About

Dartford Football Club is an English association football club based in Dartford, Kent. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. After finishing as champions of the Isthmian League Division One North in the 2007–08 season, they competed in the Isthmian League Premier Division. They finished in 8th position in their first season (2008–09). They were crowned champions of the Isthmian League Premier Division in their second season (2009–10), and started playing in the Conference South from the 2010–11 season. That season they finished in 10th place, but once again gained promotion at the second attempt in 2011–12, by winning the play off final, after finishing second in the table. Since the 2012–13 season they have been playing in the Conference Premier, the very top level of the English Non league Pyramid. Home matches are played at the club's environmentally friendly stadium, Princes Park, opened in November 2006. The club was formed in 1888 by members of the Dartford Working men's club. Dartford's best performances in the FA Cup came in 1936 and 1937 when they reached the 3rd round of the competition and their best in recent times was when they reached the 1st round in 2010–11 season where they gained a replay. They have also reached the final of the FA Trophy once.