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1951/52 | 1952/53 | 1953/54
List Grid

August 1952
Sat 23rd Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 1-0
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Wed 27th Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-2
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Sat 30th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-4
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September 1952
Wed 03rd Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-0
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Sat 06th Tunbridge Wells (A) Kent League Division 1 D 3-3
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Wed 10th Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
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Sat 13th Newhaven (A) FA Cup (Preliminary Round) W 4-2
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Wed 17th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) A-A
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Abandoned on 82 minutes due to bad light. Folkestone were leading 2-0
Sat 20th Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-4
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Sat 27th Hastings United (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) L 1-3
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October 1952
Sat 04th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 L 2-3
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Sat 11th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) L 2-3
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Sat 18th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 W 5-2
2,596 thumb-1
Sat 25th Tunbridge Wells (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-0
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November 1952
Sat 01st Bowaters (H) Kent League Division 1 W 4-0
1,664 thumb-1
Sat 15th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
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Sat 22nd Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 W 2-0
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Sat 29th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 5-1
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December 1952
Sat 06th Snowdown (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) D 1-1
1,826 thumb-1
Sat 13th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 W 5-0
180 -
Sat 20th Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-0
1,100 thumb-1
Thu 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-5
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Fri 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
2,827 thumb-1
January 1953
Sat 03rd Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 D 3-3
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Sat 10th Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
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Sat 17th Snowdown (A) Kent League Cup (1st Round Replay) W 2-1
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Sat 24th Tunbridge Wells (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) L 1-2
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Sat 31st Tonbridge (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) D 0-0
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February 1953
Wed 04th Tonbridge (H) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round Replay) W 2-0
1,100 -
Sat 07th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-0
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Sat 14th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
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Sat 21st Dartford (A) Kent Senior Cup (2nd Round) L 0-1
2,300 -
Sat 28th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
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March 1953
Sat 07th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 D 0-0
1,863 thumb-1
Sat 14th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
1,554 thumb-1
Sat 21st Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
1,413 thumb-1
Sat 28th Bowaters (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-2
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April 1953
Fri 03rd Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 4-2
2,345 thumb-1
Sat 04th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 W 3-0
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Mon 06th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
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Sat 11th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 L 2-3
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Sat 18th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 D 0-0
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Kent League Division One

League Table 1952/53
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Folkestone 32 23 5 4 93 28 +65 51
2 Dover 32 20 8 4 70 41 +29 48
3 Sittingbourne 32 18 8 6 81 60 +21 44
4 Betteshanger CW 32 19 5 8 81 46 +35 43
5 Tunbridge Wells United 32 19 2 11 64 53 +11 40
6 Deal 32 16 6 10 80 42 +38 38
7 Ashford Town 32 13 9 10 65 48 +17 35
8 Canterbury City 32 13 9 10 62 57 +5 35
9 Sheppey United 32 14 7 11 62 64 -2 35
10 Snowdown CW 32 14 6 12 74 58 +16 34
11 Margate 32 13 7 12 66 52 +14 33
12 Ramsgate Athletic 32 7 13 12 51 48 +3 27
13 Whitstable Town 32 7 8 17 51 70 -19 22
14 Faversham Town 32 5 9 18 51 77 -26 19
15 Bowaters-Lloyd 32 8 3 21 50 99 -49 19
16 Bexleyheath and Welling 32 4 4 24 44 102 -58 12
17 Chatham 32 3 3 26 30 130 -100 9



Season Summary 1952/53
Competition Summary
Kent League Division 1 7th (17)
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent Senior Cup 2nd Round

Player Stats 1952/53
No Missing matches
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Vic Hayes 32 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 41 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Moffatt 29 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 36 (0) 0 - 0 0
Eric Lancelotte 25 (0) 4 8 (0) 1 33 (0) 0 - 0 5
Ken Horrigan 26 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 32 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ted Wells 25 (0) 16 7 (0) 4 32 (0) 0 - 0 20
Ray Woodcock 24 (0) 1 7 (0) 0 31 (0) 0 - 0 1
Harry Gray 22 (0) 10 7 (0) 4 29 (0) 0 - 0 14
Tom Parker 20 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 28 (0) 0 - 0 0
Frank Hennessey 22 (0) 8 5 (0) 0 27 (0) 0 - 0 8
Jimmy Jinks 18 (0) 16 7 (0) 2 25 (0) 0 - 0 18
Don Freeman 19 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 23 (0) 0 - 0 0
Frank Rowden 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 0
Charlie Lowe 13 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 14 (0) 0 - 0 0
Dennis Rampling 8 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 1
George Sergeant 6 (0) 2 4 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 2
Ron Walker 7 (0) 1 3 (0) 0 10 (0) 0 - 0 1
Murdoch Dickie 9 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 1
Laurie Pittman 8 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 8 (0) 0 - 0 0
Harry King 5 (0) 1 2 (0) 2 7 (0) 0 - 0 3
Tom Carpenter 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ivor Jones 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
David Nelson 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Stanley Crowther 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ron Jones 2 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 1
Bill Theobald 2 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roy Cain 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
F Lamprell 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
John Peters 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Len Woodcock 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
Own Goal --- 2 --- 0 --- --- 2