1990–91 Kent Football League

Association football league season June 2024 June 2024 The 1990–91 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-fifth 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 1990–91 Sittingbourne Sittingbourne 420 1264 1989–90 1991–92 The league featured twenty-one clubs, twenty of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Sheppey United, relegated from the Southern League2 July 1990 29 Clubs warned by chairman Kent Evening Post Larkfield, Maidstone The league was won by Sittingbourne,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 the only Kent League winning club (as of 2024) to be unbeaten over the season; it was their third Kent League title and they were subsequently promoted to the Southern Football League. At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Metropolitan Police (Hayes) and Sheppey United, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.21 June 1991 Tony Hudd 64 Folkestone still out in the cold Kent Evening Post Larkfield, Maidstone League table main WDL Season End Notes SIT Sittingbourne CRA Cray Wanderers HER Herne Bay TON Tonbridge DEA Deal Town FAV Faversham Town WHI Whitstable Town SWA Alma Swanley SLA Slade Green RAM Ramsgate TUN Tunbridge Wells CHA Chatham Town DHE Darenth Heathside BEC Beckenham Town CRO Crockenhill TPO Thames Polytechnic GRE Greenwich Borough FUR Danson KEN Kent Police MET Metropolitan Police (Hayes) SHE Sheppey United 27 11 2 91 33 24 11 5 83 28 16 9 15 60 63 13 9 18 61 71 16 6 18 71 79 12 7 21 37 54 16 10 14 65 49 32 8 0 87 19 12 9 19 45 68 24 8 8 73 34 -1 20 8 12 67 44 20 10 10 62 33 23 8 9 88 43 10 5 25 49 77 18 9 13 60 53 6 4 30 39 105 10 11 19 48 89 -1 10 7 23 49 76 7 13 20 41 80 8 9 23 51 77 5 10 25 37 89 Crockenhill were deducted one point. Tonbridge were deducted one point. green1 Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division P orange1 Re-elected REE REE Crockenhill were deducted one point and one goal17 June 1991 67 Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1 Kentish Gazette Larkfield, Maidstone - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Darenth Heathside were deducted one goal - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Tonbridge were deducted one point and one goal - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 17 May 1991 67 Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19910517/415/0039 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Crockenhill, Darenth Heathside and Tonbridge; and the 'Goals Against' total for Tonbridge and Greenwich Borough have both had one added for consistency to the table's 'Goals For' figures) Challenge Cup The 1990–91 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Faversham Town for the second occasion, their first being twenty seasons previously.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 twenty-one clubs in Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring five ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Whitstable Town F.C.26 April 1991 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 1 Cup final Kentish Gazette 62 Larkfield, Maidstone this season). Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Ramsgate 0 Darenth Heathside 2 Alma Swanley 1 Slade Green 0 Tunbridge Wells 2RD25 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 1–1 2RD26 Replay: after extra time, score at 90 minutes: 2–2 Chatham Town 2RD25 4RD26 Faversham Town 7 Danson 1 Semi-finals Darenth Heathside 0RD22 After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 0–0 Alma Swanley 1RD22 Chatham Town 1 Faversham Town 2 Final Alma Swanley 0 Faversham Town 1 <onlyinclude> Second Round Ramsgate 2 – 1 Deal Town Darenth Heathside 3 – 2 Sittingbourne Alma Swanley 4 – 2 Whitstable Town Slade Green 2 – 1 Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells 6 – 0 Beckenham Town Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 1 – 3 Chatham Town Faversham Town 6– 0 Thames Polytechnic Herne Bay 0 – 1 Danson First Round Ramsgate 4 – 0 Crockenhill Darenth Heathside 3 – 0 Cray Wanderers Alma Swanley 1 – 0 Kent Police Replay: Alma Swanley 3 – 1 Kent Police Herne Bay 3 – 0 Sheppey United Greenwich Borough 1 – 4 Danson Byes for the other eleven clubs Sources: Final: 3 May 1991 71 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 1 Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19910503/393/0043 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Semi-finals: 15 March 1991 70 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division One Cup, semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19910315/411/0034 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger Quarter-finals: 8 February 1991 71 Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division One Cup, third round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19910208/476/0035 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger; 8 March 1991 70 Senior soccer details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup, third round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005423/19910308/427/0034 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Messenger Second Round: 16 November 1990 78 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901116/478/0046 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 23 November 1990 78 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup, second round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901123/420/0046 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette First Round: 28 September 1990 79 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, first round https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19900928/473/0043 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 9 November 1990 70 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Monday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 1 Cup, first round replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901109/418/0038 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette Reserves Section The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team. Division Two featured 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 1990–91 Canterbury City R 240 894 1989–90 1991–92 The league featured sixteen reserves teams, fifteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with one additional club: Deal Town R, returning after a one season absence. The division was won by Canterbury City R.http://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 League table main WDL Season End Notes CAN Canterbury City R ASH Ashford Town R HAS Hastings Town R DOV Dover Athletic R FIS Fisher Athletic R CRA Cray Wanderers R SIT Sittingbourne R TPO Thames Polytechnic R HER Herne Bay R WHI Whitstable Town R BEC Beckenham Town R MAR Margate R DEA Deal Town R FAV Faversham Town R RAM Ramsgate R SHE Sheppey United R 17 7 6 65 28 8 10 12 50 49 20 5 5 84 41 16 4 10 58 41 9 2 19 54 74 18 5 7 64 33 -3 8 4 18 46 100 -1 16 6 8 70 42 17 7 6 64 36 11 8 11 59 58 9 4 17 50 72 6 7 17 37 67 3 3 24 27 122 12 10 8 72 45 -3 12 7 11 48 38 9 9 12 46 48 Dover Athletic R were deducted three points Faversham Town R were deducted one point Sittingbourne R were deducted three points Dover Athletic R were deducted three points and three goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Faversham Town R were deducted one point and one goal – the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table Sheppey United R were deducted two goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table Sittingbourne R were deducted three points and two goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete 17 May 1991 67 Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1 https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19910517/415/0039 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Dover Athletic R, Faversham Town R, Sheppey United R and Sittingbourne R) Division Two Cup The 1990–91 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Fisher Athletic R,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 the only Division 2 Cup win for the club that had won four divisional titles in the 1980s. The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the division, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final n 3 y 3 1 Quarter-finals Whitstable Town R 2 Hastings Town R 1 Ramsgate R 2 Beckenham Town R 3 Sittingbourne R 0 Herne Bay R 1 Fisher Athletic R 4 Canterbury City R 1 Semi-finals Whitstable Town R 1 Beckenham Town R 5 Herne Bay R 0RD31 After extra time 1RD32 Replay: after extra time 3pRD33 Penalty shots Fisher Athletic R 0RD31 1RD32 4pRD33 Final Beckenham Town R 1 Fisher Athletic R 2 <onlyinclude> First Round Sheppey United R 2 – 8 Whitstable Town R Deal Town R 1 – 2 Hastings Town R Ramsgate R 2 – 1 Cray Wanderers R Dover Athletic R 1 – 3 Beckenham Town R Sittingbourne R 1 – 0 (Thames Polytechnic R Herne Bay R v Margate R Faversham Town R 0 – 4 Fisher Athletic R Ashford Town R 0 – 2 Canterbury City R Sources: Final: 9 May 1991 33 Soccer Details: Results: Monday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup final https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19910509/262/0021 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express Semi-finals: 8 April 1991 31 All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, Semi-finals https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005098/19910408/205/0015 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Evening Post; 15 April 1991 31 All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, Semi-final replay https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005098/19910415/181/0015 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Evening Post Quarter-finals: 14 March 1991 28 Reserves book place in semis https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003821/19910314/028/0028 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Whitstable Times; 18 March 1991 35 All The Weekend Details: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005098/19910318/166/0015 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kent Evening Post; 21 March 1991 45 Soccer Details: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 2 Cup, third round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19910321/314/0029 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express; 28 March 1991 45 Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, third round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005424/19910328/315/0033 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Express First Round: 16 November 1990 78 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901116/478/0046 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 16 November 1990 78 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Tuesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901116/478/0046 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette; 23 November 1990 78 Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup, second round(sic) https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19901123/420/0046 subscription 22 June 2024 British Newspaper Archive Kentish Gazette References 1990–91 Category:1990–91 in English men's football leagues