2005–06 Kent Football League

The 2005–06 Kent Football League season (known as the Kentish Observer League for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with Divisions One and Two – the latter two were known as the Reserves Section, comprising reserves teams which 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 two divisions of the Reserves Section.

Premier Division

Football league season

Kent Football League Premier Division
Season	2005–06
Champions	Maidstone United
Promoted	Maidstone United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	786 (3.28 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The league featured 16 clubs, 15 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:

Erith & Belvedere, relegated from the Southern League

At the end of the season Maidstone United were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Maidstone United	30	22	6	2	85	23	+62	72	Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
2	Beckenham Town	30	22	4	4	96	24	+72	70
3	Thamesmead Town	30	18	6	6	73	41	+32	60
4	Erith & Belvedere	30	17	7	6	50	31	+19	58
5	Whitstable Town	30	16	7	7	64	38	+26	55
6	VCD Athletic	30	15	5	10	50	31	+19	50
7	Herne Bay	30	14	7	9	52	33	+19	49
8	Lordswood	30	12	9	9	49	45	+4	45
9	Deal Town	30	13	4	13	53	62	−9	43
10	Tunbridge Wells	30	10	7	13	39	41	−2	37
11	Slade Green	30	9	7	14	31	56	−25	34
12	Hythe Town	30	7	6	17	41	51	−10	27
13	Greenwich Borough	30	7	3	20	36	69	−33	24
14	Erith Town	30	5	5	20	22	64	−42	20
15	Sporting Bengal United	30	3	6	21	27	107	−80	15
16	Sevenoaks Town	30	3	5	22	18	70	−52	14

Source: Kent League (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	BEC	DEA	E&B	ERI	GRE	HER	HYT	LOR	MAI	SEV	SLA	SPB	THA	TUN	VCD	WHI
Beckenham Town		5–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–3	0–0	4–0	2–3	9–0	4–0	3–1	8–0	3–0	4–0	6–2
Deal Town	0–2		2–3	5–1	7–3	1–4	2–1	1–2	1–5	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–2
Erith & Belvedere	1–1	2–1		2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0
Erith Town	1–2	1–2	0–4		0–3	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0
Greenwich Borough	0–7	2–0	0–1	1–1		1–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	4–3	0–2	0–1	3–5
Herne Bay	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–2		3–2	3–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	8–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Hythe Town	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–3		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	2–3	0–1	0–2
Lordswood	0–5	2–0	2–2	6–0	3–2	1–1	2–2		0–5	4–0	0–0	7–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	3–2
Maidstone United	1–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	4–1	1–0	5–2	0–1		5–0	2–0	9–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	1–2
Sevenoaks Town	2–6	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–4		1–3	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–3	1–5
Slade Green	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		2–2	0–4	2–0	1–7	2–5
Sporting Bengal United	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	4–1	2–2	0–6	1–1	1–5	0–1	1–1		0–7	0–0	1–5	0–7
Thamesmead Town	2–1	6–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	6–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0		2–0	1–0	0–0
Tunbridge Wells	2–2	3–4	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–3		0–1	2–1
VCD Athletic	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	7–0	2–2	3–0		1–3
Whitstable Town	2–0	2–3	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–3	1–1	0–2

Source: Herne Bay F.C: Grid (archived) & Kentish Fooball (results) & Kent League: Results (archived) & Kent League: Table (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenge Cup

The 2005–06 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Maidstone United who completed the League and Cup double.

The competition was played by the 16 teams form the Premier Division One initially organised into four groups. The group winners and runners-up progressed into the quarter-finals, decided on a single match knockout basis with the group winners drawn at home. The semi-finals were decided on an aggregate basis (home and away matches), followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals				Final

Thamesmead Town	1

Hythe Town	2
		Hythe Town	1	1	2

		Maidstone United	2	2	4
Maidstone United	4^[a]

Beckenham Town	3^[a]
						Maidstone United	4

						VCD Athletic	0
Lordswood	0

VCD Athletic	1
		VCD Athletic	1	1	2

		Herne Bay	1	0	1
Herne Bay	2

Whitstable Town	1

^ ^a ^b After extra time

Kentish Football

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Herne Bay	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Progressed to Quarter-final (home)
2	Hythe Town	6	3	1	2	18	8	+10	10	Progressed to Quarter-final (away)
3	Erith & Belvedere	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
4	Sporting Bengal United	6	0	1	5	4	25	−21	1

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	E&B	HER	HYT	SPB
Erith & Belvedere		2–0	2–4	5–0
Herne Bay	4–0		2–1	3–0
Hythe Town	0–1	0–0		7–1
Sporting Bengal United	1–1	0–3	2–6

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lordswood	6	4	1	1	12	10	+2	13	Progressed to Quarter-final (home)
2	Whitstable Town	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	Progressed to Quarter-final (away)
3	Erith Town	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6
4	Greenwich Borough	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	ERI	GRE	LOR	WHI
Erith Town		3–0	1–2	2–0
Greenwich Borough	2–1		1–2	0–1
Lordswood	2–0	3–2		3–3
Whitstable Town	2–0	2–2	3–0

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maidstone United	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	15	Progressed to Quarter-final (home)
2	VCD Athletic	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Progressed to Quarter-final (away)
3	Tunbridge Wells	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
4	Deal Town	6	0	0	6	7	19	−12	0

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	DEA	MAI	TUN	VCD
Deal Town		1–3	0–2	3–4
Maidstone United	5–1		3–2	0–2
Tunbridge Wells	3–1	0–3		0–0
VCD Athletic	2–1	0–2	1–1

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thamesmead Town	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6	12	Progressed to Quarter-final (home)
2	Beckenham Town	6	2	4	0	11	5	+6	10	Progressed to Quarter-final (away)
3	Slade Green	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
4	Sevenoaks Town	6	0	1	5	2	15	−13	1

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Home \ Away	BEC	SEV	SLA	THA
Beckenham Town		2–0	0–0	3–3
Sevenoaks Town	0–4		0–1	0–1
Slade Green	1–1	6–1		0–2
Thamesmead Town	1–1	1–1	3–0

Source: Herne Bay Football Club (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reserves Section

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

The 2005–06 Reserves Section comprised two divisions, with promotion and relegation possible between the divisions. Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for all teams in the section.

Division One

Football league season

Kent Football League Division One
Season	2005–06
Champions	Thamesmead Town R
Matches played	132
Goals scored	473 (3.58 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The division featured twelve clubs, ten of which competed in the previous season together with Whitstable Town R and Bromley R who had both been promoted from Division Two.

At the end of the season Deal Town R and Herne Bay R were relegated to Division Two.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Season End Notes
1	Thamesmead Town R	22	15	5	2	50	23	+27	50
2	Whitstable Town R	22	13	3	6	46	32	+14	42
3	Cray Wanderers R	22	11	5	6	51	34	+17	38
4	Bromley R	22	12	2	8	42	34	+8	38
5	Dartford R	22	10	5	7	39	27	+12	35
6	Erith Town R	22	10	4	8	50	42	+8	34
7	Ramsgate R	22	8	6	8	38	45	−7	30
8	Ashford Town (Kent) R	22	8	4	10	38	47	−9	28
9	Erith & Belvedere R	22	7	6	9	43	47	−4	27
10	Maidstone United R	22	6	4	12	31	53	−22	22
11	Herne Bay R	22	3	5	14	25	46	−21	14	Relegated to Division Two
12	Deal Town R	22	3	3	16	20	43	−23	12	Relegated to Division Two

Source: Kent League (archived), table & Kent League (archived), final match result
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Football league season

Kent Football League Division Two
Season	2005–06
Champions	Folkestone Invicta R
Matches played	110
Goals scored	379 (3.45 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The division featured eleven clubs, nine of which competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs:

Greenwich Borough R rejoining the league after an absence of three seasons.
Tilbury R

At the end of the season Folkestone Invicta R and Sevenoaks Town R were promoted to Division One and Slade Green R left the League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Season End Notes
1	Folkestone Invicta R	20	14	4	2	53	16	+37	46	Promoted to Division One
2	Sevenoaks Town R	20	11	4	5	32	22	+10	37	Promoted to Division One
3	Chatham Town R	20	11	1	8	47	42	+5	34
4	Slade Green R	20	9	6	5	36	22	+14	33	Resigned from the League
5	Tunbridge Wells R	20	8	7	5	42	34	+8	31
6	Lordswood R	20	8	4	8	42	39	+3	28
7	Greenwich Borough R^[a]	20	6	5	9	26	37	−11	23
8	VCD Athletic R	20	6	4	10	27	46	−19	22
9	Tilbury R	20	5	5	10	26	33	−7	20
10	Sittingbourne R	20	4	5	11	24	42	−18	17
11	Hythe Town R^[a]	20	3	5	12	24	46	−22	14

Source: Kent League (archived), table & Kent League (archived), final match result
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

^ ^a ^b Greenwich R v Hythe Town R match awarded to Greenwich R

Reserves Cup

The 2005–06 Kent Football League Reserves Cup was won by Dartford R.

The competition was contested by all 23 teams of the Reserves Section over a total of five rounds: the first three were single match knock-out rounds, followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and then the final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season)

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals				Final

Dartford R	3

VCD Athletic R	0
		Dartford R	5	?	?

		Ashford Town (Kent) R	0	?	?
Ashford Town (Kent) R	4^[a]

Tunbridge Wells R	3^[a]
						Dartford R	3

						Whitstable Town R	1
Whitstable Town R	2

Hythe Town R	1
		Whitstable Town R	5	1	6

		Folkestone Invicta R	1	1	2
Thamesmead Town R	0

Folkestone Invicta R	3

^ ^a ^b After extra time

Second Round

Dartford R 2 – 2 Erith & Belvedere R
Replay: Erith & Belvedere R 1 – 2 Dartford R
Greenwich Borough R 1 – 4 VCD Athletic R
Ashford Town (Kent) R 7 – 1 Sittingbourne R
Chatham Town R 2 – 3 Tunbridge Wells R
Lordswood R 1 – 1 Whitstable Town R
Replay: Whitstable Town R 4 – 0 Lordswood R
Hythe Town R 1 – 1 (aet) Ramsgate R (Hythe Town R won 5-4 on penalties)
Cray Wanderers R 0 – 3 Thamesmead Town R
Deal Town R 1 – 3 Folkestone Invicta R

First Round

Maidstone United R 1 – 3 Erith & Belvedere R
Bromley R 2 – 2 (aet) VCD Athletic R (VCD Athletic R won 4-2 on penalties)
Erith Town R 3 – 3 (aet) Ashford Town (Kent) R (Ashford Town (Kent) R won 5-4 on penalties)
Tunbridge Wells R 6 – 1 Sevenoaks Town R
Slade Green R 1 – 4 Whitstable Town R
Tilbury R 1 – 1 (aet) Hythe Town R (Hythe Town R won 4-3 on penalties)
Cray Wanderers R 3 – 1 Herne Bay R

Byes for the remaining nine teams

Source: Kent League (archived) & Kentish Football

References

External links

Kent Football League (archived)

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

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Kent Invicta League

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National teams

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6)
Sven-Göran Eriksson

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	Football Conference (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern Football League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 9–10	Isthmian League (Two) Combined Counties League (Premier, One) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 9 only) Midland Alliance (level 9 only) Midland Football Combination (level 10 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup
competitions

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

Other events

2006 English football corruption investigation

Club seasons
FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic
Championship	Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town
League Two	Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Torquay United Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers