Minster Football Club is a football club based in Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, England. They are currently members of the .
History Minster F.C. was established in 1911. After many years in the Thanet & District Football League, the club joined the Canterbury & District Football League for the 2014–15 season.
Minster won Division Two in 2015–16 and was promoted to Division One. A further promotion followed in 2016–17, taking the club into the Premier Division. Minster won the Premier Division title in 2017–18 and retained it in 2018–19.
The club joined Division Three Central & East of the Kent County League for the 2019–20 season. Successive promotions took Minster into Division Two Central & East for 2020–21 and Division One Central & East for 2021–22. A second-place finish in 2021–22 secured promotion to the Premier Division for 2022–23. During the 2021–22 season, Minster also won the Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup.
Minster finished second in its first Premier Division season, 2022–23, and fourth in 2023–24. The club won the Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield in 2023–24, defeating Halls Athletic on penalties in the final. Further second-place finishes followed in 2024–25 and 2025–26. After finishing runners-up three times in four seasons, Minster was admitted to Division One of the Southern Counties East League for 2026–27.
Season-by-season Season League Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Notes 2015–16 Canterbury & District League Division 2 13 12 1 0 53 12 37 1/6 Champions; promoted 2016–17 Canterbury & District League Division 1 — — — — — — — — Promoted 2017–18 Canterbury & District League Premier Division 14 11 2 1 46 16 35 1/8 Champions 2018–19 Canterbury & District League Premier Division 14 9 2 3 43 26 29 1/8 Champions; joined Kent County League 2019–20 Kent County League Division Three Central & East — — — — — — — — Promoted 2020–21 Kent County League Division Two Central & East — — — — — — — — Promoted 2021–22 Kent County League Division One Central & East 26 18 4 4 73 33 58 2/14 Promoted; Bill Manklow Cup winners 2022–23 Kent County League Premier Division 30 19 6 5 70 34 63 2/16 2023–24 Kent County League Premier Division 30 15 6 9 74 45 51 4/16 Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield winners 2024–25 Kent County League Premier Division 32 22 4 6 81 38 70 2/17 2025–26 Kent County League Premier Division 36 25 5 6 100 49 80 2/19 Promoted to Southern Counties East League Division One
Honours Canterbury & District League Division Two champions: 2015–16 Premier Division champions: 2017–18, 2018–19 Kent County League: Bill Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Winners: 2021–22 Kent FA: Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield Winners: 2023–24
Records Best FA Vase performance: Second qualifying round, 2026–27
References
External links
Minster FC at Southern Counties East Football League