1990–91 Kent Football League Explained

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

Competition:Kent Football League Division One
Season:1990–91
Winners:Sittingbourne
Promoted:Sittingbourne
Matches:420
Total Goals:1264
Prevseason:1989–90
Nextseason:1991–92

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

Challenge Cup

The 1990–91 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Faversham Town for the second occasion, their first being twenty seasons previously.[4]

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.[5] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Second Round

First Round

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Reserves Section

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

Competition:Kent Football League Division Two
Season:1990–91
Winners:Canterbury City R
Matches:240
Total Goals:894
Prevseason:1989–90
Nextseason:1991–92

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.[6]

League table

Division Two Cup

The 1990–91 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Fisher Athletic R,[7] 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

First Round

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2 July 1990 . 29 . Clubs warned by chairman . Kent Evening Post . Larkfield, Maidstone.
  2. Web site: First Division past winners / runners-up . kentleague.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042108/http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-first%20div%20winners.php . 17 April 2013 . 29 March 2024.
  3. News: 21 June 1991 . Tony . Hudd . 64 . Folkestone still out in the cold . Kent Evening Post . Larkfield, Maidstone.
  4. Web site: Archives: League Cup Winners . February 2022 . SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. 31 January 2024.
  5. News: 26 April 1991 . Results, Fixtures, Tables: Fixtures: Saturday: Winstonlead Kent League Division 1 Cup final . Kentish Gazette . 62 . Larkfield, Maidstone.
  6. Web site: Reserves First Division winners / runners-up . kentleague.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130418065959/http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php . 18 April 2013 . 26 April 2024.
  7. Web site: Reserves Division(s) League Cup . kentleague.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130418091817/http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php . 18 April 2013 . 29 March 2024.

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