1983–84 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1983–84 Kent Football League season was the eighteenth 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. From this season the league began awarding three points (increased from two) for winning a match.https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84 Non League Matters 21 May 2024 Division One Kent Football League Division One 1983–84 Sittingbourne Sheppey United 240 774 1982–83 1984–85 The league featured sixteen clubs which all competed in the previous season. The league was won by Sittingbourne, who had previously won the title in 1975–76.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 second-placed Sheppey United were promoted to the Southern Football League.https://fchd.info/SHEPPEYU.HTM Sheppey United Football Club History Database 21 May 2024 League table main WDL Season End Notes SIT Sittingbourne SHE Sheppey United HYT Hythe Town CRA Cray Wanderers TUN Tunbridge Wells CRO Crockenhill HER Herne Bay BEC Beckenham Town DEA Deal Town FAV Faversham Town SLA Slade Green Athletic DHE Darenth Heathside SWA Alma Swanley KEN Kent Police WHI Whitstable Town RAM Ramsgate 14 7 9 66 40 13 4 13 42 43 4 3 23 22 94 12 7 11 61 44 12 6 12 56 54 11 4 15 38 52 24 3 3 87 26 9 8 13 44 50 17 5 8 63 39 4 9 17 37 62 12 6 12 40 41 13 3 14 54 54 21 3 6 61 28 8 10 12 39 50 11 10 9 37 34 8 6 16 27 63 green1 Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84 Non League Matters 21 May 2024 https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '83–'84 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 21 May 2024 Challenge Cup The 1983–84 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Cray Wanderers, their first Challenge Cup triumph.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 sixteen clubs in the league, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Cray Wanderers 4 Tunbridge Wells 0 Darenth Heathside 2 3RD31 Replay Slade Green Athletic 2 1RD31 Sittingbourne 2 Herne Bay 0 Sheppey United 5 Deal Town 1 Semi-finals Cray Wanderers 3RD21 After extra time Darenth Heathside 2RD21 Sittingbourne 2RD23 After extra time Sheppey United 6RD23 Final Cray Wanderers 4 Sheppey United 3 <onlyinclude> First Round Ramsgate 0 – 3 Cray Wanderers Tunbridge Wells 2 – 1 Crockenhill Alma Swanley 1 – 3 Darenth Heathside Slade Green Athletic 3 – 2 Kent Police Sittingbourne 3 – 1 Whitstable Town Hythe Town 1 – 2 Herne Bay Sheppey United 4 – 2 Beckenham Town Deal Town 3 – 3 Faversham Town REPLAY: Faversham Town v Deal Town Sources: Final: 6 May 1984 40 Scottish and Minor Leagues: Kent League Cup Final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19840506/040/0040 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive The Sunday People Semi-finals: 11 March 1984 40 Scottish and Minor Leagues: Kent: League Cup semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002454/19840311/040/0040 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive The Sunday People Quarter-finals: 13 November 1983 40 Results Round-up: Kent League: League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19831113/330/0040 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror; 26 February 1984 40 Results Round-up: Kent League: League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19840226/275/0040 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror First Round: 25 September 1983 40 (Scottish Results): Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19830925/294/0040 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror; 30 September 1983 14 Cup Shock https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19830930/181/0014 subscription 21 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times 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 1983–84 Fisher Athletic R 210 700 1982–83 1984–85 The league featured fifteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), fourteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with Fisher Athletic R. The division was won by Fisher Athletic 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 in their first season in the division. At the end of the season Beckenham Town R and Dover R left the league. League Table main WDL Season End Notes FIS Fisher Athletic R SIT Sittingbourne R CHA Chatham Town R HYT Hythe Town R BEC Beckenham Town R HAS Hastings United R EAB Erith & Belvedere R ASH Ashford Town R DHE Darenth Heathside R FAV Faversham Town R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare DOV Dover R FOL Folkestone R HER Herne Bay R WHI Whitstable Town R 13 4 11 40 35 13 5 10 43 30 13 8 7 49 31 10 8 10 36 39 9 5 14 37 46 13 4 11 48 34 10 6 12 52 57 9 3 16 41 56 19 5 4 82 23 13 5 10 48 46 6 4 18 29 77 14 4 10 67 44 9 7 12 35 44 19 2 7 66 38 3 4 21 27 100 red2 Resigned RES RES 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1983-1984.html#KENT Non League Tables for 1983–1984: Kent League Division 1(sic) Non League Matters 21 May 2024 Division Two Cup The 1983–84 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won for a second successive season by Erith & Belvedere 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 who defeated Darenth Heatside in the final. References 1983–84 Category:1983–84 in English men's football leagues