1974–75 Kent Football League

The 1974–75 Kent Football League season was the ninth 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

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Kent Football League
Season1974–75
ChampionsSheppey United
Matches played342
Goals scored1,169 (3.42 per match)

The league featured teams from 19 clubs, including seven reserves teams. Eighteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by Herne Bay who joined from the Athenian League[1]

Two teams adopted names of the newly formed local government districts in which they were situated: Chatham Town were renamed Medway;[2] Folkestone Reserves were renamed Folkestone & Shepway Reserves.[3]

The league was won by Sheppey United, their second league title in three years.[4]

At the end of the season, after two seasons in the division, Canterbury City Reserves resigned from the league and both bottom clubs, Dover Reserves and Folkestone & Shepway Reserves, were re-elected to continue their membership of the league.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Season End Notes
1 Sheppey United 36 27 8 1 99 37 2.676 62
2 Medway 36 27 3 6 93 32 2.906 57
3 Sittingbourne 36 26 2 8 90 37 2.432 54
4 Crockenhill 36 24 5 7 88 40 2.200 53
5 Dartford Amateurs 36 19 8 9 71 46 1.543 46
6 Tunbridge Wells 36 20 5 11 67 48 1.396 45
7 Tonbridge Reserves 36 19 6 11 63 48 1.313 44
8 Whitstable Town 36 15 12 9 60 58 1.034 42
9 Deal Town 36 14 8 14 72 63 1.143 36
10 Herne Bay 36 12 7 17 56 65 0.862 31
11 Ramsgate Reserves 36 12 6 18 59 70 0.843 30
12 Margate Reserves 36 11 7 18 47 73 0.644 29
13 Ashford Town Reserves 36 11 6 19 54 73 0.740 28
14 Kent Police 36 11 5 20 49 61 0.803 27
15 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 36 7 12 17 46 83 0.554 26
16 Canterbury City Reserves 36 9 6 21 61 88 0.693 24 Resigned from the league
17 Slade Green Athletic 36 7 8 21 37 73 0.507 22
18 Dover Reserves 36 7 7 22 34 75 0.453 21 Re-elected
19 Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 36 2 3 31 23 99 0.232 7
Source: "Kent League Tables: Kent League '74–'75". SCEFL. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.

Challenge Cup

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The 1974–75 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Tunbridge Wells.[6]

The competition, contested by all nineteen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United F.C.[7] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Medway 3
Slade Green Athletic 1
Medway 2 2[b]
Sittingbourne 2 4[b]
Dartford Amateurs 0
Sittingbourne 1
Sittingbourne 0
Tunbridge Wells 1
Sheppey United 0
Tunbridge Wells 1
Tunbridge Wells 5
Margate Reserves 1
Margate Reserves 2 3[a]
Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2 2[a]
  1. ^ a b Replay
  2. ^ a b Replay

Second Round

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First Round

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Sources:

References

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  1. ^ "Herne Bay". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Chatham vote for Medway". Evening Post. Chatham. 4 February 1974. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Folkestone & Shepway". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  4. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Two-div plan dropped". Evening Post. Chatham. 2 July 1975. p. 18.
  6. ^ "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Sheppey holds final". Sheerness Times-Guardian. Sheerness. 16 May 1975. p. 39.
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