1979–80 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1979–80 Kent Football League season was the fourteenth 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 1979–80 Chatham Town 272 792 1978–79 1980–81 The division featured seventeen clubs which had all competed in the previous season. After five seasons of being named Medway the club reverted its name to Chatham Town.6 July 1979 Rise for referees The Courier 35 Tunbridge Wells The division was won by Chatham Town,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 (their reserves team were also successful and won the Division Two league and cup double). At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Ramsgate and Kent Police were re-elected to continue their membership of Division One. 4 July 1980 Gordon Carpenter Bert is named Kent League's vice-chairman Kent Messenger 28 Larkfield, Maidstone League table main WDL Season End Notes 2 CHA Chatham Town CRA Cray Wanderers HYT Hythe Town DHE Darenth Heathside SIT Sittingbourne SHE Sheppey United WHI Whitstable Town TUN Tunbridge Wells ERI Erith & Belvedere SLA Slade Green Athletic DAR Dartford Glentworth DEA Deal Town HER Herne Bay FAV Faversham Town CRO Crockenhill RAM Ramsgate KEN Kent Police 20 9 3 80 25 8 8 16 34 51 6 8 18 30 57 15 5 12 50 53 11 5 16 48 57 15 9 8 49 43 19 4 9 57 48 14 7 11 43 37 7 8 17 40 51 7 10 15 33 45 14 7 11 51 42 11 12 9 34 29 7 7 18 51 69 5 7 20 38 81 23 7 2 69 22 8 10 14 33 48 17 7 8 52 34 orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.scefl.com/kent-scefl-league-tables-since-1972 Kent League Tables: Kent League (Division 1) '79–'80 7 May 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024, https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html Kent League 1966–1992: 1979–1980 Non League Matters 14 May 2024. Challenge Cup The 1979–80 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Whitstable Town.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 seventeen clubs in the league, 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 Sittingbourne2 May 1980 Holiday Fixture Guide: Saturday: Kent League: League Cup Final Evening Post 54 Chatham this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Chatham Town 3 Ramsgate 0 Herne Bay 0 Sittingbourne 3 Deal Town 0 Whitstable Town 1 Sheppey United 1 Cray Wanderers 0 Semi-finals Chatham Town 1 Sittingbourne 0 Whitstable Town 2 Sheppey United 0 Final Chatham Town 3RD3 After extra time (score at 90 minutes 3–3) Whitstable Town 4RD3 <onlyinclude> Second Round Darenth Heathside 1 – 2 Chatham Town Ramsgate 1 – 1 Crockenhill REPLAY: Crockenhill 0 – 1 Ramsgate Herne Bay 4 – 3 Slade Green Athletic Sittingbourne 4 – 2 Tunbridge Wells Deal Town 3 – 0 Erith & Belvedere Hythe Town 2 – 2 Whitstable Town REPLAY: Whitstable Town 1 – 0 Hythe Town Dartford Glentworth 3 – 3 Sheppey United REPLAY: Sheppey United 8 – 1 Dartford Glentworth Cray Wanderers 1 – 1 Faversham Town REPLAY: Faversham Town 0 – 2 Cray Wanderers First Round Kent Police 0 – 2 Cray Wanderers Byes for the other fifteen clubs Sources: Final: 6 May 1980 John Evans 24 Surrender! Chats collapse in amazing finish https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005096/19800506/313/0024 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post Semi-finals: 8 April 1980 20 Easter Results Round-Up: Saturday: Kent League Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005096/19800408/302/0020 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post Quarter-finals: 15 February 1980 34 Senior soccer details: Results: Tuesday: Kent League Cup 3rd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19800215/539/0034 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 3 March 1980 22 Results Round-Up: Kent League: League Cup, 3rd rd https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005096/19800303/277/0022 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post Second Round: 9 December 1979 44 Scottish And Other Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19791209/378/0044 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror; 12 December 1979 31 Sports Summary: League Cup: Kent League Cup.–Second round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19791212/215/0031 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Daily Mirror; 18 December 1979 30 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19791218/317/0030 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 28 December 1979 34 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, League Cup, 2nd round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19791228/243/0034 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger First Round: 23 November 1979 38 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, League Cup, 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19791123/442/0038 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger 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 1979–80 Chatham Town R 1978–79 1980–81 The league featured sixteen clubs including one non-reserve team (Snowdown Colliery Welfare). Ten of the teams had competed in the previous season and they were joined by six additional clubs: Snowdown Colliery Welfare joined from Division One Ashford Town R Erith & Belvedere R joined from the Kent County Amateur League Hastings United R Sheppey United R Whitstable Town R Chatham Town R were the division winners for the second successive seasonhttp://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 and completed a Division Two league and cup double (additionally the club's first team were winners of Division One). At the end of the season Cray Wanderers R and Ramsgate R resigned from the league and both bottom clubs, Faversham Town R and Snowdown Colliery Welfare, were re-elected to continue their membership of Division Two. main WDL Season End Notes 2 CHA Chatham Town R SHE Sheppey United R SIT Sittingbourne R HAS Hastings United R HER Herne Bay R DHE Darenth Heathside R EAB Erith & Belvedere R CRA Cray Wanderers R DOV Dover R HYT Hythe Town R DEA Deal Town R ASH Ashford Town R WHI Whitstable Town R RAM Ramsgate R FAV Faversham Town R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare 7 8 15 40 58 26 3 1 90 9 13 4 11 48 47 9 7 14 47 60 14 7 9 59 39 11 5 14 48 57 13 7 9 48 36 6 2 21 38 74 17 6 6 63 35 15 8 7 62 38 10 6 13 69 64 4 8 16 29 58 3 3 24 28 122 20 5 5 73 34 18 4 8 63 34 6 5 19 32 72 red2 Resigned RES RES orange1 Re-elected REE REE 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 7 May 1980 9 May 1980 33 County Soccer Details: Kent League: Division 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19800509/440/0033 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger Division Two Cup The 1979–7980 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was contested by all sixteen clubs in the division and comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final. Chatham Town R were the winners (part of a Division Two league and cup double) with Deal 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 Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Sheppey United R 2 2RD11 Replay, after extra time (score after 90 minutes 0–0) Hastings United R 2 1RD11 Erith & Belvedere R 0 Chatham Town R 1 Deal Town R 3 Herne Bay R 1 Dover R 0 2RD17 Replay Cray Wanderers R 0 0RD17 Semi-finals Sheppey United R 0 Chatham Town R 1 Deal Town R 3 Dover R 2 Final Chatham Town R Deal Town R <onlyinclude> First Round Sheppey United R 2 – 2 Ramsgate R REPLAY: Ramsgate R 0 – 3 Sheppey United R Whitstable Town R 0 – 3 Hastings United R Erith & Belvedere R 1 – 1 Darenth Heathside R REPLAY: Darenth Heathside R 1 – 2 Erith & Belvedere R Faversham Town R 1 – 1 Chatham Town R REPLAY: Chatham Town R v Faversham Town R Deal Town R 3 – 0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Herne Bay R 6 – 1 Ashford Town R Dover R 4 – 0 Hythe Town R Sittingbourne R 1 – 2 Cray Wanderers R 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: 8 April 1980 20 Easter Results Round-Up: Saturday:Division 2, Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005096/19800408/302/0020 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post Quarter-finals: 29 February 1980 31 County soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup, 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19800229/264/0031 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 3 March 1980 22 Results Round-Up: Division 2: League Cup, 2nd rd https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005096/19800303/277/0022 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 28 March 1980 27 County soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup, 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19800328/232/0027 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 28 March 1980 27 County soccer details: Results: Wednesday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup, 2nd round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19800328/232/0027 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 5 October 1979 35 County soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19791005/310/0035 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 2 November 1979 35 County soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup, 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19791102/286/0035 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 23 November 1979 38 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup, 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19791123/442/0038 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 21 December 1979 31 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League, Division 2 League Cup 1st round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19791221/297/0037 subscription 14 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express References 1979–80 Category:1979–80 in English men's football leagues