List of Margate F.C. seasons
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Margate Football Club is an English association football club based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent. The club was founded in 1896 and played only friendlies and cup matches until 1909, when the team joined the Thanet and District League. Two years later Margate joined the Kent League, initially also playing in the Thanet League due to the county league's small fixture list, before stepping up to the Southern League in 1933. After four seasons at this level, however, the club was forced to resign on financial grounds and return to the Kent League. Margate returned to the Southern League in 1959 and remained there until 2001 when they gained promotion to the Football Conference, the highest level of English non-League football.{{cite web| url=https://www.fchd.info/MARGATE.HTM| publisher=Football Club History Database| title=Margate| access-date=8 May 2008| archive-date=30 June 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630163851/http://www.fchd.info/MARGATE.HTM| url-status=live}}{{cite web
|url = http://www.fchd.info/THANETU.htm
|publisher = Football Club History Database
|title = Thanet United
|access-date = 22 November 2007
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080304173946/http://www.fchd.info/THANETU.HTM
|archive-date = 4 March 2008
}} During their stay at this level they were forced to groundshare with other clubs due to drawn-out and problematic redevelopment work at their Hartsdown Park ground. This led to the club being expelled from the Conference National in 2004 for failing to meet the division's stadium requirements. After one season in the Conference South the club was relegated to the Isthmian League.
The team, nicknamed "The Gate", have to date reached the third round proper of England's premier cup competition, the FA Cup, on two occasions. The club's best performance in the FA Trophy, the main cup competition specifically for non-League clubs, was a run to the quarter-final stage in 2001–02.
Seasons
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|+List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer |
rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=9|League !rowspan=2|FA Cup !rowspan=2|FA Amateur Cup/ |
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!rowspan=2|Other competitions
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Top scorer
!rowspan=2|Refs
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!Division
!P
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!Pts
!Pos
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|-
|colspan=14|Margate played only friendly matches{{ref label|B|B|}}||
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|rowspan=12 colspan=9|Margate did not enter any league competitions
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|KJC SF{{ref label|C|C|}}
|align=left|Pearce
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|KJC R4
|align=left|Taylor-Jones
Wells
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|KJC SF
|align=left|Pearce
Croseor
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|
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|KJC R4
|align=left|Pearce
Wells
Barrow
|-
|
|
|bgcolor=gold|KJC Winners
|align=left|Barrow
|-
|
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|KJC QF
|align=left|Phillips
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|
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|KJC QF
|align=left|Matthews
|-
|
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|KJC R2
|align=left|Sharpe
|-
|
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R1
MDCC Runners-up
|align=left|Matthews
Short
|-
|
|RP
|bgcolor=gold|KAC R3
MDCC Winners
|align=left|Dowson
|-
|
|R3Q
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R2Q
KAC R2
MDCC Winners
|align=left|Pearce
|-
|
|R3Q
|KSC R3Q
KAC R1
MDCC SF
|align=left|Bi. Bowden
|-
|TDL
|8||2||1||5||10||22||5||4th
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|R3Q
|KSC R1Q
KAC R1Q
MDCC SF
|align=left|Randall
|-
|TDL
|10||1||1||8||4||33||4||6th
|
|R3Q
|KSC R1Q
KAC R4Q
MDCC R1
|align=left|Bi. Bowden
|-
!rowspan=2|1911–12
|KL2E
|14||3||2||9||18||41||8||7th
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|R2Q
|rowspan=2|KSC R1
KAC R2Q
MDCC QF
|rowspan=2 align=left|Fordham
|rowspan=2|12{{ref label|E|E|}}
|-
|TDL{{ref label|F|F|}}
|6||2||1||3||5||17||5||3rd
|-
!rowspan=2|1912–13
|KL2E
|12||2||2||8||14||26||6||6th
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|R2Q
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|KAC R3Q
MDCC Winners
|rowspan=2 align=left|Dow
|rowspan=2|10
|-
|TDL
|8||5||0||3||23||15||10||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-
!rowspan=2|1913–14
|KL2E
|18||7||5||6||36||34||19||4th
|rowspan=2|R1Q
|rowspan=2|R1Q
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|KSC R1
KAC R1Q
MDCC Winners
|rowspan=2 align=left|Dow
|rowspan=2|16
|-
|TDL
|8||5||1||2||15||7||11||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|colspan=9|Margate did not enter any league competitions
|R1Q
|
|None
|-
|colspan=15|No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.||
|-
|KL
|24||8||6||10||48||51||22||7th
|R2Q
|
|KSC QF
|align=left|Sparrow
|-
|KL
|32||14||7||11||41||41||35||8th
|R1Q
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R2
KSS Winners
|align=left|Copp
|-
|KL
|28||11||8||9||43||36||30||7th
|R1Q
|
|KSC SF
KSS R1
|align=left|Reay
|-
|KL
|32||7||6||19||36||72||20||16th
|RP
|
|KSC R1
KSS R1
|align=left|Hobby
|-
|colspan=14|Margate did not play any matches{{ref label|I|I|}}||
|-
|KL
|34||9||5||20||50||92||23||14th
|
|
|KSC R1
KSS R1
|align=left|Arnold
|-
|KL
|36||15||8||13||81||60||38||7th
|
|
|KSC R1
KLC R1{{ref label|J|J|}}
|align=left|Stennings
|-
|KL
|26||18||4||4||70||33||40||3rd
|RP
|
|KSC R3Q
KLC SF
KSS R1
|align=left|Stennings
|-
|KL
|26||14||6||6||68||43||34||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|RP
|
|KSC R2
KLC R2
|align=left|Brookes
|-
|colspan=14|Margate did not play any matches{{ref label|L|L|}}||
|-
|KL
|32||23||3||6||103||33||49||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|R2
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC Runners-up
KSS SF
KLC QF
|align=left|Wade
|-
|KL
|36||24||10||2||99||27||58||3rd
|R4Q
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R2
KSS Winners
|align=left|Wade
|-
|KL
|36||25||4||7||129||38||54||4th
|R4Q
|
|KSC R2
KSS R1
|align=left|Stennings
|-
|KL
|34||28||1||5||112||34||57||bgcolor=gold|1st
|R2
|
|KSC SF
KLC SF
|align=left|Billy Mays
|-
!rowspan=2|1933–34
|SLE{{ref label|M|M|}}
|16||8||3||5||23||20||19||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|rowspan=2|R1
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=silver|KSC runners-up
KSS SF
SLC R1
|rowspan=2 align=left|Frank Keetley
|rowspan=2|30
|-
|KL
|36||23||3||10||94||68||49||3rd
|-
!rowspan=3|1934–35
|SLE
|18||7||6||5||38||30||20||3rd
|rowspan=3|R4Q{{ref label|N|N|}}
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|KSC R1
KSS R1
SLC R2
|rowspan=3 align=left|Reg Tricker
|rowspan=3|38
|-
|SLC
|20||8||3||9||40||34||19||6th
|-
|KL
|36||23||4||9||110||51||50||3rd
|-
!rowspan=2|1935–36
|SLE
|18||13||2||3||49||16||28||bgcolor=gold|1st
|rowspan=2|R3
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
KSS Winners
SLC R1
|rowspan=2 align=left|Jock Davie
|rowspan=2|35
|-
|SLC
|20||14||3||3||57||18||31||bgcolor=gold|1st{{ref label|O|O|}}
|-
!rowspan=2|1936–37
|SL
|30||15||4||11||64||49||34||4th
|rowspan=2|R4Q
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
KSS Winners
SLC R1
|rowspan=2 align=left|Eddie Carr
|rowspan=2|30
|-
|SLMW
|18||12||1||5||48||24||25||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|KL{{ref label|P|P|}}
|32||24||4||4||103||31||52||bgcolor=gold|1st
|
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC SF
KSS Runners-up
|align=left|Wilf Walsh
|-
|colspan=14|Margate did not play any matches{{ref label|Q|Q|}}||
|-
|-
|KL{{ref label|R|R|}}
|1||1||0||0||4||1||2||n/a
|REP{{ref label|S|S|}}
|
|KSC R2Q
KSS SF{{ref label|T|T|}}
|align=left|Watkins
|-
|colspan=15|No competitive football was played between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War.||
|-
|colspan=14|Competitive football resumed but Margate did not reform until a year later||
|-
|KL1
|30||16||9||5||89||46||41||bgcolor=gold|1st
|RP
|
|KSC R2
KSS SF
|align=left|Ted Bensley
|-
|KL1
|34||24||1||9||103||44||49||bgcolor=gold|1st
|R1Q
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R1
KSS Winners
KLC Winners
|align=left|Frank Johnson
|-
|KL1
|34||14||5||15||84||64||33||10th
|RP
|
|KSC R2
KSS R1
|align=left|Alfred Hope
|-
|KL1
|32||17||5||10||67||39||39||6th
|REP
|
|KSC R1
KSS SF
KLC R2
|align=left|Frank Johnson
Ronnie Martell
|-
|KL1
|32||16||9||7||93||57||41||6th
|REP
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R1
KSS Runners-up
KLC R2
|align=left|Almer Hall
|-
|KL1
|32||16||7||9||77||49||39||4th
|R1Q
|
|KSC R2
KLC R1
|align=left|Jock Flannigan
|-
|KL1
|32||19||5||8||75||46||43||4th
|RP
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R2
KSS Winners (joint){{ref label|U|U|}}
KLC Runners-up
|align=left|Jock Flannigan
|-
|KL1
|30||19||6||5||74||36||44||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|R2Q
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC R1
KSS R1
KLC Winners
|align=left|Peter Vandepeer
|-
|KL1
|32||17||6||9||82||48||40||5th
|R2Q
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R2
KSS Runners-up
KLC Runners-up
|align=left|Peter Vandepeer
|-
|KL1
|32||19||6||7||93||45||44||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|R1
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R1
KSS R1
KLC Runners-up
|align=left|Peter Vandepeer
|-
|KL1
|32||16||2||14||64||65||34||8th
|R2
|
|KSC R1
KSS SF
KLC SF
|align=left|Johnny Roche
|-
|KL1
|34||20||9||5||80||34||49||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|R1
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC SF
KSS SF
KLC Runners-up
|align=left|Dennis Yeomans
|-
|KL1
|34||18||5||11||101||72||41||5th
|R1
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R3
KLC Runners-up
TMC Grp
|align=left|Freddie Kearns
Tony Spink
|-
|SL1
|42||20||6||16||88||77||46||7th
|R2
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC Runners-up
SLC R1
KSS SF
|align=left|Freddie Kearns
|-
|SL1
|40||11||12||17||62||75||34||15th
|R4Q
|
|KSC R2
SLC R2
KSS R1
|align=left|Alan Brown
|-
|SL1
|38||20||6||12||74||55||46||5th
|R2
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC SF
SLC Runners-up
KSS Winners
KFC Grp
|align=left|Alan Blackburn
|-
|SL1
|38||21||13||4||86||47||55||bgcolor=gold|1st
|R1
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Runners-up
SLC SF
KSS Winners
KFC Winners
|align=left|Alan Blackburn
|-
|SLP
|42||12||13||17||68||81||37||17th
|R1
|
|KSC R2
SLC R2
KSS R1
KFC Grp
|align=left|Alan Blackburn
|-
|SLP
|42||20||9||13||88||79||49||6th
|R4Q
|
|KSC R3
SLC R2
KFL Grp
|align=left|John Ballagher
|-
|SLP
|42||8||10||24||66||111||26||bgcolor="#ffcccc"|22nd
|R1Q
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC SF
SLC R2
KSS SF
KFC Runners-up
|align=left|Dennis Randall
|-
|SL1
|46||31||7||8||127||54||69||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|R3Q
|
|bgcolor=silver|KSC Runners-up
SLC QF
KSS R2
KFC Grp
|align=left|Dennis Randall
|-
|SLP
|42||19||8||15||80||71||46||8th
|R2
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC{{ref label|V|V|}}
SLC Winners
KFL Grp
|align=left|John Fahy
|-
|SLP
|42||14||7||21||79||90||35||18th
|R1
|
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Runners-up
SLC R3
KFC Winners
SLCH Winners
|align=left|Phil Amato
|-
|SLP
|42||17||8||17||70||64||42||13th
|R1
|R3Q
|bgcolor=silver|KSC Runners-up
SLC R3
KFC Runners-up
KSS Grp
|align=left|Johnny Ray
|-
|SLP
|42||15||10||17||64||70||40||13th
|R1
|R1
|KSC QF
SLC SF
KFC Grp
|align=left|John Baber
Gerry Baker
Hughie Cochrane
|-
|SLP
|42||19||8||15||80||71||46||9th
|R1
|R1
|KSC R2
SLC SF
KFC Grp
|align=left|Barry Brown
|-
|SLP
|42||17||15||10||80||60||49||7th
|R3
|R3Q
|KSC R2
SLC R1
KFC Grp
|align=left|Barry Brown
|-
|SLP
|42||15||8||19||56||63||38||17th
|R4Q
|R2
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
SLC SF
KMT Grp
|align=left|Barry Brown
John Hold
|-
|SLP
|42||17||12||13||64||64||46||7th
|R4Q
|R2
|bgcolor=silver|KSC R2
SLC Runners-up
KMT Grp
|align=left|Carl Gilbert
|-
|SLP
|42||15||12||15||62||60||42||11th
|R3Q
|R2
|bgcolor=gold|KSC SF
SLC R1
KFT Runners-up
|align=left|Brian Gregory
|-
|SLP
|42||9||10||23||47||85||28||bgcolor="#ffcccc"|22nd
|R3Q
|R1
|KSC R1
SLC R2
|align=left|Ray Summers
|-
|SL1S
|38||24||10||4||92||32||58||bgcolor=gold|1st
|R1Q
|R3Q
|KSC R1
SLC R1
KSS{{ref label|W|W|}}
|align=left|Ray Summers
Vic Pain
|-
|SLP
|42||10||9||23||44||75||29||19th{{ref label|X|X|}}
|R4Q
|R3
|KSC R2
SLC R1
|align=left|Ricky Fusco
George Putman
|-
|SLS
|46||17||8||21||51||62||42||17th
|R4Q
|R3Q
|KSC R2
SLC R2
|align=left|Lennie Lee
|-
|SLS
|46||11||7||28||65||117||29||22nd
|R2Q
|R3Q
|KSC R2
SLC R1
|align=left|Lennie Lee
Vic Pain
|-
|SLS
|46||5||7||34||37||110||17||24th
|R1Q
|R1Q
|KSC R1
SLC R1
|align=left|Dave Clay
|-
|SLS{{ref label|Y|Y|}}
|34||10||5||19||30||61||35||14th
|R3Q
|R1Q
|KSC R2
SLC R1
|align=left|Lennie Lee
|-
|SLS
|38||9||8||21||40||65||35||18th
|R2Q
|R1Q
|KSC R2
SLC R3
|align=left|Steve Dudley
|-
|SLS
|38||19||9||10||63||47||66||5th
|R1Q
|R1Q
|bgcolor="silver"|KSC SF
SLC Grp
EFC Runners-up
|align=left|Vic Medus
|-
|SLS
|40||13||7||20||58||63||46||15th
|R1Q
|RP
|KSC R1
SLC Grp
EFC Grp
|align=left|Gary Doe
|-
|SLS
|38||14||14||10||56||50||56||10th
|RP
|R1Q
|bgcolor="gold"|KSC R1
SLC Grp
EFC Grp
ITGC Winners
|align=left|Gary Doe
|-
|SLS
|40||17||13||10||60||38||64||5th
|R4Q
|R2Q
|KSC R1
SLC Grp
|align=left|Neil Cugley
|-
|SLS
|42||7||15||20||47||95||36||20th
|R2Q
|R2Q
|bgcolor="gold"|KSC R1
SLC R2
ITGC Winners (joint){{ref label|Z|Z|}}
|align=left|Garry Aldous
Mark Munday
|-
|SLS
|42||12||15||15||46||45||51||16th
|R2Q
|R2Q
|bgcolor=gold|ITGC Winners
KSC R1
SLC R3
|align=left|Ronnie Murrock
Andy Sawyer
|-
|SLS
|40||14||11||15||52||55||53||10th
|R3Q
|R3Q
|KSC R1
SLC R2
ITGC Losers
|align=left|Paul Underwood
|-
|SLS
|42||13||16||13||49||56||55||14th
|R1Q
|R3Q
|KSC R1
SLC R1
ITGC Losers
|align=left|Martin Buglione
|-
|SLS
|42||18||7||16||65||58||64||10th
|R2Q
|R2Q
|KSC R1
SLC R1
|align=left|Martin Buglione
|-
|SLS
|42||20||8||14||76||58||68||9th
|R3Q
|R1Q
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
SLC R3
|align=left|Joe Brayne
|-
|SLS
|42||15||7||20||60||72||52||13th
|R3Q
|R1Q
|KSC R2
SLC R3
|align=left|Steve Cuggy
|-
|SLS
|42||18||5||19||68||62||59||11th
|R2Q
|R1Q
|KSC R1
SLC R2
|align=left|Martin Buglione
|-
|SLS
|42||21||9||12||70||47||72||5th
|RP
|R1Q
|KSC R1
SLC R2
|align=left|Martin Buglione
|27||{{cite web| url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/goalscorers.shtml|
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|-
|SLS
|42||23||8||11||71||42||77||6th
|R1
|R2
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
SLC Winners
|align=left|Paul Sykes
|-
|SLS
|42||27||8||7||84||33||89||bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|RP
|R2
|SLCH Losers
KSC SF
SLC R1
|align=left|Paul Sykes
|23||{{cite web |
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|-
|SLP
|42||23||8||11||64||43||77||3rd
|R4Q
|R2
|KSC R2
SLC R4
|align=left|Phil Collins
|-
|SLP
|42||28||7||7||75||27||91||bgcolor="gold"|1st
|R2Q
|R4
|KSC R2
SLC R2
|align=left|Phil Collins
|-
|Conf
|42||14||16||12||59||53||58||8th
|R4Q
|QF
|bgcolor=gold|SLCH Winners
KSC Runners-up
|align=left|Leon Braithwaite
|15||{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/leonbraithwaite.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615212431/http://www.margatefchistory.com/leonbraithwaite.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2013|title=Leon Braithwaite|access-date=11 October 2010|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk}}
|-
|Conf
|42||15||11||16||60||66||56||10th
|R2
|R5
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
|align=left|Leon Braithwaite
|-
|Conf
|42||14||9||19||56||64||51||bgcolor="#ffcccc"|16th{{ref label|AA|AA|}}
|R4Q
|R5
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
|align=left|Adrian Clarke
|9||{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/chestadhart.shtml|title=Che Stadhart|access-date=11 October 2010|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk}}
|-
|46||12||8||22||54||75||34{{ref label|AB|AB|}}||bgcolor="#ffcccc"|21st
|R3Q
|R1
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
CLC R4
|align=left|Che Stadhart
|-
|IsP
|42||11||17||14||49||55||50||14th
|R3Q
|R2Q
|KSC SF
ILC R3
|align=left|Danny Hockton
|16||{{cite web|url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/KOHist.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=3195&LeagueCode=ISTH2005|title=Westview League Cup|publisher=football.mitoo|access-date=9 January 2008|archive-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718225328/http://football.mitoo.co.uk/KOHist.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=3195&LeagueCode=ISTH2005|url-status=live}}{{cite web |
url=https://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2005-06.htm#cup |
publisher=Football Club History Database |
title=Kent County Cups 2005–06 |
access-date=24 November 2007 |
archive-date=8 September 2008 |
archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908093633/http://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2005-06.htm#cup |
url-status=live }}
|-
|IsP
|42||20||11||11||79||48||71||6th
|R3Q
|R2Q
|KSC R1
ILC R2
|align=left|Danny Hockton
|40||{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/dannyhockton.shtml|title=Che Stadhart|access-date=11 October 2010|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk}}{{cite web|
url=https://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2006-07.htm#cup|
publisher=Football Club History Database|
title=Kent County Cups 2006–07|
access-date=24 November 2007|
archive-date=8 September 2008|
archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908094427/http://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2006-07.htm#cup|
url-status=live}}
|-
|IsP
|42||17||11||14||71||68||62||9th
|R3Q
|R2Q
|KSC SF
ILC R2
|align=left|James Pinnock
|27||{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/jamespinnock.shtml|title=James Pinnock|access-date=11 October 2010|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk}}{{cite web| url=https://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2007-08.htm#cup| publisher=Football Club History Database| title=Kent County Cups 2007–08| access-date=8 May 2008| archive-date=8 September 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908093735/http://www.fchd.info/cups/kent2007-08.htm#cup| url-status=live}}
|-
|IsP
|42||13||7||22||51||64||46||19th
|R1Q
|R1Q
|KSC R1
ILC R2
|align=left|Kenny Pratt
|10||{{cite web|url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/kennypratt.shtml|title=Kenny Pratt|access-date=11 October 2010|publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011724/http://www.margatefchistory.com/kennypratt.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=1905&LeagueCode=ISTH2008|title=Ryman Isthmian Football League : Premier Division : League Table|publisher=Isthmian Football League|access-date=25 April 2009|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313195835/http://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=1905&LeagueCode=ISTH2008|url-status=live}}
|-
|IsP
|42||11||12||19||49||71||45||19th
|R1Q
|R1Q
|KSC R3
ILC R3
|align=left|Lloyd Blackman
|14
|-
|IsP
|42||11||12||19||52||64||45||16th
|R2Q
|R2Q
|KSC R2
ILC R2
|align=left|Shaun Welford
|12
|{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php|title=Goalscorers 2010/11|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724103031/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php|archive-date=24 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=100|title=Ryman Premier 2010/11|work=Soccerbase|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306163441/http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=100|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=104|title=Fixtures & Results 2010/11|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204330/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=104|archive-date=8 March 2012}}
|-
|IsP
|42||15||8||19||65||65||53||15th
|R3Q
|R2Q
|KSC R3
ILC R3
|align=left|Kwesi Appiah
|35
|{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=1032|title=Ryman Premier 2011/12|work=Soccerbase|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210147/http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=1032|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=105|title=Fixtures & Results 2011/12|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319170931/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=105|archive-date=19 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php?season=105|title=Goalscorers 2011/12|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204643/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php?season=105|archive-date=8 March 2012}}
|-
|IsP
|42||17||11||14||61||49||62||9th
|R3Q
|R1Q
|KSC QF
ILC R2
|align=left|Tommy Whitnell
|11
|{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=106|title=Fixtures & Results 2012/13|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=3 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719171403/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/fixtures_results/fixturelist.php?season_id=106|archive-date=19 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php?season=106|title=Goalscorers 2012/13|publisher=Margate F.C.|access-date=3 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719172059/http://www.margate-fc.com/content/1st_team/stats/scorers.php?season=106|archive-date=19 July 2013}}
|-
|IsP
|46||18||10||18||70||67||64||11th
|R2Q
|R3Q
|KSC 1R
ILC R3
|align=left|Phil Walsh
|13
|-
|IsP
|46||25||10||11||94||58||85||bgcolor="#ddffdd"|3rd{{ref label|AC|AC|}}
|R2Q
|R1Q
|KSC SF
ILC SF
|align=left|Ryan Moss
|26
|-
|NLS
|42||13||8||21||51||73||47||19th
|R4Q
|R3Q
|KSC R1
|align=left|Freddie Ladapo
|14
|-
|NLS
|42||7||4||31||26||81||25||bgcolor="#ffcccc"|22nd
|R4Q
|R3Q
|KSC R2
|align=left|Elliott Buchanan
|8
|-
|IsP
|46||20||17||9||77||53||77||7th
|R4Q
|R3Q
|KSC QF
ILC R2
|align=center|Jordan Chiedozie
|34
|-
|IsP||42||16||11||15||45||48||59||12th
|R2Q
|R1Q
|KSC R1
ILC R1
|align=left|Kadell Daniel
Noel Leighton
Elliott Reeves
|13
|-
|IsP||33||11||10||12||47||54||43||n/a{{ref label|AD|AD|}}
|R2Q
|R2Q
|KSC R1
ILC QF
|align=left|Frannie Collin
Joe Taylor
|8
|-
|IsP||9||1||3||5||6||13||6||n/a{{ref label|AD|AD|}}
|R1Q
|R1
|
|align=left|Noel Leighton
Norman Wabo
John Ufuah
|2
|-
|IsP||42||19||8||15||60||62||65||8th
|R2Q
|R1
|bgcolor=silver|KSC QF
ILC Runners-up
|align=left|Ben Greenhalgh
|23
|-
|IsP||42||11||11||20||48||65||44||17th
|R2Q
|R3Q
|bgcolor=gold|KSC Winners
ILC QF
|align=left|Ben Greenhalgh
|17
|-
|IsP||42||10||9||23||50||80||39||19th||R3Q||R3Q||KSC R1
ILC R3
|align=left| ||
|
|-
|IsSE||42||25||12||5||89||50||87||4th
|R3Q||R2Q||KSC R2
ILC R3
|align=left| ||
|
|}
Key
class="wikitable" align="center"
|bgcolor=gold|Winners |bgcolor=silver|Runners up |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Promoted |bgcolor="#ffcccc"|Relegated |
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.
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Key to league record
P – games played
W – games won
D – games drawn
L – games lost
F – goals for
A – goals against
Pts – points
Pos – final position
Key to rounds
– indicates that Margate did not enter the competition in the given season
Grp – group stage
QR1 – first qualifying round
QR2 – second qualifying round, etc.
REP – extra-preliminary round
RP – preliminary round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round, etc.
QF – quarter-final
SF – semi-final
n/a – not applicable
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Key to divisions
Conf – Conference
ConfS/NLS – Conference South/National League South (renamed in 2015)
IsP – Isthmian League Premier Division
KL – Kent League
KL1 – Kent League Division One
KL2E – Kent League Division Two East
SL – Southern League
SLP – Southern League Premier Division
SLS – Southern League Southern Division
SL1 – Southern League Division One
SL1S – Southern League Division One South
SLE – Southern League Eastern Section
SLC – Southern League Central Section
SLMW – Southern League Midweek Section
TDL – Thanet and District League
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Key to cups
CLC – Conference League Cup
EFC – Eastern Floodlit Cup
ILC – Isthmian League Cup
ITGC – Isle of Thanet Gazette Cup
KAC – Kent Amateur Cup
KFC – Kent Floodlit Cup
KFL – Kent Floodlit League
KFT – Kent Floodlit Trophy
KJC – Kent Junior Cup
KLC – Kent League Cup
KMT – Kent Messenger Trophy
KSC – Kent Senior Cup
KSS – Kent Senior Shield
MDCC – Margate and District Charity Cup
SLC – Southern League Cup
SLCH – Southern League Championship Match
TMC – Thames and Medway Cup
{{col-end}}
Notes
A. {{note|A}} Margate entered the FA Amateur Cup until the First World War. The club entered the FA Trophy from its creation in 1969.
B. {{note|B}} Margate's first ever match was a friendly against Wye F.C. on 28 October 1896.{{cite web |
url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/1896wye.shtml|
title=Margate's First Game |
publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|
access-date=28 November 2007}}
C. {{note|C}} Margate's first round match against Folkestone Post Office was the club's first ever competitive match. It was ordered to be replayed as Margate had fielded an ineligible player.
D. {{note|D}} Pearce also scored twice in a match against Broadstairs Town which was abandoned due to fog and ordered to be replayed.
E. {{note|E}} Fordham also scored one goal in a match against Ramsgate Town which was declared void and ordered to be replayed for unknown reasons.
F. {{note|F}} Matches in both leagues are considered to have been first team matches.{{cite web|
url=http://www.margatefchistory.com/clubhistory.shtml|
title=The History of Margate Football Club|
publisher=margatefchistory.co.uk|
access-date=24 November 2007|
archive-date=29 September 2013|
archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929141411/http://www.margatefchistory.com/clubhistory.shtml|
url-status=dead}}
G. {{note|G}} Sparrow also scored three goals in a match against Royal Army Service Corps which was later declared void when that team resigned from the league.
H. {{note|H}} Copp also scored one goal in a match against 1st Middlesex Regiment which was later declared void when that team resigned from the league.
I. {{note|I}} At the end of the 1922–23 season Margate were suspended from the league for financial irregularities and subsequently folded. The club reformed a year later and re-entered the league.
J. {{note|J}} Margate were knocked out of the Kent League Cup after losing 3–0 to Ashford Railway Works in a league match which it was agreed would also count as a League Cup match.
K. {{note|K}} Stennings also scored one goal in a match against Catford Southend which was later declared void when that team resigned from the league.
L. {{note|L}} Margate folded for a second time at the end of the 1927–28 due to heavy debts. The club reformed a year later and returned to the league.
M. {{note|M}} Following their Kent League title win, Margate successfully applied for membership of the Southern League and were placed in the Eastern Section. They continued to field a team in the Kent League, and that league placed a requirement on the club to field its strongest team, therefore both leagues are considered to have been first team competitions.
N. {{note|N}} Margate's FA Cup fourth round qualifying match against Folkestone was abandoned due to fog, but as it was subsequently discovered that Margate had fielded an ineligible player, the tie was awarded to Folkestone rather than a replay ordered.
O. {{note|O}} Margate won the overall Southern League championship by defeating Western Section winners Plymouth Argyle Reserves 3–1 in a play-off match, which was held over until September 1936.
P. {{note|P}} Margate resigned from the Southern League in 1937 for financial reasons and returned to the Kent League.
Q. {{note|Q}} Margate folded for a third time after the 1937–38 season due to debt. Once again, the club reformed a year later.
R. {{note|R}} The Kent League was abandoned after Margate's first match due to the outbreak of the Second World War and replaced with the Kent Regional League, which is not generally included in official statistics. This league was itself abandoned before the end of the season, although Margate had already played all their matches, with a record of P20 W7 D5 L8 F47 A44 Pts19.
S. {{note|S}} Margate drew 2–2 with Erith & Belvedere but the competition was abandoned before the replay took place.
T. {{note|T}} The Kent Senior Cup and Senior Shield competitions continued throughout the season. Margate reached the semi-final of the Shield but failed to turn up for the match and were expelled from the competition.
U. {{note|U}} Margate and Folkestone were declared joint winners of the Kent Senior Shield after a 1–1 draw in the final.
V. {{note|V}} Margate played one match in the Kent Senior Cup, but it is unclear which round this represented.
W. {{note|W}} Margate played three matches in the Kent Senior Shield, but it is unclear which rounds these represented.
X. {{note|X}} Margate were technically not relegated as the Southern League Premier Division was scrapped in 1979 due to the formation of the Alliance Premier League. The league was instead reorganised into two parallel divisions, the Southern Division and the Midland Division, with Margate playing in the Southern Division.
Y. {{note|Y}} Having finished bottom of the table, Margate did not qualify for a place in the Southern League Premier Division, which was reformed for the 1982–83 season. They remained in the Southern Division, which became the second tier of the league.
Z. {{note|Z}} Margate and Ramsgate were declared joint winners of the Isle of Thanet Gazette Cup after the match finished 1–1.
AA. {{note|AA}} Although Margate finished in 16th position, the club was relegated to the newly formed Conference South due to not being able to meet the stadium requirements of what was now designated the Conference National.
AB. {{note|AB}} Margate were deducted 10 points for entering administrative receivership.
AC. {{note|AC}} By finishing 3rd, Margate qualified for the promotion play-offs and beat Dulwich Hamlet in the semi-final and Hendon in the final to gain promotion.
AD. {{note|AD}} Season not completed due to COVID-19 pandemic