May 2021). "New book about record breaking double sports star and Northfleet United striker Tommy Cook to raise money for Mind". KentOnline. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kent's nursery clubs Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 May 2009
^ Kent League Cup Winners Retrieved 19 April 2014
^ Northfleet United at the Football Club History Database
^ [1] Retrieved 5 November 2015

[1] Delaney, Sean (10 May 2021). "New book about record breaking double sports star and Northfleet United striker Tommy Cook to raise money for Mind". KentOnline. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[atn-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kent's nursery clubs Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 May 2009

[3] Kent League Cup Winners Retrieved 19 April 2014

[4] Northfleet United at the Football Club History Database

[5] [1] Retrieved 5 November 2015

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