Sheppey United F.C.
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Sheppey United F.C. is a football club based on the Isle of Sheppey, in Kent, England and was formed in 1890. It was a founding member of the Southern Football League Division Two in 1894 and played in the Southern League Division One for four seasons from 1896-97 to 1899-1900 when it was relegated.
The club was also a founding member of the Kent League. It has won the Kent League seven times in its history in 1906, 1907, 1928, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1995 as well as the Greater London League in 1965. Sheppey United has had three separate stints in the Southern League. The club also has numerous county cups to its name.
However, in March 2001, it resigned from the Kent League. The club returned to competitive football for the 2003-04 season playing in the Kent County League. Since joining the Kent County League, the club has won promotion to Division One East and has won the Eastern Section Junior Cup in 2004 and the Senior Les Leckie Cup in 2006.
At the start of the 2007/08 season, however, the club - once again - withdrew the first team from competitive football to be replaced with a new team, AFC Sheppey, and now operates youth teams only.
