1990s (part1).......


1990-1991........

Summer changes saw Newport Isle of Wight and Sudbury join the league and Sheppey United drop down to the Kent league. Neil Cugley, who had finished last season as manager of Folkestone, had moved to Premier Division Ashford. Folkestone themselves went into liquidation, reforming as Folkestone 1990 Ltd, but with a long running dispute with the receiver over the use of their assets, the social club and even the dressing rooms. One of Tony Walton’s companies, Larchimage Windows, agreed a three-year deal to sponsor the Southern League Cup, taking over from Westgate Insurance services.

 

At Hythe both Kevin Smart and Dave Carr left the club in the summer. Dave Myers was signed from Dartford and could play at right back or right midfield. Hythe attempted to rejoin the Kent League Division Two for the reserve side but relations between the two had not healed and Hythe only received two votes. The reserves remained in the Kent County League but Hythe entered the newly formed Kent Midweek League for extra games instead of some training sessions.

 

With Dave Carr’s departure, Walton named himself as manager, Lee Smelt being the assistant. Ex Harvey Grammar schoolboy Jamie Carney did well in the few pre-season friendlies and made the first team squad, but Mark Hyham was expected to miss a large part of the season with a knee injury.

 

Despite starting the season with a disappointing home 0-0 draw, results went well and by the end of the September Hythe were top of the table and had won the September Manager of the Month award – which in the official records went to Lee Smelt. Walton signed Tim Hulme back to Hythe, from Neil Cugley’s Ashford and it would not be the last signing from just up the road. It was a swap deal with Mark Stanton and Simon Bryant moving in the opposite direction.

 

A couple of weeks later Hythe signed Alan Lester from Crawley for a fee and he was installed as club captain. The cup games had begun in earnest, although there was an early FA Cup exit at Kent League Tonbridge. Gravesend were overcome in the Southern League Cup (all ties were two legs) and Chatham conceded eight in the Kent Senior Trophy. The first Vase tie saw a trip to Pagham and Hythe found themselves 3-1 down after an hour but three quick goals rescued a narrow victory. Local rivals Ashford were beaten in the next round of the League Cup, despite Hythe losing the home leg, after a resounding 4-0 win at Homelands.

 

Just before Christmas Haverhill Rovers were beaten easily in the Vase, and Hythe signed Dave Arter and Jeff Ross from Ashford, a Silver Spring sponsorship of £25,000 exactly matching the rumoured transfer fees. Jed Nohilly moved to Ashford at the same time. The week before Christmas came the news that Folkestone had been expelled from the Southern League after failing to regain full use of Cheriton Road, which meant Hythe had no game on Boxing Day.

 

There was a holiday defeat at Margate before an easy 4-0 home win over bottom side Corinthian. But the new year started poorly with defeats to Salisbury and Newport that saw Hythe slip down the table. The cups, again, saw a different outcome with an easy Vase win at Harefield United that included a Dave Arter hat-trick, and a two-leg win over Premier Division Dover in the League Cup. A home league win over Sudbury saw a controversial sending-off for Tom Warrilow which would see him miss the important Vase tie at Hastings. Despite his absence Hythe drew 0-0 at The Pilot Field in front of a crowd of 1189 with the game refereed by David Elleray. Another Football League referee, David Axcell, took charge of the replay where Hythe won 3-1 to go through to a quarter-final tie with Trowbridge Town.

 

Once again, when Hythe returned to league action there was disappointment. A late equaliser saw lowly Dunstable draw 2-2 and then came a 1-0 home defeat to Baldock, the league leaders, which drew comments that the ‘title race was over’ in the local paper. But next up was that Vase tie at Reachfields where a crowd of 800 watched a tense goalless draw, after extra time. Three days later came the replay in Wiltshire and again the sides could not be separated over two hours, Arter scoring in a 1-1 draw in front of over 1600. Again the next league game, at home to Andover, was lost before the second replay, again in Wiltshire. Despite an Arter goal giving Hythe a first-half lead, three goals in eleven minutes in the second half saw Trowbridge through to the semi-final. The attendance, 2,468, remains the biggest crowd that have ever watched a Hythe Town game. In the aftermath, both Frank Ovard and Mark Weatherly left the club.

 

The Vase defeat was not even a chance to concentrate on the league, as Hythe remained in three other cups. A narrow victory over Waterlooville saw Hythe through to the semi-final of the League Cup, where they would meet Trowbridge again. An easy win at Corinthian saw Hythe reach the final of the Kent Senior Trophy, and a win and a draw over Dover saw them top their group again in the Knight Floodlight Cup. League games saw mixed results, a win, a draw and a defeat, then two wins, then two defeats saw Hythe in eighth place and out of any chance of promotion.

 

There was revenge over Trowbridge in the League Cup, a 2-1 away win was followed by a goalless draw at Reachfields to reach the final, against Premier Division Chelmsford City. Hythe lost the away leg 2-1, and two weeks later put up a good fight but also lost at home, 3-2. In between those games was the Kent Senior Trophy final, against Deal Town at Ashford, not a classic by any means but a lone Jeff Ross goal saw the silverware taken home to Reachfields.

 

There was a real fixture backlog, with eleven games played in March and thirteen in April and three occasions where games were played on Saturday and Sunday. Wins over Ashford and Sudbury saw Hythe finish in eighth place in the league, some distance behind champions Buckingham Town. But there was to be another cup won, this time on home turf. In the Knight Floodlight Cup two Dave Arter goals won the quarter-final at Harwich and Parkeston and another Arter goal, plus one from Shaun Carey won the semi-final at Harlow Town. Halstead Town were Hythe’s opponents in the final and the game, Hythe’s 74th of the season, was a classic. For the last three months goalkeeping duties were shared between Steve O’Brien and Simon Jolley and they were given a half each in this game. Hythe went behind but a fierce shot from Tim Hulme levelled things before two Andy Allon headers looked to have won the game. Halstead fought back to equalise and force extra-time where Allon completed his hat-trick with a fine lob to clinch the victory.

 

 Steve O’Brien; defenders Tom Warrilow, Alan Lester, Malcolm Smith, Dave Lee; midfielders Jason Wheeler, Andy Allon, Tim Hulme and forwards Dave Arter, Jeff Ross, Shaun Carey and Frank Ovard all played more than 40 games. Hythe’s 74 games saw 37 wins, 17 draws and 20 defeats, scoring 124 goals. Player of the Year was Tommy Warrilow.

 

 

The reserves won the Premier Division of the Kent County League, the second tier, and also reached the final of the KCL Invitation Cup, losing to New Romney in the final 4-1. In the Kent Midweek League Hythe played 16 games but failed to get out of the group stages of either the league or the league cup. It started off as a first team competition but after Christmas, with the huge fixture backlog, the reserves were used to fulfil the matches.

 

1990-1991 Southern League Southern Table.....

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Buckingham Town 40 25 8 7 73 38 35 83  
2 Trowbridge Town 40 22 12 6 67 31 36 78  
3 Salisbury 40 22 11 7 63 39 24 77  
4 Baldock Town 40 21 9 10 66 52 14 72  
5 Ashford Town 40 22 5 13 82 52 30 71  
6 Yate Town 40 21 8 11 76 48 28 71  
7 Hastings Town 40 18 11 11 66 46 20 65  
8 Hythe Town 40 17 9 14 55 44 11 59 -1
9 Andover 40 16 6 18 69 76 −7 54  
10 Margate 40 14 11 15 52 55 −3 53  
11 Burnham 40 12 16 12 57 49 8 52  
12 Bury Town 40 15 5 20 58 74 −16 50  
13 Sudbury Town 40 13 10 17 60 68 −8 49  
14 Newport IOW 40 13 9 18 56 62 −6 48  
15 Gosport Borough 40 12 11 17 47 58 −11 47  
16 Witney Town 40 12 11 17 57 75 −18 47  
17 Dunstable 40 9 15 16 48 63 −15 42  
18 Canterbury City 40 12 6 22 60 83 −23 42  
19 Erith & Belvedere 40 10 6 24 46 73 −27 36  
20 Fareham Town 40 9 9 22 46 74 −28 36  
21 Corinthian 40 5 12 23 34 78 −44 27  
22 Folkestone Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Folded mid-season, record expunged

1990-1991 Kent Midweek League Table....

Pos   P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Gillingham 10 8 0 2 36 11 25 24
2 Sittingbourne 10 6 1 3 27 11 16 19
3 Erith & Belvedere 10 4 1 5 17 24 -7 13
4 Hythe Town 10 4 1 5 16 28 -12 13
5 Fisher 10 3 1 6 18 24 -6 10
6 Corinthian 10 3 0 7 15 32 -17 9

1990-1991 Kent Midweek League Cup Table....

Pos   P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Gillingham  6 4 0 2 28 7 21 12
2 Sittingbourne 6 4 0 2 15 17 -2 12
3 Whitstable Town  6 2 0 4 11 13 -2 6
4 Hythe Town 6 2 0 4 7 24 -17 6

1990-1991 Knight Floodlight Cup Group 1 League Table......

Pos   P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Hythe Town 4 3 1 0 7 0 7 10
2 Dover Athletic 4 2 1 1 8 7 1 7
3 Crawley Town 4 0 0 4 3 11 -8 0

1990-1991 Results.......

Date Opponents Competition Venue Score Att Scorers
04/08/1990 Crawley Town F Away 0-2    
07/08/1990 Slade Green F Away 2-1   Tom Warrilow, Jamie Carney
09/08/1990 Horsham F Away      
11/08/1990 Tunbridge Wells F Away 3-1   Terry White, Andy Allon, Shaun Carey
18/08/1990 Burnham SLSD Home 0-0 249  
22/08/1990 Canterbury City SLSD Away 3-1 208 Frank Ovard 2, Simon Bryant
25/08/1990 Baldock Town SLSD Away 1-2 242 Ovard
27/08/1990 Margate SLSD Home 1-1 359 Warrilow
01/09/1990 Dunstable Town SLSD Home 4-0 238 Warrilow, Dave Myers, Ovard 2
08/09/1990 Bury Town SLSD Away 2-1 334 Carey 2
12/09/1990 Hastings Town SLSD Home 3-1 465 White 2, 2 pens, Warrilow
15/09/1990 Tonbridge FAC1Q Away 1-3 429 OG
18/09/1990 Crawley Town KFC Away 1-0   Bryant
22/09/1990 Salisbury SLSD Home 0-1 358  
26/09/1990 Erith & Belvedere KML Away 0-2    
29/09/1990 Burnham SLSD Away 1-0 54 Carey
03/10/1990 Gillingham KML Home 4-0   Smith 2 (2 pens), Allon, Nohilly
06/10/1990 Erith & Belvedere SLSD Away 4-0 160 Carey, Jason Wheeler, Allon, Warrilow
10/10/1990 Maidstone United F Home 1-2   Warrilow
13/10/1990 Gosport Borough SLSD Home 3-0 326 Ovard 2, Carey
16/10/1990 Gravesend & Northfleet LC1R1L Away 2-0 302 Carney, White
20/10/1990 Chatham Town KST1 Home 8-0 290 Alan Lester, Carey 3, Ovard 2, 1 pen, Tim Hulme, OG
24/10/1990? Corinthian KML Home 2-1    
27/10/1990 Trowbridge Town SLSD Home 1-0 333 Carey
31/10/1990 Gravesend & Northfleet LC1R2L Home 2-2 293 Carey, Ovard
03/11/1990 Andover SLSD Away 3-3 258 White pen, Hulme, OG
10/11/1990 Witney Town SLSD Home 1-0 337 Warrilow
14/11/1990 Sittingbourne KML Home  3-1   ???
17/11/1990 Buckingham Town SLSD Away 0-1 146  
21/11/1990 Ashford Town LC2R1L Home 0-1 667  
??/11/1990 Corinthian KML Away 0-5    
01/12/1990 Pagham FAV2 Away 4-3 140 Dave Lee pen, Ovard, Mark Weatherly, Warrilow
04/12/1990 Ashford Town LC2R2L Away 4-0 499 Lee 2, 1 pen, Carey, Ovard
??/12/1990 Fisher KML Home 2-2   ??
08/12/1990 Danson KST2 Away 2-0 44 Hulme, White
12/12/1990 Fareham Town SLSD Away 0-0 113  
13/12/1990 Sittingbourne KML Away 0-3    
15/12/1990 Haverhill Rovers FAV3 Home 4-0 214 Hulme, Ovard 2, Carey
17/12/1990 Erith & Belvedere KML Home 3-1   Carey, White,Lee
19/12/1990 Ramsgate F Home?      
22/12/1990 Bury Town SLSD Home 2-1 325 Dave Arter 2
26/12/1990 Folkestone Town SLSD Away NP    
29/12/1990 Margate SLSD Away 0-1 405  
01/01/1991 Corinthian SLSD Home 4-0 363 Arter 2, Allon, Ovard
05/01/1991 Salisbury SLSD Away 1-3 302 Lee pen
12/01/1991 Newport IOW SLSD Home 2-4 285 Ovard, Arter
15/01/1991 Dover Athletic LC3R1L Home 0-0 850  
19/01/1991 Harefield United FAV4 Away 5-0 141 Lee, Jeff Ross, Arter 3
23/01/1991 Sittingbourne KSTQF Home 2-0 224 Weatherly, Ross
26/01/1991 Sudbury Town SLSD Home 2-0 402 Arter, Weatherly
29/01/1991 Dover Athletic LC3R2L Away 2-1 1050 Arter, Lee pen
02/02/1991 Trowbridge Town SLSD Away 0-2 446  
04/02/1991 Crawley Town KFC Home 2-0 155 Arter, Wheeler
05/02/1991 Gillingham KMLC Away 3-1 77 Ross, Ovard 2
16/02/1991 Hastings Town FAV5 Away 0-0aet 1189  
19/02/1991 Hastings Town FAV5R Home 3-1 857 Arter, Weatherly, Lee pen
21/02/1991 Dunstable Town SLSD Away 2-2 95 Arter, Lee
23/02/1991 Baldock Town SLSD Home 0-1 323  
25/02/1991 Whitstable Town KMLC Home 3-0   Hulme, Germaine, White
26/02/1991 Waterlooville LCQF1L Away 2-2 109 Carey, Hulme
02/02/1991 Trowbridge Town FAVQF Home 0-0aet 794  
05/03/1991 Trowbridge Town FAVQFR Away 1-1aet 1656 Arter
09/03/1991 Andover SLSD Home 1-2 250 Arter
13/03/1991 Trowbridge Town FAVQF2R Away 1-3 2468 Arter
16/03/1991 Corinthian KSTSF Away 4-0 71 Arter 2, Ross, Carey
17/03/1991 Fareham Town SLSD Home 2-1 184 Arter 2
19/03/1991 Whitstable Town KMLC Away 0-7    
21/03/1991 Canterbury City SLSD Home 1-1 187 Ross
23/03/1991 Witney Town SLSD Away 0-1 138  
25/03/1991 Waterlooville LCQF2L Home 1-0 202 Myers
26/03/1991 Gillingham KMLC Home 0-7    
28/03/1991 Dover Athletic KFC Home 4-0 326 Gary Collins, Hulme 3
30/03/1991 Yate Town SLSD Home 2-1 184 Warrilow, Lee pen
01/04/1991 Corinthian SLSD Away 3-1 86 Lee, Arter, Ross
03/04/1991 Trowbridge Town LCSF1L Away 2-1 451 Arter, OG
04/04/1991 Dover Athletic KFC Away 0-0 237  
06/04/1991 Erith & Belvedere SLSD Home 0-1 151  
07/04/1991 Ashford Town SLSD Away 0-1 465  
09/04/1991 Gillingham KML Away 0-7 129  
10/04/1991 Trowbridge Town LCSF2L Home 0-0 272  
11/04/1991 Sittingbourne KMLC Away 1-6    
13/04/1991 Newport IOW SLSD Away 1-0 398 G Collins
15/04/1991 Chelmsford City LCF1L Away 1-2 978 Lee
16/04/1991 Fisher KML Away 2-6    
17/04/1991 Gosport Borough SLSD Away 1-1 111 Carey
20/04/1991 Deal Town KSTF Neutral 1-0 465 Ross
22/04/1991 Harwich & Parkeston KFCQF Away 2-1 152 Arter 2
23/04/1991 Sittingbourne KMLC Home 0-3    
24/04/1991 Hastings Town SLSD Away 0-5 253  
27/04/1991 Buckingham Town SLSD Home 0-0 143  
29/04/1991 Chelmsford City LCF2L Home 2-3 593 Lee 2, 1 pen
01/05/1991 Yate Town SLSD Away 0-1    
02/05/1991 Ashford Town SLSD Home 3-2 353 Ross, Myers, Hulme
04/05/1991 Sudbury Town SLSD Away 1-0 367 Arter
06/05/1991 Harlow Town KFCSF Away 2-1   Carey, Arter
13/05/1991 Halstead Town KFCF Home 4-3 aet 402 Hulme, Allon 3

1991-1992..........

During the summer Hythe again applied to enter their reserves into Kent League Division Two and this time they were successful. Steve McRaye was appointed as their new manager and the club withdrew from the Kent County League, where the reserves had played for the previous two seasons. The club again entered the Kent Midweek League. Another KCL club, Folkestone Invicta, won the right to use Cheriton Road after the old Folkestone club had folded the previous year, and they were placed into Kent League Division Two, along with Hythe Reserves. Invicta had a number of ex-Hythe players in their ranks, including Terry and Gary Collins, Clive Barham, Lee Harrington, Jamie Carney and Ivan Pickering.

 

Hythe had arranged a prestigious friendly at Reachfields against Fulham, with a first team promised, but due to the pitch not being ready in time the game was cancelled, along with the other five friendlies which had all been arranged at home. The club started the season with just the one warm-up game, an Eastern Floodlight Cup (Knight were no longer sponsoring the competition) group game at Ashford.

 

Two new signings arrived just in time for the start of the season, Sean Edwards, a right-back from Crawley and Chris Lyons, from Brighton youth, at left-back. A week into the season David Coldwell, a midfielder, was signed from Brighton. Leaving the club were Shaun Carey, loaned back to Tunbridge Wells and Tim Hulme on loan to Crawley.

 

Despite the far from ideal preparation, Hythe started the season strongly with four wins, including an impressive 7-2 win at Andover where Hythe were 5-0 up in 22 minutes. The FA Cup would prove a disappointment, losing to a lower side for the second season running, at Croydon Athletic in a replay. The first league defeat followed at Braintree but after a good win over Hastings at Reachfields the side moved to the top of the table. September also saw the signing of Peter Jarvis, a midfielder from Chelmsford, and the return from loan of Shaun Carey, but Jason Wheeler left the club. The reserves, after a disastrous start of eight successive defeats, replaced McRaye with ex-players Kevin Smart and Joe Valler.

 

After a good September, October saw one win and three defeats, although they were still second, and also an early exit from the Southern League Cup, which would at least ease the previous two seasons’ fixture congestion. November saw a win over Salisbury, thanks to Peter Jarvis’ first goal for the club, and the first games in the FA Vase, a narrow win over Herne Bay at Winch’s Field after extra time in a replay.

 

This was achieved without Lee Smelt, who had moved to take the manager’s job at Margate. Tony Walton remained as the effective team manager with club captain Alan Lester promoted to the role of player-coach. Walton also had a moan in the paper about poor attendances at Hythe and questioned whether the town deserved a team at the levels he was aiming at. League games to date had managed 200+ with a couple of local derbies getting around 400, although there were poor crowds in a couple of cup games. Belatedly, Hythe were sporting a new kit, yellow and green stripes and green shorts.

 

Christmas saw a derby defeat at Ashford and a draw at Buckingham as the club slipped to eighth place in the table, but at least another round in the Vase was reached after victory at Pagham. Hythe had warmed up for those games by putting the first team, without a Southern League fixture, out to fulfil the reserves game at Folkestone Invicta, achieving a 5-0 win and ending their 16-game unbeaten run, one of those occasions where doing the ‘right thing’ for Hythe was rather unfair on their opponents.

 

The new year started in the worst possible fashion with home defeats by Margate and Weymouth, dropping the club to twelfth and ending any faint chances of promotion. It was followed by another defeat, at Havant, which meant the club had taken only two points from the previous 21. But there was still the FA Vase where the fourth round draw gave a home game against Midland Combination side Evesham United. It would prove a long-running saga, similar to the previous season against Trowbridge. The tie was a classic, United leading 2-1 before Danny Whyman equalised to take the game into extra-time. Sean Edwards put Hythe ahead before Evesham scored to force a replay. Hythe travelled to Worcestershire for the Tuesday replay, only for the game to be postponed due to frost. Another attempt was made on the Saturday but this time the game only lasted 45 minutes before it was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. Hythe travelled again the following Saturday, after having played two midweek games, and lost 2-0 after extra time.

 

February saw the arrival of Graham Matthews, a big forward from Hastings but results did not improve. Two more defeats, one at home to Erith & Belvedere in front of a crowd of 78, and a draw with Braintree whose goalkeeper went off injured in the first ten minutes, meant Hythe had gone 14 league matches without a win. Peter Jarvis left the club and signed for Margate. Things would improve after the return of David Carr, from Sittingbourne. In his first game, Carr scored the winner against Baldock and it was followed by an impressive win at Hastings, who would end the season as league champions. Hythe were 2-0 down but came from behind to win 3-2 with a Dave Arter winner. There was a big attendance for the Kent Senior Cup semi-final against Ashford, when a lone Danny Whyman goal in the 85th minute saw Hythe through to the final at Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium.

The club’s financial problems were becoming more obvious to all; March saw many of the better players leave Reachfields to reduce the wage bill. Warrilow, Arter and Ross, signed for fees of 35K, moved to well-off Sittingbourne for ‘around half that figure’. Kevin Smart moved to Folkestone Invicta, Steve O’Brien to Canterbury and Andy Allon to Margate, both ‘on loan’ with returns planned for the Cup final. Hythe signed a number of replacements, Gene Clout from Tonbridge, Joe Radford from Margate, Adrian Lemoine from Ashford, Paul Collins from Tonbridge and Del Deanus, an ex-England youth international, from Spurs. The season ended quietly with a few wins and a few defeats and thirteenth place in the table.

 

Crowds had really dropped after the Vase exit, averaging only 140 even with a decent crowd for the Easter Monday win over Ashford. The Secretary, one Martin Giles, had a bit of a moan over the lack of interest in the town in booking coach places for the Kent Senior Cup final. Hythe’s opponents were Bromley, then in the Isthmian Premier. Some of the newer signings were ineligible, so some of the loaned-out players returned, including Allon from Margate and Dave Coldwell from Crawley. Joe Valler, the reserves manager, was also called up. As with Hythe’s Vase efforts, it was a case of so near but yet so far. Shaun Carey put Hythe ahead in the 8th minute, intercepting a poor back-pass to score. It was a lead Hythe held until the 84th minute, Bromley’s equaliser forcing extra time, where they scored twice more to win the game 3-1.

 

There had been talk from the chairman as the season ended that next year the emphasis would be on young local players, with one or two older heads for guidance. But a month after that cup final Walton had resigned the club’s place in the Southern League and the liquidator was called in, over money owed to a printing company, although the main debts were to Walton and the club’s brewery.  It was the end of the adventure.

 

 

Steve O’Brien was the regular goalkeeper until the last few weeks of the season, regular defenders were Dave Lee, Chris Lyons, Alan Lester, Tommy Warrilow and Malcolm Smith, midfielders Sean Edwards, Andy Allon, Jeff Ross and Peter Jarvis with Dave Arter, Shaun Carey and Danny Whyman up front. Hythe played 59 games, winning 21, drawing 14 and losing 24, scoring 85 goals. Dave Arter top scored with 29, Carey and Whyman both managed seven. The reserves finished bottom of Kent League Division Two, and again the club did not qualify from the Kent Midweek League group or League Cup group.

 

1991-1992 Southern League Southern League Table.....

Pos Team Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Hastings Town 42 28 7 7 80 37 43 91  
2 Weymouth 42 22 12 8 64 35 29 78  
3 Havant Town 42 21 12 9 67 46 21 75  
4 Braintree Town 42 21 8 13 77 58 19 71  
5 Buckingham Town 42 19 15 8 57 26 31 69 -3
6 Andover 42 18 10 14 73 68 5 64  
7 Ashford Town 42 17 12 13 66 57 9 63  
8 Sudbury Town 42 18 9 15 70 66 4 63  
9 Sittingbourne 42 19 10 13 63 41 22 61 -6
10 Burnham 42 15 14 13 57 55 2 59  
11 Baldock Town 42 16 10 16 62 67 −5 58  
12 Salisbury 42 13 16 13 67 51 16 55  
13 Hythe Town 42 15 10 17 61 62 −1 55  
14 Margate 42 13 16 13 49 56 −7 55  
15 Newport Isle of Wight 42 13 10 19 58 63 −5 49  
16 Dunstable 42 12 12 18 55 67 −12 48  
17 Bury Town 42 14 4 24 52 94 −42 46  
18 Witney Town 42 11 12 19 55 76 −21 45  
19 Fareham Town 42 12 8 22 45 71 −26 44  
20 Erith & Belvedere 42 11 10 21 44 67 −23 43  
21 Canterbury City 42 8 14 20 43 69 −26 38  
22 Gosport Borough 42 6 9 27 32 65 −33 27  

1991-1992 Kent Midweek League Table.....

Pos   P W D L F A GD PTS
1 Sittingbourne 8 5 3 0 21 7 14 18
2 Gillingham 8 6 0 2 18 14 4 18
3 Folkestone Invicta 8 2 1 5 12 15 -3 7
4 Hythe Town 8 2 1 5 8 11 -3 7
5 Margate 8 2 1 5 7 19 -12 7

1991-1992 Kent Midweek League Cup Table....

Pos   P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Gillingham 6 3 3 0 19 7 12 12
2 Folkestone Invicta 6 4 0 2 17 14 3 12
3 Hythe Town 6 0 4 2 4 10 -6 4
4 Ashford Town 6 0 3 3 5 14 -9 3

1991-1992 Eastern Floodlight Cup Table....

    P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Dover Athletic 4 4 0 0 16 5 11 12
2 Hythe Town 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4
3 Ashford Town 4 0 1 3 3 12 -9 1

1991-1992 Results.....

Date Opponents Comp Venue Score Att Scorers  
13/08/1991 Ashford Town EFC Away 1-0 297 Allon  
17/08/1991 Salisbury SLSD Home 3-1 277 Lee, Arter, Myers  
20/08/1991 Sittingbourne SLSD Away 2-1 888 Arter, Myers pen  
24/08/1991 Andover SLSD Away 7-2 93 Lee, Arter, Allon,  Coldwell,  Ross, Myers pen, Wheeler  
26/08/1991 Canterbury City SLSD Home 1-0 299 Arter  
31/08/1991 Croydon Athletic FACP Home 4-4 253 Arter 2, Allon 2  
03/09/1991 Croydon Athletic FACPR Away 1-2 91 Ross  
07/09/1991 Braintree Town SLSD Away 1-2 240 Ross  
11/09/1991 Hastings Town SLSD Home 2-1 461 Myers, Arter  
14/09/1991 Fareham Town SLSD Away 0-0 151    
21/09/1991 Bury Town SLSD Away 3-0 212 Arter 2, Coldwell pen  
28/09/1991 Fareham Town SLSD Home 1-1 175 Myers  
05/10/1991 Erith & Belvedere SLSD Away 1-2 194 Arter  
08/10/1991 Crawley Town SLC1R1L Away 2-3 344 Warrilow, Coldwell  
12/10/1991 Witney Town SLSD Home 3-1 211 Arter 2, Warrilow  
14/10/1991 Margate KML Home 1-2   ?  
16/10/1991 Ashford Town EFC Home 0-0 356    
19/10/1991 Weymouth SLSD Away 1-3 790 Coldwell pen  
23/10/1991 Folkestone Invicta KML Away 2-0   Arter, Smith  
30/10/1991 Sittingbourne SLSD Home 0-2 367    
02/11/1991 Salisbury SLSD Away 1-0 96 Jarvis  
06/11/1991 Crawley Town SLC1R2L Home 1-2 94 Carey  
09/11/1991 Newport IOW SLSD Home 2-2 211 Ross, Arter  
16/11/1991 Dunstable Town SLSD Away 0-0 158    
23/11/1991 Herne Bay FAV2 Home 1-1aet 334 Arter  
27/11/1991 Margate KSC1 Home 1-0 122 Arter  
30/11/1991 Herne Bay FAV2R  Away 2-1aet 216 Arter 2  
02/12/1991 Folkestone Invicta KML Home 2-1   Whyman, Smith  
07/12/1991 Dunstable Town SLSD Home 0-4 149    
14/12/1991 Pagham FAV3 Away 2-1 175 Arter 2  
18/12/1991 Gillingham KML Away 1-2   Arter  
26/12/1991 Ashford Town SLSD Away 1-2 559 Allon  
28/12/1991 Buckingham Town SLSD Away 1-1 113 Arter  
01/01/1992 Margate SLSD Home 0-1 293    
04/01/1992 Weymouth SLSD Home 0-1 232    
06/01/1992 Gillingham KML Home 0-1      
11/01/1992 Havant SLSD Away 1-3 206 Arter  
13/01/1992 Sittingbourne KML Home 1-2   Matthews  
14/01/1992 Dover Athletic EFC Away 2-4 377 Warrilow, Lee  
18/01/1992 Evesham United FAV4 Home 3-3aet 279 Jarvis pen, Whyman, Edwards  
25/01/1992 Evesham United FAV4R  Away 0-0ab 720   abnd after 45 mins frost
27/01/1992 Fisher Athletic KSCQF Away 2-0 52 Arter, Whyman  
28/01/1992 Margate KML Away 0-2     ???
29/01/1992 Dover Athletic EFC Home 0-1 76    
01/02/1992 Evesham United FAV4R  Away 0-2aet 636    
03/02/1992 Gillingham KMLC Home 2-2   Whyman 2  
05/02/1992 Burnham SLSD Home 1-3 124 Carey pen  
08/02/1992 Braintree Town SLSD Home 2-2 209 Folke  
12/02/1992 Erith & Belvedere SLSD Home 1-3 78 Lyons  
15/02/1992 Baldock Town SLSD Away 3-2 205 Graham Matthews, Ross, Dave Carr  
18/02/1992 Hastings Town SLSD Away 3-2 707 Carey, Edwards, Arter  
22/02/1992 Gosport Borough SLSD Home 2-0 189 Arter 2  
26/02/1992 Ashford Town KSCSF Home 1-0 575 Whyman  
04/03/1992 Canterbury City SLSD Away 0-1 112    
07/03/1992 Buckingham Town SLSD Home 2-0 105 Arter 2  
10/03/1992 Newport IOW SLSD Away 1-1 203 Matthews  
14/03/1992 Sudbury Town SLSD Away 1-2 342 Arter  
16/03/1992 Folkestone Invicta KMLC Home 2-4   Matthews, Whyman  
21/03/1992 Andover SLSD Home 1-1 146 Carey  
23/03/1992 Gosport Borough SLSD Away 1-0 82 Matthews  
28/03/1992 Burnham SLSD Away 1-3 100 Paul Collins  
01/04/1992 Sudbury Town SLSD Home 1-3 75 Whyman  
04/04/1992 Baldock Town SLSD Home 0-0 104    
06/04/1992 Ashford Town KMLC Away 0-0      
08/04/1992 Bury Town SLSD Home 3-1 102 Carey pen, Carr, Whyman  
11/04/1992 Witney Town SLSD Away 0-2 117    
18/04/1992 Margate SLSD Away 1-2 289 Collins  
20/04/1992 Ashford Town SLSD Home 3-1 308 Whyman 2, Del Deanus  
22/04/1992 Gillingham KMLC Away 0-0      
25/04/1992 Folkestone Invicta KMLC Away 0-4      
30/04/1992 Sittingbourne KML Away 1-1   ??  
01/05/1992 Ashford Town KMLC Home 0-0     Played ?
02/05/1992 Havant SLSD Home 3-3 141 Joe Valler 2, Carey  
04/05/1992 Bromley KSCF Neutral 1-3 aet 877 Carey  at Gillingham FC