2007–08 Kent Football League

The 2007–08 Kent Football League season was the 42nd 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 division featured 17 clubs, 16 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
 * Holmesdale, joined from the Kent County League

At the end of the season Thamesmead Town were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North.

Challenge Cup
The 2007–08 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Erith 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 2007–08 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 Chatham Town R and Margate R who had both been promoted from Division Two.

At the end of the season Ramsgate R were relegated and Erith Town R, who occupied the other relegation position, left the league.

Division Two
The division featured thirteen clubs, ten of which competed in the previous season together with three additional clubs:
 * Ashford Town (Kent) R, relegated from Division One
 * Holmesdale R
 * Croydon R

At the end of the season Dover Athletic R and Ashford Town (Kent) R were promoted to Division One and Croydon R, after one season, and Sittingbourne R left the League.

Reserves Cup
The 2007–08 Kent Football League Reserves Cup was won by Ashford Town (Kent) R.

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 Whitstable Town F.C. this season)

Second Round

 * Margate R 4 – 1 Croydon R
 * Chatham Town R 1 – 2 Holmesdale R
 * Maidstone United R 4 – 3 Greenwich Borough R
 * Whitstable Town R 1 – 3 Dartford R
 * Herne Bay R 1 – 4 Cray Wanderers R
 * Ashford Town (Kent) R 4 – 1 Sittingbourne R
 * Ramsgate R 1 – 1 Deal Town R (Deal Town R won 4-3 on penalties)
 * Hythe Town R 2 – 1 Dover Athletic R

First Round
Byes for the remaining seven teams
 * VCD Athletic R 0 – 4 Margate R
 * Chatham Town R 2 – 0 Faversham Town R
 * Folkestone Invicta R 0 – 4 Holmesdale R
 * Sevenoaks Town R 1 – 4 Maidstone United R
 * Lordswood R 0 – 1 Whitstable Town R
 * Dartford R 3 – 1 Erith Town R
 * Herne Bay R 2 – 1 Tunbridge Wells R
 * Ashford Town (Kent) R 6 – 1 Thamesmead Town R
 * Erith & Belvedere R 2 – 3 Ramsgate R

Source: Kent League (archived) & Kent League (archived)