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Margate

Margate FC

Margate

Kit impression

Founded

1896

Years standing

130

Home ground

Hartsdown Park

Capacity

2,100400 seats

Make The Case

Margate are not a spare club. They are England FA Trophy, Hartsdown Park, and 130 years of people deciding this was theirs, pick them and the season has a second spine.

  • 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.

  • Deep roots

    Founded in 1896, Margate were playing organised football before floodlights, substitutes or televised highlights existed. You are adopting 130 years of accumulated grudges.

  • Nothing won, everything to play for

    No major honours on record, which means every cup run is uncharted territory and every promotion feels like a coronation.

  • Cathedral football

    Hartsdown Park holds around 2,100,400. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.

Matchday Trip

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

Nearest airport

London Southend Airport (SEN)

52 km / 32 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Tivoli railway station

Walkable from the platform

See the whole England FA Trophy →

Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Things To Do Near Hartsdown Park

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 Hartsdown Park

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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