Kent Senior Cup

Football tournament
Kent Senior Cup
Founded1889
RegionKent Kent
Number of teams24 (2022–23)
Current championsMargate
Most successful club(s)Maidstone United
(18 times)
Website2023–24 Fixtures / Results

The Kent Senior Cup is an English football knock-out competition played between senior clubs in the county of Kent. It is administered by the Kent County Football Association (KCFA).

History

Now known as the Kent Senior Cup it was originally named, until the 1897–98 season, as the Kent Cup with the first competition played during the 1888–89 season. The cup itself, engraved as the "Kent County Football Association Challenge Cup",[1] cost £33 and is made of 62 ounces of silver and surmounted by the rampant horse of Kent.[2] (2018 Photograph[3]). The Kent Cup competition was preceded as the KCFA's County knock-out tournament by the Kent County Badge: this was first competed for in 1886 and won for each of its three seasons by Chatham – who were also the first winners of the Kent Cup.

Following the founding of the Kent League in 1894 for the three seasons from 1894–95 until 1896–97 the Kent Cup was awarded to the champions of the League. The knock-out competition for the cup resumed from the 1897–98 season when it was renamed the Kent Senior Cup,[4] with Gravesend United the winners. For the 1919–1920 season only a trophy presented as a gift to the KCFA named as the Victory Cup[5] replaced the Kent Senior Cup trophy. The competition was suspended for four seasons between 1914 and 1918 owing to the World War I and there have been two other seasons in which the Kent Senior Cup has not been competed for: in 1940–1941 owing to World War II; and 2020–2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Initially the final of the competition was played at a venue pre-selected by the KCFA: for the first six seasons this was at Chatham, then after taking place at New Brompton, Ashford, Tunbridge Wells and returning to Chatham for one season the final was held at Faversham for the next six years. For a long spell between 1908 until 1950 the venue for the final was the Athletic Ground, Maidstone (except 1942 at Belvedere). Thereafter the final was held mostly at the Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham until 1965 after which for the next eight seasons it was contested (as it had been in the 1961–62 season) over two legs held at each of the finalists ground with the aggregate score determining the winner. The venue for the final then reverted to Maidstone then to Gillingham for fourteen seasons. Then following playing the final at Sittingbourne and for the first time outside Kent at Millwall, since 1998 (with several exceptions) the winner of a coin toss between the final protagonists decided which would have the choice to host the final match. The semi–finals were played on neutral grounds until the mid-1950s.

From 1902 until 1961 the final took place on Easter Monday and into the 1950s would attract in excess of ten thousand spectators – 13,119 were at the 1951–1952 final between Kent League club Dover and Southern League club Dartford.[7] Between 1983 until 2002 the final was held on the early May bank holiday however since then the final has struggled for a set date owing to end of season promotion and relegation play-off matches and in the 2007–2008 season was even deferred until the 2008–2009 pre–season.[8]

For five seasons from 1980–1981 until 1985–1986 the Kent Senior Cup competition was sponsored by the Chatham Reliance Building Society. The Swedish office business machine company Facit was then the sponsor for the next eleven seasons until 1996–1997. Bose were the sponsor in the early 2000s after which between 2003–04 and 2006–07 the cup was sponsored and named after Kent football patron John Ullmann. Between 2010–11 and 2013–14 portablefoodlights.com sponsored the cup, then for the 2014–15 season Kent Reliance Building society revived their sponsorship from thirty years previously[9] and this continued through to the 2017–18 season. In 2022 the KCFA announced that all Kent County Cups, including the Senior Cup, would be sponsored by the ferry operator DFDS.[10]

The 2013–14 Kent Senior Cup competition marked the 125th anniversary since its inception in the 1888–89 season;[11] to celebrate the landmark the final took place at Priestfield Stadium, home of Gillingham FC. The match was won by Ebbsfleet United who beat Dover Athletic 4–0[12] – the winning club being a descendant of Northfleet United who in the 1920s achieved an enduring record of five consecutive season Kent Senior Cup wins.

Past winners of the Kent Senior Cup include Royal Arsenal (now Arsenal) in 1889–90, and Gillingham in 1945–46 and 1947–48; the two sides went on to become members of the Premier League and Football League respectively. Both Charlton Athletic and Maidstone United won the cup whilst members of the Football league and Gillingham have continued to compete. The Football League clubs field a development team rather than their full league side in the competition.

Cup Final Matches

KENT SENIOR CUP: THE CUP FINAL MATCHES
(includes Kent County Badge finals and seasons’ semi-finalists)
Season Winner Score Runner-up Notes Date Venue Beaten semi-finalists
(by: Winner / Runner-up)
KENT COUNTY BADGE FINALS
1885–86 Chatham United 3–1 South Eastern
   Rangers
10 Apr 1886 Ashford
(Victoria Grnd)
(bye) /
Chatham Victoria
1886–87 Chatham United 8–0 Chatham Victoria 26 Mar 1887 Chatham
(The Lines)
(bye) /
Chatham Standard
1887–88 Chatham 0–0 South Eastern
   Rangers
17 Mar 1888 Bromley Gravesend /
Folkestone
6–1 Replay 31 Mar 1888 Ashford (Vic)
KENT SENIOR CUP FINALS (KENT CUP 1889–1897)
1888–89 Chatham 3–1 South Eastern
   Rangers
6 Apr 1889 Chatham Gravesend /
Folkestone
1889–90 Royal Arsenal 3–0 Thanet
  Wanderers
22 Mar 1890 Chatham Chatham /
South Eastern Rangers
1890–91 Lincoln
   Regiment
2–1 South Eastern
   Rangers
11 Apr 1891 Chatham Chatham /
Royal Arsenal
1891–92 Highland Light
   Infantry
11–0 Gravesend 12 Mar 1892 Chatham Chatham /
Ashford United
1892–93 Ashford United 2–0 Chatham 8 Apr 1893 Chatham West Kent Regiment
/ Sheppey United
1893–94 Royal Ordnance
   Factories
4–2 Dartford 7 Apr 1894 Chatham Folkestone /
New Brompton
1894–95 Chatham   Cup awarded to the Kent League champions
1895–96 Northfleet
1896–97 Woolwich Arsenal
   Reserves
1897–98 Gravesend
   United
3–1 Dartford 2 Apr 1898 New Brompton Sheppey United /
Chatham
1898–99 Maidstone United 1–0 Folkestone 25 Mar 1899 Ashford Royal Engineers Utd
/ Dartford
1899–
   1900
Gravesend
   United
1–1 Maidstone United 14 Apr 1900 Tunbridge Wells Dartford /
Folkestone
4–1 Replay 30 Apr 1900 Chatham
1900–01 Maidstone United 3–0 Cray Wanderers 13 Apr 1901 Chatham Sheppey United /
Chatham Amateurs
1901–02 Sittingbourne 2–2 Ashford United 31 Mar 1902 Faversham Swanscombe /
Sheppey United
4–1 Replay 12 Apr 1902 Ramsgate
1902–03 Maidstone United 2–1 Ashford United 13 Apr 1903 Faversham Sittingbourne /
Eltham
1903–04 Eltham 4–1 Sittingbourne 4 Apr 1904 Faversham Cray Wanderers /
Dover
1904–05 Chatham 3–1 Sittingbourne 24 Apr 1905 Faversham Dover /
Eltham
1905–06 Eltham 1–0 Bromley 16 Apr 1906 Faversham Southern United /
Sittingbourne
1906–07 Maidstone United 1–0 Sittingbourne 1 Apr 1907 Faversham Eltham /
Sheppey United
1907–08 Tunbridge Wells
   Rangers
1–0 Sittingbourne 20 Apr 1908 Maidstone Sheppey United /
Maidstone United
1908–09 Maidstone United 4–2 Northfleet United 12 Apr 1909 Maidstone Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
/ Sittingbourne
1909–10 Northfleet United 2–0 Chatham 28 Mar 1910 Maidstone Dartford /
Maidstone United
1910–11 Chatham 2–1 Sittingbourne 17 Apr 1911 Maidstone Sheppey United /
Gravesend United
1911–12 Catford Southend 3–0 Chatham 8 Apr 1912 Maidstone Bromley /
Sittingbourne
1912–13 Northfleet United 2–1 Gravesend
   United
24 Mar 1913 Maidstone Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
/ Chatham
1913–14 Maidstone United 1–0 Northfleet United 13 Apr 1914 Maidstone Folkestone /
Chatham
1914–18   Competition suspended for 4 seasons owing to World War I
1918–19 Chatham 3–0 Maidstone United Victory Cup 21 Apr 1919 Maidstone Royal Marines (Deal) /
Royal Ordnance (W'wich)
1919–20 Maidstone United 2–1 Northfleet United 5 Apr 1920 Maidstone Sheppey United /
Sittingbourne
1920–21 Northfleet United 1–0 Ramsgate 28 Mar 1921 Maidstone Sittingbourne /
Chatham
1921–22 Maidstone United 1–0 Folkestone 17 Apr 1922 Maidstone Margate Town /
Dartford
1922–23 Maidstone United 3–2 Sittingbourne 2 Apr 1923 Maidstone Ashford Railway Wks
Folkestone
1923–24 Northfleet United 1–0 Dartford 21 Apr 1924 Maidstone Sittingbourne /
Sheppey United
1924–25 Northfleet United 8–2 Sittingbourne 13 Apr 1925 Maidstone Grays Thurrock Utd
/ Folkestone
1925–26 Northfleet United 1–0 Folkestone 5 Apr 1926 Maidstone Chatham /
Dartford
1926–27 Northfleet United 1–0 Sheppey United 18 Apr 1927 Maidstone Chatham /
RN Depot
1927–28 Northfleet United 3–1 Sittingbourne 9 Apr 1928 Maidstone RN Depot /
Cray Wanderers
1928–29 Sittingbourne 1–1 Sheppey United 1 Apr 1929 Maidstone Chatham /
Folkestone
1–0 Replay 3 Apr 1929 Gillingham
1929–30 Sittingbourne 3–0 Margate 21 Apr 1930 Maidstone Northfleet United /
Folkestone
1930–31 Dartford 2–2 Folkestone 6 Apr 1931 Maidstone Ashford Town /
Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
5–2 Replay 8 Apr 1931 Maidstone
1931–32 Dartford 2–0 Sheppey United 28 Mar 1932 Maidstone Chatham /
Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
1932–33 Dartford 0–0 Tunbridge Wells
   Rangers
17 Apr 1933 Maidstone Margate /
Folkestone
2–0 Replay 19 Apr 1933 Northfleet
1933–34 Folkestone 3–0 Margate 2 Apr 1934 Maidstone Northfleet United /
Ramsgate Press Wndrs
1934–35 Dartford 3–2 Folkestone 22 Apr 1935 Maidstone Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
/ Northfleet United
1935–36 Margate 2–1 Tunbridge Wells
   Rangers
13 Apr 1936 Maidstone Northfleet United /
Sittingbourne
1936–37 Margate 3–2 Tunbridge Wells
   Rangers
29 Mar 1937 Maidstone Northfleet United /
Folkestone
1937–38 Northfleet United 2–1 Dover 18 Apr 1938 Maidstone Margate /
Bexley Heath & Welling
1938–39 Tunbridge Wells
   Rangers
4–0 Gillingham 10 Apr 1939 Maidstone Erith & Belvedere /
Northfleet United
1939–40 Shorts Sports 6–1 Dartford 25 Mar 1940 Maidstone Canterbury Waverley /
Aylesford Paper Mills
1940–41   Competition suspended owing to World War II
1941–42 Erith & Belvedere 2–1 Shorts Sports 25 May 1942 Belvedere Bromley /
Gravesend United
1942–43 Royal Artillery
 Depot (Woolwich)
1–0 Shorts Sports 27 Apr 1943 Maidstone Gravesend United /
Lloyds
1943–44 Royal Artillery
 Depot (Woolwich)
5–3 Gravesend
   United
10 Apr 1944 Maidstone Bromley /
Folkestone
1944–45 Royal Artillery
 Depot (Woolwich)
5–1 Lloyds 2 Apr 1945 Maidstone 12th ITC (Canterbury)
/ Gillingham
1945–46 Gillingham 5–1 12th ITC
   (Canterbury)
22 Apr 1946 Maidstone Gravesend United /
Erith & Belvedere
1946–47 Dartford 3–2 Bromley 7 Apr 1947 Maidstone Gillingham /
Folkestone Town
1947–48 Gillingham 1–0 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
29 Mar 1948 Maidstone Sheppey United /
Bromley
1948–49 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
2–2 Gillingham After extra
  time (aet)
18 Apr 1949 Maidstone Dartford /
Folkestone Town
1–1 Replay (aet) 14 May 1949 Gillingham
2–0 2nd Replay 31 Aug 1949 Gillingham
1949–50 Bromley 1–1 Gillingham 10 Apr 1950 Maidstone Dover /
Folkestone Town
5–3 Replay 19 Apr 1950 Gillingham
1950–51 Snowdown
 Colliery Welfare
0–0 Bromley 26 Mar 1951 Gillingham Sittingbourne /
Dartford
2–1 Replay (aet) 19 May 1951 Gillingham
1951–52 Dover 2–0 Dartford 14 Apr 1952 Gillingham Bromley /
Sittingbourne
1952–53 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
2–1 Dartford 6 Apr 1953 Gillingham Folkestone Town /
Bromley
1953–54 Canterbury City 1–0 Tunbridge Wells
   United
19 Apr 1954 Gillingham Dover /
Gravesend & Northfleet
1954–55 Tunbridge Wells
   United
2–1 Dartford 11 Apr 1955 Gillingham Tonbridge /
Dover
1955–56 Snowdown
 Colliery Welfare
1–1 Dartford 2 Apr 1956 Gillingham Ramsgate Athletic /
Canterbury City
2–0 Replay 18 Apr 1956 Gillingham
1956–57 Folkestone Town 2–0 Tonbridge 22 Apr 1957 Gillingham Canterbury City /
Tunbridge Wells Utd
1957–58 Sittingbourne 1–0 Ramsgate
   Athletic
07 Apr 1958 Gillingham Dartford /
Margate
1958–59 Ashford Town 2–1 Tonbridge 30 Mar 1959 Gillingham Dover /
Snowdown Coll. Welf.
1959–60 Dover 0–0 Margate 18 Apr 1960 Maidstone Bromley /
Dartford
1–0 Replay (aet) 28 Apr 1960 Folkestone
1960–61 Bexleyheath
   & Welling
3–0 Sittingbourne 3 Apr 1961 Maidstone Cray Wanderers /
Dover
1961–62 Dover 1–1 Ashford Town 1st Leg 23 Apr 1962 Dover Ramsgate Athletic /
Margate
1–1 2nd Leg (aet) 12 May 1962 Ashford
2–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
4–1 Play-off 20 Aug 1962 Folkestone
1962–63 Ashford Town 1–0 Margate 11 May 1963 Gillingham Tonbridge /
Dartford
1963–64 Ramsgate
   Athletic
3–1 Maidstone United 25 Apr 1964 Gillingham Bexley United /
Folkestone Town
1964–65 Tonbridge 3–0 Bexley United 19 Apr 1965 Gillingham Ramsgate Athletic /
Dover
1965–66 Maidstone United 1–1 Ramsgate
   Athletic
1st Leg 26 Apr 1966 Ramsgate Margate /
Dover
3–1 2nd Leg 10 May 1966 Maidstone
4–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1966–67 Dover 5–0 Margate 1st Leg 3 Apr 1967 Margate Dartford /
Ramsgate Athletic
1–0 2nd Leg 6 Apr 1967 Dover
6–0 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1967–68 Dover 1–2 Bexley United 1st Leg 24 Apr 1968 Bexley Tonbridge/
Gravesend & Northfleet
3–0 2nd Leg (aet) 8 May 1968 Dover
4–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1968–69 Folkestone 4–0 Margate 1st Leg 30 Apr 1969 Folkestone Herne Bay /
Bexley United
0–2 2nd Leg 8 May 1969 Margate
4–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1969–70 Dartford 1–0 Margate 1st Leg 4 May 1970 Margate Erith & Belvedere /
Folkestone
4–1 2nd Leg 9 May 1970 Dartford
5–1 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1970–71 Dover 1–0 Dartford 1st Leg 19 Apr 1971 Dover Ashford Town /
Sheppey United
2–2 2nd Leg 28 Apr 1971 Dartford
3–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1971–72 Dover 2–0 Dartford 1st Leg 5 Apr 1972 Dover Canterbury City /
Sheppey United
1–2 2nd Leg 13 Apr 1972 Dartford
3–2 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1972–73 Dartford 6–2 Folkestone 1st Leg 26 Mar 1973 Dartford Canterbury City /
Maidstone United
4–2 2nd Leg 4 Apr 1973 Folkestone
10–4 Aggregate score (after both legs)
1973–74 Margate 2–0 Maidstone United 13 Apr 1974 Maidstone Canterbury City /
Bexley United
1974–75 Tonbridge 2–1 Maidstone United 5 Apr 1975 Maidstone Dartford /
Ashford Town
1975–76 Maidstone United 1–0 Canterbury City After extra
  time (aet)
30 Apr 1976 Maidstone Margate /
Bexley United
1976–77 Bromley 1–0 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
30 Apr 1977 Maidstone Ashford Town /
Dartford
1977–78 Folkestone and
   Shepway
1–0 Maidstone United 15 Apr 1978 Sheppey United/
Gravesend & Northfleet
1978–79 Maidstone United 2–1 Dartford After extra
  time (aet)
16 Apr 1979 Gravesend & Northfleet
/ Sheppey United
1979–80 Maidstone United 1–0 Dartford 7 Apr 1980 Maidstone Bromley /
Dover
1980–81 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
2–0 Ashford Town 20 Apr 1981 Maidstone Maidstone United /
Dover
1981–82 Maidstone United 3–0 Ashford Town 12 Apr 1982 Gillingham Tonbridge Angels /
Gravesend & Northfleet
1982–83 Folkestone 4–0 Dover 2 May 1983 Gillingham Bromley /
Maidstone United
1983–84 Fisher Athletic 1–0 Maidstone United 7 May 1984 Gillingham Folkestone /
Ashford Town
1984–85 Folkestone 4–2 Welling United 6 May 1985 Gillingham Thanet United /
Fisher Athletic
1985–86 Welling United 2–0 Dover Athletic 5 May 1986 Gillingham Gravesend & Northfleet
/ Dartford
1986–87 Dartford 2–0 Maidstone United 4 May 1987 Gillingham Ashford Town /
Fisher Athletic
1987–88 Dartford 1–0 Maidstone United 3 May 1988 Gillingham Welling United /
Bromley
1988–89 Maidstone United 1–0 Welling United After extra
  time (aet)
1 May 1989 Gillingham Dartford /
Gravesend & Northfleet
1989–90 Maidstone United 1–0 Gillingham 7 May 1990 Gillingham Dover Athletic /
Dartford
1990–91 Dover Athletic 1–0 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
6 May 1991 Gillingham Gillingham /
Maidstone United
1991–92 Bromley 3–1 Hythe Town After extra
  time (aet)
4 May 1992 Gillingham Dartford /
Ashford Town
1992–93 Ashford Town 3–2 Bromley 3 May 1993 Gillingham Gravesend & Northfleet
Welling United
1993–94 Margate 2–1 Dover Athletic 2 May 1994 Gillingham Charlton Athletic /
Welling United
1994–95 Charlton Athletic 4–2 Gillingham After extra
  time (aet)
8 May 1995 Gillingham Tonbridge Angels /
Fisher
1995–96 Ashford Town 3–0 Charlton Athletic 6 May 1996 Sittingbourne Gillingham /
Fisher
1996–97 Bromley 4–1 Dover Athletic 5 May 1997 Millwall Gillingham /
Fisher Athletic
1997–98 Margate 1–0 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
4 May 1998 Northfleet Gillingham /
Dover Athletic
1998–99 Welling United 1–0 Folkestone
   Invicta
3 May 1999 Folkestone Margate /
Fisher Athletic
1999–
   2000
Gravesend &
   Northfleet
3–0 Folkestone
   Invicta
1 May 2000 Northfleet Dartford /
Dover Athletic
2000–01 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
4–0 Dover Athletic 7 May 2001 Dover Folkestone Invicta /
Bromley
2001–02 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
5–0 Margate 6 May 2002 Margate Fisher Athletic /
Ashford Town
2002–03 Margate 2–1 Welling United After extra
  time (aet)
30 Apr 2003 Welling Erith & Belvedere /
Bromley
2003–04 Margate 2–1 Folkestone
   Invicta
28 Apr 2004 Folkestone Dover Athletic /
Bromley
2004–05 Margate 2–1 Dover Athletic 2 May 2005 Folkestone Folkestone Invicta /
Gravesend & Northfleet
2005–06 Bromley 3–2 Gravesend &
   Northfleet
After extra
  time (aet)
27 Apr 2006 Bromley Ramsgate /
Margate
2006–07 Bromley 3–1 Tonbridge Angels 24 Apr 2007 Bromley Ashford Town /
Maidstone United
2007–08 Ebbsfleet United 4–0 Cray Wanderers 26 Jul 2008 Bromley Margate /
Bromley
2008–09 Welling United 6–1 Whitstable Town 16 Apr 2009 Welling Ramsgate /
Bromley
2009–10 Sittingbourne 3–1 Folkestone
   Invicta
4 May 2010 Folkestone Cray Wanderers /
Welling United
2010–11 Dartford 4–1 Bromley 2 May 2011 Dartford Ramsgate /
Cray Wanderers
2011–12 Hythe Town 1–0 Dartford 24 Apr 2012 Dartford Dover Athletic /
Charlton Athletic
2012–13 Charlton Athletic 7–1 Tonbridge Angels 1 May 2013 Tonbridge Thamesmead /
Ebbsfleet United
2013–14 Ebbsfleet United 4–0 Dover Athletic 5 May 2014 Gillingham Whitstable Town /
Bromley
2014–15 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Gillingham 30 Apr 2015 Gillingham Ramsgate /
Margate
2015–16 Dartford 3–1 Charlton Athletic 26 Apr 2016 Dartford Greenwich Borough
/ Ebbsfleet United
2016–17 Dover Athletic 2–0 Welling United 1 May 2017 Maidstone Folkestone Invicta /
Charlton Athletic
2017–18 Maidstone United 0–0 Folkestone
   Invicta
24 Apr 2018 Maidstone Bromley /
Charlton Athletic
4–2 Penalty shots
2018–19 Maidstone United 1–1 Bromley 16 Apr 2019 Bromley Gillingham /
Tonbridge Angels
3–2 Penalty shots
2019–20 Dartford 6–1 Whitstable Town Final
  Delayed
24 Nov 2021 Dartford Phoenix Sports /
Gillingham
2020–21   Competition suspended owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 Dartford 6–2 Folkestone
   Invicta
17 May 2022 Chatham Welling United /
Hythe Town
2022–23 Margate 1–1 Chatham Town 3 May 2023 Gillingham Ramsgate /
Welling United
5–4 Penalty shots
2023–24 Maidstone United Ebbsfleet United TBD Dartford /
Chatham Town

Record by Club

There have been 32 clubs (including follow-on clubs) who have won the Kent Senior Cup; a further seven clubs have competed in the final without winning; and an additional 14 clubs reached the semi-final stage but didn't progress to the final match.

KENT SENIOR CUP FINALS: RECORD BY CLUB
(excludes the County Badge and occasions the cup was awarded to the Kent League champions)
Rank
( † )
Club ( ‡ ) Latest
win
Winner Runner-
up
Finalist Beaten
Semi-
finalist
Semi-
finalist
1 Maidstone United:
 (1897–1992) & (1992 >)
2018–19 18 9 28 7 34
2 Dartford 2021–22 13 13 26 19 45
3 Dover / Dover Athletic 2016–17 9 8 17 16 33
4 Margate / Margate Town /
 Thanet United
2022–23 9 8 17 12 29
5 Northfleet United 1937–38 9 3 12 6 18
6 Ebbsfleet United /
 Gravesend & Northfleet
2013–14 8 5 14 11 24
7 Folkestone / Folkestone and Shepway /
 Folkestone Town / Folkestone Invicta
1984–85 6 12 18 21 39
8 Bromley 2006–07 6 6 12 17 29
9 Sittingbourne 2009–10 5 9 14 10 24
10 Ashford United / Ashford Town /
 Ashford Railway Works
1995–96 5 5 10 11 21
11 Chatham Town / Chatham /
 Chatham Amateurs
1918–19 4 4 8 13 21
12 Welling United 2008–09 3 4 7 6 13
13 Tunbridge Wells Rangers /
 Tunbridge Wells United
1954–55 3 4 7 6 13
14 Charlton Athletic 2014–15 3 2 5 4 9
15 Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich 1944–45 3 0 3 0 3
16 Gillingham / New Brompton 1947–48 2 6 8 9 17
17 Tonbridge / Tonbridge Angels 1974–75 2 4 6 6 12
18 Gravesend / Gravesend United 1899–
  1900
2 3 5 5 10
19 Eltham 1905–06 2 0 2 3 5
20 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1955–56 2 0 2 1 3
21 Ramsgate / Ramsgate Athletic 1963–64 1 3 4 9 13
22 Bexleyheath & Welling /
  Bexley United
1960–61 1 2 3 5 8
23 Shorts Sports 1939–40 1 2 3 0 3
24 Canterbury Waverley /
 Canterbury City
1953–54 1 1 2 6 8
25 Hythe Town 2011–12 1 1 2 1 3
26 Fisher Athletic / Fisher 1983–84 1 0 1 7 8
27 Erith & Belvedere 1941–42 1 0 1 4 5
28 Royal Arsenal 1889–90 1 0 1 1 2
29 Catford Southend 1911–12 1 0 1 0 1
30 Royal Ordnance Factory 1893–94 1 0 1 0 1
31 Highland Light Infantry 1891–92 1 0 1 0 1
32 Lincoln Regiment 1890–91 1 0 1 0 1
33 Sheppey United 0 3 3 14 17
34 Cray Wanderers 0 2 2 5 7
35 Whitstable Town 0 2 2 1 3
36 South Eastern Rangers 0 2 2 1 3
37 12th ITC (Canterbury) 0 1 1 1 2
38 Lloyds 0 1 1 1 2
39 Thanet Wanderers 0 1 1 0 1
40 Royal Naval Depot (Chatham) 0 0 0 2 2
41 Phoenix Sports 0 0 0 1 1
42 Greenwich Borough 0 0 0 1 1
43 Thamesmead 0 0 0 1 1
44 Herne Bay 0 0 0 1 1
45 Aylesford PM 0 0 0 1 1
46 Ramsgate Press United 0 0 0 1 1
47 Grays Thurrock United 0 0 0 1 1
48 Royal Marines (Deal) 0 0 0 1 1
49 Royal Ordnance (Woolwich) 0 0 0 1 1
50 Southern United 0 0 0 1 1
51 Swanscombe 0 0 0 1 1
52 Royal Engineers United 0 0 0 1 1
53 West Kent Regiment 0 0 0 1 1
Notes : "Rank" calculated by wins, then runner-up, then semi-finals, then latest year (of the deciding factor).
: "Club" allows for follow-on of disbanded clubs (as indicated) and excludes significant
club amalgamations.

Winning / Losing Sequences

Consecutive Final wins:

Consecutive Final losses:

Run of winning the Final match (not consecutive):

  • 7: Northfleet United between 1921 and 1938; Dover between 1952 and 1972.
  • 5: Maidstone United between 1901 and 1914.

Run of losing the Final match (not consecutive):

Run of winning a Semi-final match (not consecutive):

  • 11: Northfleet United between 1909 and 1928.
  • 7: Maidstone United between 1914 and 1966.
  • 6: Dartford between 1931 and 1947; Maidstone United between 1974 and 1980.

Run of losing a Semi-final match (not consecutive):

External links

  • Kent FA, >Kent Senior Cup portal
  • Official 2023–2024 results web page
  • Official 2022–2023 results web page
  • Official 2021–2022 results web page
  • Official 2019–2020 results web page
  • Official 2018–2019 results web page
  • Kent Football League Archive: Kent Senior Cup History
  • Kent Online: Kent Senior Cup (search)
  • Kentish Football: Kent Senior Cup (search)

References

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  6. ^ "Statement on 19/20 and 20/21 County Cup Programmes". Kent FA. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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