2012–13 Kent Football League

February 2024 March 2026 The 2012–13 Kent Football League season (known as the 2012–13 Hurlimann Kent Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th in the history of Kent Football League, a football competition in England. At the end of the season the league changed its name to the Southern Counties East Football League, to reflect that many of its member clubs no longer played within the county boundaries of Kent.http://www.kentleague.com/index.php Newsflash: League Name Change? June 2013 Kent League 13 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20130628162243/http://www.kentleague.com/index.php 28 June 2013 The League structure comprised two divisions: a Premier Division and Division One – the latter was known as the Reserves Section, comprising reserves teams which 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 2012–13 Erith & Belvedere Erith & BelvedereVCD Athletic 272 1050 2011–12 2013–14 The division comprised teams from17 clubs, 15 from the previous season together with two additional clubs: Rochester United (formerly Bly Spartans),https://www.fchd.info/ROCHESTU.HTM Rochester United Football Club History Database 13 February 2024 promoted from the Kent Invicta League Whyteleafe, relegated from the Isthmian League Owing to expansion of the Isthmian League Divisions One North and South from 22 to 24 clubs for the following seasonhttp://theonionsack.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/news-national-league-system-changes.html National League System changes 2012-13 confirmed 30 July 2012 19 September 2012 The Onion Sack two clubs, selected on a points per game (PPG) basis, from the following six Step 5 leagues were to be promoted: Combined Counties League, Eastern Counties League, Essex Senior League, Kent League, Spartan South Midlands League and the Sussex County League. From the Kent Premier League Erith & Belvedere (who were promoted as champions), Erith Town, Tunbridge Wells, VCD Athletic and Whyteleafe applied for promotion.http://www.nwcfl.com/news-articles.php?id=2543 Applications For Promotion - Step 5 To Step 4 11 December 2012 The Official Website of The North West Counties Football Leaguehttps://www.thefa.com/Leagues/NationalLeagueSystem/NewsAndFeatures/2012/step-5-applications-promotion-step-4 Step 4 applications received 6 December 2012 TheFA.com Subsequently, VCD Athletic were promoted as one of the two runners-up with the best PPG. League table main WDL P E&B Erith & Belvedere VCD VCD Athletic ERI Erith Town COR Corinthian LOR Lordswood WHY Whyteleafe TUN Tunbridge Wells CVP Cray Valley Paper Mills CAN Canterbury City WOO Woodstock Sports BEC Beckenham Town DEA Deal Town ROC Rochester United FIS Fisher GRE Greenwich Borough HOL Holmesdale SEV Sevenoaks Town 23 7 2 113 45 23 5 4 97 31 19 4 9 74 40 17 8 7 74 37 17 7 8 60 56 16 6 10 67 49 15 7 10 82 43 13 8 11 63 58 12 7 13 52 58 12 7 13 59 76 11 7 14 63 73 11 6 15 58 65 12 2 18 52 70 7 7 18 41 71 6 5 21 33 93 5 6 21 34 83 3 1 28 28 102 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North P P 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete FA Full-Time, Kent League (archived)</onlyinclude> Results main FBR grey BEC CAN COR CVP DEA E&B ERI FIS GRE HOL LOR ROC SEV TUN VCD WHY WOO Beckenham Town 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–6 2–2 1–2 4–3 1–1 3–1 2–3 3–5 5–4 0–7 3–1 0–1 Canterbury City 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 6–1 Corinthian 3–3 4–1 3–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 Cray Valley Paper Mills 2–2 5–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–5 0–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 1–9 0–2 2–0 2–4 Deal Town 5–4 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–2 6–0 5–1 0–1 3–1 5–0 2–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 Erith & Belvedere 3–2 3–2 4–2 4–4 5–2 3–1 3–2 7–0 3–3 3–3 6–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 8–5 Erith Town 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–4 2–0 4–3 4–3 8–0 4–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–3 Fisher 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–6 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–5 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–5 0–2 3–1 Greenwich Borough 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–4 0–4 0–3 1–4 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–6 1–6 0–2 2–0 Holmesdale 1–1 2–2 0–4 3–3 3–1 0–3 0–2 0–3 2–4 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–5 0–2 Lordswood 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–4 2–2 Rochester United 0–3 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 Sevenoaks Town 2–6 1–1 2–4 1–6 0–1 0–5 0–3 4–0 0–1 2–3 1–3 1–4 0–6 1–4 1–5 1–3 Tunbridge Wells 3–2 6–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 5–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 VCD Athletic 5–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 0–2 2–2 6–2 4–1 9–2 1–4 4–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 Whyteleafe 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 2–3 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 2–2 Woodstock Sports 1–0 2–2 0–5 2–3 5–0 1–4 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 5–0 0–6 1–5 2–3 complete FA Full-Time, Kent League (archived) Challenge Cup The 2012–13 Kent Football League Challenge Cup, known as the Macron Kent League Cup (to reflect sponsorship by the Macron Sportswear brand), was won by Erith & Belvedere to complete a League and Cup double. The competition was contested by the 17 teams from the Premier Division and was played over a total of five rounds: four on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Welling United F.C. this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 2 y 3 score 1 Quarter-finals Cray Valley Paper Mills 1 0 RD1-score1-agg Deal Town 2 1 RD1-score2-agg Corinthian 1 5 RD1-score3-agg Holmesdale 0 0 RD1-score4-agg Erith & Belvedere 1 1 RD1-score5-agg Whyteleafe 0 0 RD1-score6-agg Lordswood 4 1 RD1-score7-agg Tunbridge Wells 1 1 RD1-score8-agg Semi-finals Deal Town 0 0 RD2-score1-agg Corinthian 3 5 RD2-score2-agg Erith & Belvedere 3 0 RD2-score3-agg Lordswood 0 1 RD2-score4-agg Final Corinthian 1 Erith & Belvedere 4 First Round VCD Athletic 1 – 3 Corinthian (1st Leg 0–1; 2nd Leg 1–2) Holmesdale 7 – 4 Rochester United (1st Leg 1–0; 2nd Leg 6–4) Cray Valley Paper Mills 5 – 3 Erith Town (1st Leg 2–2; 2nd Leg 3–1) Fisher 1 – 7 Deal Town (1st Leg 1–1; 2nd Leg 0–6) Erith & Belvedere 6 – 1 Greenwich Borough (1st Leg 3–0; 2nd Leg 3–1) Sevenoaks Town 3 – 5 Whyteleafe (1st Leg 3–1; 2nd Leg 0–4) Canterbury City 3 – 5 Lordswood (1st Leg 3–1; 2nd Leg 0–4) Tunbridge Wells 3 – 2 Woodstock Sports (1st Leg 2–1; 2nd Leg 1–1) Preliminary Round Beckenham Town 3 – 4 Erith Town (1st Leg 2–2; 2nd Leg 1–2) Source: SCEFL Archives Reserves Section The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team. The 2012–13 season Reserves Section comprised a single division (amalgamated from the previous season's two). Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a League Cup competition for the teams of the Reserves Section. Division One Kent Football League Division One 2012–13 Whitstable Town R 182 781 2011–12 Discontinued The division comprised 14 teams, six of which competed in the previous season together with seven from the previous season's Division Two plus one additional team, Rusthall R. At the end of the season the division was discontinued. League table main WDL Season End Notes WHI Whitstable Town R HER Herne Bay R MAI Maidstone United R CHA Chatham Town R ERI Erith Town R RAM Ramsgate R DEA Deal Town R HOL Holmesdale R VCD VCD Athletic R PHO Phoenix Sports R MAR Margate R WOO Woodstock Sports R LOR Lordswood R RUS Rusthall R 10 4 12 49 55 13 6 7 56 40 13 7 6 55 32 16 5 5 68 40 9 6 11 61 60 6 6 14 40 62 15 5 6 80 52 8 5 13 47 57 9 2 15 60 66 12 4 10 55 54 4 0 22 26 100 11 0 15 57 60 -3 19 3 4 86 28 8 5 13 41 75 Deal Town R v. Chatham Town R match: win awarded to Deal Town R (0–0) DEA Herne Bay R v. VCD Athletic R match: win awarded to Herne Bay R (0–0) Margate R v. VCD Athletic R match: win awarded to Margate R (0–0) Herne Bay R v. VCD Athletic R match: win awarded to Herne Bay R (0–0); Margate R v. VCD Athletic R match: win awarded to Margate R (0–0) VCD Athletic R deducted three points. 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Kent League (archived) Results main FBR grey CHA DEA ERI HER HOL LOR MAI MAR PHO RAM RUS VCD WHI WOO Chatham Town R 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 Deal Town R –Match awarded to Deal Town R (0–0) 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–1 5–1 3–0 1–2 2–4 7–1 Erith Town R 0–1 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–0 3–1 2–0 7–0 Herne Bay R 4–1 2–2 4–2 2–2 4–1 5–0 5–2 4–1 4–2 2–1 –Match awarded to Herne Bay R (0–0) 3–0 3–3 Holmesdale R 1–4 3–4 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 5–6 1–2 6–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 Lordswood R 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 5–4 0–3 2–2 1–0 3–1 8–0 2–3 0–6 0–2 Maidstone United R 5–2 9–0 3–3 5–1 5–4 1–1 2–2 5–3 4–0 6–1 3–2 0–1 6–1 Margate R 0–2 3–1 2–3 3–1 3–5 1–1 2–3 1–5 1–1 4–1 –Match awarded to Margate R (0–0) 1–2 2–1 Phoenix Sports R 3–1 3–3 1–1 2–6 1–3 3–1 1–4 4–1 5–3 2–1 0–4 1–3 9–0 Ramsgate R 0–4 2–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 7–0 3–0 1–5 0–2 Rusthall R 0–3 1–4 3–1 1–4 0–3 5–2 2–3 0–2 0–4 0–3 2–4 0–12 1–5 VCD Athletic R 2–5 5–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 6–2 0–5 3–1 4–1 0–2 2–3 2–8 6–0 Whitstable Town R 3–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 6–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 5–1 Woodstock Sports R 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–5 3–1 1–4 0–1 3–1 0–3 complete FA Full-Time & Kent League (archived) & Final Table, Kent League (archived) Reserves Cup The 2012–13 Kent Football League Reserves Cup was won by Phoenix Sports R. The competition was contested by the 14 teams from Division One and was played over four rounds: the first two comprised single knock-out matches, followed by the semi-finals, which were decided on an aggregate basis (home and away matches), and culminated in the final match, played on a neutral ground (at Corinthian F.C. this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 score 1 Quarter-finals VCD Athletic R 3 Maidstone United R 1 Phoenix Sports R 5 Erith Town R 3 Whitstable Town R 2 Ramsgate R 0 Herne Bay R 2 Woodstock Sports R 1 Semi-finals VCD Athletic R 0 0 RD2-score1-agg Phoenix Sports R 1 0 RD2-score2-agg Whitstable Town R 1 1 RD2-score3-agg Herne Bay R 1 2 RD2-score4-agg Final Phoenix Sports R 3 Herne Bay R 2 First Round VCD Athletic R 5 – 1 Margate R Lordswood R 0 – 4 Maidstone United R Erith Town R 4 – 1 Holmesdale R Whitstable Town R 5 – 0 Rusthall R Herne Bay R 2 – 1 Chatham Town R Woodstock Sports R 7 – 4 Deal Town R Bye to next round: Phoenix Sports R and Ramsgate R Source: Kent League Archived References External links Home Kent Football League 2024-08-15 https://www.kentleague.com/ 2012-13 9