Sittingbourne F.C. is an English football club based in Sittingbourne, Kent. The club were founded in 1886 and adopted professionalism from the 1898–99 season, but returned to amateurism for a short period between 1931 and 1946. The club have played in various semi-professional leagues based in the south-east of England: they were founder members of the Kent League in 1894 and were also members of the South Eastern Counties League, the Southern League, the reincarnated Kent League, the Isthmian League and (as a subsidiary competition periodically between 1901 and 1964) the Thames and Medway Combination. The club colours are black and red, they play home matches at Woodstock Park and are nicknamed 'the Brickies'. They currently play in the .

Sittingbourne have played in the FA Cup since 1894 excluding periods of absence in 1897, 1910, during World War I and between 1931 and 1946; their best performances in the competition were during the 1920s when they reached the sixth qualifying round on one occasion and the second round proper twice. Additionally they have competed in the FA Trophy since 1976 (reaching the quarter-finals in 2025), excepting between 1987 and 1992 when they were eligible for the FA Vase.

Seasons SeasonLeagueFACupFATrophy (T) /Vase (V) OtherDivisionPWDLGFGAPtsPos 1893–94 – 1Q 1894–95 Kent League D1 16 7 2 7 30 37 16 6/91Q 1895–96 Kent League D1 22 4 5 13 40 73 13 10/12 2Q 1896–97 Kent League D1 16 8 2 6 30 33 18 3/9 Pr 1897–98 Kent League D1 14 6 4 4 30 23 16 3/8 – 1898–99 Kent League 24 11 4 9 49 33 26 5/13 2Q 1899–1900 Kent League 20 8 4 8 42 30 20 5/11 Pr 1900–01 Kent League 16 9 4 3 29 21 22 2/9 2Q 1901–02 Kent League 20 15 2 3 44 13 32 2/11L:cp-o 2Q W: KSC Thames Medway 1 12 6 3 3 18 14 15 3/7 1902–03 Kent League 16 12 3 1 45 11 27 1/9 2Q sf: KSC Thames Medway 1 12 10 1 1 34 8 21 1/7 1903–04 Kent League 16 8 5 3 38 21 21 3/9 1Q fnl: KSC Thames Medway 1 10 2 2 6 12 15 6 5/6 1904–05 Kent League 18 12 2 4 53 22 26 3/10 EP fnl: KSC Thames Medway 1 10 5 4 1 22 11 14 2/6 1905–06 South Eastern D2 22 16 4 2 82 26 36 2/12P 1Q sf: KSC Thames Medway 1 12 4 4 4 25 23 12 4/7 1906–07 South Eastern D1 24 9 5 10 46 51 23 6/13 2Q fnl: KSC Thames Medway 1 10 7 1 2 24 9 15 2/6 1907–08 South Eastern D1 34 10 5 19 63 90 25 15/18 Pr fnl: KSC Thames Medway 1 8 6 1 1 27 9 13 1/5 1908–09 South Eastern D1 38 9 7 22 53 90 25 18/20 1Q sf: KSC Thames Medway 1 6 4 1 1 13 5 9 2/4L:cp-o 1909–10 Kent League D1 22 15 3 4 55 23 33 2/12 1Q Thames Medway 1 12 5 3 4 23 18 13 3/7 1910–11 Kent League D1 26 12 7 7 58 46 31 4/14 – fnl: KSC Thames Medway B 4 0 0 4 2 8 0 3/3 1911–12 Kent League D1 28 10 4 14 59 59 24 9/15 2Q sf: KSC Thames Medway 1 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 1/4 1912–13 Kent League D1 28 10 7 11 54 59 27 8/15 Pr Thames Medway 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 2/3L:cp-o 1913–14 Kent League D1 30 12 3 15 41 64 27 10/16 Pr Thames Medway 1 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 3/3 1914–15 – 2Q 1915–19 Competitive football suspended owing to World War I 1919–20 Kent League D1 24 7 4 13 34 52 18 12/13 2Q sf: KSC Thames Medway 1 6 1 1 4 3 13 3 4/4 1920–21 Kent League D1 32 15 7 10 69 49 37 6/17 Pr sf: KSC 1921–22 Kent League D1 28 7 6 15 40 54 20 11/15 Pr Thames Medway 1 5 ◊ 0 0 5 3 13 0 ?/4 ◊ 1922–23 Kent League D1 32 24 4 4 102 20 52 2/17 4Q fnl: KSC 1923–24 Kent League D1 30 17 5 8 66 30 39 3/16 6Q sf: KSC;sf: KLC Thames Medway 1 6 4 1 1 13 6 9 2/4 1924–25 Kent League D1 34 18 7 9 69 40 43 4/18 4Q fnl: KSC;sf: KLC Thames Medway 1 4 3 0 1 10 6 6 1/3 1925–26 Kent League D1 36 23 7 6 122 46 53 3/19 R2 W: KLC Thames Medway 1 6 5 0 1 10 1/4 1926–27 Kent League D1 26 20 0 6 84 36 40 2/14 R1 Thames Medway 1 10 6 2 2 25 12 14 2/6 1927–28 Southern Lge Eastn. 34 16 5 13 64 70 37 8/18 4Q fnl: KSC Thames Medway 1 6 4 1 1 16 9 9 1/4 1928–29 Southern Lge Eastn,. 36 11 1 24 59 98 23 17/19 R2 W: KSC Thames Medway 1 6 4 0 2 21 12 8 2/4 1929–30 Southern Lge Eastn. 32 10 5 17 55 59 25 15/17 4Q W: KSCsf: KLC 1930–31 Kent Lge Div 1 36 15 5 16 93 79 35 9/19 R1 sf: KLC 1931–32 Kent League D1 36 6 5 25 43 111 17 18/19 – 1932–33 Kent League D1 34 13 5 16 70 109 31 11/18 – 1933–34 Kent League D1 36 11 10 15 57 90 32 13/19 – 1934–35 Kent League D1 36 16 4 16 67 76 36 8/19 – 1935–36 Kent League D1 36 13 9 14 77 84 35 11/19 – sf: KSC 1936–37 Kent League D1 32 9 8 15 68 86 26 12/17 – 1937–38 Kent League D1 32 14 4 14 74 64 32 8/17 – 1938–39 Kent League D1 28 8 7 13 60 74 23 10/15 – 1939–46 Competitive football suspended owing to World War II 1946–47 Kent League D1 30 13 5 12 97 79 31 10/16 – 1947–48 Kent League D1 34 15 7 12 86 79 37 9/18 EP 1948–49 Kent League D1 34 12 4 18 57 71 28 14/18 Pr 1949–50 Kent League D1 32 10 5 17 46 70 25 13/17 EP 1950–51 Kent League D1 32 17 5 10 75 52 39 7/17 2Q sf: KSC 1951–52 Kent League D1 32 17 4 11 74 66 38 6/17 1Q sf: KSC 1952–53 Kent League D1 32 18 8 6 81 60 44 3/17 2Q 1953–54 Kent League D1 30 13 10 7 61 40 36 5/16 1Q sf: KLC 1954–55 Kent League D1 32 18 5 9 77 50 41 4/17 3Q Thames Medway 1 8 4 2 2 17 9 10 2/5 1955–56 Kent League D1 32 16 8 8 73 47 40 5/17 3Q sf: KLC Thames Medway 1 10 7 1 2 28 11 15 1/6 1956–57 Kent League D1 32 14 7 11 65 49 35 7/17 3Q Thames Medway 1 6 4 0 2 15 8 8 2/4 1957–58 Kent League D1 34 25 6 3 77 28 56 1/18 1Q W: KSC Thames Medway 1 4 2 0 2 9 5 4 2/3 1958–59 Kent League D1 34 26 6 2 90 25 58 1/18 3Q W: KLC Thames Medway:Medway Div 4 3 1 0 9 4 7 1/3W:ip-o 1959–60 Southern Lge D1 42 20 7 15 66 56 46 6/22 1Q Thms.Med: Med D 4 1 2 1 10 6 4 2/3 1960–61 Southern Lge D1 40 21 10 9 77 63 52 5/21 2Q fnl: KSC Thames Medway:Medway Div 4 3 1 0 14 3 7 1/3W:ip-o 1961–62 Southern Lge D1 38 16 12 10 69 51 44 7/20 1Q Thames Medway:Medway Div 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 1/3W:ip-o 1962–63 Southern Lge D1 38 12 3 23 56 75 27 17/20 R1 Thames Medway 1 Played as a cup competition W 1963–64 Southern Lge D1 42 15 8 19 52 70 38 17/22 3Q Thames Medway1 6 4 1 1 12 10 9 1/4 1964–65 Southern Lge D1 42 8 5 29 58 103 21 22/22 1Q 1965–66 Southern Lge D1 46 11 12 23 77 121 34 19/24 3Q 1966–67 Southern Lge D1 46 5 10 31 44 136 20 24/24 2Q 1967–68 Kent Premier League 34 24 2 8 93 34 50 2/18 1Q 1968–69 Kent League 34 21 6 7 77 40 48 4/18 2Q 1969–70 Kent League 28 15 7 6 60 36 37 4/15 1Q T: 1Q sf: KLC 1970–71 Kent League 38 21 8 9 95 57 50 4/20 1Q T: 2Q 1971–72 Kent League 38 18 11 9 72 51 47 4/20 Pr T: 1Q 1972–73 Kent League 38 26 6 6 108 37 58 2/20 3Q T: 1Q fnl: KLC 1973–74 Kent League 36 27 5 4 97 29 59 2/19 2Q T: 1Q W: KLC 1974–75 Kent League 36 26 2 8 90 37 54 3/19 1Q T: Pr fnl: KLC 1975–76 Kent League 36 26 5 5 87 38 57 1/19 1Q T: Pr fnl: KLC 1976–77 Kent League 32 21 5 6 68 48 47 2/17 Pr T: Pr 1977–78 Kent League 34 8 9 17 37 60 25 13/18 1Q T: Pr 1978–79 Kent League D1 34 16 7 11 57 42 39 6/18 1Q T: Pr 1979–80 Kent League D1 32 15 9 8 49 43 39 5/17 1Q T: 1Q sf:KLC 1980–81 Kent League D1 32 18 5 9 74 29 41 5/17 1Q T: Pr W: KLC 1981–82 Kent League D1 30 16 11 3 65 33 43 2/16 1Q T: Pr sf: KLC 1982–83 Kent League D1 32 15 10 7 70 33 40 4/17 1Q T: Pr 1983–84 Kent League D1 30 24 3 3 87 26 75 1/16 3Q T: Pr sf: KLC 1984–85 Kent League D1 32 21 4 7 77 43 67 3/17 3Q T: 1Q 1985–86 Kent League D1 34 21 7 6 76 37 70 2/18 1Q T: 2Q sf: KLC 1986–87 Kent League D1 34 17 8 9 60 43 59 6/18 Pr T: 1Q fnl: KLC 1987–88 Kent League D1 36 17 11 8 68 53 62 4/19 Pr V: Pr 1988–89 Kent League D1 38 18 12 8 59 43 66 5/20 Pr V: Pr 1989–90 Kent League D1 38 27 5 6 85 39 86 2/20 1Q V: R2 1990–91 Kent League D1 40 32 8 0 87 19 104 1/21P 2Q V: R1 1991–92 Southern Lge Sth 42 19 10 13 63 41 61* 9/22 2Q V: R4 1992–93 Southern Lge Sth 42 26 12 4 102 43 90 1/22P 4Q V: R4 1993–94 Southern Lge Prem 42 17 13 12 65 48 64 8/22 2Q T: 3Q 1994–95 Southern Lge Prem 42 11 10 21 51 73 43 20/22R 1Q T: 1Q 1995–96 Southern Lge Sth 42 28 4 10 102 44 88 1/22P 4Q T: 2Q 1996–97 Southern Lge Prem 42 19 7 16 76 65 64 8/22 2Q T: 3Q 1997–98 Southern Lge Prem 42 12 8 22 47 66 44 20/22R 4Q T: R1 1998–99 Southern Lge Sth 42 12 18 12 53 56 54 13/22 2Q T: R2 1999–2000 Southern Lge East 42 13 7 22 48 75 46 16/22 2Q T: R1 2000–01 Southern Lge East 42 8 9 25 41 79 33 21/22 1Q T: R1 2001–02 Southern Lge East 42 14 4 24 46 69 46 17/22 1Q T: R1 2002–03 Southern Lge East 42 15 8 19 57 69 53 12/22 Pr T: Q 2003–04 Southern Lge East 42 18 8 16 61 55 62 10/22 2Q T: R1 2004–05 Southern Lge East 42 10 12 20 53 70 42 19/22 Pr T: R1 2005–06 Southern Lge East 42 12 12 18 53 69 48 18/22 Pr T: 3Q 2006–07 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 14 15 13 68 63 57 10/22 2Q T: 2Q 2007–08 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 20 7 15 56 58 67 9/22 1Q T: 1Q 2008–09 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 19 13 10 63 54 70 6/22 1Q T: 1Q 2009–10 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 18 7 17 63 48 61 9/22 2Q T: 1Q W: KSC 2010–11 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 16 8 18 52 66 56 11/22 Pr T: Pr 2011–12 Isthmian Lge D1S 40 6 12 22 36 75 30 19/21 1Q T: 1Q 2012–13 Isthmian Lge D1S 42 16 13 13 67 56 61 9/22 1Q T: 1Q 2013–14 Isthmian Lge D1S 46 16 13 17 69 75 61 14/24 3Q T: Pr 2014–15 Isthmian Lge D1S 46 16 11 19 55 69 59 12/24 Pr T: Pr 2015–16 Isthmian Lge D1S 46 16 6 24 63 77 54 18/24 2Q T: Pr sf: ILC 2016–17 Isthmian Lge D1S 46 17 11 18 71 86 62 15/24 Pr T: Pr 2017–18 Isthmian Lge Sth 46 18 8 20 68 72 62 14/24 Pr T: 2Q 2018–19 Isthmian Lge SE 36 11 4 21 49 72 37 16/19 1Q T: 1Q 2019–20 Isthmian Lge SE 1Q T: 1Q 2020–21 Isthmian Lge SE Pr T: 3Q 2021–22 Isthmian Lge SE 38 15 7 16 47 51 52 10/20 Pr T: 2Q 2022–23 Isthmian Lge SE 38 13 12 13 50 42 51 11/20 Pr T: 2Q 2023–24 Isthmian Lge SE 38 22 9 7 82 41 75 3/20sf:pp-o EP T: 2Q 2024–25 Isthmian Lge SE 42 31 8 3 117 29 101 2/22fnl:pp-o 3Q T: QF 2025–26 Isthmian Lge SE 42 23 10 9 86 50 79 5/22sf:pp-o 1Q T: R2 *1991–92 Southern Lge Sth: six points deducted for fielding two ineligible playersKey to contents and abbreviationsLeague Pld = Played ◊ = Record incomplete † = Season not completed W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position / Teams in division ◊ = Record incomplete Aband = Season abandoned P = promoted R = relegated cp-o = Championship Play-off (W=Won, L=Lost) ip-o = Inter-division Play-off (W=Won, L=Lost) pp-o = Promotion Play-off (see 'Other: stages')

FA Cup; FA Trophy; FA Vase EP = Extra preliminary round Pr = Preliminary round 1Q = First qualifying round 2Q = Second qualifying round 3Q = Third qualifying round 4Q = Fourth qualifying round 5Q = Fifth qualifying round 6Q = Sixth qualifying round Q = Qualifying round R1 = First round proper R2 = Second round proper R3 = Third round proper R4 = Fourth round proper QF = Quarter-final

Other (Stage: Competition)

Stage reached W = winner fnl = finalist (runner-up) sf = semi-finalist Competition KSC = Kent Senior Cup KLC = Kent League Cup ILC = Istmmian League Cup(Alan Turvey Trophy)

References

External links Official website Football Club History Database: Sittingbourne The Emirates FA Cup: Past Results (select required season) Non–League Football Matters: The 'original' Kent League 1894–1922 Non–League Football Matters: The 'original' Kent League 1922–1939