Kettering Town F.C.

The club was established in 1872 under the name Kettering Football Club. They joined the Midland League in 1892 and were champions of the league in 1895–96, a season which also saw them beat two Football League clubs in the FA Cup; a 2–1 win over Loughborough in the third qualifying round was followed by a 2–1 win at Leicester Fosse in the fourth qualifying round before they lost 2–1 at Newton Heath in the first round. The club then also entered a team into the new United League, which they left in 1899. After winning the Midland League again in 1899–1900, the club applied for election to the Football League. However, they received only two votes and failed to gain entry to the League. Instead, the club joined Division One of the Southern League. In the 1900–01 FA Cup they reached the second round, beating Football League opponents Burton Swifts and Chesterfield before losing 5–0 at Middlesbrough. After finishing bottom of Division One of the Southern League in 1903–04, Kettering dropped into the Northamptonshire League, where the reserve team had been playing. They won the league at the first attempt and were runners-up in the next three seasons. In 1909 the club rejoined the Southern League, playing in Division Two B, but also continued to enter the first team into the Northamptonshire League for another season; they went on to finish the 1909–10 season as runners-up in both leagues. League reorganisation saw them placed in Division Two of the Southern League for the…

National League Conference North champions 2007–08 League Cup winners 1986–87 Midland League Champions 1895–96, 1899–1900 Southern League Champions 1927–28, 1956–57, 1972–73, 2001–02 Premier Division Central champions 2018–19 Division One champions 1960–61 Division One Central champions 2014–15 Division One North champions 1971–72 Eastern Division champions 1927–28, 1928–29 League Cup winners 1974–75 United Counties League Champions 1904–05, 1938–39 Northamptonshire Senior Cup Winners 1883–84, 1895–86, 1897–98, 1900–01, 1906–07, 1920–21 (reserves), 1931–32, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1952–53 (reserves), 1955–56, 1956–57 (reserves), 1968–69, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2016–17, 2017–18 Maunsell Cup Winners 1912–13, 1919–20, 1923–24 (joint), 1924–25, 1928–29, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2016–17