Maidstone United F.C.

1992–2001: The new club and Kent County League years

Maidstone Invicta were originally a youth club and were "taken over" within days of the Football League side folding. However, the lack of a suitable ground meant the club was effectively relegated seven divisions to the basement of the footballing pyramid and joined the Fourth Division of the Kent County League for the 1993–94 season. The club's home games took place on the reserve and training pitch of the original Maidstone, next to the original London Road Stadium. Initially, Jim Thompson ran the club, but was banned from football for his part in the demise of Maidstone and Dartford, and Paul Bowden-Brown took over as Chairman – a position he retained until 2010. The newly created Kent County League side was formed with the nucleus of the original club's youth team, They had been formed too late to join a league for the 1992–93 season, but, in the 1993–94 season, comfortably won the Fourth Division of the County League under the stewardship of Jack Whitely and Bill Tucker. They also managed to win the West Kent Challenge Shield and the Tunbridge Wells Charity Cup. During the close season of 1994 the club managed to gain promotion to Division 2 of the league after restructuring. The club went on to win Division 2, picking up the Kent Junior Cup on the way. However, the Stones, who had adopted their original name of Maidstone United in 1997, took four years and six managers before finally winning promotion to the…

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National League South (level 6) Champions: 2021–22 Play-off winners: 2016 Isthmian League (level 7) Champions: 2014–15 Isthmian League Division One (level 8) Champions: 2006–07 Play-off winners: 2013 Kent League Premier (level 9) Champions: 2001–02, 2005–06 Kent County League Premier Champions: 2000–01 Kent County League Division One Champions: 1998–99 Kent County League Division Two Champions: 1994–95 Kent County League Division Four Champions: 1993–94 Cup

Isthmian League Cup Winners: 2013–14 Isthmian Charity Shield Winners: 2015–16 Premier Division Cup Winners: 2001–02, 2005–06 Challenge/Charity Shield Winners: 2002–03, 2003–04 Kent Senior Cup Winners: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24, 2025–26 Kent Senior Trophy Winners: 2002–03 Weald of Kent Charity Cup Winners: 1999–2000, 2000–01 Kent County League Barry Bundock West Kent Challenge Shield Winners: 1993–94, 1998–99 Tunbridge Wells Charity Cup Winners: 1993–94