Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells Football Club is a football club based in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Premier Division. They play their home games at Culverden Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Kent County Football Association.

History

Tunbridge Wells FC was originally formed in 1886, and played as an amateur side until the 1st World War when they folded. After many seasons of playing friendlies, they joined the South Eastern League in 1905 followed by the Southern Amateur, Isthmian and Spartan Leagues.Tunbridge Wells Rangers were a separate club founded as a professional team in 1903 when they joined the Kent League. They stayed there for three seasons before joining the Southern Football League in Division Two for the start of the 1906-07 season. However, after two seasons they rejoined the Kent League and the South Eastern League. They were to stay in the Kent League until they rejoined the Southern League as members of the Eastern Section for the 1931-32 season, after winning the Kent League the season before. Two seasons after joining the Eastern section the club started playing in the Central section as well. In the 1936-37 season the club then played in the Southern section but also competed in the Southern League Midweek Section, becoming champions of this competition in the 1938-39 season. During their time in the Southern league the club managed to get to the second round of the FA Cup twice.

In the 1930s Tunbridge Wells Rangers were a significant force in non-league football. This is evident in an article published in The FA News in November 2006, in which they looked at all clubs that had played more than 100 FA Cup matches. The FA News then produced a list of each club's percentage success rate. In terms of winning FA Cup ties, Tunbridge Wells Rangers were the most successful club in the country. Their results were played 105, won 62. The record shows that the percentage of pre-war cup ties won was 59.05%.