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1979–80 Kent Football League

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

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Kent Football League Division One
Season1979–80
ChampionsChatham Town
Matches played272
Goals scored792 (2.91 per match)

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.[1]

The division was won by Chatham Town,[2] (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. [3]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Chatham Town 32 23 7 2 69 22 +47 53
2 Cray Wanderers 32 20 9 3 80 25 +55 49
3 Hythe Town 32 19 4 9 57 48 +9 42
4 Darenth Heathside 32 17 7 8 52 34 +18 41
5 Sittingbourne 32 15 9 8 49 43 +6 39
6 Sheppey United 32 14 7 11 51 42 +9 35
7 Whitstable Town 32 14 7 11 43 37 +6 35
8 Tunbridge Wells 32 15 5 12 50 53 −3 35
9 Erith & Belvedere 32 11 12 9 34 29 +5 34
10 Slade Green Athletic 32 11 5 16 48 57 −9 27
11 Dartford Glentworth 32 8 10 14 33 48 −15 26
12 Deal Town 32 7 10 15 33 45 −12 24
13 Herne Bay 32 8 8 16 34 51 −17 24
14 Faversham Town 32 7 8 17 40 51 −11 22
15 Crockenhill 32 7 7 18 51 69 −18 21
16 Ramsgate 32 6 8 18 30 57 −27 20 Re-elected
17 Kent Police 32 5 7 20 38 81 −43 17
Source: "Kent League Tables: Kent League (Division 1) '79–'80". SCEFL. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024., "Kent League 1966–1992: 1979–1980". Non League Matters. Retrieved 14 May 2024..
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Challenge Cup

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The 1979–80 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Whitstable Town.[4] 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 Sittingbourne[5] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Chatham Town 3
Ramsgate 0
Chatham Town 1
Sittingbourne 0
Herne Bay 0
Sittingbourne 3
Chatham Town 3[a]
Whitstable Town 4[a]
Deal Town 0
Whitstable Town 1
Whitstable Town 2
Sheppey United 0
Sheppey United 1
Cray Wanderers 0
  1. ^ a b After extra time (score at 90 minutes 3–3)

Second Round

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First Round

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Reserves Section

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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

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Kent Football League Division Two
Season1979–80
ChampionsChatham Town R

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:

Chatham Town R were the division winners for the second successive season[6] 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.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Chatham Town R 30 26 3 1 90 9 +81 55
2 Sheppey United R 30 20 5 5 73 34 +39 45
3 Sittingbourne R 30 18 4 8 63 34 +29 40
4 Hastings United R 29 17 6 6 63 35 +28 40
5 Herne Bay R 30 15 8 7 62 38 +24 38
6 Darenth Heathside R 30 14 7 9 59 39 +20 35
7 Erith & Belvedere R 29 13 7 9 48 36 +12 33
8 Cray Wanderers R 28 13 4 11 48 47 +1 30 Resigned
9 Dover R 30 11 5 14 48 57 −9 27
10 Hythe Town R 29 10 6 13 69 64 +5 26
11 Deal Town R 30 9 7 14 47 60 −13 25
12 Ashford Town R 30 7 8 15 40 58 −18 22
13 Whitstable Town R 30 6 5 19 32 72 −40 17
14 Ramsgate R 28 4 8 16 29 58 −29 16 Resigned
15 Faversham Town R 29 6 2 21 38 74 −36 14 Re-elected
16 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 30 3 3 24 28 122 −94 9
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 1980. Source: "County Soccer Details: Kent League: Division 2". Kent Messenger. 9 May 1980. p. 33. Retrieved 14 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two Cup

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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.[7]

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Sheppey United R 2 2[a]
Hastings United R 2 1[a]
Sheppey United R 0
Chatham Town R 1
Erith & Belvedere R 0
Chatham Town R 1
Chatham Town R
Deal Town R
Deal Town R 3
Herne Bay R 1
Deal Town R 3
Dover R 2
Dover R 0 2[b]
Cray Wanderers R 0 0[b]
  1. ^ a b Replay, after extra time (score after 90 minutes 0–0)
  2. ^ a b Replay

First Round

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References

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  1. ^ "Rise for referees". The Courier. Tunbridge Wells. 6 July 1979. p. 35.
  2. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Carpenter, Gordon (4 July 1980). "Bert is named Kent League's vice-chairman". Kent Messenger. Larkfield, Maidstone. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Holiday Fixture Guide: Saturday: Kent League: League Cup Final". Evening Post. Chatham. 2 May 1980. p. 54.
  6. ^ "Reserves First Division winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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