1988–89 Kent Football League

Association football league season ‘June 2024 June 2024 The 1988–89 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-third 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 1988–89 Hythe Town Hythe Town 380 1225 1987–88 1989–90 The league featured twenty clubs, nineteen of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Chatham Town, relegated from the Southern League23 June 1988 Tony Hudd 80 Clubs in danger of being cut off Kentish Express Ashford The league was won, for the first occasion by Hythe Townhttp://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 - whose reserves team completed a Division Two league and cup double. At the end of the season champions Hythe Town were promoted to the Southern League Southern Division25 May 1989 80 Hythe make the grade Kentish Express Ashford and both bottom clubs, Chatham Town and Herne Bay, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.15 June 1989 Mike Rees 46 Kent League is hit by team withdrawals Sheerness Times Guardian Larkfield, Maidstone League table main WDL Season End Notes HYT Hythe Town DEA Deal Town FAV Faversham Town DHE Darenth Heathside SIT Sittingbourne SWA Alma Swanley CRA Cray Wanderers WHI Whitstable Town RAM Ramsgate SLA Slade Green TUN Tunbridge Wells KEN Kent Police CRO Crockenhill FUR Danson MET Metropolitan Police (Hayes) GRE Greenwich Borough BEC Beckenham Town TPO Thames Polytechnic CHA Chatham Town HER Herne Bay 19 7 12 67 53 3 4 31 27 121 19 6 13 66 61 3 8 27 41 105 16 8 14 58 57 8 10 20 41 68 17 10 11 60 59 18 12 8 59 43 20 8 10 69 44 29 3 6 133 41 18 9 11 75 42 22 7 9 68 36 24 4 10 80 35 8 15 15 53 56 -3 18 10 10 66 46 11 12 15 52 51 8 10 20 44 83 12 5 21 55 67 16 5 17 61 74 11 7 20 50 83 Greenwich Borough were deducted three points. green1 Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division P 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: 1988–89 Non League Matters 22 May 2024, https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '88–'89 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1988–89 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won, for the only occasion in their history, by Alma Swanley.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 Sittingbourne F.C.27 April 1989 Soccer Results and Fixtures: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Cup final Kentish Express 86 Ashford this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Whitstable Town 3 Hythe Town 1 Alma Swanley 1 Tunbridge Wells 0 Deal Town 1 Greenwich Borough 0 Ramsgate 2 Danson 0 Semi-finals Whitstable Town 2 Alma Swanley 4 Deal Town 0RD23 After extra time (score at 90 minutes: 0–0 Ramsgate 1RD23 Final Alma Swanley 1 Ramsgate 0 <onlyinclude> Second Round Slade Green 2 – 5 Whitstable Town Hythe Town 3 – 0 Kent Police Herne Bay 0 – 2 Alma Swanley Tunbridge Wells 1 – 0 Thames Polytechnic Deal Town 4 – 2 Darenth Heathside Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 0 – 3 Greenwich Borough Crockenhill 0 – 2 Ramsgate Danson 1 – 0 Beckenham Town First Round Darenth Heathside 2 – 1 Cray Wanderers Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 4 – 3 Chatham Town Crockenhill 3 – 0 Faversham Town Sittingbourne 1 – 2 Danson Byes for the other twelve clubs Sources: Final: 4 May 1989 62 Soccer Results and Fixture Guide: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890504/283/0026 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Semi-finals: 16 March 1989 84 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890316/307/0036 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Quarter-finals: 26 January 1989 63 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Winstonlead League Cup, round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890126/338/0027 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 9 February 1989 68 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Winstonlead League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890209/287/0028 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Second Round: 24 November 1988 76 Soccer Results, Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup, round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19881124/321/0032 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 30 September 1988 86 All the results, fixtures and tables: Winstonlead Kent League Cup, first round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19880930/554/0046 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette 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 1988–89 Hythe Town R 342 1209 1987–88 1989–90 The league featured nineteen clubs including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare for their final season in the league; sixteen of the clubs had competed in the division the previous season together with three additional clubs: Chatham Town R Cray Wanderers R Greenwich Borough R The division was won by a resurgent Hythe Town 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 had been re-elected to the league after ending the previous season in the bottom two – part of a league and cup double. At the end of the season: Chatham Town R, Deal Town R and champions Hythe Town R withdrew from the division; Snowdown Colliery Welfare, who were founder members of the league in 1966, had their registration cancelled by the League as the club no longer held the league requirement of Senior status - the Kent County FA had, owing to the club's long spell of ten seasons in Division Two, ruled the club of Intermediate status; bottom club Herne Bay were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.15 June 1989 80 Soccer Kentish Express Ashford League table main WDL Season End Notes HYT Hythe Town R ASH Ashford Town R DOV Dover Athletic R HAS Hastings Town R SIT Sittingbourne R SHE Sheppey United R CRA Cray Wanderers R RAM Ramsgate R FAV Faversham Town R TPO Thames Polytechnic R GRE Greenwich Borough R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare FOL Folkestone R BEC Beckenham Town R DEA Deal Town R MAR Thanet United R WHI Whitstable Town R CHA Chatham Town R HER Herne Bay R 24 4 8 67 32 10 8 18 43 67 -3 6 7 23 43 91 -1 19 3 14 75 61 9 7 20 37 99 22 7 7 102 45 14 10 12 62 57 9 10 17 56 77 15 5 16 65 72 -3 21 6 9 83 49 4 6 26 29 104 27 4 5 112 31 -6 7 9 20 48 79 16 7 13 65 60 14 9 13 61 60 -7 19 6 11 89 45 18 11 7 84 52 12 11 13 50 54 8 6 22 38 74 Hythe Town R were deducted six points for league rule breaches (cancelling fixtures)21 April 1989 Final Chance Folkestone Herald 80 Folkestone Greenwich Borough R were deducted three points Greenwich Borough R were deducted three points and three goals for playing irregularities - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Snowdown Colliery Welfare were deducted seven points Snowdown Colliery Welfare were deducted seven points and seven goals for playing irregularities - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Beckenham Town R were deducted three points Beckenham Town R were deducted three points and four goals for playing irregularities - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Thanet United R were deducted one goal for playing irregularities - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Chatham Town R were deducted one point Chatham Town R were deducted one point and one goal for playing irregularities - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table orange1 Re-elected REE red2 Resigned RES RES RES red2 Registration cancelled RGX 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1988-1989.html#KENT2 Non League Tables for 1988–1989: Kent League Division Two Non League Matters 14 June 2024; 11 May 1989 64 Final Tables: Winstonlead Kent League Division Two https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890511/367/0028 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express (Note: The source tables are net of the goal deductions to Greenwich Borough R, Beckenham Town R, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, Thanet United R and Chatham Town R) Division Two Cup The 1988–89 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Hythe Town Rhttp://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 part of a league and cup double. The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the division, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring three ties) culminating in the final (played at Hythe Town F.C.).21 April 1989 Local Football Results & Fixtures: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division Two Cup Final Folkestone Herald 78 Folkestone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Hythe Town R 2RD11 After extra time (score at 90 minutes: 1–1) 5 Sheppey United R 2RD11 1 Hastings Town R 2 Cray Wanderers R 3 Chatham Town R 0 Greenwich Borough R 8 Deal Town R 1 Folkestone R 4 Semi-finals Hythe Town R 2 Cray Wanderers R 1 Greenwich Borough R 0 Folkestone R 4 Final Hythe Town R 3 Folkestone R 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Thames Polytechnic R 0 – 2 Hythe Town R Sheppey United R 2 – 1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Hastings Town R 0– 0 Ashford Town R Replay: Ashford Town R v Hastings Town R Beckenham Town R 0 – 5 Cray Wanderers R Chatham Town R 4 – 2 Ramsgate R Sittingbourne R 1 – 2 Greenwich Borough R Deal Town R W – x Faversham Town R (Match awarded to Deal Town R) Dover Athletic R 0 – 1 Folkestone R First Round Thanet United R 0 – 5 Sheppey United R Herne Bay R 1 – 7 Hastings Town R Dover Athletic R 4 – 1 Whitstable Town R Byes for the other thirteen clubs Sources: Final: 27 April 1989 86 Soccer Results and Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League, Division 2 Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890427/461/0042 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Semi-finals: 16 March 1989 84 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup, Division 2 Cup, semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890316/307/0036 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 24 March 1989 86 Local Football Results & Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division Two Cup Semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003751/19890324/086/0086 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Folkestone Herald Quarter-finals: 10 February 1989 87 Results, fixtures, tables: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19890210/469/0043 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 16 February 1989 69 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Cup, Division 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19890216/339/0033 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 23 February 1989 68 Soccer Results: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, division 2, round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19890223/351/0032 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 3 March 1989 87 Results … fixtures … tables: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, third round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19890303/484/0047 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Second Round: 17 November 1988 79 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Winston Kent League: Division 2 Cup: Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19881117/341/0035 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 30 December 1988 71 Faversham land hefty fine https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19881230/409/0043 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 12 January 1989 64 Ashford Live on Knife Edge https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19890112/266/0024 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 20 January 1989 78 Herald soccer results service: Wednesday: Results: Winstonlead Kent League Div Two Cup, 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003751/19890120/078/0078 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Folkestone Herald First Round: 20 October 1988 66 Soccer Results, Fixtures: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19881020/262/0026 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 10 November 1988 69 Soccer Results, Fixtures: Winstonlead Cup, round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19881110/349/0029 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 17 November 1988 79 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Winston Kent League: Division 2 Cup, round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19881117/341/0035 subscription 14 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express References 1988–89 Category:1988–89 in English men's football leagues