Full name | Ebbsfleet United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Fleet | ||
Founded | 1946 (as Gravesend & Northfleet) | ||
Ground | Stonebridge Road, Northfleet | ||
Capacity | 4,769 (2,179 seats) | ||
Owner | KEH Sports Ltd | ||
Chairman | Abdulla Al-Humaidi | ||
Manager | Harry Watling | ||
League | National League | ||
2023–24 | National League, 19th of 24 | ||
Website | https://www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/ | ||
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Ebbsfleet United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Northfleet, Kent, England. The club compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system.
Founded in 1946 from the merger between Gravesend United and Northfleet United, they were known as Gravesend & Northfleet until changing to their current name in 2007.
Between 2008 and 2013, the club was 75% owned by the web-based venture MyFootballClub whose members, by majority vote, decided on things that at many other clubs were decisions made by the club's management and staff.[1] In May 2013 KEH Sports Ltd, a group of Kuwaiti investors took over full ownership of the club.