1980–81 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1980–81 Kent Football League season was the fifteenth 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 thumb|left|Cray Wanderers celebrate winning the title Kent Football League Division One 1980–81 Cray Wanderers 272 826 1979–80 1981–82 The division featured the seventeen clubs which had competed in the previous season. The division was won by Cray Wanderers.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 Dartford Glentworth left the league.https://fchd.info/DARTFORG.HTM Dartford Glentworth Football Club History Database 15 May 2024 League table main WDL Season End Notes 2 CRA Cray Wanderers CHA Chatham Town CRO Crockenhill ERI Erith & Belvedere SIT Sittingbourne HYT Hythe Town SHE Sheppey United FAV Faversham Town TUN Tunbridge Wells DHE Darenth Heathside DEA Deal Town DAR Dartford Glentworth SLA Slade Green Athletic WHI Whitstable Town KEN Kent Police HER Herne Bay RAM Ramsgate 24 5 3 92 27 4 6 22 23 67 2 3 27 26 121 10 9 13 33 49 10 5 17 39 51 -2 18 5 9 74 29 9 10 13 45 52 18 5 9 70 45 7 7 18 33 58 12 11 9 36 28 10 7 15 46 49 16 9 7 45 33 19 5 8 57 30 20 5 7 63 37 5 9 18 43 67 22 6 4 61 23 11 3 18 40 60 Slade Green Athletic were deducted two points. red2 Resigned 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: 1980–81 Non League Matters 22 May 2024 https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '80–'81 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 22 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1980–81 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Sittingbournehttps://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 (whose reserves team won their Divisional cup too). The competition, contested by all seventeen clubs in the Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring one tie) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United F.C.1 May 1981 County Soccer Details: Saturday: Fixtures: Kent League Division 1 Cup Final Kentish Express 23 Ashford this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Hythe Town 1 Darenth Heathside 2 Whitstable Town 5 Faversham Town 1 Erith & Belvedere 4 Crockenhill 2 Deal Town 1 Sittingbourne 2 Semi-finals Darenth Heathside 1 Whitstable Town 0 Erith & Belvedere 0 Sittingbourne 2 Final Darenth Heathside 1 Sittingbourne 2 <onlyinclude> Second Round Sheppey United 1 – 3 Hythe Town Darenth Heathside 3 – 0 Herne Bay Whitstable Town 1 – 1 Ramsgate Replay: Ramsgate 0 – 1 Whitstable Town Faversham Town 3 – 2 Kent Police Erith & Belvedere 1 – 0 Tunbridge Wells Crockenhill 1 – 0 Dartford Glentworth Slade Green Athletic 3 – 3 Deal Town Replay: Deal Town 5 – 1 Slade Green Athletic Sittingbourne 4 – 1 Chatham Town First Round Darenth Heathside 5 – 2 Cray Wanderers Byes for the other fifteen clubs Sources: Final: 8 May 1981 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 1, Cup Final https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19810508/280/0031 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Semi-finals: 6 March 1981 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup semi-finals https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19810306/283/0031 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Quarter-finals: 16 December 1980 30 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19801216/295/0030 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; Second Round: 26 September 1980 34 Erith Net a Long Shot and Slam the Door https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003666/19800926/034/0034 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent & Sussex Courier; 26 September 1980 27 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 1 Cup, Round 1 (sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19800926/225/0027 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 17 October 1980 27 County Soccer Details: Results: Tuesday: Kent League Cup 2nd rd replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19801017/242/0027 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 4 November 1980 31 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19801104/292/0031 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times First Round: 29 August 1980 27 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Division 1: League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19800829/247/0027 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express 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 1980–81 Welling United R 1979–80 1981–82 The league featured nineteen clubs including one non-reserve team (Snowdown Colliery Welfare). Fourteen of the teams had competed in the previous season and they were joined by five additional, all reserves, teams:4 July 1980 Gordon Carpenter Bert is named Kent League's vice-chairman Kent Messenger 28 Larkfield, Maidstone Dartford joined from the Kent County Amateur League Dartford Glentworth R Folkestone R (formerly Folkestone & Shepway Rhttps://fchd.info/FOLKESTO.HTM Folkestone Football Club History Database 15 May 2024 ) joined from the Kent County Amateur League Maidstone United R joined from the Kent County Amateur League Welling United R Newly joined club Welling United R were the division winners.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 Faversham Town R and Dartford Glentworth R resigned from the league. (The table below is not the final table, maximum potential matches per team = 36) main WDL Season End Notes 2 WEL Welling United R MAI Maidstone United R DAR Dartford R CHA Chatham Town R EAB Erith & Belvedere R FAV Faversham Town R FOL Folkestone R DHE Darenth Heathside R SIT Sittingbourne R DEA Deal Town R DOV Dover R SHE Sheppey United R ASH Ashford Town R HYT Hythe Town R DGL Dartford Glentworth R WHI Whitstable Town R HAS Hastings United R HER Herne Bay R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare 13 5 18 50 76 21 4 7 83 29 22 3 8 69 34 12 10 13 60 70 8 9 17 51 63 15 7 13 49 52 10 11 14 52 60 19 6 8 63 26 19 1 16 70 66 14 9 13 63 62 9 5 22 36 74 7 4 25 43 110 11 6 18 49 75 26 3 5 113 30 6 3 27 38 112 12 7 17 55 68 11 13 11 45 41 30 2 3 116 26 10 4 20 41 72 red2 Resigned RES RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 5 May 1980 8 May 1981 31 County Soccer Details: Kent League: Division 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19810508/269/0031 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Division Two Cup The 1980–81 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Sittingbourne R (whose first team won the Challenge Cup) with Chatham Town R runners-up. 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 was contested by all nineteen clubs in the division and comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring three ties) culminating in the final. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Faversham Town R 6 Deal Town R 0 Sittingbourne R 3 Sheppey United R 2 Hythe Town R 4 Whitstable Town R 2 Chatham Town R 1 Darenth Heathside R 0 Semi-finals Faversham Town R 2 Sittingbourne R 4 Hythe Town R 0 Chatham Town R 4 Final Sittingbourne R Chatham Town R <onlyinclude> Second Round Faversham Town R 5 – 1 Dartford R Ashford Town R 2 – 2 Deal Town R REPLAY: Deal Town R 4 – 1 Ashford Town R Sittingbourne R 1 – 0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Sheppey United R 2 – 1 Maidstone United R Hythe Town R v Dover R Dartford Glentworth R 0 – 1 Whitstable Town R Chatham Town R v Welling United R Darenth Heathside R 1 – 1 Erith & Belvedere R REPLAY: Erith & Belvedere R 3 – 0 Darenth Heathside R First Round Faversham Town R 2 – 2 Folkestone R REPLAY 1: Folkestone R 1 – 1 (aet) Faversham Town R (score at 90 minutes: 1–1) REPLAY 2: Faversham Town R v Folkestone R Sittingbourne R 3 – 0 Hastings United R Maidstone United R 9 – 0 Herne Bay R Byes for the other thirteen clubs Sources: Final: 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 Semi-finals: 13 March 1981 23 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup semi-final https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19810313/229/0023 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 27 March 1981 30 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup semi-final https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19810327/309/0030 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Quarter-finals: 19 December 1980 23 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup 3rd rnd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19801219/202/0023 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 2 January 1981 23 County Soccer Details: Results: Boxing Day: Kent League: League Cup 3rd rnd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19810102/163/0023 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Second Round: 19 September 1980 34 Senior soccer details: Fixtures: Saturday: Kent League: League 2 Cup 2nd rnd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19800919/321/0034 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 26 September 1980 13 Craig can stick with same 12 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19800926/162/0013 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times; 3 October 1980 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Kent League Division 2 Cup rd 2 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19801003/265/0033 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 3 October 1980 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Monday: Kent League Cup replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19801003/265/0033 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 10 October 1980 43 Senior soccer details: Results: Tuesday: Kent League: League Cup 2nd rnd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19801010/430/0043 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 17 October 1980 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Tuesday: Kent League Division 2 Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19801017/242/0027 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 28 November 1980 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Division 2 Cup, 2nd rnd replay https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19801128/322/0031 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 29 August 1980 34 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2 League Cup https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005423/19800829/368/0034 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 5 September 1980 34 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: League Cup, 1st rnd https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19800905/346/0034 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 12 September 1980 42 Senior soccer details: Results: Wednesday: Kent League Division 2: League Cup replay https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19800912/434/0042 subscription 15 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger References 1980–81 Category:1980–81 in English men's football leagues