1985–86 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1985–86 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twentieth 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 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. Division One Kent Football League Division One 1985–86 Alma Swanley 306 923 1984–85 1986–87 The league featured eighteen clubs, seventeen of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Thames Polytechnic, transferred from the London Spartan Leaguehttps://fchd.info/THAMESP.HTM Thames Polytechnic Football Club History Database 9 June 2024 The league was won, for the only time in their history, by Alma Swanley.http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-first%20div%20winners.php First Division past winners / runners-up kentleague.com 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042108/http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-first%20div%20winners.php 17 April 2013 29 March 2024 At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Slade Green Athletic and Deal Town were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.19 June 1986 36 Jubilant Deal stay in league East Kent Mercury Larkfield, Maidstone League table main WDL Season End Notes SWA Alma Swanley SIT Sittingbourne CRO Crockenhill DHE Darenth Heathside TUN Tunbridge Wells FAV Faversham Town GRE Greenwich Borough RAM Ramsgate KEN Kent Police TPO Thames Polytechnic HER Herne Bay HYT Hythe Town MET Metropolitan Police (Hayes) CRA Cray Wanderers BEC Beckenham Town WHI Whitstable Town SLA Slade Green Athletic DEA Deal Town 9 12 13 34 51 12 6 16 34 52 12 8 14 50 53 15 13 6 99 58 10 7 17 43 64 5 10 19 14 42 21 7 6 76 37 17 11 6 57 32 11 7 16 50 59 9 9 16 37 52 16 6 12 53 50 6 4 24 36 74 13 10 11 51 54 22 9 3 78 39 21 5 8 68 33 11 9 14 36 49 12 7 15 53 61 12 4 18 54 63 orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html Kent League 1966–92: 1985–86 Non League Matters 22 May 2024, https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '85–'86 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1985–86 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Tunbridge Wells, their third win following two occasions during the 1970s.https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 The competition, contested by all eighteen clubs in Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring two ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.2 May 1986 Senior soccer details: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Cup final Kent Messenger 79 Larkfield, Maidstone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Whitstable Town 0 Sittingbourne 2 Darenth Heathside 2RD11 After extra time 2RD12 1st Replay, after extra time 2RD13 2nd Replay Deal Town 2RD11 2RD12 1RD13 Tunbridge Wells 5 Herne Bay 2 Alma Swanley 0 Crockenhill 2 Semi-finals Sittingbourne 2 Darenth Heathside 3 Tunbridge Wells 3 Crockenhill 1 Final Darenth Heathside 0 Tunbridge Wells 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Whitstable Town 2 – 1 (aet) Greenwich Borough (score at 90 minutes: 1 –1) Sittingbourne 2 – 1 (aet) Faversham Town Beckenham Town 1 – 5 Darenth Heathside Deal Town 3 – 0 Metropolitan Police (Hayes) Slade Green Athletic 0 – 2 Tunbridge Wells Thames Polytechnic 0– 1 Herne Bay Ramsgate 2 – 5 (aet) Alma Swanley Hythe Town 1 – 2 Crockenhill First Round Cray Wanderers 2 – 2 (aet) Metropolitan Police (Hayes) Replay 1: Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 3 – 3 (aet) Cray Wanderers Replay 2: Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 1 – 1 (aet) Cray Wanderers; Metropolitan Police (Hayes) won 4–3 on penalties Kent Police 0 – 1 Hythe Town Sources: Final: 9 May 1986 61 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860509/422/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Semi-finals: 18 April 1986 55 Kent League https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000330/19860418/055/0055 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Dover Express Quarter-finals: 14 February 1986 64 Sport yields to icy blast https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860214/445/0032 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 21 March 1986 62 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860321/479/0038 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 27 March 1986 71 Gazette Soccer: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, third round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860327/525/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 4 April 1986 62 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860404/501/0038 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 11 April 1986 63 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, third round second replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860411/469/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Second Round:18 October 1985 53 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19851018/400/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 14 November 1985 17 Town in search of league points: Winstonlead League Cup second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003312/19851114/161/0017 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times; 17 January 1986 79 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Cup 2nd rd https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19860117/471/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger First Round: 4 October 1985 52 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851004/382/0032 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 11 October 1985 53 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851011/358/0029 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 18 October 1985 53 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, 1st round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19851018/400/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 14 November 1985 17 Town in search of league points: Winstonlead League Cup 1st round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003312/19851114/161/0017 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times Reserves Section The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team. Division Two featured mostly reserves teams (which were not permitted in Division One) from clubs from Kent and the adjacent area 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 Kent Football League Division Two 1985–86 Fisher Athletic R 306 1015 1984–85 1986–87 The league featured eighteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), sixteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with two additional clubs28 June 1985 45 Deal, Fisher survive expulsion bid Kentish Express Ashford Dover Athletic R Thames Polytechnic R The division was won for the second occasion in three seasons by Fisher Athletic Rhttp://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php Reserves First Division winners / runners-up kentleague.com 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130418065959/http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php 18 April 2013 26 April 2024 who pipped Sheppey United R to the top position by goal difference only. After the end of the season both Canterbury City R and Chatham Town R resigned from the division. League Table main WDL Season End Notes FIS Fisher Athletic R SHE Sheppey United R SIT Sittingbourne R ASH Ashford Town R FAV Faversham Town R TPO Thames Polytechnic R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare FOL Folkestone R DHE Darenth Heathside R MAR Thanet United R EAB Erith & Belvedere R DOV Dover Athletic R HYT Hythe Town R DEA Deal Town R CAN Canterbury City R HER Herne Bay R WHI Whitstable Town R CHA Chatham Town R 19 5 10 53 44 9 7 18 49 71 4 2 28 39 107 12 11 11 63 54 8 11 15 42 61 14 4 16 58 56 13 7 14 58 52 16 7 11 67 52 13 9 12 49 48 25 5 4 95 34 6 8 20 33 67 14 4 16 63 61 13 8 13 54 54 15 5 14 51 45 25 5 4 76 30 20 7 7 75 38 15 7 12 58 55 5 8 21 32 86 red2 Resigned RES RES 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1985-1986.html#KENT2 Non League Tables for 1985–1986: Kent League Division Two Non League Matters 22 May 2024 Division Two Cup The 1985–86 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Faversham Town R.http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php Reserves Division(s) League Cup kentleague.com 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130418091817/http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php 18 April 2013 29 March 2024 The competition, contested by all eighteen clubs in the division, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring two ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Ramsgate F.C.16 May 1986 Gazette Soccer: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup Final Kentish Gazette 61 Larkfield, Maidstone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Sheppey United R 3 Fisher Athletic R 1 Deal Town R 2 Thanet United R 1 Erith & Belvedere R Herne Bay R Faversham Town R 5 Chatham Town R 0 Semi-finals Sheppey United R 1RD21 After extra time, score at 90 minutes 0–0 Deal Town R 2RD21 Erith & Belvedere R 0 Faversham Town R 2 Final Deal Town R 0 Faversham Town R 2 <onlyinclude> Second Round Sheppey United R 3 – 0 Ashford Town R Thames Polytechnic R 0 – 1 Fisher Athletic R Canterbury City R 0 – 5 Deal Town R Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1 – 3 Thanet United R Sittingbourne R 0 – 1 Erith & Belvedere R Herne Bay R 2 – 1 Darenth Heathside R Whitstable Town R 1– 3 (aet) Faversham Town R Dover Athletic R 1 – 2 Chatham Town R First Round Herne Bay R 1 – 0 Folkestone R Chatham Town R 2 – 1 Hythe Town R Sources: Final: 16 May 1986 61 Gazette Soccer: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860516/440/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Semi-finals: 11 April 1986 63 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860411/469/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Quarter-finals: 7 February 1986 63 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860207/463/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 21 March 1986 62 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19860321/479/0038 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 21 March 1986 35 Winstonlead Kent League: Results: League Cup 3rd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004045/19860321/262/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Faversham News Second Round:8 November 1985 53 Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2: League Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851108/391/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 15 November 1985 53 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851115/409/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 6 December 1985 45 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851206/310/0025 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 3 January 1986 55 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860103/416/0035 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette First Round: 1 November 1985 45 Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2: League Cup, Round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851101/334/0025 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 15 November 1985 53 Soccer Fixtures and Results: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19851115/409/0033 subscription 10 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express References 1985–86 Category:1985–86 in English men's football leagues