1999–2000 Kent Football League#Division One South

The 1999–2000 Kent Football League season (newly known as the Bass Brewers Kent League{{cite news |date=22 June 1999 |title=Brewers are £40k league sponsors |work=Thanet Times |location=Margate |page=42}} for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with a Reserves Section comprising two newly formed equal status geographically based divisions: Division One North and Division One South. Reserves teams 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 Reserves Section.

Premier Division

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Kent Football League Premier Division

|season= 1999–2000

|winners= Deal Town

|promoted=

|relegated=

|matches= 306

|total goals= 975

|prevseason= 1998–99

|nextseason= 2000–01

}}

The league featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the league this season.

The league was won by Deal Town, the first occasion they were champions of the reformed Kent Football League.{{cite web|url=http://kentleague.com/Archives/topPremier%20div%20winners.php |title=Premier Division past winners / runners-up |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417042103/http://kentleague.com/Archives/top-Premier%20div%20winners.php |archive-date=17 April 2013 |access-date=29 March 2024}}

=League table=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=P

|team1=DEA|name_DEA=Deal Town

|team2=THA|name_THA=Thamesmead Town

|team3=CHA|name_CHA=Chatham Town

|team4=VCD|name_VCD=VCD Athletic

|team5=RAM|name_RAM=Ramsgate

|team6=GRE|name_GRE=Greenwich Borough

|team7=ERI|name_ERI=Erith Town

|team8=HYT|name_HYT=Hythe United

|team9=SHE|name_SHE=Sheppey United

|team10=BEC|name_BEC=Beckenham Town

|team11=LOR|name_LOR=Lordswood

|team12=HER|name_HER=Herne Bay

|team13=CRA|name_CRA=Cray Wanderers

|team14=TUN|name_TUN=Tunbridge Wells

|team15=SLA|name_SLA=Slade Green

|team16=WHI|name_WHI=Whitstable Town

|team17=FAV|name_FAV=Faversham Town

|team18=CAN|name_CAN=Canterbury City

|hth_HER=Herne Bay were deducted three points.

|hth_CRA=Cray Wanderers were awarded three points.

|hth_THA=Thamesmead Town were deducted three points.

|hth_SHE=Sheppey United were awarded three points.

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.fchd.info/lghist/kent2000.htm FCHD]

}}

=Challenge Cup=

The 1999–2000 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won for the first time in their history by VCD Athletic.{{cite web|url=https://www.scefl.com/league-cup-winners-since-1923 |title=League Cup Winners since 1923 |publisher=SCEFL |access-date=29 March 2024}}

Deal Town reached the final but owing to fixture congestion from their extended run to the FA Vase Final they withdrew{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8664762.stm |title= Deal's greatest day remembered 10 years on |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 April 2024}} (with Faversham Town, who they had defeated in their semi-final tie, taking their place).

The competition was contested by the 18 teams from the Premier Division over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semis-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground.

==Final==

Faversham Town 0 – 4 VCD Athletic

==Semi-finals==

Faversham Town v Deal Town
VCD Athletic v Ramsgate

==Quarter-finals==

Quarter-final draw:{{cite news |date=11 November 1999 |title=Bass Brewers Kent Football League: Bass Brewers Kent League, Premier Division Cup, Third Round Draw|work=Folkestone Herald |location=Folkestone |page=79}}

==Second Round==

Cray Wanderers 0 – 3 Deal Town{{cite news |date=12 November 1999 |title=Senior soccer details: Results: Saturday: Bass Brewers Kent League: Premier Division Cup, Second Round |work=Kent Messenger |location=Aylesford |page=95}}
Canterbury City x – W Slade Green (tie awarded to Slade Green as Canterbury City failed to fulfill fixture){{cite news |first=Mark |last=Stokes |date=11 November 1999 |title=New man takes charge at City |work=Kentish Gazette |location=Aylesford |page=80}}
Faversham Town 2 – 0 Herne Bay
Thamesmead Town 1 – 2 Whitstable Town R
Sheppey United 1 – 2 Chatham Town{{cite news |date=5 November 1999 |title=Senior soccer details: Results: Tuesday: Bass Brewers Kent League: Premier Division Cup, Second Round |work=Kent Messenger |location=Aylesford |page=87}}
Lordswood 1 – 1 (aet) VCD Athletic (score at 90 minutes 1–1)
REPLAY: VCD Athletic v Lordswood{{cite news |date=26 November 1999 |title=Senior soccer details: Results: Wednesday: Bass Brewers Kent League: Premier Division Cup, Second Round |work=Kent Messenger |location=Aylesford |page=95}}
Beckenham Town 0 – 1 Erith Town
Ramsgate 5 – 0 Tunbridge Wells

==First Round==

Whitstable Town 4 – 1 Greenwich Borough{{cite news |date=21 October 1999 |title=Football Results and Fixtures: Results: Saturday 16 October: Bass Brewers Kent League: Premier Division Cup, First Round |work=Folkestone Herald |location=Folkestone |page=79}}
Hythe United 0 – 1 Cray Wanderers
Byes for the other 14 teams

Reserves Section

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

The 1999–2000 Reserves Section comprised two equal ranked geographically based divisions, Division One North and Division One South which had been formed from the single division of the previous season. The top club in each division played a single match to decide the Division One Champion. The promotion of reserves teams into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for the teams in the section.

=Division One Champion Play-off=

Thamesmead Town R were the Division One champions, winning the single play-off match between the top team from each of the Division One North and Division One South:

Thamesmead Town R defeated Deal Town R{{cite web|url=http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php |title=Reserves First Division winners / runners-up |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418065959/http://kentleague.com/Archives/Reserves%20First%20Div%20winners.php |archive-date=18 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2024}}

=Division One North=

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Kent Football League Division One North

|season= 1999–2000

|winners= Thamesmead Town R

|relegated=

|matches=

|total goals=

|prevseason= 1998–99 Div.One

|nextseason= 2000–01 Div.One

}}

The division featured eleven clubs,{{cite news |date=10 December 1999 |title=How they stand: Bass Brewers League: Division 1 North |work=Kent Messenger |location=Aylesford |page=79}} of which seven were from the previous seasons Division One:

and four were additional clubs:

At the end of the season all the clubs from Division One North were combined with clubs from Division One South in the formation of a single Division One for the following season.

=Division One South=

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Kent Football League Division One South

|season= 1999–2000

|winners= Deal Town R

|relegated=

|matches= 90

|total goals= 317

|prevseason= 1998–99 Div.One

|nextseason= 2000–01 Div.One

}}

The division began with eleven clubs who had all been part of the previous seasons Division One.

During the season Canterbury City R resigned and their record was expunged.{{cite web|url=http://www.dover-athletic.co.uk/reserve9900.htm |title=Dover Athletic FC (Official Website): Reserves: Season 1999/2000: Bass Brewers Kent Football League Division One (South) Results |website= dover-athletic.co.uk |date=2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010610014057fw_/http://www.dover-athletic.co.uk/reserve9900.html |archive-date=10 June 2001 |access-date=26 April 2024}}

At the end of the season champions Deal Town R resigned from the league and the remaining clubs from the division were combined with clubs from Division One North in the formation of a single Division One for the following season.

==League table==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Season End Notes

|team1=DEA|name_DEA=Deal Town R

|team2=DOV|name_DOV=Dover Athletic R

|team3=MAR|name_MAR=Margate R

|team4=RAM|name_RAM=Ramsgate R

|team5=SIT|name_SIT=Sittingbourne R

|team6=WHI|name_WHI=Whitstable Town R

|team7=LOR|name_LOR=Lordswood R

|team8=FOL|name_FOL=Folkestone Invicta R

|team9=HER|name_HER=Herne Bay R

|team10=HYT|name_HYT=Hythe United R

|team11=CAN|name_CAN=Canterbury City R

|col_RES=red1|text_RES=Resigned

|result1=RES

|col_EXP=black1|text_EXP=Resigned, record expunged

|result11=EXP

|col_MTO=blue1|text_MTO=Moved to Division One

|result2=MTO

|result3=MTO

|result4=MTO

|result5=MTO

|result6=MTO

|result7=MTO

|result8=MTO

|result9=MTO

|result10=MTO

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010622030123fw_/http://www.dover-athletic.co.uk/reserve9900.html Dover Athletic FC (Official Website): Reserves: Season 1999/2000: Bass Brewers Kent Football League Division One (South) (archived)]

}}

=Division One Cup=

The 1999–2000 Kent Football League Division One Cup was won by Thamesmead Town R{{cite web|url= http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php |title=Reserves Division(s) League Cup |website=kentleague.com |date=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418091817/http://kentleague.com/Archives/League%20cups/Reserves%20Cup%20ex%20winners.php |archive-date=18 April 2013 |access-date=29 March 2024}} to complete a League and Cup double.

The competition for the 22 teams from the Reserves Section comprised a group phase (with four sections) with the group winners progressing to home and away aggregate semi-finals to produce the two finalists.{{cite news |date=8 July 1999 |title=Linno flying back to the green, green grass of home |work=Folkestone Herald |location=Folkestone |page=75}}

==Final==

Thamesmead Town R defeated Deal Town R

==Group Phase==

Group A{{cite news |date=26 August 1999 |title=Football Results and Fixtures: Results: Saturday 21 August: Bass Brewers Kent League: Division One Cup |work=Dover Express |location=Dover |page=79}}

Group B

Group C

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Group Notes

|team1=THA|name_THA=Thamesmead Town R

|team2=SIT|name_SIT=Sittingbourne R

|team3=DOV|name_DOV=Dover Athletic R

|team4=CRA|name_CRA=Cray Wanderers R

|team5=WHI|name_WHI=Whitstable Town R

|col_QSF=green1|text_QSF=Qualified for semi-final

|result1=QSF

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

}}

Group D

References

External links

1999-2000

Category:1999–2000 in English football leagues