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{{Short description|Association football league season}}
The '''1983–84 Kent Football League season''' was the 18th in the history of the [[Kent Football League]], a [[association football|football]] competition in England. This season saw the league introduce three points for a win system.
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The '''1983–84 Kent Football League season''' was the eighteenth 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 was won by [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]], while [[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]] was promoted to the [[Southern Football League]].


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.
==League table==

From this season the league began awarding three points (increased from two) for winning a match.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html |title=Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84 |publisher=Non League Matters |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref>

==Division One==
{{Infobox football league season
{{Infobox football league season
|competition= Kent Football League
|competition= Kent Football League Division One
|season= 1983–84
|season= 1983–84
|winners= [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
|winners= [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
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|matches= 240
|matches= 240
|total goals= 774
|total goals= 774
|prevseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League|1982–83]]
|prevseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League#Division One|1982–83]]
|nextseason= [[1984–85 Kent Football League|1984–85]]
|nextseason= [[1984–85 Kent Football League#Division One|1984–85]]
}}
}}


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 all competed in the previous season.

The league was won by [[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]], who had previously won the title in 1975–76.<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>

At the end of the season second-placed [[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]] were promoted to the [[Southern Football League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fchd.info/SHEPPEYU.HTM |title=Sheppey United |website=Football Club History Database |access-date=21 May 2024 }}</ref>



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


|team1=SIT|name_SIT=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
|team1=SIT|name_SIT=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
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|team10=FAV|name_FAV=[[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town]]
|team10=FAV|name_FAV=[[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town]]
|team11=SLA|name_SLA=[[Slade Green F.C.|Slade Green Athletic]]
|team11=SLA|name_SLA=[[Slade Green F.C.|Slade Green Athletic]]
|team12=DHE|name_DHE=[[Darenth Heathside F.C.|Darenth Heathside]]
|team12=DHE|name_DHE=Darenth Heathside
|team13=SWA|name_SWA=[[Alma Swanley F.C.|Alma Swanley]]
|team13=SWA|name_SWA=[[Alma Swanley F.C.|Alma Swanley]]
|team14=KEN|name_KEN=Kent Police
|team14=KEN|name_KEN=Kent Police
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|win_KEN=8|draw_KEN=6|loss_KEN=16|gf_KEN=27|ga_KEN=63
|win_KEN=8|draw_KEN=6|loss_KEN=16|gf_KEN=27|ga_KEN=63


|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promoted to the [[1984–85 Southern Football League#Southern Division|Southern League Southern Division]]
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the [[1984–85 Southern Football League#Southern Division|Southern League Southern Division]]
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|result2=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.
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|update=complete
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|source={{cite web |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/KL72.html |title=Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84 |publisher=Non League Matters |access-date=21 May 2024}} {{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engkenthist.html |title=England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '83–'84 |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=21 May 2024}}
}}</onlyinclude>
}}</onlyinclude>

===Challenge Cup===
The 1983–84 '''Kent Football League Challenge Cup''' was won by [[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]], their first Challenge Cup triumph.<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.

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

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

| RD1-team1=[[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]]
| RD1-score1-1= 4
| RD1-team2=[[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|Tunbridge Wells]]
| RD1-score2-1= 0

| RD1-team3=Darenth Heathside
| RD1-score3-1= 2
| RD1-score3-2=3{{efn|name=RD31|Replay}}
| RD1-team4=[[Slade Green F.C.|Slade Green Athletic]]
| RD1-score4-1=2
| RD1-score4-2=1{{efn|name=RD31}}

| RD1-team5=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
| RD1-score5-1= 2
| RD1-team6=[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay]]
| RD1-score6-1= 0

| RD1-team7=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]]
| RD1-score7-1=5
| RD1-team8=[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]]
| RD1-score8-1=1

| RD2='''Semi-finals'''
| RD2-team1=[[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]]
| RD2-score1-1= 3{{efn|name=RD21|After extra time}}
| RD2-team2=Darenth Heathside
| RD2-score2-1= 2{{efn|name=RD21}}

| RD2-team3=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne]]
| RD2-score3-1= 2{{efn|name=RD23|After extra time}}
| RD2-team4=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]]
| RD2-score4-1= 6{{efn|name=RD23}}

| RD3='''Final'''
| RD3-team1=[[Cray Wanderers F.C.|Cray Wanderers]]
| RD3-score1-1=4
| RD3-team2=[[Sheppey United F.C.|Sheppey United]]
| RD3-score2-1=3
}}{{notelist}}
<onlyinclude>
====First Round====
*[[Ramsgate F.C.|Ramsgate]] 0 – 3 [[Cray Wanderers F.C.|'''Cray Wanderers''']]
*[[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|'''Tunbridge Wells''']] 2 – 1 [[Crockenhill F.C.|Crockenhill]]
*[[Alma Swanley F.C.|Alma Swanley]] 1 – 3 '''Darenth Heathside'''
*[[Slade Green F.C.|'''Slade Green Athletic''']] 3 – 2 Kent Police
*[[Sittingbourne F.C.|'''Sittingbourne''']] 3 – 1 [[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town]]
*[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town]] 1 – 2 [[Herne Bay F.C.|'''Herne Bay''']]
*[[Sheppey United F.C.|'''Sheppey United''']] 4 – 2 [[Beckenham Town F.C.|Beckenham Town]]
*[[Deal Town F.C.|Deal Town]] 3 – 3 [[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town]]
*REPLAY: [[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town]] v [[Deal Town F.C.|'''Deal Town''']]
Sources:
*Final: {{cite news |date=6 May 1984 |page=40 |title=Scottish and Minor Leagues: Kent League Cup Final |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19840506/040/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[The Sunday People]]}}
*Semi-finals: {{cite news |date=11 March 1984 |page=40 |title=Scottish and Minor Leagues: Kent: League Cup semi-finals |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002454/19840311/040/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[The Sunday People]]}}
*Quarter-finals: {{cite news |date=13 November 1983 |page=40 |title=Results Round-up: Kent League: League Cup |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19831113/330/0040
|url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}; {{cite news |date=26 February 1984 |page=40 |title=Results Round-up: Kent League: League Cup |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19840226/275/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}
*First Round: {{cite news |date=25 September 1983 |page=40 |title=(Scottish Results): Kent League Cup |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19830925/294/0040 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=[[Sunday Mirror]]}}; {{cite news |date=30 September 1983 |page=14 |title=Cup Shock |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003312/19830930/181/0014 |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 May 2024 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |newspaper=Whitstable Times}}
==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= 1983–84
|winners=[[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic R]]
|promoted=
|relegated=
|matches=210
|total goals=700
|prevseason= [[1982–83 Kent Football League#Division Two|1982–83]]
|nextseason= [[1984–85 Kent Football League#Division Two|1984–85]]
}}

The league featured fifteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, [[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]), fourteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with with [[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic R]].

The division was won by [[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic 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> in their first season in the division.

At the end of the season [[Beckenham Town F.C.|Beckenham Town R]] and [[Dover F.C.|Dover R]] left the league.
====League Table====
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|res_col_header=Season End Notes

|team1=FIS|name_FIS=[[Fisher Athletic F.C.|Fisher Athletic R]]
|team2=SIT|name_SIT=[[Sittingbourne F.C.|Sittingbourne R]]
|team3=CHA|name_CHA=[[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town R]]
|team4=HYT|name_HYT=[[Hythe Town F.C.|Hythe Town R]]
|team5=BEC|name_BEC=[[Beckenham Town F.C.|Beckenham Town R]]
|team6=HAS|name_HAS=[[Hastings United F.C. (1948)|Hastings United R]]
|team7=EAB|name_EAB=[[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere R]]
|team8=ASH|name_ASH=[[Ashford United F.C.|Ashford Town R]]
|team9=DHE|name_DHE=Darenth Heathside R
|team10=FAV|name_FAV=[[Faversham Town F.C.|Faversham Town R]]
|team11=SCW|name_SCW=[[Snowdown Colliery Welfare F.C.|Snowdown Colliery Welfare]]
|team12=DOV|name_DOV=[[Dover F.C.|Dover R]]
|team13=FOL|name_FOL=[[Folkestone F.C.|Folkestone R]]
|team14=HER|name_HER=[[Herne Bay F.C.|Herne Bay R]]
|team15=WHI|name_WHI=[[Whitstable Town F.C.|Whitstable Town R]]

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|win_BEC=13|draw_BEC=5|loss_BEC=10|gf_BEC=43|ga_BEC=30
|win_CHA=13|draw_CHA=8|loss_CHA=7|gf_CHA=49|ga_CHA=31
|win_DHE=10|draw_DHE=8|loss_DHE=10|gf_DHE=36|ga_DHE=39
|win_DOV=9|draw_DOV=5|loss_DOV=14|gf_DOV=37|ga_DOV=46
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|win_FAV=10|draw_FAV=6|loss_FAV=12|gf_FAV=52|ga_FAV=57
|win_FOL=9|draw_FOL=3|loss_FOL=16|gf_FOL=41|ga_FOL=56
|win_FIS=19|draw_FIS=5|loss_FIS=4|gf_FIS=82|ga_FIS=23
|win_HAS=13|draw_HAS=5|loss_HAS=10|gf_HAS =48|ga_HAS=46
|win_HER=6|draw_HER=4|loss_HER=18|gf_HER=29|ga_HER=77
|win_HYT=14|draw_HYT=4|loss_HYT=10|gf_HYT=67|ga_HYT=44
|win_SCW=9|draw_SCW=7|loss_SCW=12|gf_SCW=35|ga_SCW=44
|win_SIT=19|draw_SIT=2|loss_SIT=7|gf_SIT=66|ga_SIT=38
|win_WHI=3|draw_WHI=4|loss_WHI=21|gf_WHI=27|ga_WHI=100

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|result5=RES
|result12=RES

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=complete
|source={{cite web |url=https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nonleaguetables/lt1983-1984.html#KENT |title=Non League Tables for 1983–1984: Kent League Division 1<em>(sic)</em> |publisher=Non League Matters |access-date=21 May 2024}}
}}</onlyinclude>
{{notelist}}
===Division Two Cup===
The 1983–84 '''Kent Football League Division Two Cup''' was won for a second successive season by [[Erith & Belvedere F.C.|Erith & Belvedere 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> who defeated Darenth Heatside in the final.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==


{{Kent League}}
{{Kent League}}
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The 1983–84 Kent Football League season was the eighteenth 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.

From this season the league began awarding three points (increased from two) for winning a match.[1]

Division One

Kent Football League Division One
Season1983–84
ChampionsSittingbourne
PromotedSheppey United
Matches played240
Goals scored774 (3.23 per match)

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

The league was won by Sittingbourne, who had previously won the title in 1975–76.[2]

At the end of the season second-placed Sheppey United were promoted to the Southern Football League.[3]


League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Sittingbourne 30 24 3 3 87 26 +61 75
2 Sheppey United 30 21 3 6 61 28 +33 66 Promoted to the Southern League Southern Division
3 Hythe Town 30 17 5 8 63 39 +24 56
4 Cray Wanderers 30 14 7 9 66 40 +26 49
5 Tunbridge Wells 30 12 7 11 61 44 +17 43
6 Crockenhill 30 11 10 9 37 34 +3 43
7 Herne Bay 30 13 4 13 42 43 −1 43
8 Beckenham Town 30 12 6 12 56 54 +2 42
9 Deal Town 30 13 3 14 54 54 0 42
10 Faversham Town 30 12 6 12 40 41 −1 42
11 Slade Green Athletic 30 11 4 15 38 52 −14 37
12 Darenth Heathside 30 9 8 13 44 50 −6 35
13 Alma Swanley 30 8 10 12 39 50 −11 34
14 Kent Police 30 8 6 16 27 63 −36 30
15 Whitstable Town 30 4 9 17 37 62 −25 21
16 Ramsgate 30 4 3 23 22 94 −72 15
Source: "Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84". Non League Matters. Retrieved 21 May 2024. "England – Kent League: Final Table Kent League (Division 1) '83–'84". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Challenge Cup

The 1983–84 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Cray Wanderers, their first Challenge Cup triumph.[4] The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the league, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final.

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Cray Wanderers 4
Tunbridge Wells 0
Cray Wanderers 3[b]
Darenth Heathside 2[b]
Darenth Heathside 2 3[a]
Slade Green Athletic 2 1[a]
Cray Wanderers 4
Sheppey United 3
Sittingbourne 2
Herne Bay 0
Sittingbourne 2[c]
Sheppey United 6[c]
Sheppey United 5
Deal Town 1
  1. ^ a b Replay
  2. ^ a b After extra time
  3. ^ a b After extra time

First Round

Sources:

Reserves Section

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

Kent Football League Division Two
Season1983–84
ChampionsFisher Athletic R
Matches played210
Goals scored700 (3.33 per match)

The league featured fifteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), fourteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with with Fisher Athletic R.

The division was won by Fisher Athletic R[5] in their first season in the division.

At the end of the season Beckenham Town R and Dover R left the league.

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Season End Notes
1 Fisher Athletic R 28 19 5 4 82 23 +59 62
2 Sittingbourne R 28 19 2 7 66 38 +28 59
3 Chatham Town R 28 13 8 7 49 31 +18 47
4 Hythe Town R 28 14 4 10 67 44 +23 46
5 Beckenham Town R 28 13 5 10 43 30 +13 44 Resigned
6 Hastings United R 28 13 5 10 48 46 +2 44
7 Erith & Belvedere R 28 13 4 11 48 34 +14 43
8 Ashford Town R 28 13 4 11 40 35 +5 43
9 Darenth Heathside R 28 10 8 10 36 39 −3 38
10 Faversham Town R 28 10 6 12 52 57 −5 36
11 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 28 9 7 12 35 44 −9 34
12 Dover R 28 9 5 14 37 46 −9 32 Resigned
13 Folkestone R 28 9 3 16 41 56 −15 30
14 Herne Bay R 28 6 4 18 29 77 −48 22
15 Whitstable Town R 28 3 4 21 27 100 −73 13
Source: "Non League Tables for 1983–1984: Kent League Division 1(sic)". Non League Matters. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two Cup

The 1983–84 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won for a second successive season by Erith & Belvedere R[6] who defeated Darenth Heatside in the final.

References

  1. ^ "Kent League 1966–92: 1983–84". Non League Matters. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "First Division past winners / runners-up". kentleague.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Sheppey United". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Archives: League Cup Winners". SCEFL: Southern Counties East Football League. February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  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.
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