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← 1952/53

Season 1953/54

1954/55 →
40
Matches
9
Wins
8
Draws
23
Losses
47–63
Goals F–A
August 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 22nd Sheppey United (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — —
Wed 26th Margate (H) Kent League Division 1 1-4 — —
Sat 29th Sittingbourne (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 — —
September 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Wed 2nd Deal Town (H) Kent League Division 1 3-2 — Programme
Sat 5th Tunbridge Wells United (A) Kent League Division 1 0-2 — Programme
Wed 16th Folkestone (H) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round) 0-0 — —
Sat 19th Dover (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 — Programme
Sat 26th East Grinstead Town (H) FA Cup (1st Qualifying Round) 4-0 2,200 —
October 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Bexleyheath and Welling (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 — Programme
Sat 10th Lancing (A) FA Cup (2nd Qualifying Round) 3-1 — —
Sat 17th Betteshanger (H) Kent League Division 1 3-0 1,624 Programme
Sat 24th Hastings United (A) FA Cup (3rd Qualifying Round) 1-2 6,137 Programme
Sat 31st Chatham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 4-0 — —
November 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 7th Chatham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 0-0 635 —
Sat 14th Whitstable Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 2,031 Programme
Sat 21st Snowdown (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 500 —
Sat 28th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,522 Programme
December 1953
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 5th Faversham Town (H) Kent League Cup (1st Round) 2-0 1,496 Programme
Sat 12th Faversham Town (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — —
Sat 19th Snowdown (H) Kent League Division 1 0-0 1,119 —
Fri 25th Folkestone (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 3,000 —
Sat 26th Folkestone (H) Kent League Division 1 0-1 3,517 —
January 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 2nd Margate (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 2,700 Programme
Sat 9th Sittingbourne (H) Kent League Division 1 1-2 — Programme
Sat 16th Deal Town (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
Sat 23rd Margate (A) Kent League Cup (2nd Round) 0-3 — —
Sat 30th Tunbridge Wells United (H) Kent League Division 1 2-0 423 —
February 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Canterbury City (A) Kent League Division 1 1-3 1,500 Programme
Sat 13th Whitstable Town (A) Kent Senior Cup (1st Round) 1-4 — Programme
Sat 20th Dover (H) Kent League Division 1 1-3 1,607 Programme
Sat 27th Canterbury City (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,547 Programme
March 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 6th Bexleyheath and Welling (A) Kent League Division 1 0-3 1,200 Programme
Sat 20th Ramsgate Athletic (H) Kent League Division 1 2-2 1,185 Programme
Sat 27th Betteshanger (A) Kent League Division 1 1-2 630 —
April 1954
Date Opponents Competition Result Att. Prog.
Sat 3rd Ramsgate Athletic (A) Kent League Division 1 2-3 — Programme
Wed 7th Folkestone (A) Kent Senior Shield (1st Round Replay) 2-1 — —
Sat 10th Sheppey United (H) Kent League Division 1 1-1 1,168 Programme
Fri 16th Barking (H) Friendly 0-1 — Programme
Sat 17th Sittingbourne (A) Kent Senior Shield (Semi Final) 0-1 2,500 Programme
Mon 19th Whitstable Town (A) Kent League Division 1 0-1 — Programme
Kent League Division One — 1953/54
# Team Pld W D L F A GD 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
FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
Kent League Cup 2nd Round
Kent League Division 1 14th (16)
Kent Senior Cup 1st Round
Kent Senior Shield Semi Final
14th
League Position
5–7–18
W–D–L
34–50
Goals F–A
Player Stats 1953/54
Player League Apps League Goals Cup Apps Cup Goals Total Apps Y – R Season Goals Career Apps Career Goals
Reg Chapman 30 (0) 2 9 (0) 0 39 (0) 0 – 0 2 105 2
Geoff Steiner 26 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 35 (0) 0 – 0 0 91 1
Alan Smith 27 (0) 6 7 (0) 0 34 (0) 0 – 0 6 34 6
Derek Parsons 24 (0) 1 9 (0) 0 33 (0) 0 – 0 1 33 1
David Nelson 25 (0) 2 7 (0) 1 32 (0) 0 – 0 3 56 3
Len Townsend 17 (0) 5 8 (0) 6 25 (0) 0 – 0 11 25 11
Albert Smith 19 (0) 3 3 (0) 0 22 (0) 0 – 0 3 38 3
Joe Crozier 16 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 – 0 0 31 0
J Sutcliffe 16 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 21 (0) 0 – 0 1 21 1
Harry Gray 14 (0) 2 3 (0) 2 17 (0) 0 – 0 4 136 34
Jack Knapgate 13 (0) 3 4 (0) 1 17 (0) 0 – 0 4 17 4
Eric Linacre 12 (0) 3 5 (0) 2 17 (0) 0 – 0 5 17 5
Len Woodcock 12 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 15 (0) 0 – 0 0 46 1
William Hull 7 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 – 0 0 11 0
Frank Rowden 8 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 11 (0) 0 – 0 0 79 0
Roy Cain 8 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 9 (0) 0 – 0 1 10 1
Albert Day 6 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 – 0 0 10 0
Cyril Borthwick 4 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 124 9
Ted Hanckey 5 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 0 45 0
Jimmy Riddell 6 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 1 6 1
Bill Theobald 5 (0) 1 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 0 – 0 1 41 17
Stanley Crowther 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 8 1
Ken Horrigan 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 0 80 2
Ivor Jones 3 (0) 1 2 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 1 13 1
Ken Woodcock 5 (0) 2 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 – 0 2 10 2
Bob Bishop 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 4 0
J Delury 3 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 – 0 0 4 0
Vic Hayes 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 89 0
Bob Rance 3 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
Brian Tutt 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 – 0 0 3 0
R Humphreys 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 1 0
George Sergeant 1 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 – 0 0 27 6