1997–98 Kent Football League
The 1997–98 Kent Football League season was the 32nd in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.
The league was won by Herne Bay for the second season in succession, and for the fourth time during the 1990s.[1][2] Runners-up Folkestone Invicta took promotion to the Southern League.[3]
Corinthian finished bottom of the table for the second season running, and resigned at the end of the season after seven years in the Kent Football League. The club withdrew from senior football for several years in order to concentrate on its youth teams.[4]
Swanley Furness also resigned from the league despite finishing fourth in the table, dropping down to Division Two due to the club's lack of floodlights.[5]
Clubs
Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Herne Bay |
Promoted | Folkestone Invicta |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,587 (3.44 per match) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
The league featured 21 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:
- VCD Athletic, joined from the Kent County League[6]
Also, Furness changed their name to Swanley Furness,[5] and Woolwich Town changed their name to Erith Town.[7]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Herne Bay | 42 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 105 | 29 | +76 | 107 | |
2 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 127 | 42 | +85 | 97 | Promoted to the Southern League |
3 | Sheppey United | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 110 | 63 | +47 | 91 | |
4 | Swanley Furness | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 50 | +36 | 75 | Resigned from the league |
5 | Greenwich Borough | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 83 | 42 | +41 | 74 | |
6 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 70 | 50 | +20 | 71 | |
7 | Beckenham Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 70 | |
8 | Whitstable Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 68 | |
9 | VCD Athletic | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 88 | 62 | +26 | 65 | |
10 | Lordswood | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 63 | |
11 | Tunbridge Wells | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 73 | 76 | −3 | 57 | |
12 | Thamesmead Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 54 | |
13 | Ramsgate | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 80 | 85 | −5 | 51 | |
14 | Hythe United | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 75 | 103 | −28 | 50 | |
15 | Faversham Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 49[a] | |
16 | Slade Green | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 49 | |
17 | Deal Town | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 76 | 97 | −21 | 49 | |
18 | Chatham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 48 | |
19 | Erith Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 48 | 86 | −38 | 42 | |
20 | Canterbury City | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 45 | 96 | −51 | 30 | |
21 | Crockenhill | 42 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 31 | 133 | −102 | 20 | |
22 | Corinthian | 42 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 36 | 130 | −94 | 11 | Resigned from the league |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
References
- ^ "Herne Bay F.C. – New history". Herne Bay F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Herne Bay at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Folkestone Invicta 1997–98". Folkestone Invicta F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Bauckham, David (26 October 2016). "The Last Corinthian". Centre Circle Publishing. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Swanley Furness at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "VCD Athletic at FCHD". FCHD. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Erith Town FC – A Brief History". Erith Town Youth F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Kent League 1992–2011". Non-League Matters. Retrieved 29 September 2020.