Kent Athletic F.C.

Kent Athletic

Full name	Kent Athletic Football Club
Founded	1926;98 years ago (1926)
Home colours

Kent Athletic F.C. is a football club based in Leagrave, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.

History

The club was formed in 1926 and joined division two of the Bedfordshire and District County League, and left at the end of the 1928–29 season when the league became the South Midlands League. ^[1] During the Second World War the club managed to make it to the final of the Bedfordshire FA intermediate cup twice, in 1942–43 and 1944–45 seasons. ^[2]

After the war the club returned to the South Midlands League for the 1949–50 season, starting in Division one. ^[1] They were promoted to the Premier division a season later as champions of division one. ^[3] They stayed in the Premier division for 11 seasons, before being relegated back to division one at the end of the 1961–62 season. ^[4] Over the next 9 seasons the club spent two more seasons in the premier division, 1965–66 and 1966–67, before leaving the South Midlands League again. ^{[4] [5]} During those 9 seasons the club lifted the Bedfordshire FA intermediate cup in the 1962–63 season. ^[2]

The club joined the South Midlands League Division One again in 1994, and were promoted as runners-up in that season to the Senior Division. When the South Midlands League merged with the Spartan League in 1997, they became founder members of the new Spartan South Midlands League Senior Division. ^[6] However they could only stay in the Senior Division for one season and were relegated to Division one, now known as Division two, where they have stayed ever since. ^[6] The club also had a couple of good cup runs in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 season, twice making it the final of the Bedfordshire Senior Trophy. ^[7]

The 2012–13 season saw the club become champions of Division two of the Spartan South Midlands League. ^[8] They left the league after winning the title again in 2015–16. ^[6]

Ground

The club's home ground at Kent Athletic Club closed at the end of 2015.

Honours

League honours

• Spartan South Midlands Football League Division Two: ^[9]
  • Winners (1): 2012–13
• South Midlands League Division One ^{[3] [4] [6]}
  • Winners (1): 1950–51
  • Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1994–95
• South Midlands League Division Two ^[1]
  • Runners-up (1): 1927–28

Cup honours

• Bedfordshire Senior Trophy ^[7]
  • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
• Bedfordshire FA intermediate cup ^[2]
  • Winners (1): 1962–63
  • Runners-up (2): 1942–43, 1944–45
• Anagram Records Trophy ^[10]
  • Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Records

• Highest League Position: ^[6]
  • 1st in Spartan South Midlands League Senior Division: 2014–15

References

1. "Website created using 350pages at www.350.com". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
2. BEDFORDSHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE CUP FINALS 1938 – 2011 Bedfordshire FA
3. "Website created using 350pages at www.350.com". Nonleaguematters.net. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
4. LUTON KENT'S ATHLETIC at the Football Club History Database
5. "South Midlands League 1966–1983". Nonleaguematters.net. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
6. KENT ATHLETIC at the Football Club History Database
7. "Football Club History Database – Bedfordshire County Cups". Fchd.info. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
8. "Kent Athletic are Division Two champions – Local Football". Dunstable Today. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
9. "Kent Athletic are Division Two champions – Local Football". Luton Today. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
10. "GALLERY: Baldock Town do the cup double – Sport". The Comet. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

External links

• official

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