Margate Football Club, originally called Margate Town, is an English football team based in the seaside resort of Margate, Kent, currently playing in the National League South. The club was known for a number of years during the 1980s as Thanet United. The team, nicknamed "The Gate", have to date reached the third round proper of England's premier cup competition, the FA Cup, on two occasions. On the second of these occasions they played Tottenham Hotspur, a First Division team and the reigning UEFA Cup holders.