Kent Athletic F.C. Explained

Clubname:Kent Athletic
Fullname:Kent Athletic Football Club
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Kent Athletic F.C. is a football club based in Leagrave, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.

History

The club was formed in 1926 and joined division two of the Bedfordshire and District County League, and left at the end of the 1928–29 season when the league became the South Midlands League.[1] During the Second World War the club managed to make it to the final of the Bedfordshire FA intermediate cup twice, in 1942–43 and 1944–45 seasons.[2]

After the war the club returned to the South Midlands League for the 1949–50 season, starting in Division one.[1] They were promoted to the Premier division a season later as champions of division one.[3] They stayed in the Premier division for 11 seasons, before being relegated back to division one at the end of the 1961–62 season. Over the next 9 seasons the club spent two more seasons in the premier division, 1965–66 and 1966–67, before leaving the South Midlands League again.[4] During those 9 seasons the club lifted the Bedfordshire FA intermediate cup in the 1962–63 season.[2]

The club joined the South Midlands League Division One again in 1994, and were promoted as runners-up in that season to the Senior Division. When the South Midlands League merged with the Spartan League in 1997, they became founder members of the new Spartan South Midlands League Senior Division. However they could only stay in the Senior Division for one season and were relegated to Division one, now known as Division two, where they have stayed ever since. The club also had a couple of good cup runs in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 season, twice making it the final of the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy.[5]

The 2012–13 season saw the club become champions of Division two of the Spartan South Midlands League.[6] They left the league after winning the title again in 2015–16.

Ground

The club's home ground at Kent Athletic Club closed at the end of 2015.

Honours

League honours

Cup honours

Records

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Website created using 350pages at www.350.com . Nonleaguematters.net . 16 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005015234/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Addons/SML22.htm . 5 October 2013 . dead .
  2. http://www.bedfordshirefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/2D04C76E-56D8-4D61-9C30-5E3359844E1B/0/IntermediateCup.pdf BEDFORDSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE CUP FINALS 1938 – 2011
  3. Web site: Website created using 350pages at www.350.com . Nonleaguematters.net . 16 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014613/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Addons/SML50.htm . 5 October 2013 . dead .
  4. Web site: South Midlands League 1966–1983 . Nonleaguematters.net . 16 August 2012.
  5. Web site: Football Club History Database – Bedfordshire County Cups . Fchd.info . 16 August 2012.
  6. Web site: 9 May 2013 . Kent Athletic are Division Two champions – Local Football . Dunstable Today . 16 June 2013.
  7. Web site: Kent Athletic are Division Two champions – Local Football . Luton Today . 9 May 2013 . 16 June 2013.
  8. Web site: GALLERY: Baldock Town do the cup double – Sport . The Comet . 21 May 2013 . 16 June 2013.

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