Dartford Football Club is an English association football club based in Dartford, Kent. The club participates in the Conference Premier, the fifth tier of English football.
Home matches are played at the club's environmentally friendly stadium, Princes Park, opened in November 2006. The club was formed in 1888 by members of the Dartford Working men's club. Dartford's best performances in the FA Cup came in 1936 and 1937 when they reached the 3rd round of the competition and their best in recent times was when they reached the 1st round in 2010–11 season where they gained a replay. They have also reached the final of the FA Trophy once.
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Key to league record
Key to cup records
Year | League | Level | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Leading league scorer | League goals | FA Cup | FA Trophy | Average league attendance | |
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2003–04 | SFL Division One East | 7 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 48 | 81 | -33 | 45 | 16th of 22 | No Data | No Data | QR2 | R1 | 235 | |
2004–05 | SFL Division One East | 8 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 46 | 16th of 22 | No Data | No Data | QR1 | R1 | 260 | |
2005–06 | SFL Division One East | 8 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 61 | 7th of 22 Transferred | No Data | No Data | PR | QR3 | 291 | |
2006–07 | IL Division One South | 8 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 86 | 65 | +21 | 68 | 7th of 22 | No Data | No Data | QR1 | QR2 | No Data | |
2007–08 | IL Division One North | 8 | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 107 | 42 | +65 | 89 | 1st of 22 Promoted | No Data | No Data | QR3 | QR1 | No Data | |
2008–09 | IL Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 62 | 8th of 22 | Richard O'Reilly | 27 | QR2 | QR3 | No Data | |
2009–10 | IL Premier Division | 7 | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 101 | 45 | +56 | 93 | 1st of 22 Promoted | Lee Burns | No Data | QR3 | QR3 | No Data | |
2010–11 | Conference South | 6 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 57 | 10th of 22 | No Data | No Data | R1 | R3 | No Data | |
2011–12 | Conference South | 6 | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 88 | 2nd of 22 Promoted through PO | Elliot Bradbrook | 15 | QR4 | R3 | 1,247 | |
2012–13 | Conference National | 5 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 66 | 8th of 24 | Harry Crawford | 13 | QR4 | SF | 1,364 | |
2013–14 | Conference National | 5 | 46 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 44 | 22nd of 24 | Elliot Bradbrook | 9 | R1 | R1 | 1,250 | |
2014–15 | Conference National | 5 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 74 | −30 | 39 | 22nd of 24 Relegated | Elliot Bradbrook | 8 | R2 | R3 | 1,112 | |
2015–16 | National League South | 6 | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 59 | 8th of 22 | Elliot Bradbrook | 17 | QR2 | QR3 | 1,046 | |
2016–17 | National League South | 6 | 42 | 25i87 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 84 | 3rd of 22 | Elliot Bradbrook | 14 | R1 | R2 | 1,002 | |
2017–18 | National League South | 6 | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 44 | +37 | 86 | 2nd of 22 | Alfie Pavey | 22 | R1 | R1 | 1,021 | |
2018–19 | National League South | 6 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 64 | 10th of 22 | Charlie Sheringham | 9 | QR3 | QR3 | 1,134 | |
2019–20[1] | National League South | 6 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 56 | 6th of 22 | Darren McQueen | 16 | QR4 | QR3 | 1,183 (after 18 of 21 games) | |
2020–21[2] | National League South | 6 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 34 | 2nd of 21 | Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong | 5 | QR2 | R3 | 0 (after 12 of 20 games) | |
2021–22 | National League South | 6 | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 74 | 4th of 21 | Marcus Dinanga | 13 | QR4 | R5 | 1,338 | |
2022–23 | National League South | 6 | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 83 | 2nd of 24 | Alex Wall | 11 | QR2 | R2 | 1,178 | |
2023–24 | National League South | 6 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 56 | 75 | -19 | 46 | 21st of 24 Relegated | Luke Coulson | 10 | QR2 | R2 | 1,055 | |
2024–25 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 6th of 22 | Callum Jones, Denzelle Olopade, Sam Odaudu & Tyler Christian-Law | 1 | TBC | TBC | 892 (after 2 of 21 games) |