The 1971β72 Kent Football League season was the sixth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition based in and around the county of Kent in England.
The league comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Cup.
Season | 1971β72 |
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Champions | Chatham Town |
Matches played | 378 |
Goals scored | 1,324 (3.5 per match) |
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1970β71
1972β73 β |
The league featured teams from 20 clubs, including ten reserves teams. Seventeen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by three additional clubs:
The league was won by Chatham Town, [3] who completed a League and Cup double.
At the end of the season Dartford Reserves resigned [4] Both bottom two clubs, Sheppey United Reserves and Ramsgate Athletic Reserves, were re-elected back into the league. [4] with the former being replaced by their first team. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
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1 | Chatham Town | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 113 | 35 | 3.229 | 61 | |
2 | Brett Sports | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 37 | 2.432 | 58 | |
3 | Tonbridge Reserves | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 93 | 59 | 1.576 | 55 | |
4 | Sittingbourne | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 1.412 | 47 | |
5 | Kent Police | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 56 | 1.607 | 46 | |
6 | Deal Town | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 92 | 60 | 1.533 | 43 | |
7 | Dartford Amateurs [a] | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 43 | |
8 | Slade Green Athletic | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 37 | 1.351 | 41 | |
9 | Ashford Town Reserves | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 39 | |
10 | Dover Reserves [b] | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 38 | |
11 | Dartford Reserves | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 37 | Resigned from the league |
12 | Crockenhill | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 32 | |
13 | Bexley United Reserves | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 31 | |
14 | Folkestone Reserves [b] | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 80 | 0.738 | 31 | |
15 | Hastings United Reserves | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 86 | 0.593 | 30 | |
16 | Margate Reserves | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 95 | 0.632 | 29 | |
17 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 27 | |
18 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 88 | 0.625 | 26 | |
19 | Sheppey United Reserves | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 87 | 0.517 | 23 | Re-elected (replaced by first team) |
20 | Ramsgate Athletic Reserves [a] | 37 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 49 | 97 | 0.505 | 19 | Re-elected |
The 1971β72 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Chatham Town, [6] who completed a League and Cup double.
The competition, contested by all twenty clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C. [7] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tonbridge Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 4 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hastings United Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Bexley United Reserves | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bexley United Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brett Sports | 1 |
Sources
The 1971β72 Kent Football League season was the sixth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition based in and around the county of Kent in England.
The league comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Cup.
Season | 1971β72 |
---|---|
Champions | Chatham Town |
Matches played | 378 |
Goals scored | 1,324 (3.5 per match) |
β
1970β71
1972β73 β |
The league featured teams from 20 clubs, including ten reserves teams. Seventeen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by three additional clubs:
The league was won by Chatham Town, [3] who completed a League and Cup double.
At the end of the season Dartford Reserves resigned [4] Both bottom two clubs, Sheppey United Reserves and Ramsgate Athletic Reserves, were re-elected back into the league. [4] with the former being replaced by their first team. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chatham Town | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 113 | 35 | 3.229 | 61 | |
2 | Brett Sports | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 37 | 2.432 | 58 | |
3 | Tonbridge Reserves | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 93 | 59 | 1.576 | 55 | |
4 | Sittingbourne | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 1.412 | 47 | |
5 | Kent Police | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 56 | 1.607 | 46 | |
6 | Deal Town | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 92 | 60 | 1.533 | 43 | |
7 | Dartford Amateurs [a] | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 43 | |
8 | Slade Green Athletic | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 37 | 1.351 | 41 | |
9 | Ashford Town Reserves | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 39 | |
10 | Dover Reserves [b] | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 41 | 1.244 | 38 | |
11 | Dartford Reserves | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 37 | Resigned from the league |
12 | Crockenhill | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 71 | 0.789 | 32 | |
13 | Bexley United Reserves | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 77 | 0.753 | 31 | |
14 | Folkestone Reserves [b] | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 80 | 0.738 | 31 | |
15 | Hastings United Reserves | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 86 | 0.593 | 30 | |
16 | Margate Reserves | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 60 | 95 | 0.632 | 29 | |
17 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 51 | 73 | 0.699 | 27 | |
18 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 55 | 88 | 0.625 | 26 | |
19 | Sheppey United Reserves | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 87 | 0.517 | 23 | Re-elected (replaced by first team) |
20 | Ramsgate Athletic Reserves [a] | 37 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 49 | 97 | 0.505 | 19 | Re-elected |
The 1971β72 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Chatham Town, [6] who completed a League and Cup double.
The competition, contested by all twenty clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C. [7] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tonbridge Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 4 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hastings United Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ashford Town Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Bexley United Reserves | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bexley United Reserves | 3 | |||||||||||||
Brett Sports | 1 |
Sources