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List Grid
August 1953
Sat 22nd Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-2
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Wed 26th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-4
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Sat 29th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 L 2-3
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September 1953
Wed 02nd Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-2
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Sat 05th Tunbridge Wells (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-2
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Wed 16th Folkestone (H) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) D 0-0
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Sat 19th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
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Sat 26th East Grinstead Town (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) W 4-0
2,200 -
October 1953
Sat 03rd Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-0
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Sat 10th Lancing (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) W 3-1
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Sat 17th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 W 3-0
1,624 -
Sat 24th Hastings United (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) L 1-2
6,137 thumb-1
Sat 31st Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 W 4-0
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November 1953
Sat 07th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 D 0-0
635 -
Sat 14th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
2,031 thumb-1
Sat 21st Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
500 -
Sat 28th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
1,522 thumb-1
December 1953
Sat 05th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) W 2-0
1,496 thumb-1
Sat 12th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Sat 19th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 D 0-0
1,119 -
Fri 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
3,000 -
Sat 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
3,517 -
January 1954
Sat 02nd Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 L 2-3
2,700 -
Sat 09th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
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Sat 16th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
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Sat 23rd Margate (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) L 0-3
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Sat 30th Tunbridge Wells (H) Kent League Division 1 W 2-0
423 -
February 1954
Sat 06th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
1,500 thumb-1
Sat 13th Whitstable Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) L 1-4
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Sat 20th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 L 1-3
1,607 thumb-1
Sat 27th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
1,547 thumb-1
March 1954
Sat 06th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-3
1,200 thumb-1
Sat 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 D 2-2
1,185 thumb-1
Sat 27th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 L 1-2
630 -
April 1954
Sat 03rd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 L 2-3
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Wed 07th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round Replay) W 2-1
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Sat 10th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 D 1-1
1,168 thumb-1
Fri 16th Barking (H) Friendly L 0-1
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Sat 17th Sittingbourne (A) Kent Senior Shield (Semi Final) L 0-1
2,500 thumb-1
Mon 19th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 L 0-1
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Kent League Division One

League Table 1953/54
Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Deal 30 18 8 4 78 33 +45 44
2 Margate 30 19 6 5 74 36 +38 44
3 Folkestone 30 17 9 4 71 29 +42 43
4 Snowdown CW 30 15 8 7 54 39 +15 38
5 Sittingbourne 30 13 10 7 61 40 +21 36
6 Whitstable Town 30 14 7 9 56 48 +8 35
7 Betteshanger CW 30 14 6 10 48 48 0 34
8 Ramsgate Athletic 30 13 7 10 62 51 +11 33
9 Canterbury City 30 14 5 11 52 46 +6 33
10 Dover 30 13 6 11 59 42 +17 32
11 Tunbridge Wells United 30 11 3 16 42 64 -22 25
12 Sheppey United 30 10 3 17 54 72 -18 23
13 Faversham Town 30 7 5 18 38 72 -34 19
14 Ashford Town 30 5 7 18 34 50 -16 17
15 Bexleyheath and Welling 30 5 5 20 38 81 -43 15
16 Chatham 30 3 3 24 32 102 -70 9



Season Summary 1953/54
Competition Summary
Kent League Division 1 14th (16)
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Kent Senior Shield Semi Final

Player Stats 1953/54
No Missing matches
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Yellow Card - Red Card Total Goals
Reg Chapman 30 (0) 2 9 (0) 0 39 (0) 0 - 0 2
Geoff Steiner 26 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 - 0 0
Alan Smith 27 (0) 6 7 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 - 0 6
Derek Parsons 24 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 - 0 1
David Nelson 25 (0) 2 7 (0) 1 32 (0) 0 - 0 3
Len Townsend 17 (0) 5 8 (0) 6 25 (0) 0 - 0 11
Albert Smith 19 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 - 0 3
Joe Crozier 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Sutcliffe 16 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 - 0 1
Harry Gray 14 (0) 2 3 (0) 2 17 (0) 0 - 0 4
Jack Knapgate 13 (0) 3 4 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 - 0 4
Eric Linacre 12 (0) 3 5 (0) 2 17 (0) 0 - 0 5
Len Woodcock 12 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 - 0 0
W Hull 7 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 0
Frank Rowden 8 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 - 0 0
Roy Cain 8 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 - 0 1
Albert Day 6 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 - 0 0
Cyril Borthwick 4 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ted Hanckey 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 0
Riddell 6 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Bill Theobald 5 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 - 0 1
Stanley Crowther 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ken Horrigan 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 0
Ivor Jones 3 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 1
Ken Woodcock 5 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 - 0 2
Bob Bishop 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
J Delury 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 - 0 0
Vic Hayes 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Bob Rance 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
Brian Tutt 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 - 0 0
R Humphreys 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - 0 0

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