1989–90 Kent Football League

The 1989–90 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the twenty-fourth 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

The league featured twenty clubs, nineteen of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
*Tonbridge, relegated from the Southern League

The league was won by Faversham Town, for the fourth time in their history (after an eleven season gap since their previous title).

At the end of the season both bottom clubs, Metropolitan Police (Hayes) and Ramsgate, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.

League table

Challenge Cup

The 1989–90 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by league newcomers (who had been relegated into the division) Tonbridge AFC.

The competition, contested by all twenty clubs in Division One, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring four ties) culminating in the final which was played on a neutral ground (at Chatham Town F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Second Round

*Herne Bay 0 – 1 Sittingbourne
* Beckenham Town 0 – 1 Tonbridge AFC
*Metropolitan Police (Hayes) 3– 3 (aet) Greenwich Borough
*Replay 1: Greenwich Borough 0 – 0 (aet) Metropolitan Police (Hayes)
*Replay 2: Greenwich Borough 1 – 0 Metropolitan Police (Hayes)
* Deal Town 4 – 1 Danson
* Tunbridge Wells 2 – 1 Darenth Heathside
* Alma Swanley 0 – 1 Whitstable Town
* Faversham Town 4 – 0 Crockenhill
* Chatham Town 2 – 4 (aet) Ramsgate (score at 90 minutes: 2–2)

First Round

*Kent Police 2 – 3 (aet) Beckenham Town
*Slade Green 1 – 2 Greenwich Borough
* Whitstable Town 4 – 1 Thames Polytechnic
* Cray Wanderers 0 – 1 Faversham Town
*Byes for the other twelve clubs
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Reserves Section

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

Division Two featured 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

The league featured seventeen reserves teams, fifteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with two additional clubs:
* Canterbury City R, returning after a three season absence
* Fisher Athletic R, returning after a one season absence

Thanet United R changed their name back to Margate R and they won the division, their first Kent League divisional title win since winning the inaugural re-formed Kent League in the 1967–68 season.

After the end of the season Folkestone R went into liquidation and left the league, Greenwich Borough R withdrew and both bottom clubs, Ramsgate R and Herne Bay R, were re-elected to continue their membership of the division.

League table

Division Two Cup

The 1989–90 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Canterbury City R, their first Kent League trophy.

The competition, contested by all seventeen clubs in the division, comprised five single match tie rounds (with the first round featuring one tie) culminating in the final played on a neutral ground (at Ramsgate F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Second Round

* Herne Bay R 0 – 4 Canterbury City R
* Margate R 3 – 0 (aet) Fisher Athletic R (score at 90 minutes: 0–0)
* Sheppey United R 2 – 2 (aet) Thames Polytechnic R
*Replay: Thames Polytechnic R v Sheppey United R
* Ashford Town R 3 – 0 Sittingbourne R
* Whitstable Town R 0 – 3 Dover Athletic R
* Greenwich Borough R 1 – 3 Hastings Town R
* Ramsgate R 2 – 5 Folkestone R
* Cray Wanderers R 2 – 3 Beckenham Town R

First Round

* Folkestone R 2 – 0 Faversham Town R
*Byes for the other fifteen clubs
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References

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1989–90 in English football leagues