The 1974β75 Kent Football League season was the ninth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition featuring teams 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 | 1974β75 |
---|---|
Champions | Sheppey United |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,169 (3.42 per match) |
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1973β74
1975β76 β |
The league featured teams from 19 clubs, including seven reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by Herne Bay who joined from the Athenian League [1]
Two teams adopted names of the newly formed local government districts in which they were situated: Chatham Town were renamed Medway; [2] Folkestone Reserves were renamed Folkestone & Shepway Reserves. [3]
The league was won by Sheppey United, their second league title in three years. [4]
At the end of the season, after two seasons in the division, Canterbury City Reserves resigned from the league and both bottom clubs, Dover Reserves and Folkestone & Shepway Reserves, were re-elected to continue their membership of the league. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
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1 | Sheppey United | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 37 | 2.676 | 62 | |
2 | Medway | 36 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 93 | 32 | 2.906 | 57 | |
3 | Sittingbourne | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 90 | 37 | 2.432 | 54 | |
4 | Crockenhill | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 88 | 40 | 2.200 | 53 | |
5 | Dartford Amateurs | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 46 | 1.543 | 46 | |
6 | Tunbridge Wells | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 48 | 1.396 | 45 | |
7 | Tonbridge Reserves | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 48 | 1.313 | 44 | |
8 | Whitstable Town | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 58 | 1.034 | 42 | |
9 | Deal Town | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 72 | 63 | 1.143 | 36 | |
10 | Herne Bay | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 65 | 0.862 | 31 | |
11 | Ramsgate Reserves | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 30 | |
12 | Margate Reserves | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 73 | 0.644 | 29 | |
13 | Ashford Town Reserves | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 73 | 0.740 | 28 | |
14 | Kent Police | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 61 | 0.803 | 27 | |
15 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 83 | 0.554 | 26 | |
16 | Canterbury City Reserves | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 88 | 0.693 | 24 | Resigned from the league |
17 | Slade Green Athletic | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 73 | 0.507 | 22 | |
18 | Dover Reserves | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 75 | 0.453 | 21 | Re-elected |
19 | Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 99 | 0.232 | 7 |
The 1974β75 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Tunbridge Wells. [6]
The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United F.C. [7] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Medway | 3 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Medway | 2 | 2 [b] | ||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 2 | 4 [b] | ||||||||||||
Dartford Amateurs | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 0 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 5 | |||||||||||||
Margate Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
Margate Reserves | 2 | 3 [a] | ||||||||||||
Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 2 | 2 [a] |
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The 1974β75 Kent Football League season was the ninth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition featuring teams 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 | 1974β75 |
---|---|
Champions | Sheppey United |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,169 (3.42 per match) |
β
1973β74
1975β76 β |
The league featured teams from 19 clubs, including seven reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by Herne Bay who joined from the Athenian League [1]
Two teams adopted names of the newly formed local government districts in which they were situated: Chatham Town were renamed Medway; [2] Folkestone Reserves were renamed Folkestone & Shepway Reserves. [3]
The league was won by Sheppey United, their second league title in three years. [4]
At the end of the season, after two seasons in the division, Canterbury City Reserves resigned from the league and both bottom clubs, Dover Reserves and Folkestone & Shepway Reserves, were re-elected to continue their membership of the league. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sheppey United | 36 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 37 | 2.676 | 62 | |
2 | Medway | 36 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 93 | 32 | 2.906 | 57 | |
3 | Sittingbourne | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 90 | 37 | 2.432 | 54 | |
4 | Crockenhill | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 88 | 40 | 2.200 | 53 | |
5 | Dartford Amateurs | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 46 | 1.543 | 46 | |
6 | Tunbridge Wells | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 48 | 1.396 | 45 | |
7 | Tonbridge Reserves | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 48 | 1.313 | 44 | |
8 | Whitstable Town | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 58 | 1.034 | 42 | |
9 | Deal Town | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 72 | 63 | 1.143 | 36 | |
10 | Herne Bay | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 65 | 0.862 | 31 | |
11 | Ramsgate Reserves | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 30 | |
12 | Margate Reserves | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 73 | 0.644 | 29 | |
13 | Ashford Town Reserves | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 73 | 0.740 | 28 | |
14 | Kent Police | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 61 | 0.803 | 27 | |
15 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 83 | 0.554 | 26 | |
16 | Canterbury City Reserves | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 88 | 0.693 | 24 | Resigned from the league |
17 | Slade Green Athletic | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 73 | 0.507 | 22 | |
18 | Dover Reserves | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 75 | 0.453 | 21 | Re-elected |
19 | Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 99 | 0.232 | 7 |
The 1974β75 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Tunbridge Wells. [6]
The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United F.C. [7] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Medway | 3 | |||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Medway | 2 | 2 [b] | ||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 2 | 4 [b] | ||||||||||||
Dartford Amateurs | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 0 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 0 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 5 | |||||||||||||
Margate Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
Margate Reserves | 2 | 3 [a] | ||||||||||||
Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 2 | 2 [a] |
Sources: