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1976–77 Kent Football League

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The 1976–77 Kent Football League season was the eleventh 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 comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Cup.

League table

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Kent Football League
Season1976–77
ChampionsMedway
Matches played271
Goals scored846 (3.12 per match)

The league featured teams from seventeen clubs, including three reserves teams. Fifteen of the clubs competed in the previous season together with two additional teams:[1]

The Dartford Amateurs team from the previous season was renamed Dartford Glentworth.[2]

The league was won by Medway, their third league title in six seasons[3] and part of a league and cup double – a feat they had previously achieved (when named Chatham Town) in the 1971–72 season.

At the end of the season both bottom clubs applied for re-election: Slade Green Athletic were successful; Folkestone & Shepway Reserves were initially refused (perceived to be part of the League's agenda to remove reserves teams from the division)[4] however following an appeal to the Kent County FA they were reinstated.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Season End Notes
1 Medway 32 25 5 2 93 24 3.875 55
2 Sittingbourne 32 21 5 6 68 48 1.417 47
3 Dartford Glentworth[a] 31 19 7 5 57 35 1.629 45
4 Sheppey United 32 17 8 7 70 37 1.892 42
5 Faversham Town 32 16 7 9 53 28 1.893 39
6 Kent Police 32 14 11 7 53 39 1.359 39
7 Maidstone United Reserves[a] 31 15 7 9 56 43 1.302 37
8 Deal Town 32 13 9 10 50 44 1.136 35
9 Crockenhill 32 14 5 13 54 51 1.059 33
10 Ramsgate 32 14 3 15 47 53 0.887 31
11 Tunbridge Wells 32 9 6 17 60 69 0.870 24
12 Whitstable Town 32 10 4 18 37 54 0.685 24
13 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 32 5 13 14 29 52 0.558 23
14 Herne Bay 32 8 5 19 37 69 0.536 21
15 Dover Reserves 32 5 10 17 24 52 0.462 20
16 Slade Green Athletic 32 7 4 21 36 71 0.507 18 Re-elected
17 Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 32 2 5 25 32 87 0.368 9 Re-elected (following appeal)
Source: "Kent League Tables: Kent League '76–'77". SCEFL. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Maidstone United Reserves versus Dartford Glentworth match not played.

Challenge Cup

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The 1976–77 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Medway[6] who completed a league and cup double – a feat they had previously achieved (when named Chatham Town) in the 1971–72 season.

The competition, contested by all seventeen clubs in the league, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring one tie) culminating in a drawn final (played at Sittingbourne)[7] which required a replay (played at Sheppey United)[8] to decide the winner.

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Medway 2
Sheppey United 1
Medway 5
Deal Town 0
Deal Town 1
Maidstone United Reserves 0
Medway 3[b] 3[c]
Dartford Glentworth 3[b] 1[c]
Herne Bay 0
Faversham Town 2
Faversham Town 0 1[a]
Dartford Glentworth 0 2[a]
Dartford Glentworth 5
Folkestone & Shepway Reserves 0
  1. ^ a b Replay
  2. ^ a b After extra time
  3. ^ a b Replay

Second Round

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First Round

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Sources:

References

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  1. ^ Carpenter, Gordon (5 July 1976). "Enter Faversham". Evening Post. Chatham. p. 20.
  2. ^ "Dartford Glentworth". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Carpenter, Gordon (20 June 1977). "Reserves are given the boot". Evening Post. Chatham. p. 20.
  5. ^ "Folkestone repreived". Evening Post. Chatham. 1 July 1977. p. 48.
  6. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ Richards, Brian (9 May 1977). "What A Pity This Show Had To End!". Evening Post. Chatham. p. 17.
  8. ^ Richards, Brian (16 May 1977). "It's a Medway Double!". Evening Post. Chatham. p. 19.