1973–74 Kent Football League

Association football league season May 2024 May 2024 The 1973–74 Kent Football League season was the eighth 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 Kent Football League 1973–74 Chatham Town 342 1159 1972–73 1974–75 The league featured teams from 19 clubs, including eight reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by Canterbury City Reserves.22 June 1973 League shuffle mooted Kent Messenger 16 Larkfield, Maidstone The league was won by Chatham Town, for the second time in three seasons.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 Bexley United Reserves resigned from the league and both bottom clubs, Snowdown Colliery Welfare and Folkestone Reserves, were re-elected to continue their membership of the league.18 July 1974 Boxley (sic) bow out with a fine Evening Post 31 Chatham main WDL Season End Notes yes 2 CHA Chatham Town SIT Sittingbourne SHE Sheppey United BEX Bexley United Reserves DAR Dartford Amateurs CRO Crockenhill MAR Margate Reserves TUN Tunbridge Wells DEA Deal Town KEN Kent Police WHI Whitstable Town SLA Slade Green Athletic TON Tonbridge Reserves CAN Canterbury City Reserves ASH Ashford Town Reserves DOV Dover Reserves RAM Ramsgate Reserves SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare FOL Folkestone Reserves 10 11 15 64 80 16 8 12 57 51 12 7 17 50 62 29 4 3 113 31 14 9 13 55 55 15 9 12 76 66 14 8 14 59 56 8 11 17 45 70 -2 7 4 25 39 90 13 9 14 57 60 14 9 13 64 64 11 2 23 42 78 8 8 20 45 88 19 9 8 80 41 27 5 4 97 29 11 11 14 55 73 14 5 17 38 54 15 6 15 71 54 13 9 14 52 57 Dover Reserves were deducted two points for playing an ineligible player. red1 Resigned from the league RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal average. complete https://www.scefl.com/kent-scefl-league-tables-since-1972 Kent League Tables: Kent League '73–'74 7 May 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024 & 31 May 1974 29 Kent League https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000483/19740531/437/0029 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent & Sussex Courier (for adjusted Tonbridge R goals against total) Challenge Cup The 1973–74 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Sittingbourne.https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 League Cup Winners since 1923 February 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024 The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United F.C.7 May 1974 Hales ban hits Chats Evening Post 28 Chatham this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Slade Green Athletic 2 0RD1A Replay Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2 1RD1A Sittingbourne 4 Ashford Town Reserves 0 Kent Police 1 Dartford Amateurs 2 Sheppey United 2 1RD1B Replay Chatham Town 2 2RD1B Semi-finals Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0 Sittingbourne 3 Dartford Amateurs 1 1RD2 Replay Chatham Town 1 2RD2 Final Sittingbourne 2 Chatham Town 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Dover Reserves 0 – 0 Slade Green Athletic REPLAY: Slade Green Athletic 2 – 1 Dover Reserves Tunbridge Wells 1 – 1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare REPLAY: *Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1 – 0 Tunbridge Wells Crockenhill 1 – 4 Sittingbourne Margate Reserves 2 – 3 Ashford Town Reserves Kent Police 3 – 1 Bexley United Reserves Dartford Amateurs 4 – 0 Ramsgate Reserves Canterbury City Reserves 0 – 1 Sheppey United Chatham Town 2 – 1 Deal Town First Round Margate Reserves 4 – 1 Folkestone Reserves Sittingbourne 4 – 1 Whitstable Town Canterbury City Reserves 1 – 0 Tonbridge Reserves Byes for the other thirteen clubs Sources: Final: 12 May 1974 45 Other Football: Kent League Cup-Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19740512/336/0045 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror Semi-finals: 9 April 1974 22 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19740409/415/0022 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 23 April 1974 19 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19740423/356/0019 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times Quarter-finals: 4 March 1974 28 Replay sets Pulley a poser: Saturday's results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005095/19740304/429/0032 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 12 March 1974 18 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19740312/404/0018 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 19 March 1974 20 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19740319/377/0020 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times Second Round: 7 January 1974 18 Double Chasing: Saturday's results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005095/19740107/284/0022 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 14 January 1974 18 Sheppey falling out of race: Saturday's results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005095/19740114/324/0022 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 4 February 1974 24 Bourne pull away: Saturday's results:Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005095/19740204/382/0028 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 15 February 1974 10 Kent League: Results https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004048/19740215/205/0010 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sheerness Times Guardian; 22 February 1974 14 All the County details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19740222/299/0014 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 26 February 1974 16 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19740226/303/0015 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 4 March 1974 28 Replay sets Pulley a poser: Saturday's results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005095/19740304/429/0032 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post First Round: 2 November 1973 16 All the County football details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19731102/295/0018 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 6 November 1973 18 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19731106/386/0018 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times References External links 1973–74 Category:1973–74 in English football leagues