King's Lynn Town Football Club is a football club based in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Nicknamed 'The Linnets', they are currently members of the and play at the Walks. They were founded in 2010 as a phoenix club of King's Lynn F.C., which were wound up a year earlier.
The club was established in 2010 after King's Lynn F.C. were wound up in 2009. They were admitted to the Premier Division of the United Counties League and were runners-up in their first season in the league, also reaching the semi-finals of the FA Vase, where they lost 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate to Coalville Town. After finishing as runners-up again in 2011âÂÂ12 the club were promoted to Division One South of the Northern Premier League. They won Division One South at the first attempt, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2015 the club were transferred to the Premier Division of the Southern League. In 2016âÂÂ17 they won the Norfolk Senior Cup, beating Fakenham Town 2âÂÂ0 in the final. The club were runners-up in the Southern League Premier Division in 2017âÂÂ18, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Weymouth 3âÂÂ0 in the semi-finals, they lost 2âÂÂ1 to Slough Town in the final. The club were placed in the Premier Division Central for the 2018âÂÂ19 season, going on to finish as runners-up and qualifying for the play-offs. After defeating Stratford Town and Alvechurch, they were promoted to the National League North following a 3âÂÂ2 win against Warrington Town in the super play-off final.
The 2019âÂÂ20 season was abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic with the club second in the league, two points behind leaders York City with two games in hand. The National League later decided the final league table would be based on points-per-game, resulting in King's Lynn being declared champions, earning promotion to the National League. In 2020âÂÂ21 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time after Notts County were forced to cede their fourth qualifying round tie due to a COVID outbreak in their squad; King's Lynn went on to defeat League Two club Port Vale 1âÂÂ0 at Vale Park in the first round, before losing 6âÂÂ1 at Portsmouth in the second.
Another FA Cup first round appearance in 2021âÂÂ22 ended in a 1âÂÂ0 home defeat by Walsall, while the league season ended with King's Lynn being relegated from the National League back to the National League North. In 2022âÂÂ23 they reached the FA Cup first round again, winning 1âÂÂ0 at Doncaster Rovers to progress to the second round where they lost 3âÂÂ0 to Stevenage. They went on to finish as runners-up in the National League North, but lost 4âÂÂ1 to Kidderminster Harriers in the play-off semi-finals. In 2024âÂÂ25 the club finished sixth in the division, before losing 1âÂÂ0 to Chorley in the play-off quarter-finals.
The club's reserve team joined the Reserve Division Two of the United Counties League in 2010, going on to win the division in their first season and earn promotion to Reserve Division One. After winning Reserve Division One the following season and the first team leaving the United Counties League, the reserves joined Division One of the Peterborough & District League in 2012. They secured a third successive title, earning promotion to the Premier Division. After winning the Premier Division the following season, the reserves joined Division One of the Eastern Counties League. They won the Division One Cup in 2016âÂÂ17, beating Wisbech St Mary 1âÂÂ0 in the final. The team was withdrawn from the Eastern Counties League at the end of the 2020âÂÂ21 season.
The club took over the Walks ground from King's Lynn, who had played there since being formed in 1881. Canvas screens were erected around the ground in 1892 to prevent people watching matches without paying. In 1893 a match was played against Wisbech Town under electric lights. A stand was built in 1896, although it was demolished in 1905, replaced by a 500-seat wooden grandstand built at a cost of ã250. In the mid-1950s the Supporters Club installed terracing for 4,000 and 780 seats on the northern side of the pitch. In 1955 the wooden stand was sold to a company in Spalding and a new grandstand seating 1,400 with a terraced paddock holding 3,000 was built at a cost of ã27,000 and opened by then FIFA President and FA Chairman Arthur Drewry on 18 August 1956.
Floodlights were installed in 1963 and used for the first time in a Culey Festival Cup match against Cambridge City on 25 September.