1976–77 Kent Football League

Association football league season May 2024 May 2024 The 1976–77 Kent Football League season was the eleventh 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 comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Cup. League table Kent Football League 1976–77 Medway 271 846 1975–76 1977–78 The league featured teams from seventeen clubs, including three reserves teams. Fifteen of the clubs competed in the previous season together with two additional teams:5 July 1976 Gordon Carpenter Enter Faversham Evening Post 20 Chatham Faversham Town joined from the Athenian League. Ramsgate joined from the Southern League and replaced their reserves team. The Dartford Amateurs team from the previous season was renamed Dartford Glentworth.https://fchd.info/DARTFORG.HTM Dartford Glentworth Football Club History Database 7 May 2024 The league was won by Medway, their third league title in six seasonshttp://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 and part of a league and cup double – a feat they had previously achieved (when named Chatham Town) in the 1971–72 season. At the end of the season both bottom clubs applied for re-election: Slade Green Athletic were successful; Folkestone & Shepway Reserves were initially refused (perceived to be part of the League's agenda to remove reserves teams from the division)20 June 1977 Gordon Carpenter Reserves are given the boot Evening Post 20 Chatham however following an appeal to the Kent County FA they were reinstated.1 July 1977 Folkestone repreived Evening Post 48 Chatham main WDL Season End Notes yes 2 CHA Medway SIT Sittingbourne DAR Dartford Glentworth SHE Sheppey United FAV Faversham Town KEN Kent Police MAI Maidstone United Reserves DEA Deal Town CRO Crockenhill RAM Ramsgate TUN Tunbridge Wells WHI Whitstable Town SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare HER Herne Bay DOV Dover Reserves SLA Slade Green Athletic FOL Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 25 5 2 93 24 14 5 13 54 51 19 7 5 57 35 13 9 10 50 44 5 10 17 24 52 16 7 9 53 28 2 5 25 32 87 8 5 19 37 69 14 11 7 53 39 15 7 9 56 43 14 3 15 47 53 5 13 14 29 52 17 8 7 70 37 21 5 6 68 48 7 4 21 36 71 9 6 17 60 69 10 4 18 37 54 orange1 Re-elected REE orange1 Re-elected (following appeal) REA Maidstone United Reserves versus Dartford Glentworth match not played. MAI 1) points; 2) goal average. complete https://www.scefl.com/kent-scefl-league-tables-since-1972 Kent League Tables: Kent League '76–'77 7 May 2022 SCEFL 29 March 2024 Challenge Cup The 1976–77 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Medwayhttps://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 who completed a league and cup double – a feat they had previously achieved (when named Chatham Town) in the 1971–72 season. 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 a drawn final (played at Sittingbourne)9 May 1977 Brian Richards What A Pity This Show Had To End! Evening Post 17 Chatham which required a replay (played at Sheppey United)16 May 1977 Brian Richards It's a Medway Double! Evening Post 19 Chatham to decide the winner. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Medway 2 Sheppey United 1 Deal Town 1 Maidstone United Reserves 0 Herne Bay 0 Faversham Town 2 Dartford Glentworth 5 Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 0 Semi-finals Medway 5 Deal Town 0 Faversham Town 0 1RD2 Replay Dartford Glentworth 0 2RD2 Final Medway 3RD3A After extra time 3RD3B Replay Dartford Glentworth 3RD3A 1RD3B <onlyinclude> Second Round Tunbridge Wells 0 – 1 Medway Sheppey United 3 – 0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare Dover Reserves 2 – 2 Deal Town REPLAY: Deal Town 3 – 1 Dover Reserves Crockenhill 1 – 1 Maidstone United Reserves REPLAY: (played at Crockenhill) Maidstone United Reserves 4 – 3 (aet) Crockenhill (score at 90 minutes 1–1) Herne Bay 4 – 1 Slade Green Athletic Faversham Town 0 – 0 Sittingbourne REPLAY: Sittingbourne 0 – 2 Faversham Town Dartford Glentworth 0 – 0 Whitstable Town REPLAY: Whitstable Town 0 – 3 Dartford Glentworth Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 4 – 1 Kent Police First Round Herne Bay 3 – 1 Ramsgate Byes for the other fifteen clubs Sources: Final: 9 May 1977 17 Brian Richards What a Pity This Show Had To End! https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005096/19770509/184/0017 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post; 16 May 1977 19 Brian Richards It's a Medway Double! https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005096/19770516/235/0019 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Evening Post Semi-finals: 7 April 1977 75 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0005423/19770407/333/0035 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 15 April 1977 75 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup semi-final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770415/369/0039 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 19 April 1977 23 Soccer Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19770419/182/0023 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; Quarter-finals: 8 March 1977 23 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19770308/229/0023 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 25 March 1977 77 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 3rd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770325/386/0039 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger Second Round: 21 January 1977 14 Senior Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770121/219/0014 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 28 January 1977 24 County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup, 2nd round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19770128/248/0024 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 11 February 1977 72 Senior Soccer Details: Results: Wednesday: Kent League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770211/362/0032 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 15 February 1977 23 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19770215/221/0023 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times; 25 February 1977 72 Fixtues. . .results. . .tables: Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770225/313/0032 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 25 February 1977 72 Fixtues. . .results. . .tables: Results: Wednesday: Kent League Cup 2nd round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19770225/313/0032 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger;8 March 1977 23 Results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19770308/229/0023 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times First Round: 7 December 1976 51 Saturday soccer results: Kent League Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002514/19761207/376/0051 subscription 7 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Thanet Times References 1976–77 Category:1976–77 in English football leagues