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Maidstone Club. The club derives its name from the original name for East Hampton, which was Maidstone, named after Maidstone in England. It was founded as a 7-hole course in 1894 and expanded to 18 holes in 1899. [3] The club was the summer retreat of New York City’s most wealthy and socially connected families.
The original Maidstone United played at the Athletic Ground on London Road. However, the ground was sold for development and the club relocated to Dartford's Watling Street in 1988. In an attempt to return to Maidstone, the club's board bought a piece of land east of the town in Hollingbourne. However the council rejected the club's planning ...
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.
Maidstone's first managers since reformation were Bill Tucker and Jack Whiteley, who were appointed in a joint role. Maidstone joined the Kent County League Division Four for the 1993–94 season and won the league at the first attempt. Tucker and Whiteley's team also won the West Kent Challenge Shield and the Tunbridge Wells Charity Cup.
First FA Trophy match: Maidstone United 2–0 Bury Town (7 October 2007) First FA Vase match: Maidstone United 4–1 Carterton Town (9 September 2001) First Kent Senior Cup match: Maidstone United 0–3 Folkestone Invicta (17 December 2003) First Isthmian League Cup match: Maidstone United 0–3 Tonbridge Angels (12 September 2006)
Rather than the traditional choice of grass, Maidstone were the first English team to build a stadium with third generation artificial turf. [4] The reasons for going with the synthetic turf were threefold, the first being to eliminate match postponements caused by waterlogging and freezing conditions, the second so that the pitch can be hired out, bringing in vital funds (around £120,000 to ...
Sam Corne's goal in the 66th minute proved to be an historic one for Maidstone United as the National League South side beat Ipswich Town of the Championship, 2-1, to advance to the fifth round of ...
This is a category for footballers who played for the original incarnation of Maidstone United Football Club, who existed from 1897 to 1992. For people who have played for the current Maidstone United, see Category:Maidstone United F.C. players