1989–90 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1989–90 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-fourth 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 1989–90 Faversham Town 380 1246 1988–89 1990–91 The league featured twenty clubs, nineteen of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Tonbridge, relegated from the Southern League15 June 1989 Mike Rees 46 Kent League is hit by team withdrawals Sheerness Times Guardian Larkfield, Maidstone The league was won by Faversham Town,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 for the fourth time in their history (after an eleven season gap since their previous title). At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Metropolitan Police (Hayes) and Ramsgate, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.2 July 1990 29 Clubs warned by chairman Kent Evening Post Larkfield, Maidstone League table main WDL Season End Notes FAV Faversham Town SIT Sittingbourne TON Tonbridge AFC DEA Deal Town SWA Alma Swanley GRE Greenwich Borough TUN Tunbridge Wells WHI Whitstable Town SLA Slade Green DHE Darenth Heathside KEN Kent Police BEC Beckenham Town TPO Thames Polytechnic HER Herne Bay CRO Crockenhill CHA Chatham Town FUR Danson CRA Cray Wanderers MET Metropolitan Police (Hayes) RAM Ramsgate 7 11 20 48 74 12 7 19 64 62 6 7 25 39 100 9 8 21 38 84 17 9 12 85 66 12 10 16 54 60 14 8 16 54 61 27 5 6 85 37 12 12 14 61 64 26 6 6 87 42 17 5 16 51 57 28 4 6 101 30 21 11 6 88 48 20 6 12 66 55 -1 22 8 8 80 41 12 6 20 56 75 -3 11 11 16 49 61 8 9 21 42 58 13 9 16 60 84 8 4 26 38 87 Crockenhill were deducted three points. Greenwich Borough were deducted one point Crockenhill were deducted three points and four goals - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Greenwich Borough were deducted one point and one goal Metropolitan Police (Hayes) were deducted two goals - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table 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: 1989–90 Non League Matters 22 May 2024, https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '89–'90 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1989–90 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by league newcomers (who had been relegated into the division) Tonbridge AFC.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 twenty clubs in Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring four ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Chatham Town F.C.27 April 1990 Senior soccer details: Fixtures: Tomorrow: Winstonlead Kent League Cup final Kent Messenger 94 Larkfield, Maidstone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Sittingbourne 0 Tonbridge AFC 1 Greenwich Borough 1 Deal Town 2 Tunbridge Wells 2RD251 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 2–2 1RD25 Replay: after extra time, score at 90 minutes: 0–0 3pRD26 Penalty shoot-out Whitstable Town 2RD251 1RD25 5pRD26 Faversham Town 3 Ramsgate 1 Semi-finals Tonbridge AFC 0RD11 After extra time 1RD12 Replay Deal Town 0RD11 0RD12 Whitstable Town 1 Faversham Town 0 Final Tonbridge AFC 1 Whitstable Town 0 <onlyinclude> Second Round Herne Bay 0 – 1 Sittingbourne Beckenham Town 0 – 1 Tonbridge AFC Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 3– 3 (aet) Greenwich Borough Replay 1: Greenwich Borough 0 – 0 (aet) Metropolitan Police (Hayes) Replay 2: Greenwich Borough 1 – 0 Metropolitan Police (Hayes) Deal Town 4 – 1 Danson Tunbridge Wells 2 – 1 Darenth Heathside Alma Swanley 0 – 1 Whitstable Town Faversham Town 4 – 0 Crockenhill Chatham Town 2 – 4 (aet) Ramsgate (score at 90 minutes: 2–2) First Round Kent Police 2 – 3 (aet) Beckenham Town Slade Green 1 – 2 Greenwich Borough Whitstable Town 4 – 1 Thames Polytechnic Cray Wanderers 0 – 1 Faversham Town Byes for the other twelve clubs Sources: Final: 4 May 1990 79 All The latest, fixtures and tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900504/352/0035 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Semi-finals: 30 March 1990 86 All The Latest Details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900330/561/0050 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 30 March 1990 86 All The Latest Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, semi-final replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900330/561/0050 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Quarter-finals: 9 February 1990 87 All The Latest Details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, quarter-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900209/538/0047 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 23 February 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, quarter-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900223/496/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 9 March 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, quarter-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900309/521/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 9 March 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, quarter-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900309/521/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 9 March 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, quarter-final replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900309/521/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Second Round: 1 December 1989 87 All the latest details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891201/687/0051 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 8 December 1989 79 Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891208/587/0047 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 12 January 1990 79 All the latest details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900112/489/0039 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 19 January 1990 77 All the latest details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900119/512/0041 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 26 January 1990 95 All The Latest Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900126/625/0055 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 16 February 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup – second round, second replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900216/554/0047 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette First Round: 29 September 1989 78 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup 1st rd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19890929/495/0042 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 6 October 1989 87 Scores, fixtures and tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, first round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891006/525/0047 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Reserves Section The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team. Division Two featured 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 1989–90 Margate R 272 915 1988–89 1990–91 The league featured seventeen reserves teams, fifteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with two additional clubs: Canterbury City R, returning after a three season absence Fisher Athletic R, returning after a one season absence Thanet United R changed their name back to Margate Rhttps://fchd.info/MARGATE.HTM Margate Football Club History Database 18 June 2024 and they won the division,http://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 their first Kent League divisional title win since winning the inaugural re-formed Kent League in the 1967–68 season. After the end of the season Folkestone R went into liquidation and left the league,13 July 1990 No reprieve for Sheppey Kent Evening Post 80 Larkfield, Maidstone Greenwich Borough R withdrew and both bottom clubs, Ramsgate R and Herne Bay R, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division. League table main WDL Season End Notes MAR Margate R HAS Hastings Town R CAN Canterbury City R DOV Dover Athletic R SIT Sittingbourne R FIS Fisher Athletic R FOL Folkestone R ASH Ashford Town R GRE Greenwich Borough R BEC Beckenham Town R TPO Thames Polytechnic R WHI Whitstable Town R CRA Cray Wanderers R FAV Faversham Town R SHE Sheppey United R RAM Ramsgate R HER Herne Bay R 13 7 12 40 43 12 5 15 51 47 20 5 7 74 46 -3 8 6 18 34 66 18 7 7 84 40 8 4 20 39 90 18 6 8 79 39 -4 16 7 9 55 47 14 4 14 60 64 21 3 8 73 41 5 6 21 30 69 23 3 6 72 34 7 3 22 43 79 8 5 19 35 63 -3 18 3 11 65 35 10 8 14 41 50 9 6 17 40 62 -3 Canterbury City R were deducted three points Fisher Athletic R were deducted four points Sheppey United R were deducted three points Whitstable Town R were deducted three points Beckenham Town R were deducted two goals - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Whitstable Town R were deducted three points and one goal - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Fisher Athletic R were deducted four points and five goals - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Canterbury City R were deducted three points and one goal - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Sheppey United R were deducted three points and one goal - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table red2 Resigned RES RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 11 May 1990 64 All The latest, fixtures and tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Final Tables: Division Two https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900511/385/0039 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Beckenham Town R, Canterbury City R, Fisher Athletic R, Sheppey United R and Whitstable Town R) Division Two Cup The 1989–90 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Canterbury City 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 their first Kent League trophy. The competition, contested by all seventeen clubs in the division, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring one tie) culminating in the final played on a neutral ground (at Ramsgate F.C.4 May 1990 All The latest, fixtures and tables: Fixtures: Bank Holiday Monday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup final Kentish Gazette 79 Larkfield, Maidstone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Canterbury City R 2 Margate R 0 Winner of Thames Polytechnic R v Sheppey United R tie Ashford Town R Dover Athletic R 4 Hastings Town R 1 Folkestone R Beckenham Town R Semi-finals Canterbury City R 1RD21 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 0–0 Ashford Town R 0RD21 Dover Athletic R 3RD23 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 2–2 Folkestone R 2RD23 Final Canterbury City R 2 Dover Athletic R 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Herne Bay R 0 – 4 Canterbury City R Margate R 3 – 0 (aet) Fisher Athletic R (score at 90 minutes: 0–0) Sheppey United R 2 – 2 (aet) Thames Polytechnic R Replay: Thames Polytechnic R v Sheppey United R Ashford Town R 3 – 0 Sittingbourne R Whitstable Town R 0 – 3 Dover Athletic R Greenwich Borough R 1 – 3 Hastings Town R Ramsgate R 2 – 5 Folkestone R Cray Wanderers R 2 – 3 Beckenham Town R First Round Folkestone R 2 – 0 Faversham Town R Byes for the other fifteen clubs Sources: Final: 11 May 1990 87 All The latest, fixtures and tables: Results: Bank Holiday Monday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900511/385/0039 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Semi-finals: 6 April 1990 85 All The Latest Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900406/465/0041 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 27 April 1990 79 All The latest, fixtures and tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900427/404/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Quarter-finals: 9 March 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, quarter-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900309/521/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 6 April 1990 85 All The Latest Details: Results: Thursday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, quarter-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900406/465/0041 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Second Round: 8 December 1989 79 Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891208/587/0047 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 15 December 1989 70 All Your Results, Fixtures and Tables: Results: Thursday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891215/611/0042 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 15 December 1989 70 All Your Results, Fixtures and Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891215/611/0042 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 5 January 1990 61 All the latest details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900105/448/0037 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 23 February 1990 79 All The Latest Details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900223/496/0043 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 2 March 1990 32 Reserves swoop in extra time https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004721/19900302/032/0032 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Isle of Thanet Gazette First Round: 24 November 1989 87 All the latest details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, first round https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19891124/660/0051 subscription 18 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette References 1989–90 Category:1989–90 in English men's football leagues