2002–03 Kent Football League

February 2024 March 2026 The 2002–03 Kent Football League season (known as the Go Travel Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England. The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with a Reserves Section comprising two equal ranked geographically based divisions known as Division One North and Division One South – with a play-off between the winners of these two divisions to decide the Division One champion. Reserves teams were not permitted in the Premier Division. Additionally there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Premier Division clubs and another for the teams in the Reserves Section. Premier Division Kent Football League Premier Division 2002–03 Cray Wanderers 232 825 2001–02 2003–04 The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Faversham Town resigned towards the end of the season with eight games to play. As per league rules as they resigned after 1 March their record was not expunged and, owing to the resulting unequal number of matches played by the remaining clubs, the final league positions were decided on a points per game basis.http://www.beckenhamtownfc.co.uk/beckpages/news.html NEWS: KENT LEAGUE RULE 14B beckenhamtownfc.co.uk 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030602111356/http://www.beckenhamtownfc.co.uk/beckpages/news.html 2 June 2003 28 February 2024 League table main WDL P ppgpts CRA Cray Wanderers MAI Maidstone United THA Thamesmead Town DEA Deal Town RAM Ramsgate WHI Whitstable Town VCD VCD Athletic HYT Hythe Town SLA Slade Green BEC Beckenham Town HER Herne Bay TUN Tunbridge Wells LOR Lordswood GRE Greenwich Borough ERI Erith Town FAV Faversham Town 19 5 5 68 23 13 9 8 51 36 9 7 14 53 54 16 7 7 59 35 18 9 3 76 31 4 6 19 36 71 7 8 14 53 66 9 6 14 41 53 10 5 14 57 54 19 6 5 76 39 13 6 11 46 54 5 9 16 37 66 15 8 6 56 45 2 1 19 18 88 15 9 4 62 40 5 5 20 36 70 Faversham Town resigned with eight games to play. Their record was not expunged, but final league positions were decided on a points per game basis. #FFCCCC Resigned from the league P 1) points per game. complete FCHD Challenge Cup The 2002–03 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Cray Wanderers who completed the League and Cup double. The competition was contested by the 16 teams from the Premier Division over four rounds: the first two a single match knock-out followed by the semis-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 2 y 3 score 1 Quarter-finals Tunbridge Wells 3 Herne Bay 2 Maidstone United 0 Cray Wanderers 2 Deal Town 3 Slade Green 2 VCD Athletic 2cqf after extra time Erith Town 0cqf Semi-finals Tunbridge Wells 0 1 RD2-score1-agg Cray Wanderers 2 3 RD2-score2-agg Deal Town 0 0 RD2-score3-agg VCD Athletic 1 3 RD2-score4-agg Final Cray Wanderers 2 VCD Athletic 0 First Round Tunbridge Wells v Hythe Town Beckenham Town v Herne Bay Faversham Town 2 – 5 Maidstone United Cray Wanderers 2 – 1 Thamesmead Town Deal Town v Greenwich Borough Lordswood v Slade Green VCD Athletic v Ramsgate Erith Town 1 – 0 Whitstable Town Sources: Beckenham Town FC: Cup Draws & Results (archived) & Herne Bay FC (archived) Reserves Section The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team. The 2002–03 Reserves Section comprised two equal ranked geographically based divisions, Division One North and Division One South. The top club in each division played a single match to decide the Division One Champion. Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for all teams in the section. Division One Champion Play-off Deal Town R were the Division One champions. They won the single play-off match, played at Herne Bay F.C., between the top team from each of the Division One North and Division One South: Cray Wanderers R 2 – 3 Deal Town Rhttps://www.fchd.info/DEALT2.HTM Deal Town Reserves at FCHD 3 March 2024 FCHD Division One North Kent Football League Division One North 2002–03 Cray Wanderers R 131 513 2001–02 2003–04 Div.One2003–04 Div.Two The division featured 12 clubs, 10 of which had competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs: Corinthian, returning to the Kent League after resigning in 1998 from Division One (subsequently renamed the Premier Division). Erith & Belvedere R Prior to the season the Swanley Furness club was renamed Danson Furnesshttps://fchd.info/DANSONF.HTM Danson Furness at FCHD 3 March 2024 FCHD At the end of the season the top six teams were moved to the newly formed Division One and the bottom six to the newly formed Division Two. League table main WDL Season End Notes CRA Cray Wanderers R THA Thamesmead Town R DAN Danson Furness COR Corinthian ERI Erith Town R DAR Dartford R CHA Chatham Town R BEC Beckenham Town R TUN Tunbridge Wells R LOR Lordswood R VCD VCD Athletic R EAB Erith & Belvedere R 7 3 12 40 59 8 6 8 47 38 11 3 8 44 40 18 2 2 68 18 12 4 6 52 39 10 4 8 30 26 -3 3 4 15 29 62 +3 10 3 8 33 39 4 6 12 27 44 16 0 5 65 34 7 3 12 34 56 5 12 15 44 58 Dartford R were deducted three points Erith & Belvedere R were awarded three points blue1 Moved to Division One ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE blue2 Moved to Division Two TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Beckenham Town FC: Final League Tables 2002/03 (archived) & FCHD (team pages) Division One South Kent Football League Division One South 2002–03 Deal Town R 132 516 2001–02 2003–04 Div.One2003–04 Div.Two The division featured 12 clubs, 11 of which had competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Maidstone United R Prior to the season the Hastings Town club was renamed Hastings Unitedhttps://fchd.info/HASTINU2.HTM Hastings United Reserves at FCHD 3 March 2024 FCHD At the end of the season the top six teams were moved to the newly formed Division One, Margate R resigned from the league and the remaining five clubs were moved to the newly formed Division Two. League table main WDL Season End Notes DEA Deal Town R DOV Dover Athletic R HER Herne Bay R ASH Ashford Town (Kent) R RAM Ramsgate R HAS Hastings United R SIT Sittingbourne R FOL Folkestone Invicta R MAI Maidstone United R WHI Whitstable Town R MAR Margate R HYT Hythe Town R 12 3 7 43 26 13 7 2 55 25 12 6 4 69 35 7 4 11 49 52 9 5 8 40 27 11 8 3 47 26 3 2 17 25 79 6 7 9 38 43 5 7 10 29 46 11 2 9 41 42 9 2 11 45 69 -3 5 5 12 35 46 +3 Sittingbourne R were deducted three points Whitstable Town R were awarded three points blue1 Moved to Division One ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE blue2 Moved to Division Two TWO TWO TWO TWO TWO red2 Resigned from the League RES 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete FCHD (team pages) Division One Cup The 2002–03 Kent Football League Division One Cup was won by Cray Wanderers R. The competition was contested by all 24 teams from both the Division One leagues over a total of five rounds: the first two were on an aggregate home and away basis; the third round, the quarter-finals a single match; the semis finals again on an aggregate basis; and a single final match which was played on a neutral ground (played at Ashford Town (Kent) F.C. this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 2 y 3 score 1 Quarter-finals Sittingbourne R 2r1m1 After extra time, score at 90 mins:1–1 4pr1m2 Sittingbourne R won on penalties Maidstone United R 2r1m1 3p Cray Wanderers R Erith Town R Hastings United R 1 Dartford R 3 Dover Athletic R 2 Beckenham Town R 1 Semi-finals Sittingbourne R 0 1 RD2-score1-agg Cray Wanderers R 4 5 RD2-score2-agg Dartford R 0 0 RD2-score3-agg Dover Athletic R 4 1 RD2-score4-agg Final Cray Wanderers R 3 Dover Athletic R 2 Second Round (Matches played on an aggregate home and away basis) Tunbridge Wells R v Erith Town R Ashford Town (Kent) R v Dover Athletic R Maidstone United R 5 – 3 Danson Furness (3–0; 2–3) Corinthian 2 – 3 Hastings United R (1–2; 1–1) Hythe Town R 1 – 6 Dartford R (1–3; 0–3) Deal Town R v Cray Wanderers R Herne Bay R 2 – 5 Sittingbourne R (1–3; 1–2) Lordswood R 1–3 Beckenham Town R (0–0; 1–3) First Round (Matches played on an aggregate home and away basis) Corinthian v Chatham Town R Cray Wanderers R v Folkestone Invicta R Dartford R v Margate R Dover Athletic R 9 – 2 Erith & Belvedere R (8–1; 1–1) Thamesmead Town R v Danson Furness Tunbridge Wells R v Ramsgate R VCD Athletic R v Deal Town R Whitstable Town R 0 – 6 Herne Bay R (0–2; 0–4) Byes for the remaining eight clubs Sources: Herne Bay FC: team pages (archived) & Beckenham Town FC: results (archived) References External links 2002-03 Category:2002–03 in English men's football leagues