1998–99 Kent Football League Explained

The 1998–99 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised two divisions: a Premier Division together with a Reserves Section league, Division One. The two divisions had been renamed respectively from Division One and Division Two of the previous season. Reserves teams were not permitted in the Premier Division. Additionally there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Premier Division clubs and another for the teams in the Reserves Section.

From this season onwards the grounds where Premier Division matches were played were required to have floodlights.[1]

Premier Division

Competition:Kent Football League Premier Division
Season:1998–99
Winners:Ramsgate
Matches:342
Total Goals:1021
Prevseason:1997–98
Nextseason:1999–2000

The league featured 19 clubs which had competed in the previous season, no additional clubs joined the league this season.

The league was won by Ramsgate for the second season in succession.[2]

At the end of the season Crockenhill resigned and joined the Kent County League.[3]

League table

Challenge Cup

The 1998–99 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Deal Town.[4]

The competition was contested by the 19 teams from the Premier Division over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semis-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C.[5] this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Second Round

First Round

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Reserves Section

The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team.

The 1998–99 Reserves Section comprised a single division. The promotion of reserves teams into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for the teams in the section.

Division One

Competition:Kent Football League Division One
Season:1998–99
Winners:Deal Town R
Matches:342
Total Goals:1239
Prevseason:1997–98 Div.Two
Nextseason:1999–2000 D1 North
1999–2000 D1 South

The division featured teams from 19 clubs, 16 of which were from the previous season together with three additional teams[1]

The division was won by Deal Town R.[6]

At the end of the season Crockenhill R resigned from the league and the remainder of the teams were allocated to two new equally ranked, geographically based divisions, Division One North and Division One South.[3]

League table

Division One Cup

The 1998–99 Kent Football League Division One Cup was won by Dover Athletic R.[7]

The competition for the 19 teams from the Division One comprised five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semis-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and a single match final. Although the final was scheduled to be at Herne Bay F.C. it was agreed to move it to the home ground of one of the two competing clubs - Dover Athletic won the coin toss.[8]

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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Second Round

First Round

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Notes and References

  1. News: 25 June 1998 . Kent League gets lit up . Dover Express . Dover . 76.
  2. Web site: Premier Division past winners / runners-up . kentleague.com . 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042103/http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-Premier%20div%20winners.php . 17 April 2013 . 29 March 2024.
  3. News: 23 June 1999 . Just the ticket: The Reserve division... . Folkestone Herald . Folkestone . 79.
  4. Web site: League Cup Winners since 1923 . SCEFL . 29 March 2024.
  5. News: 29 April 1999 . Football Results And Fixtures Service: Fixtures: Saturday, May 1: Winstonlead Kent League: Premier Division Cup Final . Dover Express . Dover . 71.
  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.
  8. News: 8 April 1999 . Mark . Winter . Bari or Borough? It's no real contest! . Dover Express . Folkestone . 68.