Dulwich Hamlet F.C.
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club that was formed in 1893, and joined the Isthmian League a few years later. They are located in Dulwich, in south London. They play at Champion Hill stadium, and wear a famous pink and blue strip. Their greatest ever player was Edgar Kail, who scored over 400 goals for the club. An amateur footballer, he won three full caps for the England team in the 1920s, and shunned 'big money' moves to professional clubs to play for his beloved Dulwich Hamlet. At that time, they had attracted crowds of up to 20,000 - though now they have around 250 supporters on match day.
History1907-08 - Joined Isthmian League. Also founder members of Spartan League1908 - Left Spartan League1919-20 - Isthmian League Champions (on goal average). F.A. Amateur Cup Winners1921-22 - Isthmian League runner-up (on goal average)1923-24 - Isthmian League runner-up1925-26 - Isthmian League Champions (2nd time)1928-29 - Missed runner-up spot on goal average1929-30 - Isthmian League runner-up1930-31 - Isthmian League runner-up1931-32 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (2nd time)1932-33 - Isthmian League Champions (3rd time) (on goal average)1933-34 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (3rd time). Isthmian League runner-up1936-37 - F.A. Amateur Cup Winners (4th time)1946-47 - Isthmian League runner-up1948-49 - Isthmian League Champions (4th time) (on goal average)1958-59 - Isthmian League runner-up1977 - Relegated to Division Two1977-78 - Division Two renamed Division One. Isthmian League Division One Champions; promoted to Premier Division1990 - Relegated to Division One1991-92 - Promoted to Premier Division2001 - Relegated to Division One2002-03 - Moved to Division One South on league re-organisation Best FA Cup performance: 1st round replay, 1930-31 and 1933-34 Best FA Amatuer Cup performance: winners (4 times) in 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34 and 1936-37 Best FA Trophy performance: quarter-final replay, 1979-80 Source: Football Club History Database
Major Honours FA Amateur Cup Winners: 1919-20, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37. Semi Finalists: 1908-09, 1921-22, 1928-29, 1934-35, 1955-56. Isthmian League Champions: 1919-20, 1925-26, 1932-33, 1948-49. Runner-ups: 1921-22, 1923-24, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1946-47, 1958-59. Division 1 Champions: 1977-78 London Senior Cup Winners: 1924-25, 1938-39, 1949-50, 1983-84, 2003-04 Finalists: 1905-06, 1907-08, 1920-21, 1927-28, 2001-02 London Challenge Cup Winners: 1998-99 Finalists: 1991-92, 1999-2000 Surrey Senior Cup Winners: 1904-05, 1905-06, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1919-20, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1946-47, 1949-50, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1973-74, 1974-75. Finalists: 1911-12, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1937-38, 1950-51, 1967-68 London Charity Cup Winners: 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1947-48, 1956-57, 1957-58. Joint Holders: 1910-11, 1923-24, 1930-31.
Club Records - Most first team appearances: Reg Merritt, 576 (1950-66)
- Most consecutive first team appearances: Chris Lewington, 290 (1977-82)
- Most first team goals in career: Edgar Kail, 427 (1919-33)
- Most first team goals in a season: Edgar Kail, 53 (1925-26)
- Biggest Isthmian League wins: 10-1 v West Norwood (1920-21); 9-0 v Worthing (1990-91)
- Heaviest Isthmian League defeats: 1-10 v Hendon (1963-64); 0-9 v Walthamstow Avenue (1945-46)
- Biggest cup win: 13-0 v Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Senior Cup (1936-37)
- Heaviest cup defeats: 0-9 v Hornchurch FA Cup (2004-05); 0-8 v Barnet, London Charity Cup (1962-63)
- Full England international caps: Edgar Kail (3), Bert Coleman (1)
- Highest attendance (new stadium): 1,835, Dulwich Hamlet v Southport (1998-99)
- Highest attendance (old stadium): 20,744, Kingstonian v Stockton, FA Amateur Cup Final (1932-33)
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