1978–79 Kent Football League

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The 1978–79 Kent Football League season was the 13th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.

At the end of the previous season reserve sides of Dover, Folkestone & Shepway and Maidstone United all left the Kent League, with competition becoming one for ‘first teams’ only.

The league was won by Sheppey United, but the club was not promoted to the Southern Football League.

Clubs and League Table[]

Kent Football League
Season1978–79
ChampionsSheppey United
Matches played306
Goals scored913 (2.98 per match)
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The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Sheppey United 34 22 11 1 73 28 +45 55
2 Hythe Town 34 21 7 6 71 34 +37 49
3 Faversham Town 34 22 5 7 71 37 +34 49
4 Medway 34 18 10 6 64 27 +37 46
5 Whitstable Town 34 18 7 9 52 33 +19 43
6 Sittingbourne 34 16 7 11 57 42 +15 39
7 Tunbridge Wells 34 15 6 13 51 52 −1 36
8 34 10 12 12 42 38 +4 32
9 Deal Town 34 13 6 15 40 50 −10 32
10 Ramsgate 34 14 4 16 42 59 −17 32
11 Slade Green Athletic 34 8 13 13 46 47 −1 29
12 Herne Bay 34 10 10 14 47 59 −12 28[a]
13 Dartford Glentworth 34 9 10 15 40 52 −12 28
14 Cray Wanderers 34 9 9 16 50 65 −15 27
15 Erith & Belvedere 34 8 9 17 49 48 +1 25
16 Kent Police 34 10 4 20 46 67 −21 24
17 Crockenhill 34 7 7 20 43 73 −30 21
18 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 34 4 7 23 29 102 −73 15 Resigned from the league
Source: nonleaguematters rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Herne Bay were deducted two points.

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