2006–07 Kent Football League

The 2006–07 Kent Football League season was the 41st in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with Divisions One and Two – the latter two were known as the Reserves Section, comprising reserves teams which were not permitted in the Premier Division. Additionally there were two league cup competitions, the Challenge Cup for the Premier Division clubs and another for the teams in the two divisions of the Reserves Section.

Premier Division
The league featured 17 clubs, 15 clubs which had competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs:
 * Croydon, transferred from the Isthmian League Division Two
 * Faversham Town, joined from the Kent County League, returning to the league after a three year absence

At the end of the season Whitstable Town were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South.

Challenge Cup
The 2006–07 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Thamesmead Town.

The competition was played by the 17 teams form the Premier Division One initially organised into four groups. The group winners and runners-up progressed into the quarter-finals, decided on a single match knockout basis with the group winners drawn at home. The semi-finals were decided on an aggregate basis (home and away matches), followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
Kent League (archived)

Group Stage

 * Group A


 * Group B


 * Group C


 * Group D

Reserves Section
The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team.

The 2006–07 Reserves Section comprised two divisions, with promotion and relegation possible between the divisions. Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for all teams in the section.

Division One
The division featured twelve clubs, ten of which competed in the previous season together with Folkestone Invicta R and Sevenoaks Town R who had both been promoted from Division Two.

At the end of the season Ashford Town (Kent) R were relegated and Bromley R left the league.

Division Two
The division featured thirteen clubs, eight of which competed in the previous season together with five additional clubs:
 * Herne Bay R, relegated from Division One
 * Deal Town R, relegated from Division One
 * Margate R rejoining the league after an absence of three years.
 * Dover Athletic R rejoining the league after an absence of two years.
 * Faversham Town R

At the end of the season Chatham Town R and Margate R were promoted to Division One and Tilbury R left the League.

Reserves Cup
The 2006–07 Kent Football League Reserves Cup was won by Thamesmead Town R, who completed a League and Cup double.

The competition was contested by all 25 teams of the Reserves Section over a total of five rounds: the first three were single match knock-out rounds, followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and then the final match played on a neutral ground (at Lordswood F.C. this season)

Second Round

 * Ramsgate R A – A Deal Town R (Match abandoned, score 1-1)
 * Replay: Deal Town R 8 – 2 Ramsgate R
 * Hythe Town R 4 – 3 Erith Town R
 * Whitstable Town R 2 – 4 Erith & Belvedere R
 * Cray Wanderers R 3 – 2 Bromley R
 * Sittingbourne R 4 – 1 Faversham Town R
 * Margate R 1 – 3 Maidstone United R
 * Dover Athletic R 6 – 3 Greenwich Borough R
 * Tunbridge Wells R 0 – 8 Thamesmead Town R

First Round
Byes for the remaining seven teams
 * Herne Bay R 0 – 1 Erith Town R
 * Whitstable Town R 3 – 0 Ashford Town (Kent) R
 * Cray Wanderers R 1 – 0 Chatham Town R
 * Folkestone Invicta R 1 – 2 Bromley R
 * Dartford R 1 – 3 Margate R
 * Maidstone United R 1 – 0 Sevenoaks Town R
 * Dover Athletic R 3 – 2 Lordswood R
 * Greenwich Borough R 4 – 1 Tilbury R
 * VCD Athletic R 2 – 3 Thamesmead Town R

Source: Kent League (archived)