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The 1995–96 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th 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.
The league featured 20 clubs, 19 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
Furness won the division[2] and the league Challenge Cup too, for the only occasions during their tenure in the league.
After spending three seasons in the Kent League Dartford took promotion and returned to the Southern League.[3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Furness | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 87 | 19 | +68 | 89 | |
2 | Dartford | 38 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 71 | 21 | +50 | 89 | Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division |
3 | Chatham Town | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 79 | 48 | +31 | 77 | |
4 | Herne Bay | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 64 | |
5 | Deal Town | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 64 | |
6 | Slade Green | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 63 | |
7 | Sheppey United | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 62 | |
8 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 58 | |
9 | Thamesmead Town | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 58 | |
10 | Folkestone Invicta | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 82 | 56 | +26 | 56 | |
11 | Greenwich Borough | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 52 | |
12 | Cray Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 50[a] | |
13 | Canterbury City | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 48 | |
14 | Ramsgate | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 81 | −19 | 45 | |
15 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 40 | |
16 | Beckenham Town | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 36 | |
17 | Corinthian | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 84 | −31 | 34 | |
18 | Crockenhill | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 51 | 92 | −41 | 32 | |
19 | Hythe United | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 101 | −43 | 30 | |
20 | Faversham Town | 38 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 33 | 142 | −109 | 12 |
The 1995–96 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Furness,[4] who completed a League and Cup double.
The competition was contested by the 20 teams from Division One over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.[5] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Crockenhill | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Furness | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Furness | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Whitstable Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Chatham Town | 1[a] | 1[b] | ||||||||||||||||||
Whitstable Town | 1[a] | 3[b] | ||||||||||||||||||
Furness | 2[c] | |||||||||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 1[c] | |||||||||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tunbridge Wells | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sheppey United | 1 | 2[d] | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Slade Green | 1 | 1[d] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Slade Green | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Corinthian | 0 |
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The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team.
The 1995–96 Division Two featured teams from Kent and the adjacent area, it included the Kent Police team and 18 others that were reserves teams (which were not permitted in Division One) from clubs whose first team played in Division One and other higher ranked leagues. There was a League Cup competition for the teams in the section.
Season | 1995–96 |
---|---|
Champions | Hastings Town R |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,456 (4.26 per match) |
← 1994–95 1996–97 → |
The division featured 19 clubs, 15 who had competed in the previous season together with four addidtional clubs:[6]
Hastings Town R (based in East Sussex) were the division winners.[7]
At the end of the season Canterbury City R and Kent Police left the league,[8] the latter had been members of the Kent League for 27 seasons since 1969–70.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Season End Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hastings Town R | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 127 | 49 | +78 | 84 | |
2 | Furness R | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 121 | 36 | +85 | 77 | |
3 | Dover Athletic R | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 74 | |
4 | Tonbridge AFC R | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 108 | 48 | +60 | 73 | |
5 | Whitstable Town R | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 107 | 46 | +61 | 71 | |
6 | Sittingbourne R | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 127 | 57 | +70 | 70 | |
7 | Thamesmead Town R | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 60 | |
8 | Folkestone Invicta R | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 84 | 73 | +11 | 60 | |
9 | Chatham Town R | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 55 | |
10 | Corinthian R | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 52 | |
11 | Beckenham Town R | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 52 | |
12 | Ramsgate R | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 79 | 84 | −5 | 46 | |
13 | Margate R | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 57 | 76 | −19 | 39 | |
14 | Herne Bay R | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 49 | 86 | −37 | 39 | |
15 | Deal Town R | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 73 | 114 | −41 | 39 | |
16 | Canterbury City R | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 58 | 86 | −28 | 38 | Resigned from League |
17 | Crockenhill R | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 49 | 104 | −55 | 22 | |
18 | Faversham Town R | 36 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 41 | 138 | −97 | 18 | |
19 | Kent Police | 36 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 28 | 175 | −147 | 8 | Resigned from League |
The 1995–96 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Folkestone Invicta R[9]
The competition for the 19 teams from Division Two comprised five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and a single match final on a neutral ground (at Hythe United F.C.[10] this season).
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
Chatham Town R | 1[a] | |||||||||||||||||||
Whitstable Town R | 2[a] | |||||||||||||||||||
Whitstable Town R | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Dover Athletic R | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Kent Police | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dover Athletic R | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dover Athletic R | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Folkestone Invicta R | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Corinthian R | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hastings Town R | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hastings Town R | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Folkestone Invicta R | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Folkestone Invicta R | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tonbridge AFC R | 0 |
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