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{{Short description|Association football league season}}
The '''1981–82 Kent Football League season''' was the 16th in the history of the [[Kent Football League]], a [[association football|football]] competition in England.
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The league was won by [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]], who was promoted to the [[Southern Football League]].

The '''1981–82 Kent Football League season''' was the sixteenth in the history of the [[Kent Football League]], a [[association football|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==


==League table==
{{Infobox football league season
{{Infobox football league season
|competition= Kent Football League
|competition= Kent Football League Division One
|season= 1981–82
|season= 1981–82
|winners= [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]]
|winners= [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]]
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|matches= 240
|matches= 240
|total goals= 733
|total goals= 733
|prevseason= [[1980–81 Kent Football League|1980–81]]
|prevseason= [[1980–81 Kent Football League#Division One|1980–81]]
|nextseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League|1982–83]]
|nextseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League#Division One|1982–83]]
}}
}}


The league featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the league this season.
The league featured sixteen clubs which had all competed in the previous season.

The league was won by [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-first%20div%20winners.php |title=First Division past winners / runners-up |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042108/http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-first%20div%20winners.php |archive-date=17 April 2013 |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> who left the league following their election to the [[1982–83 Southern Football League#Southern Division|Southern League]].<ref>{{cite news| date=16 April 1982 |title=Southern League New Boys |work=Evening Post |page=18 |place=Reading}}</ref>



===League table===
===League table===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=P
|res_col_header=Season End Notes
|winpoints=2
|winpoints=2


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|team10=RAM|name_RAM=[[Ramsgate F.C.|Ramsgate]]
|team10=RAM|name_RAM=[[Ramsgate F.C.|Ramsgate]]
|team11=HYT|name_HYT=[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town]]
|team11=HYT|name_HYT=[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town]]
|team12=DHE|name_DHE=[[Darenth Heathside F.C.|Darenth Heathside]]
|team12=DHE|name_DHE=Darenth Heathside
|team13=TUN|name_TUN=[[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|Tunbridge Wells]]
|team13=TUN|name_TUN=[[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|Tunbridge Wells]]
|team14=HER|name_HER=[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay]]
|team14=HER|name_HER=[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay]]
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|win_CHA=18|draw_CHA=5|loss_CHA=7|gf_CHA=61|ga_CHA=34
|win_CHA=18|draw_CHA=5|loss_CHA=7|gf_CHA=61|ga_CHA=34


|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promoted to the [[1982–83 Southern Football League#Southern Division|Southern League Southern Division]]
|col_P=green1|text_P=Elected to the [[1982–83 Southern Football League#Southern Division|Southern League Southern Division]]
|result1=P
|result1=P


|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html nonleaguematters] [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html rsssf]
|source={{cite web |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html |title=Kent League 1966–92: 1981–82 |publisher=Non League Matters |access-date=22 May 2024}} {{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html |title=England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '81–'82 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=22 May 2024}}
}}</onlyinclude>
}}</onlyinclude>

===Challenge Cup===
The 1981–82 '''Kent Football League Challenge Cup''' was won by [[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 |date=February 2022 |title=Archives: League Cup Winners |website=SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League|access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref>

The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the league, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at [[Sittingbourne F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news|date=7 May 1982 |title=Complete Fixtures Guide: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League Cup Final |work=Kentish Express |page=27 |place=Ashford}}</ref> this season).

====Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final====
{{8TeamBracket
| seeds = n
| Rounds=3
| boldwinner=y
| legs=2
| hideomittedscores=1

| RD1='''Quarter-finals'''

| RD1-team1=[[Slade Green F.C.|Slade Green Athletic]]
| RD1-score1-1= 2
| RD1-score1-2= 1{{efn|name=RD11|Replay}}
| RD1-team2=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
| RD1-score2-1= 2
| RD1-score2-2= 2{{efn|name=RD11}}

| RD1-team3=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]]
| RD1-score3-1= 1
| RD1-team4=[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]]
| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-team5=[[Crockenhill F.C.|Crockenhill]]
| RD1-score5-1= 1
| RD1-team6=[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]]
| RD1-score6-1= 2

| RD1-team7=[[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town]]
| RD1-score7-1=2
| RD1-team8=[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town]]
| RD1-score8-1=1

| RD2='''Semi-finals'''
| RD2-team1=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
| RD2-score1-1= 2
| RD2-team2=[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]]
| RD2-score2-1= 3

| RD2-team3=[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]]
| RD2-score3-1= 3
| RD2-team4=[[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town]]
| RD2-score4-1= 0

| RD3='''Final'''
| RD3-team1=[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]]
| RD3-score1-1= 2
| RD3-team2=[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere]]
| RD3-score2-1= 1
}}{{notelist}}
<onlyinclude>
====First Round====
*[[Slade Green F.C.|'''Slade Green Athletic''']] 3 – 2 [[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town]]
*[[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town]] 1 – 1 (aet) [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]] Match abandoned after 105 minutes. (score at 90 minutes 1–1)
*REPLAY: [[Sittingbourne F.C.|'''Sittingbourne''']] 4 – 2 (aet) [[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town]] (score at 90 minutes 2–2)
*[[Sheppey United F.C.|'''Sheppey United''']] 7 – 1 [[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|Tunbridge Wells]]
*[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]] 1 – 1 Darenth Heathside
*REPLAY: Darenth Heathside 0 – 3 [[Deal Town F.C.|'''Deal Town''']]
*[[Crockenhill F.C.|'''Crockenhill''']] 2 – 1 Kent Police
*[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|'''Erith & Belvedere''']] 1 – 0 [[Ramsgate F.C.|Ramsgate]]
*[[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]] 1 – 3 [[Chatham Town F.C.|'''Chatham Town''']]
*[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay]] 3 – 4 [[Hythe Town F.C.|'''Hythe Town''']]
Sources:
*Final: {{cite news |date=9 May 1982|page=44 |title=Pools Check: Kent League: League Cup Final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002137/19820509/291/0044 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}
*Semi-finals: {{cite news |date=26 March 1982 |page=25 |title=Results and Tables: Saturday: Kent League; League Cup semi-final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820326/264/0025 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=2 April 1982 |page=25 |title=Results and Tables: Saturday: Kent League; League Cup semi-final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820402/262/0025 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}
*Quarter-finals: {{cite news |date=12 February 1982 |page=21 |title=Results and Tables: Saturday: Kent League Cup 3rd<em>(sic)</em> rnd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820212/178/0021 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=10 March 1982 |page=25 |title=Sports Summary: Soccer: Kent League:: Cup, 3rd<em>(sic)</em> round |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19820310/208/0031 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]}}
*First Round: {{cite news |date=2 October 1981 |page=23 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Tuesday: Kent League Division 1: League Cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811002/234/0023 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=30 October 1981 |page=27 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Division 1, League Cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811030/313/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=27 November 1981 |page=23 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Division 1: League Cup 1st rnd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811127/248/0023
|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=27 November 1981 |page=14 |title=Injury-time equalizer denies Reds in cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19811127/170/0014 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=Whitstable Times}}; {{cite news |date=4 December 1981 |page=15 |title=Extra-time goals end Town's cup hopes |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19811204/168/0015 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=Whitstable Times}}; {{cite news |date=12 February 1982 |page=21 |title=Results and Tables: Saturday: Kent League Cup 2nd<em>(sic)</em> rnd replay |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820212/178/0021 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}

==Reserves Section==
<em>The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team.</em>

Division Two featured mostly 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===
{{Infobox football league season
|competition= Kent Football League Division Two
|season= 1981–82
|winners=[[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United R]]
|promoted=
|relegated=
|matches=272
|total goals=991
|prevseason= [[1980–81 Kent Football League#Division Two|1980–81]]
|nextseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League#Division Two|1982–83]]
}}

The league featured seventeen clubs (including one non-reserve team, [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]) who had all competed in the division the previous season.

The division was won by [[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United R]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php |title=Reserves First Division winners / runners-up |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418065959/http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php |archive-date=18 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2024}}</ref> part of a Division Two league and cup double.

At the end of the season [[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town R]] resigned from the league.

====League table====
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Season End Notes
|winpoints=2

|team1=MAI|name_MAI=[[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United R]]
|team2=DOV|name_DOV=[[Dover F.C.|Dover R]]
|team3=WEL|name_WEL=[[Welling United F.C.|Welling United R]]
|team4=CHA|name_CHA=[[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town R]]
|team5=DAR|name_DAR=[[Dartford F.C.|Dartford R]]
|team6=SIT|name_SIT=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne R]]
|team7=EAB|name_EAB=[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere R]]
|team8=HAS|name_HAS=[[Hastings United F.C. (1948)|Hastings United R]]
|team9=HER|name_HER=[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay R]]
|team10=SHE|name_SHE=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United R]]
|team11=FOL|name_FOL=[[Folkestone F.C.|Folkestone R]]
|team12=DHE|name_DHE=Darenth Heathside R
|team13=HYT|name_HYT=[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town R]]
|team14=ASH|name_ASH=[[Ashford United F.C.|Ashford Town R]]
|team15=SCW|name_SCW=[[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]
|team16=WHI|name_WHI=[[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town R]]
|team17=DEA|name_DEA=[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town R]]

|win_ASH=9|draw_ASH=4|loss_ASH=19|gf_ASH=38|ga_ASH=55
|win_CHA=17|draw_CHA=6|loss_CHA=9|gf_CHA=69|ga_CHA=42
|win_DAR=16|draw_DAR=7|loss_DAR=9|gf_DAR=68|ga_DAR=50
|win_DEA=5|draw_DEA=3|loss_DEA=24|gf_DEA=37|ga_DEA=106
|win_DHE=10|draw_DHE=4|loss_DHE=18|gf_DHE=44|ga_DHE=62
|win_DOV=18|draw_DOV=6|loss_DOV=8|gf_DOV=55|ga_DOV=38
|win_EAB=16|draw_EAB=5|loss_EAB=11|gf_EAB=58|ga_EAB=41
|win_FOL=11|draw_FOL=7|loss_FOL=14|gf_FOL=66|ga_FOL=66
|win_HAS=15|draw_HAS=4|loss_HAS=13|gf_HAS =55|ga_HAS=55
|win_HER=14|draw_HER=5|loss_HER=13|gf_HER=48|ga_HER=51
|win_HYT=10|draw_HYT=3|loss_HYT=19|gf_HYT=42|ga_HYT=71
|win_MAI=27|draw_MAI=3|loss_MAI=2|gf_MAI=123|ga_MAI=32
|win_SCW=8|draw_SCW=5|loss_SCW=19|gf_SCW=41|ga_SCW=92
|win_SHE=14|draw_SHE=3|loss_SHE=15|gf_SHE=60|ga_SHE=67
|win_SIT=16|draw_SIT=6|loss_SIT=10|gf_SIT=64|ga_SIT=45
|win_WEL=18|draw_WEL=5|loss_WEL=9|gf_WEL=88|ga_WEL=42
|win_WHI=8|draw_WHI=4|loss_WHI=20|gf_WHI=35|ga_WHI=76

|col_RES=red2|text_RES=Resigned
|result17=RES

|col_REE=orange1|text_REE=Re-elected
|result16=REE

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|source={{cite web |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1981-1982.html#KENT2 |title=Non League Tables for 1981–1982: Kent League Division Two |publisher=Non League Matters |access-date=17 May 2024}}
}}</onlyinclude>
===Division Two Cup===
The 1981–82 '''Kent Football League Division Two Cup''' was won by [[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United R]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php |title=Reserves Division(s) League Cup |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418091817/http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php |archive-date=18 April 2013 |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> part of a Division Two league and cup double.

The competition was contested by all seventeen clubs in the division and comprised five single match tie rounds (with a single tie in the first round) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at [[Chatham Town F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news|date=23 April 1982 |title=Complete Fixtures Guide: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League: Division 2 League Cup Final |work=Kentish Express |page=26 |place=Ashford}}</ref> this season).

====Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final====
{{8TeamBracket
| seeds = n
| Rounds=3
| boldwinner=y
| legs=2
| hideomittedscores=1

| RD1='''Quarter-finals'''

| RD1-team1=[[Folkestone F.C.|Folkestone R]]
| RD1-score1-1=5
| RD1-team2=[[Dartford F.C.|Dartford R]]
| RD1-score2-1=3

| RD1-team3=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United R]]
| RD1-score3-1= 2
| RD1-team4=[[Dover F.C.|Dover R]]
| RD1-score4-1= 5

| RD1-team5=[[Maidstone United F.C.|'''Maidstone United R''']]
| RD1-score5-1=
| RD1-team6=[[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town R]]
| RD1-score6-1=

| RD1-team7=[[Welling United F.C.|Welling United R]]
| RD1-score7-1=
| RD1-team8=Winner of [[Ashford United F.C.|Ashford Town R]] v [[Hastings United F.C. (1948)|Hastings United R]]
| RD1-score8-1=

| RD2='''Semi-finals'''
| RD2-team1=[[Folkestone F.C.|Folkestone R]]
| RD2-score1-1= 1
| RD2-team2=[[Dover F.C.|Dover R]]
| RD2-score2-1= 3

| RD2-team3=[[Maidstone United F.C.|'''Maidstone United R''']]
| RD2-score3-1=
| RD2-team4=(Quarter-final match 4 winner)
| RD2-score4-1=

| RD3='''Final'''
| RD3-team1=[[Dover F.C.|Dover R]]
| RD3-score1-1=1
| RD3-team2=[[Maidstone United F.C.|Maidstone United R]]
| RD3-score2-1=6
}}{{notelist}}
<onlyinclude>
====Second Round====
*[[Folkestone F.C.|'''Folkestone R''']] 1 – 0 [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere R]]
*[[Dartford F.C.|'''Dartford R''']] 3– 1 [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne R]]
*[[Sheppey United F.C.|'''Sheppey United R''']] 4 – 1 [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]
*[[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town R]] 1 – 3 [[Dover F.C.|'''Dover R''']]
*Darenth Heathside R v [[Maidstone United F.C.|'''Maidstone United R''']]
*[[Chatham Town F.C.|'''Chatham Town R''']] 5 – 0 [[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town R]]
*[[Welling United F.C.|'''Welling United R''']] 3– 2 [[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay R]]
*[[Ashford United F.C.|Ashford Town R]] v [[Hastings United F.C. (1948)|Hastings United R]]
====First Round====
*[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town R]] 1 – 2 [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|'''Erith & Belvedere R''']]
*Byes for the other fifteen clubs
Sources:
*Final: {{cite news |date=30 April 1982 |page=35 |title=Soccer Results Round-Up: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup Final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820430/355/0035 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}
*Semi-finals: {{cite news |date=19 March 1982 |page=27 |title=Results and Tables: Monday: Kent League Cup Division 2 semi-final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19820319/289/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}
*Quarter-finals: {{cite news |date=5 February 1982 |page=22 |title=Results and Tables: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup Round 3 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003535/19820205/199/0022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=22 January 1982 |page=31 |title=Your Complete Fixture List: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19820122/272/0031 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}
*Second Round: {{cite news |date=9 October 1981 |page=31 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup 2nd rnd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811009/315/0031 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=9 October 1981 |page=31 |title=County Soccer Details: Saturday: Fixtures: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup 2nd rnd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811009/315/0031 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=27 November 1981 |page=23 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Kent League Division 2: League Cup 2nd rnd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811127/248/0023 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}; {{cite news |date=4 December 1981 |page=27 |title=Results and Tables: Kent League: Division 2: League Cup 2nd rd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19811204/233/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}
*First Round: {{cite news |date=18 September 1981 |page=27 |title=County Soccer Details: Results: Saturday: Division 2: League Cup 1st rd |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003535/19810918/241/0027 |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Kentish Express]]}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==


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[[Category:1981–82 in English football leagues]]
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The 1981–82 Kent Football League season was the sixteenth 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
Season1981–82
ChampionsErith & Belvedere
PromotedErith & Belvedere
Matches played240
Goals scored733 (3.05 per match)

The league featured sixteen clubs which had all competed in the previous season.

The league was won by Erith & Belvedere,[1] who left the league following their election to the Southern League.[2]


League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Erith & Belvedere 30 17 10 3 45 22 +23 44 Elected to the Southern League Southern Division
2 Sittingbourne 30 16 11 3 63 33 +30 43
3 Chatham Town 30 18 5 7 61 34 +27 41
4 Sheppey United 30 16 5 9 60 40 +20 37
5 Crockenhill 30 11 13 6 54 41 +13 35
6 Slade Green Athletic 30 11 13 6 45 32 +13 35
7 Whitstable Town 30 11 12 7 48 37 +11 34
8 Cray Wanderers 30 13 6 11 51 40 +11 32
9 Deal Town 30 11 10 9 44 36 +8 32
10 Ramsgate 30 9 9 12 44 47 −3 27
11 Hythe Town 30 10 7 13 48 52 −4 27
12 Darenth Heathside 30 10 4 16 37 50 −13 24
13 Tunbridge Wells 30 8 6 16 36 58 −22 22
14 Herne Bay 30 7 6 17 36 63 −27 20
15 Faversham Town 30 4 8 18 26 50 −24 16
16 Kent Police 30 2 7 21 35 98 −63 11
Source: "Kent League 1966–92: 1981–82". Non League Matters. Retrieved 22 May 2024. "England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '81–'82". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Challenge Cup

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The 1981–82 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Deal Town.[3]

The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the league, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C.[4] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Slade Green Athletic 2 1[a]
Sittingbourne 2 2[a]
Sittingbourne 2
Deal Town 3
Sheppey United 1
Deal Town 2
Deal Town 2
Erith & Belvedere 1
Crockenhill 1
Erith & Belvedere 2
Erith & Belvedere 3
Chatham Town 0
Chatham Town 2
Hythe Town 1
  1. ^ a b Replay

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 mostly 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
Season1981–82
ChampionsMaidstone United R
Matches played272
Goals scored991 (3.64 per match)

The league featured seventeen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare) who had all competed in the division the previous season.

The division was won by Maidstone United R,[5] part of a Division Two league and cup double.

At the end of the season Deal Town R resigned from the league.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Maidstone United R 32 27 3 2 123 32 +91 57
2 Dover R 32 18 6 8 55 38 +17 42
3 Welling United R 32 18 5 9 88 42 +46 41
4 Chatham Town R 32 17 6 9 69 42 +27 40
5 Dartford R 32 16 7 9 68 50 +18 39
6 Sittingbourne R 32 16 6 10 64 45 +19 38
7 Erith & Belvedere R 32 16 5 11 58 41 +17 37
8 Hastings United R 32 15 4 13 55 55 0 34
9 Herne Bay R 32 14 5 13 48 51 −3 33
10 Sheppey United R 32 14 3 15 60 67 −7 31
11 Folkestone R 32 11 7 14 66 66 0 29
12 Darenth Heathside R 32 10 4 18 44 62 −18 24
13 Hythe Town R 32 10 3 19 42 71 −29 23
14 Ashford Town R 32 9 4 19 38 55 −17 22
15 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 32 8 5 19 41 92 −51 21
16 Whitstable Town R 32 8 4 20 35 76 −41 20 Re-elected
17 Deal Town R 32 5 3 24 37 106 −69 13 Resigned
Source: "Non League Tables for 1981–1982: Kent League Division Two". Non League Matters. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two Cup

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The 1981–82 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Maidstone United R,[6] part of a Division Two league and cup double.

The competition was contested by all seventeen clubs in the division and comprised five single match tie rounds (with a single tie in the first round) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Chatham Town F.C.[7] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Folkestone R 5
Dartford R 3
Folkestone R 1
Dover R 3
Sheppey United R 2
Dover R 5
Dover R 1
Maidstone United R 6
Maidstone United R
Chatham Town R
Maidstone United R
(Quarter-final match 4 winner)
Welling United R
Winner of Ashford Town R v Hastings United R

Second Round

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First Round

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References

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  1. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Southern League New Boys". Evening Post. Reading. 16 April 1982. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Complete Fixtures Guide: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League Cup Final". Kentish Express. Ashford. 7 May 1982. p. 27.
  5. ^ "Reserves First Division winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Reserves Division(s) League Cup". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Complete Fixtures Guide: Tomorrow: Soccer: Kent League: Division 2 League Cup Final". Kentish Express. Ashford. 23 April 1982. p. 26.
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