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.

Key Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table

Key to cup records

PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons Year League Level Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer League goals FA Cup FA Trophy Average league attendance 1992-93 Southern League - Premier Division 7 4 1 1 2 1 2 -1 4 22nd of 22 (resigned from league) Leo Fortune-West 1 N/A N/A 531 1993-94 Kent League - First Division 8 40 21 11 8 70 44 26 74 6th of 21 Micky Collins 21 N/A N/A 315 1994-95 Kent League - First Division 8 40 14 11 15 61 51 10 53 11th of 21 Micky Collins/Ricky Bennett 14 N/A N/A 297 1995-96 Kent League - First Division 8 38 26 11 1 71 21 50 89 2nd of 20 Promoted Ricky Bennett/Dean Bowey 19 QR1N/A 332 1996-97 Southern League - Southern Division 7 42 14 10 18 59 64 -3 52 14th of 22 Glenn Payne 13 PR QR3 322 1997-98 Southern League - Southern Division 7 42 17 7 18 60 60 0 58 11th of 22 Glenn Payne 16 QR2 QR2 236 1998-99 Southern League - Southern Division 7 42 14 10 18 48 53 -5 52 14th of 22 Glenn Payne 8 QL1 R2 236 1999-2000 Southern League - Southern Division 7 42 17 6 19 52 58 -6 57 8th of 22 Lee Guiver 17 PR R3 222 2000-01 SFL Division One East 7 42 11 11 20 49 67 -18 44 16th of 22 Chris Arnold 21 QR3 R1 178 2001-02 SFL Division One East 7 42 18 5 19 62 66 -4 59 8th of 22 Lee Guiver 10 QR3 R1 296 2002-03 SFL Division One East 7 42 11 8 23 48 78 -30 41 17th of 22 Martin Buglione 10 PR PR 232 2003–04 SFL Division One East 7 42 13 6 23 48 81 -33 45 16th of 22 Tostao Kwashi 14QR2R1 235 2004–05 SFL Division One East 8 42 11 13 18 58 75 −17 46 16th of 22 Tostao Kwashi 24QR1R1260 2005–06 SFL Division One East 8 42 16 13 13 65 57 +8 61 7th of 22Transferred Ryan Hayes 14PRQR3291 2006–07 IL Division One South 8 42 19 11 12 86 65 +21 68 7th of 22 Brendon Cass 32QR1QR21032 2007–08 IL Division One North 8 42 27 8 7 107 42 +65 89 1st of 22Promoted Brendon Cass 37 QR3 QR1 1002 2008–09 IL Premier Division 7 42 17 11 14 62 49 +13 62 8th of 22 Richard O'Reilly 27QR2QR3 1065 2009–10 IL Premier Division 7 42 29 6 7 101 45 +56 93 1st of 22Promoted Lee Burns 23 QR3 QR3 1125 2010–11 Conference South 6 42 15 12 15 60 59 +1 57 10th of 22 Charlie Sheringham 25R1R31180 2011–12 Conference South 6 42 26 10 6 89 40 +49 88 2nd of 22Promoted through PO Elliot Bradbrook 15 QR4R3 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 24Reprieved Elliot Bradbrook 9 R1 R1 1,250 2014–15 Conference National 5 46 8 15 23 44 74 −30 39 22nd of 24Relegated 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 25 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 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 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 24Relegated Luke Coulson 10 QR2 R2 1,055 2024–25 IL Premier Division 7 42 25 9 8 77 49 +28 84 3rd of 22 Callum Jones 13 QR3 QR3 1,138 2025–26 IL Premier Division 7 42 20 12 10 81 55 +26 72 6th of 22 Olly Box 16 QR1 QR3 1,067 2026–27 IL Premier Division 7 10 7 0 3 16 11 +5 21 3rd of 22 Dan Smith & Max Fiddes 4 QR3 TBC 1,137 (after 5 of 21 games)

References

Some information in this article (including everything prior to 2003-04 season) was copied from the clubs history book Princes Among Men (2013) by John Anthony, Mike Brett-Smith, Tony Brown, Gary Clark, Steve Irving.