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Faversham Strike Force F.C.

Football club

Faversham Strike Force

Full name

Faversham Strike Force Football Club

Founded

1999; 25 years ago (1999)

Ground

Salters Lane, Faversham

Chairman

Mike Ellett

Manager

Stuart Benfield

League

Southern Counties East League Division One

2022–23

Southern Counties East League Division One, 4th of 17

Home colours

Faversham Strike Force Football Club is a football club based in Faversham, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and groundshare with Faversham Town since 2022, having previously shared with Rochester United at the Rochester United Sports Ground, Strood.

History

Faversham Strike Force were founded in 1999 by Gary Axford as a youth football club.^[1] In 2012, the club formed a senior team, competing in the Canterbury & District League as Faversham Harlequins. In 2013, back under the Faversham Strike Force guise, the club joined the Kent County League Division Two East, winning promotion in their first season in the league. The following season, the club joined the Division One East, winning the league. In 2015–16, Faversham Strike Force joined the Kent County League Premier Division, winning the league.^[2] In 2021, the club was admitted into the Southern Counties East League Division One.^[3] Faversham Strike Force entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2021–22.^[4] Manager Gary Axford stepped down during the 2023-24 season, the role going to his deputy Stuart Benfield.

Ground

In 2020, after six years at Sittingbourne Community College, Faversham Strike Force agreed a groundsharing agreement with Rochester United to play at the Rochester United Sports Ground, Strood.^[5] For the 2022-23 season a new groundshare would be announced with Faversham Town, which was extended to the end of the 2024-25 season during 2023.

References

^ "About Us". Faversham Strike Force F.C. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ Faversham Strike Force at the Football Club History Database
^ "National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2021–22" (.pdf). The Football Association. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "The Buildbase FA Vase Season 2021–22" (.ashx). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Groundshare deal boosts Force promotion hopes". Faversham Strike Force F.C. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

Southern Counties East Football League

2023–24
clubs

Premier Division	Bearsted Corinthian Deal Town Erith Town Faversham Town Fisher Glebe Hollands & Blair Holmesdale Kennington Lordswood Lydd Town Punjab United Rusthall Snodland Town Stansfeld Sutton Athletic Tunbridge Wells VCD Athletic Welling Town Whitstable Town
Division One	Bridon Ropes Canterbury City Croydon Faversham Strike Force FC Elmstead Forest Hill Park Greenways K Sports Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers Lewisham Borough Meridian VP Rochester United Snodland Town Sporting Club Thamesmead Staplehurst Monarchs Tooting Bec AFC Whyteleafe

Seasons

Kent League/SCEL	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Kent Invicta League	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Kent League/SCEL