King's Lynn
Full name	King's Lynn Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Linnets
Founded	1879
Ground	The Walks Stadium
Capacity	5,733
Chairman	Ken Bobbins
Manager	Keith Webb
League	Southern League Premier Division
2005-06	3rd
Home colours Away colours

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They are nicknamed The Linnets and they play their home matches at The Walks Stadium. The club was originally called Lynn Town until 1914.

On 19th of December 2006, Keith Webb was named as the new manager of the Linnets, following previous manager Tommy Taylor, who had joined Peterborough United as head coach. Shaun Carey, who had been caretaker during the absence of a full time manager, was named as assistant. Keith Webb is a football coach and current reserve team manager at Norwich City F.C.. Webb was a member of the Norwich City youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1983. ... Tommy Taylor (born September 26, 1951 in Hornchurch, Essex) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. ... Peterborough United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... Shaun Peter Carey (b. ...

FA Cup

The club's record attendance is 12,987 for an FA Cup match against Exeter City in 1950. In the 2006/07 season they reached the second round proper of the FA Cup and played Oldham Athletic at home, the Linnets lost the match 2-0, but with an attendance of 5,444 and the game being shown on Sky Sports and ESPN television, some revenue was surely earned for the club; it was reported that they would receive some £75,000 from Sky Sports alone, although a large proportion of that was to be spent improving the floodlights at the ground to the required standard. Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Exeter City F.C. are an English football club, based in Exeter, who have played in the Football League for most of its history, but now play in the Nationwide Conference. ... Note: for the full results of all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Oldham Athletic Association Football Club are an English football team currently playing in Football League One. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels operated by British Sky Broadcasting. ... ESPN, formerly the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

History

• 1900-01 F.A. Amateur Cup runner-up
• 1935-36 Founder members of Eastern Counties League
• 1946-47 Joined United Counties League
• 1948-49 Rejoined Eastern Counties League
• 1949-50 Eastern Counties League runner-up (on goal average)
• 1952-53 Eastern Counties League runner-up
• 1953-54 Eastern Counties League Champions
• 1954-55 Joined Midland League
• 1958-59 Joined Southern League South Eastern zone
• 1962 Relegated to Division One
• 1963-64 Southern League Division One runner-up. Promoted to Division One.
• 1971 Relegated to Division One
• 1979-80 League re-organised to Southern & Midland Divisions (No Premier). Placed in Midland Division.
• 1980-81 Joined Northern Premier League
• 1983-84 Rejoined Southern League
• 1984-85 Southern League runner-up
• 1987 Relegated to Midland Division
• 1995-96 Southern League Midland Division, and promoted to Premier Division, despite having two points deducted.
• 2002 Relegated to Eastern Division
• 2003-04 Southern League Eastern Division Champions. Play-offs for places in new structure - King's Lynn 0 Redditch United 1. Promoted to Premier Division

Team

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Records

• Home Attendance: 12,937 vs Exeter City 1950-51 FA Cup 1st Rd.
• Away Attendance: 44,916 vs Everton 1961-62 FA Cup 3rd Round.
• Record Win: 17-0 vs Beccles 1929-30 in Norfolk and Suffolk League
• Southern League: Home 8-0 vs Leicester United 1994-95.
• Southern League: Away 6-0 vs Bedworth United 1973-74.
• Record Defeat: 0-11 vs Aston Villa 1905-06 FA Cup.
• Southern League: Home 0-6 vs Corby Town 1990-91.
• Southern League: Home 2-8 vs Histon 2002-03.
• Southern League: Away 0-8 vs Hastings United 1958-59.
• Career Appearances: Mick Wright 1,152 (British Record).
• Southern League Appearances: Mick Wright 734.
• Career Goalscorer: Malcolm Lindsay 321.
• Southern League Goalscorer: Malcolm Lindsay 187.
• Goals in a season: George Martin 69 from 38 appearances (1909-10).
• Goals in a match: Harry Kirk 8 (1923-24).
• Goals in a match Southern League: Ray Dixon 6 (1958-59).
• Transfer fee paid: £5,000 Lyndon Rowland from Halesowen Town November 1999.
• Transfer fee received: Mark Paul to Southampton £75,000 1998-99.

King's Lynn F.C. Reserves

King's Lynn F.C.'s reserves team joined the Eastern Counties Football League in 1959. They are members of the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division for the 2005-06 season. They are currently managed by King's Lynn legend Keith Rudd. The Eastern Counties League (also known under a sponsorship contract as the Ridgeons League) is an English football league at level 5 of the National League System. ... The Eastern Counties League Premier Division is the highest division in the Eastern Counties League (also known under a sponsorship contract as the Ridgeons League). ...

Trivia

• The Linnets hold a surprisingly good record for a non-league side. They have the best record of any team ever in the FA Cup. In terms of games played against games won, King's Lynn have won the most games. They also sit in seventh in the all time goals scored, just three goals behind Manchester United.
• During the draw for the first round of the 2006/2007 FA Cup, Trevor Brooking appeared to read out King's Lynn twice. It was only when all matches had been drawn that he realised his error and had misread one of the numbers called.
• Just days before the FA Cup first round tie against Bishop's Stortford, manager, and former cup winner, Tommy Taylor accepted a job at Peterborough United as first team coach. A caretaking duo of former Norwich City veretan Shaun Carey and experienced right back Dean West took control. Keith Webb made a switch from Norwich City reserve team manager, in order to fill the vacant position.

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References

• Official website
• King's Lynn at the Football Club History Database

External links

• Kings Lynn FC - Official website
• The Linnets - Unofficial website