Honours & Records

Champions 12/13 - 1

CLUB HONOURS

 

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

League Two Champions: 2012/13

League Two Play-Off Winners: 2008/09

Division 2 Play-Off Winners: 1999/2000

Division 2 Play-Off Finalists: 1986/87, 1998/99

Division 3 Runners-Up: 1995/96

Division 4 Champions: 1963/64

Division 4 Runners-Up: 1973/74

 

FA CUP

Best Performance - Quarter-Final: 1999/2000

 

LEAGUE CUP

Best Performance - Fourth Round: 1963/64, 1996/97

 

SOUTHERN LEAGUE

First Division Champions: 1946/47, 1948/49

First Division Runners-Up: 1947/48

Second Division Champions: 1894/95

 

SOUTHERN LEAGUE CUP

Winners: 1946/47

 

KENT LEAGUE

Champions: 1944/45, 1945/46

 

KENT SENIOR CUP

Winners: 1945/46, 1947/48

Runners-Up: 1938/39, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1994/95, 2014/15

 

CLUB RECORDS

 

ATTENDANCES

Football League: 20,128 - Versus Millwall (September 1950)

FA Cup: 23,002 - Versus QPR (January 1948)

League Cup: 20,566 - Versus Arsenal (September 1966)

Highest Average Attendance: 12,576 (1951/52)

 

SCORELINE

Biggest Football League Win: 10-0 - Versus Chesterfield (September 1987)

Biggest Southern League Win: 12-1 - Versus Gloucester City (November 1946)

Biggest FA Cup Win: 10-1 - Versus Gorleston (November 1957)

Heaviest Football League Defeat: 2-9 - Versus Nottingham Forest (November 1950), 7-0 - Versus Shrewsbury Town (September 2008)

Heaviest FA Cup Defeat: 3-9 - Versus Sutton United (November 1945)

 

GOALS

Record Goalscorer: Brian Yeo - 149

Most League Goals in a Season: 31 - Earnie Morgan (1954/55), Brian Yeo (1973/74)

Most Goals in One Game: 6 - Fred Cheesmur Versus Merthyr Town (April 1930)

Most Team Goals in a Season: 90 (1973/74)

Fewest Goals Conceded in a Season: 20 (1995/96)

Fastest Hat-Trick: 2 minutes, 30 seconds - Jimmy Scarth Versus Leyton Orient (November 1952)

 

APPEARANCES

Most Football League Appearances: 571 - John Simpson (1957-72)

Most League & Cup Appearances: 657 - Ron Hillyard (1974-91)

 

TRANSFERS

Record Transfer Fee Paid: £600,000 - Carl Asaba from Reading (August 1998)

Record Transfer Fee Received: £1.5m - Robert Taylor to Manchester City (November 1999)

 

CAPPED PLAYERS

Andrew Crofts - 13 (Wales)

Ian Cox - 11 (Trinidad & Tobago)

Mamady Sidibe - 7 (Mali)

Brent Sancho - 6 (Trinidad & Tobago)

Tony Cascarino - 3 (Republic of Ireland)

Terry Cochrane - 2 (Northern Ireland)

Damien Richardson - 2 (Republic of Ireland)

Macauley Bonne - 1 (Zimbabwe)

Cheye Alexander - 1 (Saint Lucia)

Simeon Jackson - 1 (Canada)

Freddie Fox - 1 (England)