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KENT LEAGUE RUNNERS-UP
KENT LEAGUE CUP RUNNERS-UP
Team photo: Click here to see team photo Home programme cover: Click here to see home programme cover
SQUAD LIST: Doug Bing / Jimmy Bonds / Les Devonshire / Ray Dowse / Billy Hamilton / Jimmy Jenkins / Billy Jowett / Terry Joyce / Jimmy Kelly / Ronnie Martell / Les McGuire / Brian Moffatt / Arthur Nixon / Dave O'Callaghan / Peter Peters / Lionel Phillips / Johnny Roche / Peter Seath / Peter Vandepeer / Cyril Watkins / Derek Wells / Eric Worthington / Jack Yeomanson
  Date Competition Opponents Result Scorers Att.
1 20.08.55 KL CANTERBURY CITY 5 - 1 Phillips (3) & Devonshire (2) 2,709
2 27.08.55 KL Canterbury City 3 - 0 Martell, Phillips & OG  
3 01.09.55 KL ASHFORD TOWN 1 - 0 Phillips 2,533
4 03.09.55 KL DOVER 5 - 3 Devonshire (4) & Phillips 3,006
5 10.09.55 FAC PR Bromley 1 - 0 Phillips  
6 14.09.55 KSS 1R Sittingbourne 0 - 3    
7 17.09.55 KL CHATHAM TOWN 3 - 2 D.Bing, Devonshire & Kelly 2,266
8 24.09.55 FAC 1QR Gravesend & Northfleet 2 - 1 Kelly & Worthington 4,911
9 29.09.55 KLC 1R ASHFORD TOWN 4 - 3 Kelly (2), O'Callaghan & Phillips  
10 01.10.55 KL Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1 - 2 Worthington  
11 08.10.55 FAC 2QR Maidstone United 4 - 1 Devonshire (2), Kelly & Phillips  
12 15.10.55 KL SHEPPEY UNITED 3 - 1 Kelly (2) & Phillips 2,085
13 22.10.55 FAC 3QR Epsom 3 - 1 Bonds (2) & Hamilton  
14 29.10.55 KL GILLINGHAM RESERVES 1 - 1 Worthington  
15 05.11.55 FAC 4QR Headington United 4 - 2 Phillips (2), Kelly & Worthington  
16 19.11.55 FAC 1R WALSALL 2 - 2 Kelly (2) 6,875
17 24.11.55 FAC 1R R Walsall 1 - 6 Phillips 9,601
18 26.11.55 KL Ramsgate Athletic 0 - 4   5,083
19 03.12.55 KL Whitstable Town 8 - 1 Vandepeer (4), Kelly (3) & McGuire  
20 10.12.55 KL WHITSTABLE TOWN 3 - 2 Vandepeer (3) 1,651
21 17.12.55 KL SNOWDOWN COLLIERY WELFARE 4 - 3 Devonshire (2) & Vandepeer (2) 1,901
22 26.12.55 KL Sittingbourne 2 - 2 McGuire (2)  
23 27.12.55 KL SITTINGBOURNE 4 - 2 Vandepeer (2), Devonshire & McGuire 3,694
24 31.12.55 KL BEXLEYHEATH & WELLING 0 - 0   2,010
25 07.01.56 KSC 1R Ramsgate Athletic 1 - 3 Vandepeer  
26 21.01.56 KL Gillingham Reserves 0 - 1    
27 28.01.56 KL Tunbridge Wells United  4 - 1 Vandepeer (2), Roche & Worthington  
28 18.02.56 KL TUNBRIDGE WELLS UNITED 2 - 3 Worthington (2) 852
29 03.03.56 KL BETTESHANGER COLLIERY WELFARE 3 - 0 Jenkins, Roche & Vandepeer 1,176
30 10.03.56 KL Sheppey United 8 - 0 Vandepeer (5), Jenkins, Roche & Worthington  
31 17.03.56 KL Deal Town 1 - 3 Vandepeer  
32 24.03.56 KL DEAL TOWN 5 - 1 Jenkins (2), Vandepeer (2) & O'Callaghan 1,647
33 30.03.56 KL Folkestone Town 2 - 1 Roche & Vandepeer  
34 31.03.56 KL Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1 - 2 Vandepeer  
35 02.04.56 KL FOLKESTONE TOWN 5 - 1 O'Callaghan (2), Roche (2) & Vandepeer 2,756
36 05.04.56 KLC 2R Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3 - 2 Vandepeer (3)  
37 07.04.56 KL FAVERSHAM TOWN 6 - 2 Dowse (3), O'Callaghan (2) & Roche 1,632
38 14.04.56 KL Faversham Town 2 - 2 Roche & Worthington  
39 21.04.56 KL Dover 0 - 1    
40 26.04.56 KL RAMSGATE ATHLETIC 2 - 2 Roche & Vandepeer 3,796
41 28.04.56 KL Ashford Town 2 - 0 Roche & Worthington  
42 02.05.56 KLC SF Sittingbourne 4 - 2 Jenkins (2), Roche & Watkins  
43 03.05.56 KL Bexleyheath & Welling 1 - 1 Jenkins  
44 05.05.56 KL Chatham Town 6 - 0 Jenkins (3), McGuire, Roche & Worthington  
45 10.05.56 KLC FINAL GILLINGHAM RESERVES 1 - 2 Watkins  

KENT LEAGUE DIVISION 1: 2ND OF 17 - P 32, W 19 D 6 L 7 F 93 A 45 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