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| Full name | Ramsgate Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rams | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Southwood Stadium, Ramsgate | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Owner | James Lawson | ||
| Manager | Ben Smith | ||
| League | Isthmian League South East Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Isthmian League South East Division, 2nd of 20 | ||
| Website | https://www.ramsgatefc.co.uk | ||
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Ramsgate Football Club are a football team based in Ramsgate, Kent, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League South East Division. The club was founded in 1945 and was known as Ramsgate Athletic until 1972. After playing in the original Kent League in the 1950s, Ramsgate joined the Southern League in 1959. In 1976 they resigned from this league and returned to county-level competition in a new Kent League. In 2005 Ramsgate gained promotion to the Isthmian League Division One and secured a second consecutive promotion to the Premier Division a year later. Ramsgate were relegated in 2009 and have since played at the seventh level of the English football league system.
Ramsgate play at Southwood Stadium, which has undergone significant improvement since 2020, including the laying of a new 3G pitch. The main local rivals of the club are Margate who are situated just four miles away. When the two teams meet, it is known as the Thanet derby.