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1990–91 Kent Football League

The 1990–91 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-fifth 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
Season1990–91
ChampionsSittingbourne
PromotedSittingbourne
Matches played420
Goals scored1,264 (3.01 per match)

The league featured twenty-one clubs, twenty of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:

The league was won by Sittingbourne,[2] the only Kent League winning club (as of 2024) to be unbeaten over the season; it was their third Kent League title and they were subsequently promoted to the Southern Football League.

At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Metropolitan Police (Hayes) and Sheppey United, 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 Sittingbourne 40 32 8 0 87 19 +68 104 Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division
2 Cray Wanderers 40 27 11 2 91 33 +58 92
3 Herne Bay 40 24 11 5 83 28 +55 83
4 Tonbridge[a] 40 24 8 8 73 34 +39 79[b]
5 Deal Town 40 23 8 9 88 43 +45 77
6 Faversham Town 40 20 10 10 62 33 +29 70
7 Whitstable Town 40 20 8 12 67 44 +23 68
8 Alma Swanley 40 18 9 13 60 53 +7 63
9 Slade Green 40 16 10 14 65 49 +16 58
10 Ramsgate 40 16 9 15 60 63 −3 57
11 Tunbridge Wells 40 16 6 18 71 79 −8 54
12 Chatham Town 40 13 9 18 61 71 −10 48
13 Darenth Heathside[c] 40 12 9 19 45 68 −23 45
14 Beckenham Town 40 12 7 21 37 54 −17 43
15 Crockenhill[d] 40 10 11 19 48 89 −41 40[e]
16 Thames Polytechnic 40 10 7 23 49 76 −27 37
17 Greenwich Borough 40 10 5 25 49 77 −28 35
18 Danson 40 7 13 20 41 80 −39 34
19 Kent Police 40 8 9 23 51 77 −26 33
20 Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 40 5 10 25 37 89 −52 25 Re-elected
21 Sheppey United 40 6 4 30 39 105 −66 22
Source: "Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1". Kentish Gazette. 17 May 1991. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Crockenhill, Darenth Heathside and Tonbridge; and the 'Goals Against' total for Tonbridge and Greenwich Borough have both had one added for consistency to the table's 'Goals For' figures)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Tonbridge were deducted one point and one goal[4] - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table
  2. ^ Tonbridge were deducted one point.
  3. ^ Darenth Heathside were deducted one goal[4] - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table
  4. ^ Crockenhill were deducted one point and one goal[4] - the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table
  5. ^ Crockenhill were deducted one point.

Challenge Cup

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The 1990–91 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Faversham Town for the second occasion, their first being twenty seasons previously.[5]

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

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Ramsgate 0
Darenth Heathside 2
Darenth Heathside 0[c]
Alma Swanley 1[c]
Alma Swanley 1
Slade Green 0
Alma Swanley 0
Faversham Town 1
Tunbridge Wells 2[a] 2[b]
Chatham Town 2[a] 4[b]
Chatham Town 1
Faversham Town 2
Faversham Town 7
Danson 1
  1. ^ a b After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 1–1
  2. ^ a b Replay: after extra time, score at 90 minutes: 2–2
  3. ^ a b After extra time, score at 90 minutes: 0–0

Second Round

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First Round

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Reserves Section

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The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team.

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

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Kent Football League Division Two
Season1990–91
ChampionsCanterbury City R
Matches played240
Goals scored894 (3.73 per match)

The league featured sixteen reserves teams, fifteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with one additional club:

The division was won by Canterbury City R.[7]


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Canterbury City R 30 20 5 5 84 41 +43 65
2 Ashford Town R 30 17 7 6 65 28 +37 58
3 Hastings Town R 30 17 7 6 64 36 +28 58
4 Dover Athletic R[a] 30 18 5 7 64 33 +31 56[b]
5 Fisher Athletic R 30 16 6 8 70 42 +28 54
6 Cray Wanderers R 30 16 4 10 58 41 +17 52
7 Sittingbourne R[c] 30 12 10 8 72 45 +27 43[d]
8 Thames Polytechnic R 30 12 7 11 48 38 +10 43
9 Herne Bay R 30 11 8 11 59 58 +1 41
10 Whitstable Town R 30 9 9 12 46 48 −2 36
11 Beckenham Town R 30 8 10 12 50 49 +1 34
12 Margate R 30 9 4 17 50 72 −22 31
13 Deal Town R 30 9 2 19 54 74 −20 29
14 Faversham Town R[e] 30 8 4 18 46 100 −54 27[f]
15 Ramsgate R 30 6 7 17 37 67 −30 25
16 Sheppey United R[g] 30 3 3 24 27 122 −95 12
Source: "Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1". Kentish Gazette. 17 May 1991. p. 67. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Note: The source table is net of the goal deductions to Dover Athletic R, Faversham Town R, Sheppey United R and Sittingbourne R)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Dover Athletic R were deducted three points and three goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table
  2. ^ Dover Athletic R were deducted three points
  3. ^ Sittingbourne R were deducted three points and two goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table
  4. ^ Sittingbourne R were deducted three points
  5. ^ Faversham Town R were deducted one point and one goal – the deducted goal has been reinstated in the table
  6. ^ Faversham Town R were deducted one point
  7. ^ Sheppey United R were deducted two goals – the deducted goals have been reinstated in the table

Division Two Cup

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The 1990–91 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Fisher Athletic R,[8] the only Division 2 Cup win for the club that had won four divisional titles in the 1980s.

The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the division, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Whitstable Town R 2
Hastings Town R 1
Whitstable Town R 1
Beckenham Town R 5
Ramsgate R 2
Beckenham Town R 3
Beckenham Town R 1
Fisher Athletic R 2
Sittingbourne R 0
Herne Bay R 1
Herne Bay R 0[a] 1[b] 3p[c]
Fisher Athletic R 0[a] 1[b] 4p[c]
Fisher Athletic R 4
Canterbury City R 1
  1. ^ a b After extra time
  2. ^ a b Replay: after extra time
  3. ^ a b Penalty shots

First Round

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Clubs warned by chairman". Kent Evening Post. Larkfield, Maidstone. 2 July 1990. p. 29.
  2. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ Hudd, Tony (21 June 1991). "Folkestone still out in the cold". Kent Evening Post. Larkfield, Maidstone. p. 64.
  4. ^ a b c "Winstonlead Kent League: Final Table: Division 1". Kentish Gazette. Larkfield, Maidstone. 17 June 1991. p. 67.
  5. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Results, Fixtures, Tables: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 1 Cup final". Kentish Gazette. Larkfield, Maidstone. 26 April 1991. p. 62.
  7. ^ "Reserves First Division winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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