Brief History

Hythe Town Football Club were formed in 1910 and played at South Road recreation ground in the Kent Amateur League until the mid-1970’s. In 1975 they won the Kent Junior Cup and were granted senior status, entering the Kent League and playing at the newly acquired Reachfields. Town were runners-up in the Kent League in 1979, 1983 and 1986 but it was not until property developer Tony Walton took over, forming Hythe Town 1988 Limited, that things really started to happen. 
In 4 ½ seasons Town won the Championship in both divisions of the Kent League and promotion to the Southern League.
The F.A.Vase was Hythe’s main aim (one year they were made national favourites by the bookies) and they just missed out on the Wembley Finals of 1990 and 1991, going out in the Semi and Quarter Finals respectively. 

Hythe were the losing finalists in the Southern League Cup (v Chelmsford City) and in the 1992 Kent Senior Cup (v Bromley). However that match, played at Priestfield Stadium, became Walton’s last game in charge, and he put the Club into liquidation soon after. 
Supporters entered a scratch side, Hythe United into the following season’s Kent County League and negotiated continued use of Reachfields Stadium, regaining senior status and rejoining the Kent League in 1995. In 2001 Hythe dropped the “United” tag and went back to “Town” and in November 2002 appointed Paul Fisk as Manager and apart from the season 2005/6 have become a regular top six Club. Even in 2005/6 however, Town struck form in the F.A.Vase only going out to Winchester City in the 4th round proper, before a crowd of 441 at Reachfields.  
Last year Town made the strongest bid yet for the title, but finished as runners-up after leading for much of the season. On the Management side, Paul Fisk has had to step down due to the illness of his wife. Scott Porter has been promoted to Manager with Clive Cook as his assistant. Also Martin Chandler has returned to the Club as First Team coach.