1995–96 Kent Football League


The 1995–96 Kent Football League season was the 30th in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.
The League structure comprised two divisions: Division One and Division Two with the latter known as the Reserves Section. Additionally there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Division One clubs and another for the teams in Division Two.

Division One

The league featured 20 clubs, 19 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
Furness won the division and the league Challenge Cup too, for the only occasions during their tenure in the league.
After spending three seasons in the Kent League Dartford took promotion and returned to the Southern League.

League table


Challenge Cup

The 1995–96 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Furness, who completed a League and Cup double.
The competition was contested by the 20 teams from Division One over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis and the final match played on a neutral ground.

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final


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Second Round

First Round

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Reserves Section

The letter "R" following team names indicates a club’s reserves team.
The 1995–96 Division Two featured teams from Kent and the adjacent area, it included the Kent Police team and 18 others that were reserves teams from clubs whose first team played in Division One and other higher ranked leagues. There was a League Cup competition for the teams in the section.

Division Two

The division featured 19 clubs, 15 who had competed in the previous season together with four addidtional clubs:
Hastings Town R were the division winners.
At the end of the season Canterbury City R and Kent Police left the league, the latter had been members of the Kent League for 27 seasons since 1969–70.

League table


Division Two Cup

The 1995–96 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Folkestone Invicta R
The competition for the 19 teams from Division Two comprised five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis and a single match final on a neutral ground.

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final


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Second Round

First Round

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