1986–87 Kent Football League

The 1986–87 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-first 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
Season1986–87
ChampionsGreenwich Borough
Matches played306
Goals scored987 (3.23 per match)

The league featured eighteen clubs, which had all competed in the previous season.

Slade Green Athletic changed their name to Slade Green.[1]

The league was won by Greenwich Borough,[2] part of a league and cup double.

At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Faversham Town and Kent Police, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.[3]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Greenwich Borough 34 24 6 4 113 36 +77 78
2 Crockenhill 34 22 9 3 63 31 +32 75
3 Alma Swanley 34 20 7 7 69 34 +35 67
4 Ramsgate 34 18 8 8 59 42 +17 62
5 Herne Bay 34 17 9 8 76 58 +18 60
6 Sittingbourne 34 17 8 9 60 43 +17 59
7 Tunbridge Wells 34 14 8 12 56 45 +11 50
8 Whitstable Town 34 14 8 12 45 47 −2 50
9 Darenth Heathside 34 13 7 14 53 50 +3 46
10 Cray Wanderers 34 12 8 14 56 48 +8 44
11 Hythe Town 34 11 11 12 51 48 +3 44
12 Slade Green 34 12 6 16 50 51 −1 42
13 Thames Polytechnic 34 9 6 19 48 72 −24 33
14 Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 34 9 6 19 37 73 −36 33
15 Beckenham Town 34 7 10 17 37 61 −24 31
16 Deal Town 34 8 7 19 45 73 −28 31
17 Faversham Town[a] 34 7 11 16 32 67 −35 31[b] Re-elected
18 Kent Police 34 4 1 29 37 108 −71 13
Source: "Kent League 1966–92: 1986–87". Non League Matters. Retrieved 22 May 2024., "England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '86–'87". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Faversham Town were deducted one point and one goal for fielding an ineligible player[4] - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table.
  2. ^ Faversham Town were deducted one point.

Challenge Cup

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The 1986–87 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won, for the second occasion in three seasons, by Greenwich Borough[5] and was part of a league and cup double.

The competition, contested by all eighteen clubs in Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring two ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (the initial tie was at Tunbridge Wells F.C.[6] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Faversham Town 1
Ramsgate 2
Ramsgate 2
Greenwich Borough 3
Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 0
Greenwich Borough 1
Greenwich Borough 1[a] 3[b]
Sittingbourne 1[a] 1[b]
Sittingbourne 5
Darenth Heathside 3
Sittingbourne 3
Herne Bay 0
Deal Town 0
Herne Bay 1
  1. ^ a b After extra time (score at 90 minutes: 0–0)
  2. ^ a b Replay

Second Round

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First Round

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Sources:

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
Season1986–87
ChampionsFisher Athletic R
Matches played306
Goals scored1,124 (3.67 per match)

The league featured eighteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), sixteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with two additional clubs[7]

The division was won for the second successive season (and the third time in four seasons) by Fisher Athletic R.[8]

At the end of the season Erith & Belvedere R withdrew from the division[9] and both bottom clubs, Faversham Town R and Whitstable Town R, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.[3]

League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Fisher Athletic R[a] 34 26 4 4 112 29 +83 79[b]
2 Sittingbourne R 34 22 7 5 75 33 +42 73
3 Erith & Belvedere R 34 16 13 5 72 49 +23 61 Resigned
4 Ashford Town R 34 18 7 9 64 43 +21 61
5 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 34 17 5 12 55 51 +4 56
6 Hastings Town R 34 15 7 12 79 62 +17 52
7 Dover Athletic R[c] 34 14 9 11 73 56 +17 50[d]
8 Folkestone R 34 16 3 15 56 60 −4 51
9 Thanet United R 34 12 10 12 72 69 +3 46
10 Herne Bay R 34 13 7 14 51 57 −6 46
11 Ramsgate R 34 13 5 16 56 62 −6 44
12 Darenth Heathside R 34 11 11 12 52 64 −12 44
13 Thames Polytechnic R 34 12 7 15 62 76 −14 43
14 Sheppey United R[e] 34 11 8 15 63 62 +1 38[f]
15 Hythe Town R 34 9 4 21 48 71 −23 31
16 Deal Town R 34 8 5 21 53 98 −45 29
17 Faversham Town R 34 6 7 21 49 97 −48 25 Re-elected
18 Whitstable Town R 34 5 5 24 32 85 −53 20
Source: "Non League Tables for 1986–1987: Kent League Division Two". Non League Matters. Retrieved 22 May 2024. (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Fisher Athletic R, Dover Athletic R and Sheppey United R).
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Fisher Athletic R were deducted three points and ten goals[10] for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table.
  2. ^ Fisher Athletic R were deducted three points.
  3. ^ Dover Athletic R were deducted one point and one goal[10] for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table.
  4. ^ Dover Athletic R were deducted one point.
  5. ^ Sheppey United R were deducted three points and one goal[10] for fielding an ineligible player - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table.
  6. ^ Sheppey United R were deducted three points.

Division Two Cup

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The 1986–87 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Sittingbourne R.[11]

The competition, contested by all eighteen clubs in the division, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring two ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Ramsgate F.C.[12] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Erith & Belvedere R 7
Dover Athletic R 1
Erith & Belvedere R 1[a]
Ashford Town R 2[a]
Ashford Town R 3
Fisher Athletic R 2
Ashford Town R 0
Sittingbourne R 1
Darenth Heathside R 3
Thanet United R 1
Darenth Heathside R 1
Sittingbourne R 2
Sittingbourne R 2
Thames Polytechnic R 1
  1. ^ a b After extra time

Second Round

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First Round

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References

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  1. ^ "Kent League 1966–92: 1986–87". Non League Matters. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  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 Hudd, Tony (25 June 1987). "Pyramid holds firm". Kentish Express. Ashford. p. 36.
  4. ^ "League relief for Deal". East Kent Mercury. Larkfield, Maidstone. 21 May 1987. p. 40.
  5. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Soccer Results And Fixtures: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Division 1 Kent League Cup final". Kentish Express. Ashford. 30 April 1987. p. 54.
  7. ^ Hudd, Tony (17 June 1986). "Chats to be dealt with 'most severely'". Evening Post. Larkfield, Maidstone. p. 22.
  8. ^ "Reserves First Division winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Deal keep League place". Dover Express. Dover. 26 June 1987. p. 64.
  10. ^ a b c "Gazette Soccer: Tables: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2". Kentish Gazette. Larkfield, Maidstone. 5 December 1986. p. 85.
  11. ^ "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Soccer Results And Fixtures: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup Final". Kentish Express. Ashford. 30 April 1987. p. 54.
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