1970–71 Kent Football League

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The 1970–71 Kent Football League season was the fifth 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.

Kent Football League[edit]

Kent Football League
Season1970–71
ChampionsFaversham Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,421 (3.74 per match)

The league featured teams from 20 clubs including nine reserves teams. Fifteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by five additional clubs:[1]

Also, Tunnel sports changed their name to Dartford Amateurs.[3]

The league was won for a second successive season by Faversham Town,[4] who completed a League and Cup double.

At the end of the season three clubs left the league: champions Faversham Town left to join the newly formed Metropolitan–London League;[5] Snowdown Colliery Welfare resigned to the Kent County Amateur League owing to financial conderations;[6] and Deal Town Reserves resigned, to be replaced by their first team.[7]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Season End Notes
1 Faversham Town 38 28 5 5 116 37 3.135 61 Transferred to the Metropolitan–London League
2 Chatham Town 38 23 8 7 102 52 1.962 54
3 Tonbridge Reserves 38 22 9 7 101 51 1.980 53
4 Sittingbourne 38 21 8 9 95 57 1.667 50
5 Margate Reserves 38 18 5 15 66 71 0.930 41
6 Bexley United Reserves 38 15 11 12 64 72 0.889 41
7 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 38 18 4 16 77 63 1.222 40 Resigned to Kent County Amateur League
8 Brett Sports 38 16 7 15 68 67 1.015 39
9 Slade Green Athletic 38 16 6 16 50 68 0.735 38
10 Ashford Town Reserves 38 15 7 16 98 73 1.342 37
11 Kent Police 38 12 13 13 73 78 0.936 37
12 Hastings United Reserves 38 14 9 15 61 67 0.910 37
13 Tunbridge Wells 38 14 8 16 63 64 0.984 36
14 Whitstable Town 38 13 9 16 67 72 0.931 35
15 Dartford Amateurs 38 13 7 18 68 66 1.030 33
16 Ramsgate Athletic Reserves 38 13 5 20 59 80 0.738 31
17 Sheppey United Reserves 38 11 9 18 57 79 0.722 31
18 Folkestone Reserves 38 11 5 22 53 101 0.525 27
19 Crockenhill 38 6 8 24 49 113 0.434 20
20 Deal Town Reserves 38 5 9 24 34 90 0.378 19 Resigned (replaced by first team)
Source: "Kent League: Final Table 1970/71". Faversham News. 4 June 1971. p. 12. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. with Crockenhill goals against total adjusted by results: Sheppey United 3–1 Crockenhill & Slade Green 2–1 Crockenhill, applied to balanced table at "Details: Kent League". Kent Messenger]. 28 May 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 28 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.

Challenge Cup[edit]

The 1970–71 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Faversham Town,[8] who completed a League and Cup double.

The competition comprised five single match tie rounds. All twenty clubs contested the first round;[9] in the second round six clubs received byes to produce eight competitors for the quarter finals. The final was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.[10] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final[edit]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Dartford Amateurs 2
Ramsgate Athletic Reserves 1
Dartford Amateurs 0
Faversham Town 1
Faversham Town 2
Bexley United Reserves 1
Faversham Town 2
Hastings United Reserves 1
Kent Police 2 0[a]
Hastings United Reserves 2 1[a]
Hastings United Reserves 1
Brett Sports 0
Brett Sports 5
Tunbridge Wells 2
  1. ^ a b Replay

Second Round[edit]

First Round[edit]

Sources:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chatham will face fixture headache". Evening Post. Larkfield, Maidstone. 28 July 1970. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Fine on club cut by half". Kentish Express. Ashford. 15 May 1970. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Dartford Amateurs". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ Gray, George (30 July 1971). "Ready for new season". Faversham Times. Sheerness. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Snowdown quit Kent League". Thanet Times. Ramsgate. 13 July 1971. p. 16.
  7. ^ "Deal". Kentish Express. Ashford. 11 June 1971. p. 12.
  8. ^ "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Pairings in the Kent League cup". Kentish Express. Ashford. 4 September 1970. p. 19.
  10. ^ "Results and Fixtures: Kent League Final". Faversham News. Faversham. 30 April 1971. p. 10.

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