Kendal Town F.C. is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football club based in
KendalKendal is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It is south of Carlisle, on the River Kent, and has a total resident population of 27,505, making it the third largest settlement in Cumbria .Historically a part of Westmorland, Kendal today is known...
,
CumbriaCumbria is a shire county in the North West of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...
, and playing in the
Northern Premier League Premier DivisionThe Premier Division is the top division of the Northern Premier League. It is at Step 3 of the National League System, placing it six divisions below the FA Premier League...
in the
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.
The club was nicknamed
The Field, a reference to its former name, Netherfield AFC. Current supporters, however, tend to use the nickname "The Town". The team plays its home matches at the Lakeland Radio Stadium.
History
The club was established at the end of
World War IWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
as Netherfield AFC when the employees at the town shoe factory, the K Shoes Company, formed a football team. They played in the land near the factory, and the club ground is still located there.
1925 - Won the Westmorland County Cup
1945 - Turned semi-professional by joining the
Lancashire CombinationThe Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1891-92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903.In 1968 the Lancashire Combination lost 5 of its clubs to the newly-formed Northern Premier League...
1949 - Won the Lancashire Combination Championship
1950 - Reached the second round of the
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The name "FA Cup" usually refers to the English men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held...
, playing
WatfordWatford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. They play in the Championship. The club was founded in 1881, first playing at Cassio Road ground, before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922, where they remain to this day. Since 1997, they have shared the...
1956 - Reached the first round stage of the FA Cup for the fifth time in eight years, a 5-1 loss to
Grimsby TownGrimsby Town Football Club are an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club is located at Blundell Park in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, part of the conurbation of Grimsby Borough in North East Lincolnshire, on the Humber estuary.Despite recently...
, watched by a record crowd of 5,000
1955-56 - Won the Combination Cup
1960-61 - Won the Combination Cup
1963-64 - Finished runners-up to
ChorleyChorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986-87 and 1990-91. Their best performance in the FA Trophy was in 1995-96 when they...
, as
strikerForwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
Tom BrownleeThomas C 'Tom' Brownlee was a Scottish professional footballer. He was a centre forward.Brownlee's career started at Broxburn Athletic before he moved to England, with Walsall...
scored 76 goals
1964-65 - Won the Combination Championship Division 1 title. The club reserve team won the Division 2 Championship
1968 - One of the founder members of the
Northern Premier LeagueThe Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the...
1980 - Set a record along with Bridlington Trinity for the record number of cup ties replays, playing seven times before managing to win 2-0 to go up to the second round of the
FA TrophyThe Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...
1982 - Had to move to the
North West Counties Football League Division OneThe North West Counties Football League Premier Division is a football competition based in England. It sits at step 5 of the National League System. The top club gets promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One North or Northern Premier League Division One South. The bottom club will get...
because of financial constraints
1987 - Moved into the newly formed League Division 1 of the Northern Premier League
1998 - Changed name to Netherfield Kendal
2000 - Changed name to Kendal Town FC
2003 - Reached the final of the Marsden Cup, losing 0-2 to Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute
2004-05 - Finished fifth place in the league after losing 2-1 in the promotion play-off final to
AFC Telford UnitedA.F.C. Telford United are an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire, playing in the Conference North league at the sixth level of the English football pyramid. Telford is one of the largest towns in England without a league football club ....
2005 - Awarded the Charter Standard status along with Wattsfield Youth
2006 - Promoted to the Unibond Premier League by virtue of finishing in third place in the league and subsequently winning the play-off final 2–1 over Gresley Rovers at home on 6 May 2006
Stadium
Kendal Town play at
Lakeland RadioLakeland Radio is a United Kingdom radio station owned by the CN Group.-Transmission:The station broadcasts from ,Lakeland Food Park at the north end roundabout of the Kendal A591 bypass, on Crook Road, in South Lakeland, Cumbria. Signals come from the Kendal transmitter next to the A684 on 100.1...
Stadium on Parkside Road, which is situated within ten minutes of the
M6 motorwayThe M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It runs from junction 19 of the M1 in Catthorpe near Rugby in central England, passes between Coventry and Nuneaton, through Birmingham, Walsall and Stafford and near the major cities of Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent...
. The main railway station is located two miles away in Oxenholme.
Current Squad
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