1969–70 Kent Football League

The 1969–70 Kent Football League season was the fourth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition 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.

Kent Football League
Season1969–70
ChampionsFaversham Town
Matches played210
Goals scored773 (3.68 per match)

The league featured teams from 15 clubs including five reserves teams. Fourteen of the clubs had competed in the league the previous season and they were joined by one additional club:

The league was won by Faversham Town,[2] the first of two successive Kent League titles.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1 Faversham Town 28 21 5 2 67 21 3.190 47
2 Kent Police 28 18 3 7 80 55 1.455 39
3 Tunnel Sports 28 15 7 6 58 25 2.320 37
4 Sittingbourne 28 15 7 6 60 36 1.667 37
5 Tunbridge Wells 28 10 11 7 56 50 1.120 31
6 Margate Reserves 28 11 8 9 47 49 0.959 30
7 Chatham Town 28 13 2 13 62 53 1.170 28
8 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 28 11 5 12 54 52 1.038 27
9 Whitstable Town 28 10 7 11 44 50 0.880 27
10 Deal Town Reserves 28 9 7 12 41 47 0.872 25
11 Ramsgate Athletic Reserves 28 8 7 13 53 62 0.855 23
12 Brett Sports 28 6 9 13 32 55 0.582 21
13 Sheppey United Reserves 28 5 7 16 44 71 0.620 17
14 Crockenhill 28 6 4 18 40 77 0.519 16
15 Folkestone Reserves 28 5 5 18 35 70 0.500 15
Source: "Kent League Final Table". Faversham News. 5 June 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 25 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored.

Challenge Cup

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The 1969–70 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by newly admitted club Kent Police,[3] their sole winners trophy whilst playing in the Kent League.

The competition was contested by the 15 teams from the league over four rounds, the first and second where two leg home and away aggregate score ties followed by single match knock-out semi-finals to reach the final, played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.[4] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Ramsgate Athletic Reserves 1 1 2
Chatham Town 1 6 7
Chatham Town 3
Faversham Town 2
Faversham Town 1 3[a] 4
Whitstable Town 1 2[a] 3
Chatham Town 0
Kent Police 2
Sittingbourne 4 2 6
Deal Town Reserves 0 1 1
Sittingbourne 0
Kent Police 5
Kent Police 3 1 4
Tunnel Sports 1 1 2
  1. ^ a b After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 1-1

First Round

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Sources:

References

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  1. ^ "Police Recruits". East Kent Times and Mail. Ramsgate. 16 May 1969. p. 15.
  2. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "League Cup Winners since 1923". SCEFL. February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Your weekend fixture guide: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League Cup Final". Evening Post. Chatham. 15 May 1970. p. 31.
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