The 1995–96 Kent Football League season (known as the Winstonlead Kent League for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th in the history of the

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, a

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competition 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 20 clubs, 19 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: * Hythe United, joined from the

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won the division and the league Challenge Cup too, for the only occasions during their tenure in the league. After spending three seasons in the Kent League

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took promotion and returned to the Southern League.

League table

Challenge Cup

The 1995–96 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by

, who completed a League and Cup double. The competition was contested by the 20 teams from Division One over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground (at Sittingbourne F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Sources: *Quarter-finals: ; *Semi-finals: ; *Final:

Second Round

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1 – 1 (aet) Greenwich Borough (match abandoned after 106 minutes) *REPLAY: Greenwich Borough 1 – 1 (aet)

(score after 90 minutes 1-1),Crockenhill won 3–2 on penalties *

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1 – 2 Furness * Beckenham Town 0 – 2 Chatham Town * Whitstable Town 2 – 1 Folkestone Invicta * Sheppey United 3 – 2 Deal Town * Hythe United 1 – 2 (aet) Tunbridge Wells (Score at 90 minutes: 1–1) * Slade Green 4 – 2

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* Corinthian 5 – 5 (aet)

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(Score at 90 minutes: 4–4) *REPLAY:

1 – 4 Corinthian

First Round

0 – 2 Cray Wanderers * Canterbury City 4 – 5 Folkestone Invicta * Beckenham Town 2 – 1 Faversham Town * Whitstable Town 2 – 1

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*Byes for the other 12 teams Sources: *Second Round: ; ; *First Round: ;

Reserves Section

The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team. The 1995–96 Division Two featured teams from Kent and the adjacent area, it included the Kent Police team and 18 others that were reserves teams (which were not permitted in Division One) from clubs 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 division featured 19 clubs, 15 who had competed in the previous season together with four addidtional clubs: *Kent Police, dropped from Division One * Margate R * Sittingbourne R * Crockenhill R Hastings Town R (based in

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) were the division winners. At the end of the season Canterbury City R and Kent Police left the league, the latter had been members of the Kent League for 27 seasons since 1969–70.

League table

Division Two Cup

The 1995–96 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Folkestone Invicta R The competition for the 19 teams from Division Two comprised five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and a single match final on a neutral ground (at Hythe United F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Sources: *Quarter-finals: ; ; *Semi-finals: ; ; ; *Final:

Second Round

* Chatham Town R 2 – 0 Thamesmead Town R * Whitstable Town R 2 – 0 Sittingbourne R * Margate R 1 – 2 Kent Police * Furness R 0 – 2 Dover Athletic R * Corinthian R 2 – 0 Deal Town R * Beckenham Town R 1 – 4 Hastings Town R * Herne Bay R 2 – 4 Folkestone Invicta R * Faversham Town R 0 – 4 Tonbridge AFC R

First Round

* Chatham Town R 4 – 0 Ramsgate R * Whitstable Town R 6 – 1 Crockenhill R * Canterbury City R 0 – 4 Furness R *Byes for other 13 clubs Sources: *Second Round: ; ; ; ; *First Round: ;

References

External links

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