Margate Football Club is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent, currently playing in the National League South. The club was known for a number of years during the 1980s as Thanet United.
The club was founded in 1896 and joined the Southern Football League in 1933. After a spell in the Kent League after World War II the team returned to the Southern League in 1959 and remained there until 2001 when they gained promotion to the Football Conference, the highest level of English non-league football. Their stay at this level saw the team forced to groundshare with other clubs due to drawn-out and problematic redevelopment work at their Hartsdown Park stadium, and during the three years spent away from their own ground they were expelled from the Conference National and subsequently relegated to the Isthmian League.
The team, nicknamed "The Gate", have to date reached the third round proper of England's premier cup competition, the FA Cup, on two occasions. On the second of these occasions they played Tottenham Hotspur, a First Division team and the reigning UEFA Cup holders.
Coordinates: 51°23′06″N 1°23′02″E / 51.3850°N 1.3838°E / 51.3850; 1.3838
Margate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in Kent, England. It lies 38.1 miles (61.3 km) east-north-east of Maidstone, on the coast along the North Foreland and contains the areas of Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook.
Margate was recorded as "Meregate" in 1264 and as "Margate" in 1299, but the spelling continued to vary into modern times. The name is thought to refer to a pool gate or gap in a cliff where pools of water are found, often allowing swimmers to jump in. The cliffs of the Isle of Thanet are composed of chalk, a fossil-bearing rock.
The town's history is tied closely to the sea and it has a proud maritime tradition. Margate was a "limb" of Dover in the ancient confederation of the Cinque ports. It was added to the confederation in the 15th century. Margate has been a leading seaside resort for at least 250 years. Like its neighbour Ramsgate, it has been a traditional holiday destination for Londoners drawn to its sandy beaches. Margate had a Victorian pier which was largely destroyed by a storm in 1978.
Margate can refer to the following locations:
"Margate" is a song by off of the album Joblot by Chas & Dave. It was released as a single on 11 July 1982 and entered the UK Singles Chart at #67. The song stayed in the charts for 4 weeks and peaked at #46 on 24 July 1982.
[Letra y Música: Andrés Giménez]
Mi barrio siempre fue el testigo firme para mi
Enseñanza de vida fiel,
Sobrevivir sin perder la razon de creer
Aprendiendo en sus calles a tener valor,
Valor, valor, valor, valor,
Nunca podre hacerme a un lado y olvidarme de donde sali,
Marcado a fuego esta en mi,
Mi decision fue ser parte de esta familia que hasta hoy
Mirando al cielo pide ayuda a dios,
Mi barrio fue el que:
Me dio el valor para pelear la vida
Me dio el valor para ser lo que soy
Me dio el valor y millones de amigos
Muchos de ellos estan aqui conmigo!
Es el valor todo este valor el inmenso valor lo que marca el rumbo a seguir,
Sus calles su color
Recuerdos sin final
Valores de amistad que no se perderan jamas jamas jamas, jamas
Mi barrio siempre fue el testigo firme para mi,
Enseñanza de vida fiel
Mi decision es ser parte de esta familia que hasta hoy