MARGATE FOOTBALL & SPORTS CLUB
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KENT LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP
KENT LEAGUE CUP WINNERS
Team photos: Click here to see team photo Click here to see team photo Home programme cover: Click here to see home programme cover
SQUAD LIST: Chris Bertchin / Tommy Bing / Jimmy Bonds / Jimmy Briscoe / Des Cross / Len Dolding / George Dover / Reg Dudley / Billy Hamilton / Joe Haywood / Billy Jowett / Terry Joyce / Stan Lilburn / Ronnie Martell / Brian Moffatt / Arthur Nixon / Dave O'Callaghan / Avery Osmond / Peter Peters / Vic Pilcher / Len Revell / Peter Vandepeer / Derek Wells / Bill Williams / Lew Woodroffe / Eric Worthington / Jack Yeomanson
  Date Competition Opponents Result Scorers Att.
1 22.08.53 KL DOVER 0 - 3    
2 26.08.53 KL Ashford Town 4 - 1 Vandepeer (2), Briscoe & OG  
3 29.08.53 KL WHITSTABLE TOWN 1 - 1 Dolding  
4 03.09.53 KL Ramsgate Athletic 3 - 2 Briscoe, Dolding & Vandepeer  
5 05.09.53 KL BETTESHANGER COLLIERY WELFARE 4 - 0 Vandepeer (3) & Martell  
6 12.09.53 FAC PR GRAVESEND & NORTHFLEET 5 - 1 Martell (2), Vandepeer (2) & Dolding 3,200
7 16.09.53 KSS 1R Sittingbourne 0 - 1    
8 26.09.53 FAC 1QR Maidstone United 3 - 1 Briscoe, Dolding & Vandepeer  
9 10.10.53 FAC 2QR Kingstonian 1 - 2 Dolding 4,000
10 17.10.53 KL FAVERSHAM TOWN 7 - 1 Bertchin (5), Dolding & Jowett  
11 24.10.53 KL Chatham Town 1 - 1 Dolding  
12 31.10.53 KL Bexleyheath & Welling 5 - 2 Vandepeer (2), Dolding, Woodroffe & OG 1,700
13 07.11.53 KL SITTINGBOURNE 1 - 0 Woodroffe  
14 14.11.53 KL Deal Town 0 - 0    
15 21.11.53 KL TUNBRIDGE WELLS UNITED 4 - 1 Vandepeer (3) & Bertchin  
16 28.11.53 KL Canterbury City 0 - 2    
17 05.12.53 KLC 1R Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3 - 2 Bertchin (2) & Jowett  
18 12.12.53 KL CANTERBURY CITY 4 - 1 Bertchin, Dolding, Jowett & OG  
19 19.12.53 KL Dover 1 - 0 Worthington  
20 02.01.54 KL ASHFORD TOWN 3 - 2 Dolding, Jowett & Worthington  
21 09.01.54 KL Folkestone Town 0 - 0    
22 16.01.54 KL RAMSGATE ATHLETIC 0 - 2   3,706
23 23.01.54 KLC 2R ASHFORD TOWN 3 - 0 Dolding (2) & OG  
24 30.01.54 KL Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1 - 1 Vandepeer  
25 06.02.54 KL BEXLEYHEATH & WELLING 5 - 1 Dolding (2), Jowett (2) & Wells  
26 13.02.54 KSC 1R SNOWDOWN COLLIERY WELFARE 0 - 1    
27 27.02.54 KL Tunbridge Wells United 4 - 0 Vandepeer (2), Briscoe & Yeomanson  
28 06.03.54 KL Sheppey United 4 - 2 Dolding (2), T.Bing & Vandepeer  
29 13.03.54 KL Whitstable Town 7 - 2 Dolding (3), Briscoe (2), Osmond & Vandepeer  
30 20.03.54 KL SNOWDOWN COLLIERY WELFARE 0 - 2    
31 27.03.54 KL Faversham Town 3 - 0 Vandepeer (3)  
32 03.04.54 KL SHEPPEY UNITED 4 - 2 Dolding (2), Jowett & Wells  
33 07.04.54 KL Sittingbourne 2 - 1 Vandepeer (2)  
34 10.04.54 KLC SF DEAL TOWN 2 - 0 Vandepeer (2)  
35 15.04.54 KL CHATHAM TOWN 3 - 2 Vandepeer (3)  
36 19.04.54 KL FOLKESTONE TOWN 2 - 1 Dolding & Osmond 6,510
37 24.04.54 KL DEAL TOWN 1 - 1 Moffatt  
38 28.04.54 KL Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0 - 2    
39 01.05.54 KLC FINAL Canterbury City infoAfter extra time. 3 - 3 Vandepeer (2) & Dolding 4,605
40 06.05.54 KLC FINAL R CANTERBURY CITY 5 - 0 Vandepeer (3), Jowett & Osmond  

KENT LEAGUE DIVISION 1: 2ND OF 16 - P 30, W 19 D 6 L 5 F 74 A 36 PTS 44

Home games are shown in BOLD CAPITALS. Cup matches are shown in red.

KEY: FAC=FA CUP, KL=KENT LEAGUE, KLC=KENT LEAGUE CUP, KSC=KENT SENIOR CUP, KSS=KENT SENIOR SHIELD