1982–83 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1982–83 Kent Football League season was the seventeenth 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 1982–83 Crockenhill Chatham Town 272 781 1981–82 1983–84 The league featured seventeen clubs, fifteen which competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs which both transferred from the London Spartan League: Alma Swanleyhttps://fchd.info/ALMA-SWA.HTM Alma Swanley Football Club History Database 20 May 2024 Beckenham Townhttps://fchd.info/BECKENHT.HTM Beckenham Town Football Club History Database 20 May 2024 The league was won by Crockenhill,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 only season as champions of the Kent League. At the end of the season seventh placed team Chatham Town left the league following their election to the Southern Football League.24 June 1983 (column 4) Hounslow FC . . . The Hounslow Informer 36 Kingston upon Thames League Table main WDL Season End Notes 2 CRO Crockenhill HYT Hythe Town DEA Deal Town SIT Sittingbourne TUN Tunbridge Wells HER Herne Bay CHA Chatham Town CRA Cray Wanderers BEC Beckenham Town SHE Sheppey United SWA Alma Swanley SLA Slade Green Athletic FAV Faversham Town DHE Darenth Heathside WHI Whitstable Town KEN Kent Police RAM Ramsgate 12 10 10 65 53 13 10 9 33 32 4 9 19 22 62 14 9 9 52 46 12 9 11 46 46 12 7 13 41 35 15 10 7 70 33 5 12 15 27 51 18 7 7 66 37 6 9 17 36 59 11 5 16 40 53 15 11 6 51 34 13 6 13 51 49 12 8 12 50 49 19 6 7 55 26 6 7 19 34 80 12 11 9 42 36 green1 Elected to the Southern League Southern Division P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1982-1983.html#KENT1 Non League Tables for 1982–1983: Kent League Division One Non League Matters 20 May 2024 with Cray Wanderers goals against totals adjusted by 20 May 1983 15 Latest league tables https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19830520/179/0015 subscription 20 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times Challenge Cup The 1982–83 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Slade Green Athletic, who defeated Faversham Town in the final,https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 their only winners trophy whilst members of the Kent League. The competition, contested by all seventeen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds (with only one tie in the first round) culminating in the final. Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 2 1 Quarter-finals Ramsgate 1 0 RD11 Replay Darenth Heathside 1 1 RD11 Crockenhill 0 Faversham Town 1 Slade Green Athletic 1 Hythe Town 0 Sheppey United 2 Herne Bay 0 Semi-finals Darenth Heathside 1RD21 After extra time Faversham Town 2RD21 Slade Green Athletic 0RD23 After extra time RD24 Replay Sheppey United 0RD23 RD24 Final Faversham Town Slade Green Athletic <onlyinclude> Second Round Ramsgate 3 – 2 Deal Town Darenth Heathside 2 – 1 Chatham Town Sittingbourne 1 – 2 Crockenhill Faversham Town 3 – 2 Kent Police Cray Wanderers 1 – 3 Slade Green Athletic Hythe Town 3 – 2 Tunbridge Wells Alma Swanley 1 – 4 Sheppey United Herne Bay 1 – 0 Beckenham Town First Round Whitstable Town 1 – 2 Deal Town Byes for the other fifteen teans Sources: Final: https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 February 2022 Archives: League Cup Winners SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League 31 January 2024 Semi-finals: 3 April 1983 36 Other Results: Kent: League Cup semi-finals https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19830403/035/0036 subscription 20 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive The Sunday People Quarter-finals: 27 February 1983 40 (column 6) Kent League: League Cup https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002137/19830227/313/0040 subscription 20 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror; 6 March 1983 41 (column 4) Kent League: League Cup replay https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19830306/366/0041 subscription 20 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Sunday Mirror Second Round: 1 October 1982 22 Results: Saturday: Kent League Cup, Division 1, Round 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19821001/281/0022 subscription 20 May 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 3 September 1982 15 A Mills nightmare ends League Cup dream https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003312/19820903/183/0015 subscription 20 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 1982–83 Maidstone United R 305 1125 1981–82 1983–84 The league featured eighteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), sixteen of which had competed in the division the previous season with two additional clubs: Beckenham Town R Faversham Town R, returning after a one season absence. The division was won by Maidstone United 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 for the second successive season. At the end of the season four clubs left the league: Sheppey United R, and three who joined the Essex and Herts Border Combination: Dartford R, champions Maidstone United R and Welling United R.https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1983-1984.html#RTFESSHERE Non League Tables for 1983–1984: Reserve Team Football - Essex & Herts Border Combination Eastern Division Non League Matters 20 May 2024 League Table main WDL Season End Notes 2 MAI Maidstone United R WEL Welling United R EAB Erith & Belvedere R SHE Sheppey United R DHE Darenth Heathside R BEC Beckenham Town RBD missing Beckenham Town R versus Dover R FAV Faversham Town R SIT Sittingbourne R HER Herne Bay R CHA Chatham Town R DOV Dover RBD ASH Ashford Town R HAS Hastings United R DAR Dartford R HYT Hythe Town R FOL Folkestone R SCW Snowdown Colliery Welfare WHI Whitstable Town R 10 12 12 56 57 13 9 11 56 51 12 9 13 48 43 10 9 15 75 80 14 9 11 51 43 12 9 12 53 53 20 8 6 87 39 14 7 13 49 54 9 5 20 61 94 11 9 14 68 81 13 9 12 62 73 9 7 18 51 62 25 5 4 106 42 4 10 20 42 89 16 6 12 69 62 15 5 14 67 71 23 7 4 85 32 4 7 23 39 99 red2 Resigned RES RES RES RES 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1982-1983.html#KENT2 Non League Tables for 1982–1983: Kent League Division Two Non League Matters 20 May 2024 Division Two Cup The 1982–83 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Erith & Belvedere R who defeated Hythe Town R in the 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 References 1982–83 Category:1982–83 in English men's football leagues