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| King's Lynn |
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| Full name |
King's Lynn Football Club |
| Nickname(s) |
The Linnets |
| Founded |
1879 |
| Ground |
The Walks Stadium |
| Capacity |
3,750 |
| Chairman |
Ken Bobbins |
| Manager |
Shaun Carey/Dean West (Caretaker) |
| League |
Southern League Premier Division |
| 2005-06 |
3rd |
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King's Lynn F.C. are an English football club based in King's Lynn, Norfolk, currently playing in the Southern League. They are nicknamed The Linnets and they play their home matches at The Walks Stadium. The club was originally called Lynn Town until 1914. The club's record attendance is 12,987 for an FA Cup match against Exeter City in 1950. In the 2006/07 season they have reached the second round proper of the FA Cup and will play Oldham Athletic.
[edit] History
- 1900-01 F.A. Amateur Cup runner-up
- 1935-36 Founder members of Eastern Counties League
- 1946-47 Joined United Counties League
- 1948-49 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
- 1949-50 Eastern Counties League runner-up (on goal average)
- 1952-53 Eastern Counties League runner-up
- 1953-54 Eastern Counties League Champions
- 1954-55 Joined Midland League
- 1958-59 Joined Southern League South Eastern zone
- 1962 Relegated to Division One
- 1963-64 Southern League Division One runner-up. Promoted to Division One.
- 1971 Relegated to Division One
- 1979-80 League re-organised to Southern & Midland Divisions (No Premier). Placed in Midland Division.
- 1980-81 Joined Northern Premier League
- 1983-84 Rejoined Southern League
- 1984-85 Southern League runner-up
- 1987 Relegated to Midland Division
- 1995-96 Southern League Midland Division, and promoted to Premier Division, despite having two points deducted.
- 2002 Relegated to Eastern Division
- 2003-04 Southern League Eastern Division Champions. Play-offs for places in new structure - King's Lynn 0 Redditch United 1. Promoted to Premier Division
[edit] Records
- Home Attendance: 12,937 vs Exeter City 1950-51 FA Cup 1st Rd.
- Away Attendance: 44,916 vs Everton 1961-62 FA Cup 3rd Round.
- Record Win: 17-0 vs Beccles 1929-30 in Norfolk and Suffolk League
- Southern League: Home 8-0 vs Leicester United 1994-95.
- Southern League: Away 6-0 vs Bedworth United 1973-74.
- Record Defeat: 0-11 vs Aston Villa 1905-06 FA Cup.
- Southern League: Home 0-6 vs Corby Town 1990-91.
- Southern League: Home 2-8 vs Histon 2002-03.
- Southern League: Away 0-8 vs Hastings United 1958-59.
- Career Appearances: Mick Wright 1,152 (British Record).
- Southern League Appearances: Mick Wright 734.
- Career Goalscorer: Malcolm Lindsay 321.
- Southern League Goalscorer: Malcolm Lindsay 187.
- Goals in a season: George Martin 69 from 38 appearances (1909-10).
- Goals in a match: Harry Kirk 8 (1923-24).
- Goals in a match Southern League: Ray Dixon 6 (1958-59).
- Transfer fee paid: £5,000 Lyndon Rowland from Halesowen Town November 1999.
- Transfer fee received: Mark Paul to Southampton £75,000 1998-99.
[edit] King's Lynn F.C. Reserves
King's Lynn F.C.'s reserves team joined the Eastern Counties Football League in 1959. They are members of the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division for the 2005-06 season.
[edit] Trivia
- During the draw for the first round of the 2006/2007 FA Cup, Trevor Brooking appeared to read out King's Lynn twice. It was only when all matches had been drawn that he realised his error and had misread one of the numbers called.
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