1992–93 Kent Football League
The 1992–93 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition 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
[edit]| Season | 1992–93 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Tonbridge AFC |
| Promoted | Tonbridge AFC |
| Matches played | 420 |
| Goals scored | 1,495 (3.56 per match) |
← 1991–92 1993–94 → | |
The league featured 21 clubs, 20 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
- Folkestone Invicta, joined from Division Two[1]
The league was won by Tonbridge AFC[2] who were promoted back to the Southern Football League after four seasons in the Kent League.[3]
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonbridge AFC | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 107 | 39 | +68 | 90 | Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division |
| 2 | Herne Bay | 40 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 96 | 44 | +52 | 84 | |
| 3 | Sheppey United | 40 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 81 | |
| 4 | Deal Town | 40 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 128 | 58 | +70 | 79 | |
| 5 | Alma Swanley | 40 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 93 | 65 | +28 | 76 | |
| 6 | Chatham Town | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 79 | 52 | +27 | 68 | |
| 7 | Danson Furness United | 40 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 67 | |
| 8 | Thamesmead Town | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 60 | |
| 9 | Beckenham Town | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 59 | |
| 10 | Whitstable Town | 40 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 77 | 64 | +13 | 58 | |
| 11 | Slade Green | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 58 | |
| 12 | Ramsgate | 40 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 78 | 76 | +2 | 56 | |
| 13 | Folkestone Invicta | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 78 | 95 | −17 | 53 | |
| 14 | Tunbridge Wells | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 66 | 102 | −36 | 45 | |
| 15 | Faversham Town | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 43 | |
| 16 | Greenwich Borough | 40 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 49 | 75 | −26 | 41 | |
| 17 | Cray Wanderers | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 64 | 79 | −15 | 38 | |
| 18 | Kent Police | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 56 | 120 | −64 | 37 | |
| 19 | Darenth Heathside | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 104 | −50 | 34 | |
| 20 | Corinthian | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 50 | 98 | −48 | 26 | |
| 21 | Crockenhill | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 56 | 108 | −52 | 26 |
Source: FCHD nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Challenge Cup
[edit]The 1992–93 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Ramsgate.[4]
The competition was contested by the 21 teams from Division One over four single match knock-out rounds followed by the final played on a neutral ground (at Whitstable Town F.C. this season).[5]
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
| Beckenham Town | 1 | ||||||||||
| Faversham Town | 0 | ||||||||||
| Beckenham Town | 2[a] | ||||||||||
| Deal Town | 0[a] | ||||||||||
| Deal Town | 2 | ||||||||||
| Thamesmead Town | 0 | ||||||||||
| Beckenham Town | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ramsgate | 1 | ||||||||||
| Alma Swanley | 1 | ||||||||||
| Herne Bay | 4 | ||||||||||
| Herne Bay | 1[b] | ||||||||||
| Ramsgate | 2[b] | ||||||||||
| Ramsgate | 2 | ||||||||||
| Greenwich Borough | 0 | ||||||||||
Sources:
- Quarter-finals: "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 15 January 1993. p. 55. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Semi-finals: "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 12 March 1993. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Final: "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 29 April 1993. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Second Round
[edit]- Beckenham Town 2 – 1 Crockenhill[6]
- Folkestone Invicta 0 – 4 Faversham Town[6]
- Deal Town 8 – 0 Corinthian[6]
- Thamesmead Town 3 – 1 Tonbridge AFC[6]
- Alma Swanley 2 – 1 Cray Wanderers[6]
- Herne Bay 3 – 2 Tunbridge Wells[6]
- Danson Furness United 0 – 1 Ramsgate[7]
- Sheppey United 0 – 1 Greenwich Borough[6]
First Round
[edit]- Folkestone Invicta 2 – 1 (aet) Whitstable Town (Score at 90 minutes: 1–1)[8]
- Slade Green 2 –3 Corinthian[8]
- Alma Swanley 1 – 0 Chatham Town[8]
- Kent Police 3 – 3 (aet) Ramsgate (Score at 90 minutes: 3–3)[8]
- REPLAY: Ramsgate 3 – 2 Kent Police[9]
- Darenth Heathside 0 – 1 Sheppey United[8]
- Byes for the other 11 teams
Reserves Section
[edit]The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team.
The 1992–93 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
[edit]| Season | 1992–93 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dover Athletic R |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 699 (3.84 per match) |
← 1991–92 1993–94 → | |
The division featured 14 clubs, 12 who had competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs:[1]
- Folkestone Invicta R, joining from the Kent County League and replacing their first team.
- Tonbridge AFC R
Dover Athletic R were the division winners.[10]
At the end of the season Cray Wanderers R did not seek re-election and left the division.[11]
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Season End Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover Athletic R | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 23 | +58 | 66 | |
| 2 | Herne Bay R | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 62 | |
| 3 | Hastings Town R | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 49 | |
| 4 | Beckenham Town R | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 47 | |
| 5 | Canterbury City R | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 41 | |
| 6 | Thamesmead Town R | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 37 | |
| 7 | Whitstable Town R | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 34 | |
| 8 | Tonbridge AFC R | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 33 | |
| 9 | Darenth Heathside R | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 33 | |
| 10 | Folkestone Invicta R | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 25 | |
| 11 | Chatham Town R | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 24 | |
| 12 | Deal Town R | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 23 | |
| 13 | Cray Wanderers R | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 22 | Resigned |
| 14 | Ramsgate R | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 69 | −42 | 20 |
Source: "Final Table: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2". Kent Messenger. 14 May 1993. p. 71. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two Cup
[edit]The 1992–93 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Tonbridge AFC R.[12]
The competition was contested by the 14 teams from Division Two over three single match knock-out rounds followed by the final played on a neutral ground (at Herne Bay F.C. this season).[13]
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Canterbury City R | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Chatham Town R | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Canterbury City R | 0[a] | 4[b] | ||||||||||||
| Hastings Town R | 0[a] | 3[b] | ||||||||||||
| Hastings Town R | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Herne Bay R | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Canterbury City R | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC R | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Folkestone Invicta R | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC R | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tonbridge AFC R | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Whitstable Town R | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Whitstable Town R | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Beckenham Town R | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sources:
- Quarter-finals: "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 23 January: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 28 January 1993. p. 39. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 20 February: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 25 February 1993. p. 35. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 27 February: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 4 March 1993. p. 35. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Semi-finals: "Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kentish Gazette. 19 March 1993. p. 61. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.; "Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Thursday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kentish Gazette. 25 March 1993. p. 61. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Final: "Results, Fixtures, Tables: Results: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division 2 Cup". Kentish Gazette. 7 May 1993. p. 53. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
First Round
[edit]- Thamesmead Town R 1 –2 Canterbury City R[14]
- Chatham Town R 3 – 1 Ramsgate R[14]
- Hastings Town R 5 – 3 Deal Town R[15]
- Folkestone Invicta R 2 –0 Cray Wanderers R[16]
- Tonbridge AFC R 4 –2 (aet) Dover Athletic R[17]
- Darenth Heathside R 2 – 2 (aet) Beckenham Town R[14]
- REPLAY: Beckenham Town R 3 – 0 Darenth Heathside R[18]
- Byes for Herne Bay R and Whitstable Town R
References
[edit]- ^ a b "All change in Winstonlead Kent League". Whitstable Times. 2 July 1992. p. 29. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Tonbridge". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 29 April 1993. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 13 November 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 20 November 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Results: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Cup". Dover Express. 25 September 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Coles Volley Sparks Rams in Replay". Isle of Thanet Gazette. 2 October 1992. p. 46. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Reserves First Division winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Football club win comeback battle". Kentish Gazette. 2 July 1993. p. 52. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Results, Fixtures, Tables: Fixtures: Wednesday: Winstonlead Kent League:; Division 2 Cup". Kent Messenger. 30 April 1993. p. 61. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Dover Express. 20 November 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 30 January: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 4 February 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 21 November: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 26 November 1992. p. 31. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Football Results, Fixtures & League Tables: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Dover Express. 13 November 1992. p. 62. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results, Fixtures and Tables: Saturday 6 February: Winstonlead Kent League: Division Two Cup". Whitstable Times. 11 February 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.