1986–87 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1986–87 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-first 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 1986–87 Greenwich Borough 306 987 1985–86 1987–88 The league featured eighteen clubs, which had all competed in the previous season. Slade Green Athletic changed their name to Slade Green.https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html Kent League 1966–92: 1986–87 Non League Matters 22 May 2024 The league was won by Greenwich Borough,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 part of a league and cup double. At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Faversham Town and Kent Police, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.25 June 1987 Tony Hudd 36 Pyramid holds firm Kentish Express Ashford League table main WDL Season End Notes GRE Greenwich Borough CRO Crockenhill SWA Alma Swanley RAM Ramsgate HER Herne Bay SIT Sittingbourne TUN Tunbridge Wells WHI Whitstable Town DHE Darenth Heathside CRA Cray Wanderers HYT Hythe Town SLA Slade Green TPO Thames Polytechnic MET Metropolitan Police (Hayes) BEC Beckenham Town DEA Deal Town FAV Faversham Town KEN Kent Police 12 8 14 56 48 17 9 8 76 58 18 8 8 59 42 14 8 12 56 45 7 10 17 37 61 12 6 16 50 51 17 8 9 60 43 13 7 14 53 50 11 11 12 51 48 14 8 12 45 47 7 11 16 32 67 -1 8 7 19 45 73 24 6 4 113 36 20 7 7 69 34 22 9 3 63 31 9 6 19 48 72 4 1 29 37 108 9 6 19 37 73 Faversham Town were deducted one point and one goal for fielding an ineligible player21 May 1987 40 League relief for Deal East Kent Mercury Larkfield, Maidstone - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table. Faversham Town were deducted one point. 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: 1986–87 Non League Matters 22 May 2024, https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '86–'87 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1986–87 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won, for the second occasion in three seasons, by Greenwich Boroughhttps://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 and was part of a league and cup double. 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 (the initial tie was at Tunbridge Wells F.C.30 April 1987 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Division 1 Kent League Cup final Kentish Express 54 Ashford this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Faversham Town 1 Ramsgate 2 Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 0 Greenwich Borough 1 Sittingbourne 5 Darenth Heathside 3 Deal Town 0 Herne Bay 1 Semi-finals Ramsgate 2 Greenwich Borough 3 Sittingbourne 3 Herne Bay 0 Final Greenwich Borough 1RD31 After extra time (score at 90 minutes: 0–0) 3RD32 Replay Sittingbourne 1RD31 1RD32 <onlyinclude> Second Round Faversham Town 1 – 0 Alma Swanley Ramsgate 2 – 1 Slade Green Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 2 – 1 Tunbridge Wells Crockenhill 1 – 2 Greenwich Borough Cray Wanderers 2 – 5 Sittingbourne Darenth Heathside 3 – 0 Hythe Town Deal Town 3 – 0 Kent Police Herne Bay 3– 1 Thames Polytechnic First Round Whitstable Town 0 – 2 Deal Town Beckenham Town 1 – 3 Herne Bay Sources: Final:7 May 1987 46 Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19870507/239/0022 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 14 May 1987 36 Brave Bourne go down in controversial final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002521/19870514/035/0035 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive East Kent Gazette Semi-finals: 9 April 1987 53 Soccer Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1: League Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19870409/261/0025 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Quarter-finals: 12 February 1987 53 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1: League Cup, Round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19870212/349/0029 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 12 March 1987 55 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1: League Cup, Round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19870312/397/0031 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Second Round:20 November 1986 55 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005425/19861120/372/0031 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 10 October 1986 71 Results, fixtures, tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, first round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19861010/473/0039 subscription 12 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 1986–87 Fisher Athletic R 306 1124 1985–86 1987–88 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 clubs17 June 1986 Tony Hudd 22 Chats to be dealt with 'most severely' Evening Post Larkfield, Maidstone Hastings Town R Ramsgate R, joined from the Kent County League The division was won for the second successive season (and the third time in four seasons) by Fisher Athletic R.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 At the end of the season Erith & Belvedere R withdrew from the division26 June 1987 64 Deal keep League place Dover Express Dover and both bottom clubs, Faversham Town R and Whitstable Town R, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division. League Table main WDL Season End Notes FIS Fisher Athletic R SIT Sittingbourne R EAB Erith & Belvedere R ASH Ashford Town R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare HAS Hastings Town R DOV Dover Athletic R FOL Folkestone R MAR Thanet United R HER Herne Bay R RAM Ramsgate R DHE Darenth Heathside R TPO Thames Polytechnic R SHE Sheppey United R HYT Hythe Town R DEA Deal Town R FAV Faversham Town R WHI Whitstable Town R 18 7 9 64 43 11 11 12 52 64 8 5 21 53 98 14 9 11 73 56 -1 16 13 5 72 49 6 7 21 49 97 16 3 15 56 60 26 4 4 112 29 -3 15 7 12 79 62 13 7 14 51 57 9 4 21 48 71 12 10 12 72 69 13 5 16 56 62 17 5 12 55 51 11 8 15 63 62 -3 22 7 5 75 33 12 7 15 62 76 5 5 24 32 85 Fisher Athletic R were deducted three points and ten goals5 December 1986 85 Gazette Soccer: Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Kentish Gazette Larkfield, Maidstone for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table. Dover Athletic R were deducted one point and one goal for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table. Sheppey United R were deducted three points and one goal for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table. Fisher Athletic R were deducted three points. Dover Athletic R were deducted one point. Sheppey United R were deducted three points. red2 Resigned RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1986-1987.html#KENT2 Non League Tables for 1986–1987: Kent League Division Two Non League Matters 22 May 2024 (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Fisher Athletic R, Dover Athletic R and Sheppey United R). Division Two Cup The 1986–87 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Sittingbourne 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.30 April 1987 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup Final Kentish Express 54 Ashford this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Erith & Belvedere R 7 Dover Athletic R 1 Ashford Town R 3 Fisher Athletic R 2 Darenth Heathside R 3 Thanet United R 1 Sittingbourne R 2 Thames Polytechnic R 1 Semi-finals Erith & Belvedere R 1RD21 After extra time Ashford Town R 2RD21 Darenth Heathside R 1 Sittingbourne R 2 Final Ashford Town R 0 Sittingbourne R 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Hythe Town R 1 – 4 Erith & Belvedere R Dover Athletic R 5 – 0 Faversham Town R Whitstable Town R 0 – 1 Ashford Town R Hastings Town R v Fisher Athletic R Folkestone R 1 – 3 Darenth Heathside R Thanet United R 2 – 0 Herne Bay R Sittingbourne R 3– 1 Sheppey United R Thames Polytechnic R 5 – 1 Deal Town R First Round Ramsgate R 3 – 5 Ashford Town R Sheppey United R 3 – 1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Sources: Final:30 April 1987 54 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19870430/351/0030 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Semi-finals: 27 March 1987 69 Gazette Soccer: Results:Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005421/19870327/411/0037 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 15 April 1987 63 Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2: League Cup, semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005424/19870415/327/0035 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Quarter-finals: 12 February 1987 53 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2: League Cup, Round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19870212/349/0029 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 5 March 1987 54 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2: League Cup, Round 3 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19870305/402/0030 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Second Round:6 November 1986 55 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005425/19861106/410/0035 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 13 November 1986 55 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Division 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005425/19861113/371/0031 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 20 November 1986 55 Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, Round 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005425/19861120/372/0031 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 12 December 1986 78 Gazette Soccer: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, first round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19861212/541/0050 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette First Round: 30 October 1986 55 Results And Fixture Guide: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: League Cup, Round 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005425/19861030/373/0031 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 7 November 1986 37 Jarvis helps reserves to finals place https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004048/19861107/310/0037 subscription 12 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sheerness Times Guardian References 1986–87 Category:1986–87 in English men's football leagues