Minster F.C.

Minster Football Club
Founded1911
GroundHartsdown Park
ChairmanColin Holden
ManagerIan Wallace
LeagueSouthern Counties East League Division One
2025–26Kent County League Premier Division, 2nd of 19 (promoted)

Minster Football Club is a football club based in Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One.

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

SeasonLeagueDivisionPWDLGFGAPtsPosNotes
2015–16Canterbury & District LeagueDivision 21312105312371/6Champions; promoted
2016–17Canterbury & District LeagueDivision 1————————Promoted
2017–18Canterbury & District LeaguePremier Division1411214616351/8Champions
2018–19Canterbury & District LeaguePremier Division149234326291/8Champions; joined Kent County League
2019–20Kent County LeagueDivision Three Central & East————————Promoted
2020–21Kent County LeagueDivision Two Central & East————————Promoted
2021–22Kent County LeagueDivision One Central & East2618447333582/14Promoted; Bill Manklow Cup winners
2022–23Kent County LeaguePremier Division3019657034632/16
2023–24Kent County LeaguePremier Division3015697445514/16Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield winners
2024–25Kent County LeaguePremier Division3222468138702/17
2025–26Kent County LeaguePremier Division36255610049802/19Promoted to Southern Counties East League Division One

Honours

Records

References

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  7. 1 2 "Kent County League – Premier Division, 2023–24". FA Full-Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 Cawdell, Luke (12 May 2024). "Minster 1 Halls Athletic 1 (AET): DFDS Kent Intermediate Challenge Shield Final – Minster win 3–1 on penalties". Kent Online. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
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  10. 1 2 "Kent County League – Premier Division, 2025–26". FA Full-Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "National League System club allocations – steps 5/6, season 2026–27" (pdf). The Football Association. Retrieved 21 August 2026.