1972–73 Kent Football League

Association football league season May 2024 May 2024 The 1972–73 Kent Football League season was the seventh 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 1972–73 Sheppey United 378 1379 1971–72 1973–74 The league featured teams from twenty clubs, including eight reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by two additional clubs: Snowdown Colliery Welfare returning to the league following a one-season absence.14 July 1972 Colliers back in the fold Kentish Express Ashford 10 Sheppey United joined from the Metropolitan–London League and replaced their reserves team.6 June 1972 Sheppey plans Thanet Times 16 Margate The Ramsgate Athletic Reserves team from the previous season were renamed Ramsgate Reserves.23 June 1972 Rams will drop 'Athletic' when they go Ltd East Kent Times and Mail Ramsgate 21 The league was won by Sheppey United.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 Brett Sports folded1 June 1973 Gordon's new club Herne Bay Press 9 Herne Bay and together with Hastings United Reserves left the league.25 June 1973 Gordon Carpenter It's all change in the Kent League Evening Post 28 Larkfield, Maidstone Both bottom clubs, Ashford Town Reserves and Margate Reserves, were re-elected to continue their membership of the league. main WDL Season End Notes 2 yes SHE Sheppey United SIT Sittingbourne CHA Chatham Town BRE Brett Sports KEN Kent Police DOV Dover Reserves TON Tonbridge Reserves TUN Tunbridge Wells BEX Bexley United Reserves DAR Dartford Amateurs DEA Deal Town FOL Folkestone Reserves WHI Whitstable Town CRO Crockenhill RAM Ramsgate Reserves SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare SLA Slade Green Athletic HAS Hastings United Reserves ASH Ashford Town Reserves MAR Margate Reserves 6 10 22 42 113 15 7 16 59 57 22 6 10 98 61 24 5 9 92 47 14 4 20 67 94 16 5 17 65 71 16 5 17 65 69 -2 19 9 10 64 35 -7 14 6 18 65 92 9 5 24 53 97 22 6 8 76 41 -4 4 5 29 41 97 10 9 18 49 69 +2 11 7 20 44 71 31 5 2 127 33 26 6 6 108 37 9 10 19 55 77 16 8 14 71 67 17 5 16 88 68 11 9 17 50 83 +2 Deal Town were deducted two points for playing ineligible players Dover Reserves were deducted seven points for playing ineligible players Kent Police were deducted four points. Ramsgate Reserves had two points added. Whitstable Town had two points added. Match versus Kent Police not played. https://www.scefl.com/kent-scefl-league-tables-since-1972 Kent League Tables: Kent League '72–'73 7 May 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024 RAM Matches versus Ramsgate Reserves and Whitstable Town not played. red1 Resigned from the league (folded) FRES red1 Resigned from the league RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal average. complete 15 June 1973 8 Final Kent League Table https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004048/19730615/107/0008 subscription 30 April 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sheerness Times Guardian with further points additions/deductions per https://www.scefl.com/kent-scefl-league-tables-since-1972 Kent League Tables: Kent League '72–'73 7 May 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024 Challenge Cup The 1972–73 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Folkestone Reserves – the final occasion it was won by a reserves team.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 twenty clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final between Sittingbourne and Folkestone Reserves and played at the former's home ground, the Bull Ground.11 May 1973 Gordon Carpenter All-fit Bourne Go For The Big One Evening News Larkfield 48 Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Ramsgate Reserves 0 Sittingbourne 3 Tonbridge Reserves 1 0RD1 Replay Dartford Amateurs 1 5RD1 Sheppey United 2 Tunbridge Wells 3 Folkestone Reserves 3 Deal Town 2 Semi-finals Sittingbourne 2 Dartford Amateurs 0 Tunbridge Wells 2 Folkestone Reserves 3 Final Sittingbourne 1 Folkestone Reserves 2 <onlyinclude> Second Round Ashford Town Reserves 0 – 2 Ramsgate Reserves Sittingbourne 3 – 1 Chatham Town Brett Sports 0 – 2 Tonbridge Reserves Whitstable Town 2 – 4 Dartford Amateurs Sheppey United 2 – 1 Kent Police Tunbridge Wells 3 – 1 Slade Green Athletic Margate Reserves 1 – 1 Folkestone Reserves REPLAY: Folkestone Reserves 2 – 0 Margate Reserves Crockenhill 1 – 6 Deal Town First Round Chatham Town 1 – 0 Bexley United Reserves Whitstable Town 2 – 0 Hastings United Reserves Dover Reserves 0 – 0 Kent Police REPLAY: Kent Police 3 – 2 Dover Reserves Margate Reserves 4 – 1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Byes for the other twelve clubs Sources: Final: 13 May 1973 45 Results Round-up: Kent League: Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19730513/363/0045 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror Semi-finals: 13 April 1973 2 Kent League: Results:League Cup Semi-Finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19730413/002/0002 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times Quarter-finals: 23 March 1973 14 County Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, League Cup quarter-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19730323/235/0014 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 3 April 1973 20 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002513/19730403/290/0020 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times Second Round: 3 January 1973 14 Football Results: Monday: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003350/19730103/171/0014 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive East Kent Times; 12 January 1973 16 County Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League. League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001744/19730112/289/0016 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 19 January 1973 16 County Details: Results: Monday: Kent League Cup 2nd round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001744/19730119/250/0016 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger First Round: 9 November 1972 31 Greyhounds and Sports Summary: Soccer: Kent League: League Cup-1st Rd. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000560/19721109/245/0031 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Daily Mirror; 10 November 1972 15 County Details: Results: Friday: Kent League Cup 1st round & Saturday: Kent League Cup 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19721110/276/0015 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 15 December 1972 12 County Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 1st round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19721215/772/0012 subscription 3 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express References External links 1972-73 Category:1972–73 in English football leagues