1978–79 Kent Football League

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

Football league season

Kent Football League
Season	1978–79
Champions	Sheppey United
Matches played	306
Goals scored	913 (2.98 per match)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

Cray Wanderers, transferred from the London Spartan League
Darenth Heathside
Erith & Belvedere, transferred from the Athenian League

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	Darenth Heathside	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:

^ Herne Bay were deducted two points.

References

External links

Southern Counties East Football League

2023–24
clubs

Premier Division	Bearsted Corinthian Deal Town Erith Town Faversham Town Fisher Glebe Hollands & Blair Holmesdale Kennington Lordswood Lydd Town Punjab United Rusthall Snodland Town Stansfeld Sutton Athletic Tunbridge Wells VCD Athletic Welling Town Whitstable Town
Division One	Bridon Ropes Canterbury City Croydon Faversham Strike Force FC Elmstead Forest Hill Park Greenways K Sports Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers Lewisham Borough Meridian VP Rochester United Snodland Town Sporting Club Thamesmead Staplehurst Monarchs Tooting Bec AFC Whyteleafe

Seasons

Kent League/SCEL	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Kent Invicta League	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Kent League/SCEL

1966–67
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1971–72
1972–73
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1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
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1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
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1983–84
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2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
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2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

Kent Invicta League

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 7 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Town & Country League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Home Counties League (level 7 only) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two)

West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only)
Western League (Premier, One)
Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Other

Manchester United 3–5 West Bromwich Albion (1978)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland West Ham United Wrexham
Third Division	Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Port Vale Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon York City