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Ramsgate F.C.
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| Full name | Ramsgate Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1945 (1886) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Southwood Stadium Ramsgate Kent (Capacity 5,000) |
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| Chairman | Richard Lawson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Jim Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramsgate Football Club are a football team based in Ramsgate, Kent. Having played for many years in the Kent League, they have been promoted for two consecutive seasons and now play in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
The main local rivals of the club are Margate F.C. who are situated just 3 miles away. When the two teams meet, it is known as the Thanet derby.
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The earliest incarnation of Ramsgate FC had played since at least 1886 but folded in 1924, with local rivals Ramsgate Glenville taking over their Southwood ground. Glenville did not reform after World War II and a new club dubbed Ramsgate Athletic took over Southwood. The club retained the Athletic name until 1972.
Athletic played in the original incarnation of the Kent League from their formation until the collapse of the league in 1959. This was the club's best period for nearly 50 years, with two consecutive league titles, several county cups, and a run to the first round of the FA Cup. With the collapse of the Kent League the Rams migrated to the Southern League, where they initially did well but were forced to resign and drop down to the re-formed Kent League in 1976.
For nearly thirty years the club performed well without seriously challenging for promotion, but their fortunes changed in 2004 with the return of former manager Jim Ward. He led the club to two consecutive championships (Kent League Premier Division and Isthmian League First Division), taking the club into the Isthmian League Premier Division for 2006/07, which therefore offered the first derby matches for many years against Isle of Thanet rivals Margate.
Southwood Stadium was the home of earlier Ramsgate clubs Ramsgate Town and Ramsgate Grenville, and became the home of Ramsgate Athletic upon their foundation after the Second World War. The largest crowd registered at the ground was 5,038 for the visit of local rivals Margate in 1955.[1]
In the 2006–07 season, Ramsgate's average attendance was 420, the ninth highest figure in the Isthmian League Premier Division. For the visit of rivals Margate the crowd was 1,762, nearly triple the attendance at any other match.[2]
- Best league performance: 9th in Isthmian League Premier Division, 2006–07
- Best FA Cup performance: 1st round proper, 1955–56 and 2005–06
- Best FA Trophy performance: 3rd qualfying round, 1969–70 and 1975–76
- Best FA Vase performance:Quarter-finals, 1999–2000[3][4]
- ^ Pyramid Passion
- ^ Attendances: Isthmian League Premier Division. Tony's English Football Site. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
- ^ Ramsgate at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Ramsgate Athletic at the Football Club History Database
