The 1975β76 Kent Football League season was the tenth 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 | 1975β76 |
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Champions | Sittingbourne |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,265 (3.7 per match) |
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1974β75
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The league featured teams from nineteen clubs, including seven reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs competed in the previous season and they were joined by Maidstone United Reserves. [1]
During the latter part of the season, following liquidation and reformation of the club, the Tonbridge Reserves team was renamed Tonbridge AFC Reserves. [2]
The league was won by Sittingbourne, their first league title in the reformed Kent League. [3]
At the end of the season four teams left the league: both the Ashford Town Reserves and Margate Reserves teams were disbanded and resigned; [4] [5] Tonbridge AFC Reserves resigned as their re-election was unlikely as the league was reducing the participation of reserves sides in the division; and Ramsgate Reserves may have suffered a similar fate had they not been replaced by the club's first team. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
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1 | Sittingbourne | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 38 | 2.289 | 57 | |
2 | Dartford Amateurs | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 42 | 2.214 | 56 | |
3 | Tunbridge Wells | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 100 | 37 | 2.703 | 55 | |
4 | Sheppey United | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 91 | 44 | 2.068 | 55 | |
5 | Deal Town | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 29 | 2.552 | 50 | |
6 | Medway | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 90 | 43 | 2.093 | 49 | |
7 | Crockenhill | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 84 | 52 | 1.615 | 44 | |
8 | Kent Police | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 45 | 1.778 | 40 | |
9 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 53 | 1.208 | 39 | |
10 | Slade Green Athletic | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 35 | |
11 | Maidstone United Reserves | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 34 | |
12 | Margate Reserves | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 79 | 0.671 | 30 | Resigned (team disbanded) |
13 | Herne Bay | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 59 | 72 | 0.819 | 29 | |
14 | Whitstable Town | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 61 | 100 | 0.610 | 25 | |
15 | Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 50 | 79 | 0.633 | 24 | |
16 | Ashford Town Reserves | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 57 | 117 | 0.487 | 21 | Resigned (team disbanded) |
17 | Dover Reserves | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 92 | 0.391 | 17 | |
18 | Tonbridge AFC Reserves | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 87 | 0.437 | 15 | Resigned |
19 | Ramsgate Reserves | 36 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 38 | 131 | 0.290 | 9 | Re-elected (replaced by first team) |
The 1975β76 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won following a replay by Sheppey United who defeated Sittingbourne in the final [7] with the first match played at Sittingbourne and the second at Sheppey. [8]
The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 0 | 3 [a] | ||||||||||||
Medway | 0 | 1 [a] | ||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | 0 [b] | ||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | 1 [b] | ||||||||||||
Maidstone United Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 2 | 2 [c] | ||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 2 | 4 [c] | ||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kent Police | 2 | |||||||||||||
Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kent Police | 2 |
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The 1975β76 Kent Football League season was the tenth 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 | 1975β76 |
---|---|
Champions | Sittingbourne |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,265 (3.7 per match) |
β
1974β75
1976β77 β |
The league featured teams from nineteen clubs, including seven reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs competed in the previous season and they were joined by Maidstone United Reserves. [1]
During the latter part of the season, following liquidation and reformation of the club, the Tonbridge Reserves team was renamed Tonbridge AFC Reserves. [2]
The league was won by Sittingbourne, their first league title in the reformed Kent League. [3]
At the end of the season four teams left the league: both the Ashford Town Reserves and Margate Reserves teams were disbanded and resigned; [4] [5] Tonbridge AFC Reserves resigned as their re-election was unlikely as the league was reducing the participation of reserves sides in the division; and Ramsgate Reserves may have suffered a similar fate had they not been replaced by the club's first team. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Season End Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sittingbourne | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 38 | 2.289 | 57 | |
2 | Dartford Amateurs | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 93 | 42 | 2.214 | 56 | |
3 | Tunbridge Wells | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 100 | 37 | 2.703 | 55 | |
4 | Sheppey United | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 91 | 44 | 2.068 | 55 | |
5 | Deal Town | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 29 | 2.552 | 50 | |
6 | Medway | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 90 | 43 | 2.093 | 49 | |
7 | Crockenhill | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 84 | 52 | 1.615 | 44 | |
8 | Kent Police | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 45 | 1.778 | 40 | |
9 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 53 | 1.208 | 39 | |
10 | Slade Green Athletic | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 35 | |
11 | Maidstone United Reserves | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 34 | |
12 | Margate Reserves | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 79 | 0.671 | 30 | Resigned (team disbanded) |
13 | Herne Bay | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 59 | 72 | 0.819 | 29 | |
14 | Whitstable Town | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 61 | 100 | 0.610 | 25 | |
15 | Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 50 | 79 | 0.633 | 24 | |
16 | Ashford Town Reserves | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 57 | 117 | 0.487 | 21 | Resigned (team disbanded) |
17 | Dover Reserves | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 92 | 0.391 | 17 | |
18 | Tonbridge AFC Reserves | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 87 | 0.437 | 15 | Resigned |
19 | Ramsgate Reserves | 36 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 38 | 131 | 0.290 | 9 | Re-elected (replaced by first team) |
The 1975β76 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won following a replay by Sheppey United who defeated Sittingbourne in the final [7] with the first match played at Sittingbourne and the second at Sheppey. [8]
The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 0 | 3 [a] | ||||||||||||
Medway | 0 | 1 [a] | ||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 1 | 0 [b] | ||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | 1 [b] | ||||||||||||
Maidstone United Reserves | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sittingbourne | 2 | 2 [c] | ||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 2 | 4 [c] | ||||||||||||
Slade Green Athletic | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 4 | |||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kent Police | 2 | |||||||||||||
Folkestone & Shepway Reserves | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kent Police | 2 |
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