2001–02 Kent Football League

Kent Football League Division One South
Season	2001–02
Champions	Dover Athletic R
Matches played	110
Goals scored	480 (4.36 per match)
	← 2000–01 Div.One 2002–03 →

Kent Football League Division One North
Season	2001–02
Champions	Cray Wanderers R
Matches played	110
Goals scored	419 (3.81 per match)
	← 2001–02 Div.One 2002–03 →

Kent Football League Premier Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Maidstone United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	787 (3.28 per match)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Kent Football League season (known as the Bass Brewers Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th in the history of the Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division and a Reserves Section comprising two equally ranked geographically based divisions known as Division One North and Division One South – with a play-off between the winners of these two divisions to decide the Division One champion. Reserve teams were not permitted in the Premier Division. Additionally, there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Premier Division clubs and another for the teams in the Reserves Section.

Premier Division

The league featured 16 clubs, 15 of which competed in the previous season, along with one additional club:

Maidstone United, joined from the Kent County League

Also, Hythe United changed its name to Hythe Town.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maidstone United	30	20	6	4	72	32	+40	66
2	VCD Athletic	30	20	6	4	67	31	+36	66
3	Deal Town	30	19	5	6	79	38	+41	62
4	Thamesmead Town	30	17	6	7	59	39	+20	57
5	Cray Wanderers	30	15	6	9	56	44	+12	51
6	Ramsgate	30	13	5	12	57	50	+7	44
7	Herne Bay	30	13	5	12	53	49	+4	41^[a]
8	Tunbridge Wells	30	10	10	10	45	46	−1	40
9	Beckenham Town	30	11	7	12	43	45	−2	40
10	Whitstable Town	30	9	9	12	43	51	−8	36
11	Lordswood	30	8	9	13	44	55	−11	36^[b]
12	Slade Green	30	11	2	17	35	47	−12	35
13	Erith Town	30	10	3	17	42	60	−18	33
14	Hythe Town	30	8	7	15	31	49	−18	31
15	Greenwich Borough	30	5	4	21	31	70	−39	19
16	Faversham Town	30	3	6	21	30	81	−51	15

Source: FCHD
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Herne Bay were deducted three points.
^ Lordswood were awarded three points.

Challenge Cup

The 2001–02 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Maidstone United, which completed the League and Cup double.

The competition was contested by the 16 teams from the Premier Division over four rounds: the first two were a single-match knockout, followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches), and the final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals				Final

Whitstable Town	3

Greenwich Borough	0
		Whitstable Town	2	0	2

		Cray Wanderers	1	0	1
Cray Wanderers	2

Hythe Town	1
						Whitstable Town	0

						Maidstone United	2
Lordswood	0

VCD Athletic	4
		VCD Athletic	0	2	2

		Maidstone United	1	4	5
Beckenham Town	0

Maidstone United	1

First Round

Herne Bay 1 – 2 Whitstable Town
Slade Green 2 – 2 (aet) Greenwich Borough
REPLAY: Greenwich Borough v Slade Green
Cray Wanderers 1 – 0 Ramsgate
Erith Town 2 – 3 (aet) Hythe Town (score at 90 mins: 2–2)
Lordswood 3 – 2 Tunbridge Wells
Faversham Town v VCD Athletic
Deal Town 3 – 4 Beckenham Town
Thamesmead Town 0 – 1 Maidstone United

Sources: Non-League Football in Kent: Premier Division Cup (archived)

Reserves Section

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

The 2001–02 Reserves Section comprised two equal-ranked geographically based divisions, Division One North and Division One South, which had been formed from the single division of the previous season. The top club in each division played a single match to decide the Division One Champion. Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for the teams in the section.

Division One Champion Play-off

Dover Athletic R were the Division One champions. They won the single play-off match, played at Ashford Town (Kent) F.C. between the top team from each of the Division One North and Division One South:^[2]

Dartford R 1 – 3 (aet) Dover Athletic R, score at 90 mins 1–1.

Division One North

The division featured 11 clubs, 10 of which had competed in the single Division One from the previous season, together with one additional club:

Chatham Town R

At the end of the season, Greenwich Borough R resigned from the league.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Season End Notes
1	Dartford R	20	13	4	3	51	26	+25	43
2	Cray Wanderers R	20	14	3	3	46	22	+24	42^[a]
3	VCD Athletic R	20	12	5	3	50	29	+21	41
4	Chatham Town R	20	10	3	7	33	28	+5	33
5	Thamesmead Town R	20	10	3	7	40	36	+4	33
6	Swanley Furness	20	8	3	9	45	40	+5	27
7	Erith Town R	20	7	4	9	38	45	−7	25
8	Beckenham Town R	20	6	3	11	26	35	−9	24^[b]
9	Tunbridge Wells R	20	6	2	12	35	45	−10	20
10	Lordswood R	20	3	5	12	32	46	−14	14
11	Greenwich Borough R	20	3	1	16	23	67	−44	10	Resigned from the league

Source: Dartford FC Reserves Stats by Jerry King: 2001-02 (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Cray Wanderers R were deducted three points
^ Beckenham Town R were awarded three points

Division One South

The division featured 11 clubs, 10 of which had competed in the single Division One from the previous season, together with one additional club:

Deal Town R

Also, Hythe United R changed its name to Hythe Town R.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dover Athletic R	20	16	3	1	76	18	+58	53^[a]
2	Ramsgate R	20	11	2	7	52	25	+27	35
3	Sittingbourne R	20	10	4	6	43	33	+10	34
4	Deal Town R	20	10	3	7	59	42	+17	33
5	Ashford Town (Kent) R	20	8	6	6	43	29	+14	30
6	Folkestone Invicta R	20	8	4	8	40	37	+3	28
7	Herne Bay R	20	7	6	7	42	39	+3	27
8	Hastings Town R	20	7	2	11	45	59	−14	23
9	Margate R	20	6	4	10	36	54	−18	22
10	Whitstable Town R	20	5	5	10	32	59	−27	20
11	Hythe Town R	20	1	3	16	12	85	−73	5^[b]

Source: FCHD (team pages)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Dover Athletic R were awarded two points
^ Hythe Town R were deducted one point

Reserves Cup

The 2001–02 Kent Football League Reserves Cup competition for teams from the Reserves Section was contested over a total of five rounds: the first two were on an aggregate home and away basis; the third round, the quarter-finals a single match; the semis finals again on an aggregate basis; and a single final match which was played on a neutral ground.

The Cup was won by Dover Athletic R who completed the League and Cup double. Their matches were:

Final: Defeated Thamesmead Town R
Semi-final: Defeated VCD Athletic R 6 – 3 on aggregate (a:2–1; h:4–2)
Quarter-final: Won 4–2 at Margate R
Second Round: Defeated Whitstable Town R 6 – 2 on aggregate (a:2–0; h:4–2)
First Round: Bye^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hythe Town at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "Dover Athletic Reserves at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20020531133631/http://www.dover-athletic.co.uk:80/ Dover Athletic FC: Reserves

External links

[table_hth_HER0.5348712082649-2] Herne Bay were deducted three points.

[table_hth_LOR0.5348712082649-3] Lordswood were awarded three points.

[table_hth_CRA0.069313100105763-5] Cray Wanderers R were deducted three points

[table_hth_BEC0.069313100105763-6] Beckenham Town R were awarded three points

[table_hth_DOV0.5223177622642-7] Dover Athletic R were awarded two points

[table_hth_HYT0.5223177622642-8] Hythe Town R were deducted one point

[HNC-1] "Hythe Town at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[4] "Dover Athletic Reserves at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20020531133631/http://www.dover-athletic.co.uk:80/ Dover Athletic FC: Reserves

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