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Canvey Island

Canvey Island FC

Canvey Island

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Founded

1926

Years standing

100

Home ground

Park Lane, Canvey Island

Capacity

4,100500 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

  • FA Trophy
  • Winners 2000–01
  • Isthmian League
  • Premier Division champions 2003–04
  • Division One champions 1998–99
  • Division Two champions 1995–96, 1997–98
  • Greater London League
  • Division One champions 1967–68, 1968–69
  • League Cup winners 1967–68, 1968–69
  • Parthenon League
  • League Cup winners 1958–59
  • Essex Senior League
  • Champions 1986–87, 1992–93
  • League Cup winners 1979–80, 1992–93
  • Harry Fisher Memorial Trophy winners 1993–94
  • Thurrock Combination
  • Champions 1955–56
  • League Cup winners 1952–53, 1955–56

Nickname: The Gulls, The Islanders, Yellows

Make The Case

Canvey Island are not a spare club. They are England FA Trophy, Park Lane, Canvey Island, and 100 years of people deciding this was theirs, pick them and the season has a second spine.

  • Easy weekend

    London Southend Airport (SEN) is about 8km from the ground, and Leigh-on-Sea railway station is 3km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

  • The calendar you inherit

    England FA Trophy is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. England does not do easy neutrals.

  • Old enough to matter

    1926 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

  • Loaded cabinet

    6 distinct honours on record, including FA Trophy. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

Matchday Trip

Ground: Park Lane, Canvey Island. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

London Southend Airport (SEN)

8 km / 5 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Leigh-on-Sea railway station

3.2 km / 2 miles out

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Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Park Lane, Canvey Island

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to Park Lane, Canvey Island

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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