2011–12 Kent Football League

The 2011–12 Kent Football League season (known as the 2011–12 Hurlimann Kent Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th 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

The division comprised teams from 16 clubs, 14 of which competed in the previous season together with two additional teams, who both joined from the Kent County League:

Canterbury City returning to the league after an absence of ten seasons
Cray Valley Paper Mills

Also, Norton Sports changed their name to Woodstock Sports.

At the end of the season Herne Bay were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South.

League table

Results

Challenge Cup

The 2011–12 Kent Football League Challenge Cup, known as the Macron Kent League Cup (to reflect sponsorship by the Macron Sportswear brand), was won by VCD Athletic.

The competition was contested by the 16 teams from the Premier Division over a total of four rounds: three on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. this season).

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

First Round

Cray Valley Paper Mills 3 – 6 Beckenham Town (1st Leg 2–6; 2nd Leg 1–0)
Tunbridge Wells 2 – 3 VCD Athletic (1st Leg 1–3; 2nd Leg 1–0)
Herne Bay 6 – 0 Deal Town (1st Leg 3–0; 2nd Leg 3–0)
Sevenoaks Town 0 – 5 Erith & Belvedere (1st Leg 0–2; 2nd Leg 0–3)
Woodstock Sports 5 – 2 Greenwich Borough (1st Leg 3–1; 2nd Leg 2–1)
Lordswood 1 – 3 Erith Town (1st Leg 1–0; 2nd Leg 0–3)
Corinthian 5 – 4 Holmesdale (1st Leg 1–1; 2nd Leg 4–3)
Fisher 11 – 8 Canterbury City (1st Leg 6–6; 2nd Leg 5–2)

Source: SCEFL Archives

Reserves Section

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

The 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

The division comprised nine clubs, seven of which competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs both promoted from Division Two: champions Faversham Town R and runners-up Deal Town R.

At the end of the season Faversham Town R and Erith & Belvedere R left the league.

League table

Results

Division Two

The division comprised eight clubs, five of which competed in the previous season together with three additional clubs:

Phoenix Sports R
Welling United R returning to the league after an absence of two seasons
Woodstock Sports R

At the end of the season Folkestone Invicta R and Welling United R left the league. Thereafter it was discontinued with the remaining six teams moved to a single enlarged Division One.

League table

Results

Reserves Cup

The 2011–12 Kent Football League Reserves Cup was won by Herne Bay R.

The competition was contested by the 17 teams from Division One and Division Two initially organised into four groups. The group winners progressed to the semi-finals, which were decided on an aggregate basis (home and away matches), followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. this season).