1991–92_Kent_Football_League
1991–92 Kent Football League
Football league season
The 1991–92 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England, featuring clubs from Kent and the adjacent area.
The League structure comprised two divisions: Division One and Division Two with the latter known as the Reserves Section (reserves teams were not permitted in Division One). Additionally there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Division One clubs and another for the teams in Division Two.
| Season | 1991–92 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Herne Bay |
| Matches played | 420 |
| Goals scored | 1,346 (3.2 per match) |
← 1990–91 1992–93 → | |
The league season commenced with 22 clubs, of which 20 competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs:[1]
- Corinthian, relegated from the Southern League
- Thamesmead Town, transferred from the Spartan League
Also, Danson, following a merger with Furness F.C., were renamed Danson Furness United.[2]
The Metropolitan Police (Hayes) club, in their eight season in the league, withdrew during the season after playing 16 matches and their record was expunged.[3]
The league was won by Herne Bay.[4]
After the end of the season Thames Polytechnic, who had been league members for seven seasons, were unable to meet enhanced ground grading requirements and resigned from the league and joined the Kent County League.[5]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herne Bay | 40 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 91 | 34 | +57 | 93 | |
| 2 | Faversham Town | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 86 | |
| 3 | Deal Town | 40 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 119 | 43 | +76 | 84 | |
| 4 | Tonbridge AFC | 40 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 93 | 44 | +49 | 84 | |
| 5 | Alma Swanley | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 92 | 49 | +43 | 83 | |
| 6 | Sheppey United | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 74 | |
| 7 | Whitstable Town | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 71 | |
| 8 | Slade Green | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 57 | |
| 9 | Greenwich Borough | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 55 | |
| 10 | Ramsgate | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 55 | |
| 11 | Kent Police | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 53 | |
| 12 | Tunbridge Wells | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 53 | |
| 13 | Corinthian | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 50 | |
| 14 | Beckenham Town | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 49 | |
| 15 | Thames Polytechnic | 40 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 35 | Resigned to the Kent County League |
| 16 | Crockenhill | 40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 83 | −35 | 34 | |
| 17 | Thamesmead Town | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 44 | 100 | −56 | 34 | |
| 18 | Cray Wanderers | 40 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 84 | −46 | 31 | |
| 19 | Chatham Town | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 89 | −48 | 31 | |
| 20 | Danson Furness United | 40 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 39 | 95 | −56 | 30 | |
| 21 | Darenth Heathside | 40 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 42 | 96 | −54 | 25 | |
| 22 | Metropolitan Police (Hayes) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned and record expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Challenge Cup
The 1991–92 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Tonbridge AFC.[6]
The competition was contested by the 22 teams active in Division One in the early part of the season. There were four single match knock-out rounds followed by the final played on a neutral ground (at Dover Athletic F.C. this season).[7]
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Thamesmead Town | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC | 2 | ||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ramsgate | 0[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 1[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC | 2[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town | 1[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||
| Tunbridge Wells | 2[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town | 5[lower-alpha 3] | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town | 1 | ||||||||||
| Crockenhill | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alma Swanley | 0 | ||||||||||
| Crockenhill | 1 | ||||||||||
Sources:
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup". Kent Evening Post. 13 January 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, semi-finals". Kent Evening Post. 9 March 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup final". Kent Evening Post. 27 April 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Second Round
- Cray Wanderers 1 – 2 (aet) Thamesmead Town (Score at 90 minutes: 1–1)[8]
- Beckenham Town 0 – 2 Tonbridge AFC[8]
- Ramsgate 3 – 2 (aet) Darenth Heathside (Score at 90 minutes: 1–1)[8]
- Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 0 – 3 Faversham Town[8]
- Tunbridge Wells 1 – 0 Herne Bay[8]
- Whitstable Town 4 – 1 Corinthian[8]
- Deal Town 1 – 2 (aet) Alma Swanley (Score at 90 minutes: 1–1)[8]
- Crockenhill 3 – 0 (aet) Thames Polytechnic (Score at 90 minutes: 0–0)[8]
First Round
- Greenwich Borough 0 – 2 Thamesmead Town[9]
- Beckenham Town 1 – 0 Danson Furness United[9]
- Kent Police 1 –2 Darenth Heathside[9]
- Sheppey United 0 – 0 (aet) Whitstable Town[9]
- REPLAY: Whitstable Town 2 – 2 (aet), (P: 6–5) Sheppey United (Score at 90 minutes: 2–2, Whitstable Town won 6–5 on penalties)[10]
- Slade Green 2 – 3 Corinthian[9]
- Crockenhill 3 – 3 (aet) Chatham Town (Score at 90 minutes: 3–3)[9]
- REPLAY: Chatham Town 0 – 4 Crockenhill[11]
Byes for the other 10 teams
The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team.
The 1991–92 Division Two featured one first team (Folkestone Invicta) and 18 reserves teams (which were not permitted in Division One) from clubs whose first team played in Division One and other higher ranked leagues. There was a League Cup competition for the teams in the section.
Division Two
| Season | 1991–92 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Folkestone Invicta |
| Matches played | 342 |
| Goals scored | 1,349 (3.94 per match) |
← 1990–91 1992–93 → | |
The division featured 19 clubs, 14 who had competed in the previous season together with five additional clubs:[1]
- Folkestone Invicta, joining from the Kent County League.
- Thamesmead Town R
- Chatham Town R
- Darenth Heathside R
- Hythe Town R
Folkestone Invicta, the only first team in the division, were the division winners[12] and completed the League and Cup double.
At the end of the season seven teams left the division: Ashford Town R, Faversham Town R, Hythe Town R, Sheppey United R, Sittingbourne R and Thames Polytechnic R resigned from the division; and Folkestone Invicta moved to Division One and were replaced by their reserves team.[5]
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Season End Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folkestone Invicta | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 122 | 33 | +89 | 92 | Resigned, replaced by reserves team |
| 2 | Dover Athletic R | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 114 | 30 | +84 | 85 | |
| 3 | Hastings Town R | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 117 | 46 | +71 | 76 | |
| 4 | Ashford Town R | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 63 | Resigned |
| 5 | Sittingbourne R | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 109 | 51 | +58 | 61[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 6 | Deal Town R | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 84 | 87 | −3 | 53 | |
| 7 | Herne Bay R | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 86 | −16 | 52 | |
| 8 | Whitstable Town R | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 51 | |
| 9 | Ramsgate R | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 47[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 10 | Thames Polytechnic R | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 47 | Resigned |
| 11 | Cray Wanderers R | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 47 | |
| 12 | Darenth Heathside R | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 45 | |
| 13 | Canterbury City R | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 84 | −21 | 42 | |
| 14 | Chatham Town R | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 41 | |
| 15 | Thamesmead Town R | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 74 | −21 | 40 | |
| 16 | Sheppey United R | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 60 | 89 | −29 | 39 | Resigned |
| 17 | Beckenham Town R | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 51 | 83 | −32 | 29 | |
| 18 | Faversham Town R | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 95 | −54 | 25 | Resigned |
| 19 | Hythe Town R | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 49 | 138 | −89 | 24[lower-alpha 3] |
- Final Table: "Winstonlead Kent League: How They Finished: Division 2". Kent Today: KM Group: Get Set for Soccer supplement. 12 August 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.;
- Points/Goals deductions:"Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 25 October 1991. p. 62. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 1 November 1991. p. 62. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 20 December 1991. p. 46. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 27 December 1991. p. 35. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 17 April 1992. p. 70. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Football Results Round Up Fixtures and Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two". Dover Express. 24 April 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive..
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Division Two Cup
The 1991–92 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Folkestone Invicta[13] who completed the League and Cup double.
The competition was contested by the 19 teams from Division Two over four single match knock-out rounds followed by the final played on a neutral ground (at Faversham Town F.C. this season).[14]
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Dover Athletic R | 5 | ||||||||||
| Sheppey United R | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dover Athletic R | 0 | ||||||||||
| Folkestone Invicta | 3 | ||||||||||
| Canterbury City R | 1 | ||||||||||
| Folkestone Invicta | 3 | ||||||||||
| Folkestone Invicta | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town R | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thamesmead Town R | |||||||||||
| Ashford Town R | |||||||||||
| Ashford Town R | 0 | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town R | 2 | ||||||||||
| Whitstable Town R | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ramsgate R | 2 | ||||||||||
Sources:
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. 13 January 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Last night's soccer: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. 29 January 1992. p. 22. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. 3 February 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, semi-finals". Kent Evening Post. 23 March 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Last night's soccer: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup final". Kent Evening Post. 24 April 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Second Round
- Dover Athletic R 2 – 0 Herne Bay R[15]
- Chatham Town R 3 – 5 (aet) Sheppey United R (Score at 90 minutes: 3–3)[15]
- Canterbury City R 3 –2 Hastings Town R[16]
- Folkestone Invicta 12 – 0 Beckenham Town R[17]
- Thamesmead Town R 4 –4 (aet) Cray Wanderers R[17]
- REPLAY: Cray Wanderers R 4 – 5 Thamesmead Town R[18]
- Darenth Heathside R 0 –1 Ashford Town R[17]
- Whitstable Town R 1 – 0 (aet) Hythe Town R[15]
- Thames Polytechnic R 3 – 4 Ramsgate R[17]
First Round
- Faversham Town R 1 – 2 Dover Athletic R[19]
- Deal Town R 0 –5 Hastings Town R[19]
- Sittingbourne R 3 – 4 (aet) Folkestone Invicta (Score at 90 minutes: 3–3)[19]
Byes for the other 13 teams
- "Folkestone's bid to get back fails". Kentish Express. Ashford. 27 June 1991. p. 47.
- "Danson Furness United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- "Hefty fine imposed". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 7 January 1992. p. 20.
- "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- "All change in Winstonlead Kent League". Whitstable Times. Whitstable. 2 July 1992. p. 29.
- "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- "Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup final". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 24 April 1992. p. 27.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 11 November 1991. p. 23.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 23 September 1991. p. 23.
- "Last Nights Soccer: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 26 September 1991. p. 26.
- "Last Nights Soccer: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 25 September 1991. p. 26.
- "Reserves Division Section Winners 1978-2012". SCEFL. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- "Tonight's matches: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 League Cup final". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 24 April 1992. p. 27.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 4 November 1991. p. 23.
- "Senior Soccer Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 2 Cup". Kent Messenger. Aylesford. 8 November 1991. p. 67.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 11 November 1991. p. 23.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 10 February 1992. p. 23.
- "All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kent Evening Post. Aylesford. 23 September 1991. p. 23.