1975–76 Kent Football League

The 1975–76 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.

League table

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Kent Football League
Season1975–76
ChampionsSittingbourne
Matches played342
Goals scored1,265 (3.7 per match)

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participation of reserves sides in the division; and Ramsgate Reserves may have suffered a similar fate had they not been replaced by the club's first team.[6]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)
Source: "Kent League Tables: Kent League '75–'76". SCEFL. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.

Challenge Cup

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The 1975–76 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 and Final

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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
  1. ^ a b Replay
  2. ^ a b Replay
  3. ^ a b Replay

Second Round

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First Round

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Sources:

References

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  1. ^ "Two-div plan dropped". Evening Post. Chatham. 2 July 1975. p. 18.
  2. ^ "Angels fall but soccer goes on". Kent & Sussex Courier. Tunbridge Wells. 26 March 1976. p. 25.
  3. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Bennett, Mike (9 July 1976). "Building for the future". Kentish Express. Ashford. p. 28.
  5. ^ "Reserves may be disbanded". Thanet Times. Margate. 2 March 1976. p. 34.
  6. ^ Carpenter, Gordon (9 July 1976). "League bans the reserves". Kentish Messenger. Larkfield, Maidstone. p. 17.
  7. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. ^ "County Soccer Details: Nearly 3,000 people ...". Kentish Express. Ashford. 14 May 1976. p. 27.
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