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Linnets Lose Their Appeal

Linnets Lose Their Appeal

King's Lynn Town have today lost their appeal to be...

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Linnets Sign Hall

King's Lynn Town today made there second summer signing with...

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Linnets Sign Robbins

King's Lynn Town FC are delighted to announce that Ryan...

Club History

1879 Established alongside other clubs such as Lynn Utd, Lynn CEYMS and Lynn Star

1897–1935 Members of the Norfolk & Suffolk League and occasionally, East Anglian League

1900–01 FA Amateur Cup runner-up

1935–36 Founder members of Eastern Counties League

1937–39 Also played in East Midland 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 & League Cup winners

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 Premier Division.

1971 Relegated to Division One

1979–80 League re-organised to Southern & Midland Divisions (No Premier). Placed in Midland Division.

1980–81 Transferred to Northern Premier League

1983–84 Transferred to Southern League

1984–85 Southern League runner-up

1987 Relegated to Midland Division

1995–96 Southern League Midland Division runner-up, 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

2007–08 Southern League Premier Division Champions , therefore promoted to Level 6 (Conference North) on the Tier "pyramid".

2008–09 Demoted to Northern Premier League because stadium did not meet Conference North standards

2009 Club wound up by High Courts in regards to debts owed to HMRC.

2010 Club relaunched in UCL Premier Division under new name 'Kings Lynn Town FC'

2012 Linnets promoted to Evo-Stik Division One South

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