Hythe Town F.C.

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Hythe Town
Full name	Hythe Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Forters or Reds
Founded	c. 1911
Ground	Reachfields Stadium, Fort Road, Hythe (Capacity 3,000 (400 seated))
Chairman	Paul Markland
Manager	Paul Fisk
League	Kent League Premier Division
2006–07	Kent League Premier Division
Home colours 　 Away colours

Hythe Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hythe in Kent, and playing in the Kent League Premier Division in the English football league system. They were FA Vase semi-finalists in 1990.

The club is nicknamed The Reds. The team plays its home matches at the Reachfields Stadium, Fort Road.

Contents 1 History 2 Ground 3 Club records 4 Current squad 5 External links

[edit] History

Hythe Town FC was originally formed in around 1911 from the ashes of the defunct Hythe Wednesday FC. Right up until the 1970s Hythe Town was a junior club and won the Kent Amateur League (twice) as well as the Kent Junior Cup. In 1976 the club finally acquired its own ground at Reachfields, and was granted senior status and elected into the Kent League. In the 1980s property developer Tony Walton took over the club, boasting grand plans to reach the Football League and whilst this seemed unrealistic to most fans, he rapidly developed the ground up to Southern Football League standard and spent heavily bringing in many of the top players of Kent football. His big spending was rewarded as Town won the Kent League in 1988/89, and having been promoted into the Southern League, challenged strongly but unsuccessfully for further progress.

Success also came in cup competitions, with an appearance in the FA Vase semi-final in 1990, however just two years later Tony Walton resigned Hythe from the League. A new club was formed at a public meeting under the name Hythe United, and this club was granted temporary use of Reachfields. Shepway District Council became the new landlords of the stadium and United continued as tenants, initially playing in the Kent Amateur League Division One, and later in the Premier Division.

After three seasons, the club regained senior status and re-joined the Kent League. Soon after this, the club reverted to their old name of Hythe Town.

[edit] Ground

Reachfields Stadium can accommodate 3,000, with 2,400 under cover, including 400 seated. The record attendance is 2,147 against Yeading in 1990. The ground boasts an unusual twin-deck stand, with a particularly good view from the upper deck.

[edit] Club records

• Best league performance: 6th in Southern League Southern Division, 1989/90
• Best FA Cup performance: 4th qualifying round, 1989/90
• Best FA Vase performance: Semi-final, 1989/90

[edit] Current squad

As of February, 2008

Goalkeepers

• Paul Hyde
• Jon Sparks

Defenders

• Tom Adlington
• Ian Ross
• Will Dunlop
• Darren Walmsley
• John Walker
• James Gregory
• Gavin Ransley
• Sam Marsh

Midfielders

• Simon Rainbow
• Dan Fisk
• Ian Hayes
• Jason Brazier
• Dale Skelton
• Dave Cook
• Lee Winfield

Forwards

• Buster Smissen
• Pat Kingwell
• Joe Neilson

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Hythe Town at the Football Club History Database

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