Kent Senior Cup

For the rugby union competition, see Kent Cup.

Kent Senior Cup

Founded	1889
Region	Kent
Number of teams	24 (2024–25)
Current champions	Welling United
Most successful club(s)	Maidstone United (19 times)
Website	2024–25 Fixtures / Results

The Kent Senior Cup is an English football knock-out competition played between senior clubs in the county of Kent. It is administered by the Kent County Football Association (KCFA).

History

Now known as the Kent Senior Cup it was originally named, until the 1897–98 season, as the Kent Cup with the first competition played during the 1888–89 season. The cup itself, engraved as the "Kent County Football Association Challenge Cup", ^[1] cost £33 and is made of 62 ounces of silver and surmounted by the rampant horse of Kent. ^[2] (2018 Photograph ^[3] ). The Kent Cup competition was preceded as the KCFA's County knock-out tournament by the Kent County Badge: this was first competed for in 1886 and won for each of its three seasons by Chatham – who were also the first winners of the Kent Cup.

Following the founding of the Kent League in 1894 for the three seasons from 1894–95 until 1896–97 the Kent Cup was awarded to the champions of the League. The knock-out competition for the cup resumed from the 1897–98 season when it was renamed the Kent Senior Cup, ^[4] with Gravesend United the winners. For the 1919–1920 season only a trophy presented as a gift to the KCFA named as the Victory Cup ^[5] replaced the Kent Senior Cup trophy. The competition was suspended for four seasons between 1914 and 1918 owing to the World War I and there have been two other seasons in which the Kent Senior Cup has not been competed for: in 1940–1941 owing to World War II; and 2020–2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[6]

Initially the final of the competition was played at a venue pre-selected by the KCFA: for the first six seasons this was at Chatham, then after taking place at New Brompton, Ashford, Tunbridge Wells and returning to Chatham for one season the final was held at Faversham for the next six years. For a long spell between 1908 until 1950 the venue for the final was the Athletic Ground, Maidstone (except 1942 at Belvedere). Thereafter the final was held mostly at the Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham until 1965 after which for the next eight seasons it was contested (as it had been in the 1961–62 season) over two legs held at each of the finalists ground with the aggregate score determining the winner. The venue for the final then reverted to Maidstone then to Gillingham for fourteen seasons. Then following playing the final at Sittingbourne and for the first time outside Kent at Millwall, since 1998 (with several exceptions) the winner of a coin toss between the final protagonists decided which would have the choice to host the final match. The semi–finals were played on neutral grounds until the mid-1950s.

From 1902 until 1961 the final took place on Easter Monday and into the 1950s would attract in excess of ten thousand spectators – 13,119 were at the 1951–1952 final between Kent League club Dover and Southern League club Dartford. ^[7] Between 1983 until 2002 the final was held on the early May bank holiday however since then the final has struggled for a set date owing to end of season promotion and relegation play-off matches and in the 2007–2008 season was even deferred until the 2008–2009 pre–season. ^[8]

For five seasons from 1980–1981 until 1985–1986 the Kent Senior Cup competition was sponsored by the Chatham Reliance Building Society. The Swedish office business machine company Facit was then the sponsor for the next eleven seasons until 1996–1997. Bose were the sponsor in the early 2000s after which between 2003–04 and 2006–07 the cup was sponsored and named after Kent football patron John Ullmann. Between 2010–11 and 2013–14 portablefoodlights.com sponsored the cup, then for the 2014–15 season Kent Reliance Building society revived their sponsorship from thirty years previously ^[9] and this continued through to the 2017–18 season. In 2022 the KCFA announced that all Kent County Cups, including the Senior Cup, would be sponsored by the ferry operator DFDS. ^[10]

The 2013–14 Kent Senior Cup competition marked the 125th anniversary since its inception in the 1888–89 season; ^[11] to celebrate the landmark the final took place at Priestfield Stadium, home of Gillingham FC. The match was won by Ebbsfleet United who beat Dover Athletic 4–0 ^[12] – the winning club being a descendant of Northfleet United who in the 1920s achieved an enduring record of five consecutive season Kent Senior Cup wins.

Past winners of the Kent Senior Cup include Royal Arsenal (now Arsenal) in 1889–90, and Gillingham in 1945–46 and 1947–48; the two sides went on to become members of the Premier League and Football League respectively. Both Charlton Athletic and Maidstone United won the cup whilst members of the Football league and Gillingham have continued to compete. The Football League clubs field a development team rather than their full league side in the competition.

Cup Final Matches

KENT SENIOR CUP: THE CUP FINAL MATCHES (includes Kent County Badge finals and seasons’ semi-finalists)
Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Notes	Date	Venue		Beaten semi-finalists(by: Winner / Runner-up)
	KENT COUNTY BADGE FINALS
1885–86	Chatham United	3–1	South Eastern    Rangers		10 Apr 1886	Ashford(Victoria Grnd)		(bye) / Chatham Victoria
1886–87	Chatham United	8–0	Chatham Victoria		26 Mar 1887	Chatham (The Lines)		(bye) / Chatham Standard
1887–88	Chatham	0–0	South Eastern    Rangers		17 Mar 1888	Bromley		Gravesend  / Folkestone
		6–1		Replay	31 Mar 1888	Ashford (Vic)
	KENT SENIOR CUP FINALS (KENT CUP 1889–1897)
1888–89	Chatham	3–1	South Eastern    Rangers		6 Apr 1889	Chatham		Gravesend  / Folkestone
1889–90	Royal Arsenal	3–0	Thanet   Wanderers		22 Mar 1890	Chatham		Chatham / South Eastern Rangers
1890–91	Lincoln    Regiment	2–1	South Eastern    Rangers		11 Apr 1891	Chatham		Chatham  / Royal Arsenal
1891–92	Highland Light Infantry	11–0	Gravesend		12 Mar 1892	Chatham		Chatham  / Ashford United
1892–93	Ashford United	2–0	Chatham		8 Apr 1893	Chatham		West Kent Regiment /  Sheppey United
1893–94	Royal Ordnance    Factories	4–2	Dartford		7 Apr 1894	Chatham		Folkestone  / New Brompton
1894–95	Chatham	Cup awarded to the Kent League champions
1895–96	Northfleet
1896–97	Woolwich Arsenal    Reserves
1897–98	Gravesend    United	3–1	Dartford		2 Apr 1898	New Brompton		Sheppey United  / Chatham
1898–99	Maidstone United	1–0	Folkestone		25 Mar 1899	Ashford		Royal Engineers Utd /  Dartford
1899–    1900	Gravesend    United	1–1	Maidstone United		14 Apr 1900	Tunbridge Wells		Dartford  / Folkestone
		4–1		Replay	30 Apr 1900	Chatham
1900–01	Maidstone United	3–0	Cray Wanderers		13 Apr 1901	Chatham		Sheppey United  / Chatham Amateurs
1901–02	Sittingbourne	2–2	Ashford United		31 Mar 1902	Faversham		Swanscombe / Sheppey United
		4–1		Replay	12 Apr 1902	Ramsgate
1902–03	Maidstone United	2–1	Ashford United		13 Apr 1903	Faversham		Sittingbourne  / Eltham
1903–04	Eltham	4–1	Sittingbourne		4 Apr 1904	Faversham		Cray Wanderers  / Dover
1904–05	Chatham	3–1	Sittingbourne		24 Apr 1905	Faversham		Dover  / Eltham
1905–06	Eltham	1–0	Bromley		16 Apr 1906	Faversham		Southern United / Sittingbourne
1906–07	Maidstone United	1–0	Sittingbourne		1 Apr 1907	Faversham		Eltham / Sheppey United
1907–08	Tunbridge Wells    Rangers	1–0	Sittingbourne		20 Apr 1908	Maidstone		Sheppey United  / Maidstone United
1908–09	Maidstone United	4–2	Northfleet United		12 Apr 1909	Maidstone		Tunbridge Wells Rngrs /  Sittingbourne
1909–10	Northfleet United	2–0	Chatham		28 Mar 1910	Maidstone		Dartford  / Maidstone United
1910–11	Chatham	2–1	Sittingbourne		17 Apr 1911	Maidstone		Sheppey United  / Gravesend United
1911–12	Catford Southend	3–0	Chatham		8 Apr 1912	Maidstone		Bromley  / Sittingbourne
1912–13	Northfleet United	2–1	Gravesend    United		24 Mar 1913	Maidstone		Tunbridge Wells Rngrs /  Chatham
1913–14	Maidstone United	1–0	Northfleet United		13 Apr 1914	Maidstone		Folkestone  / Chatham
1914–18	Competition suspended for 4 seasons owing to World War I
1918–19	Chatham	3–0	Maidstone United	Victory Cup	21 Apr 1919	Maidstone		Royal Marines (Deal) /Royal Ordnance (W'wich)
1919–20	Maidstone United	2–1	Northfleet United		5 Apr 1920	Maidstone		Sheppey United  / Sittingbourne
1920–21	Northfleet United	1–0	Ramsgate		28 Mar 1921	Maidstone		Sittingbourne  / Chatham
1921–22	Maidstone United	1–0	Folkestone		17 Apr 1922	Maidstone		Margate Town  / Dartford
1922–23	Maidstone United	3–2	Sittingbourne		2 Apr 1923	Maidstone		Ashford Railway Wks Folkestone
1923–24	Northfleet United	1–0	Dartford		21 Apr 1924	Maidstone		Sittingbourne  / Sheppey United
1924–25	Northfleet United	8–2	Sittingbourne		13 Apr 1925	Maidstone		Grays Thurrock Utd /  Folkestone
1925–26	Northfleet United	1–0	Folkestone		5 Apr 1926	Maidstone		Chatham  / Dartford
1926–27	Northfleet United	1–0	Sheppey United		18 Apr 1927	Maidstone		Chatham  / RN Depot
1927–28	Northfleet United	3–1	Sittingbourne		9 Apr 1928	Maidstone		RN Depot / Cray Wanderers
1928–29	Sittingbourne	1–1	Sheppey United		1 Apr 1929	Maidstone		Chatham  / Folkestone
		1–0		Replay	3 Apr 1929	Gillingham
1929–30	Sittingbourne	3–0	Margate		21 Apr 1930	Maidstone		Northfleet United  / Folkestone
1930–31	Dartford	2–2	Folkestone		6 Apr 1931	Maidstone		Ashford Town  / Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
		5–2		Replay	8 Apr 1931	Maidstone
1931–32	Dartford	2–0	Sheppey United		28 Mar 1932	Maidstone		Chatham  / Tunbridge Wells Rngrs
1932–33	Dartford	0–0	Tunbridge Wells    Rangers		17 Apr 1933	Maidstone		Margate  / Folkestone
		2–0		Replay	19 Apr 1933	Northfleet
1933–34	Folkestone	3–0	Margate		2 Apr 1934	Maidstone		Northfleet United / Ramsgate Press Wndrs
1934–35	Dartford	3–2	Folkestone		22 Apr 1935	Maidstone		Tunbridge Wells Rngrs /  Northfleet United
1935–36	Margate	2–1	Tunbridge Wells    Rangers		13 Apr 1936	Maidstone		Northfleet United  / Sittingbourne
1936–37	Margate	3–2	Tunbridge Wells    Rangers		29 Mar 1937	Maidstone		Northfleet United  / Folkestone
1937–38	Northfleet United	2–1	Dover		18 Apr 1938	Maidstone		Margate / Bexley Heath & Welling
1938–39	Tunbridge Wells    Rangers	4–0	Gillingham		10 Apr 1939	Maidstone		Erith & Belvedere  / Northfleet United
1939–40	Shorts Sports	6–1	Dartford		25 Mar 1940	Maidstone		Canterbury Waverley / Aylesford Paper Mills
1940–41	Competition suspended owing to World War II
1941–42	Erith & Belvedere	2–1	Shorts Sports		25 May 1942	Belvedere		Bromley  / Gravesend United
1942–43	Royal Artillery  Depot (Woolwich)	1–0	Shorts Sports		27 Apr 1943	Maidstone		Gravesend United  / Lloyds
1943–44	Royal Artillery  Depot (Woolwich)	5–3	Gravesend    United		10 Apr 1944	Maidstone		Bromley  / Folkestone
1944–45	Royal Artillery  Depot (Woolwich)	5–1	Lloyds		2 Apr 1945	Maidstone		12th ITC (Canterbury) /  Gillingham
1945–46	Gillingham	5–1	12th ITC    (Canterbury)		22 Apr 1946	Maidstone		Gravesend United  / Erith & Belvedere
1946–47	Dartford	3–2	Bromley		7 Apr 1947	Maidstone		Gillingham  / Folkestone Town
1947–48	Gillingham	1–0	Gravesend &    Northfleet		29 Mar 1948	Maidstone		Sheppey United  / Bromley
1948–49	Gravesend &    Northfleet	2–2	Gillingham	After extra   time (aet)	18 Apr 1949	Maidstone		Dartford  / Folkestone Town
		1–1		Replay (aet)	14 May 1949	Gillingham
		2–0		2nd Replay	31 Aug 1949	Gillingham
1949–50	Bromley	1–1	Gillingham		10 Apr 1950	Maidstone		Dover  / Folkestone Town
		5–3		Replay	19 Apr 1950	Gillingham
1950–51	Snowdown  Colliery Welfare	0–0	Bromley		26 Mar 1951	Gillingham		Sittingbourne  / Dartford
		2–1		Replay (aet)	19 May 1951	Gillingham
1951–52	Dover	2–0	Dartford		14 Apr 1952	Gillingham		Bromley  / Sittingbourne
1952–53	Gravesend &    Northfleet	2–1	Dartford		6 Apr 1953	Gillingham		Folkestone Town  / Bromley
1953–54	Canterbury City	1–0	Tunbridge Wells    United		19 Apr 1954	Gillingham		Dover / Gravesend & Northfleet
1954–55	Tunbridge Wells    United	2–1	Dartford		11 Apr 1955	Gillingham		Tonbridge  / Dover
1955–56	Snowdown  Colliery Welfare	1–1	Dartford		2 Apr 1956	Gillingham		Ramsgate Athletic  / Canterbury City
		2–0		Replay	18 Apr 1956	Gillingham
1956–57	Folkestone Town	2–0	Tonbridge		22 Apr 1957	Gillingham		Canterbury City  / Tunbridge Wells Utd
1957–58	Sittingbourne	1–0	Ramsgate    Athletic		07 Apr 1958	Gillingham		Dartford  / Margate
1958–59	Ashford Town	2–1	Tonbridge		30 Mar 1959	Gillingham		Dover  / Snowdown Coll. Welf.
1959–60	Dover	0–0	Margate		18 Apr 1960	Maidstone		Bromley  / Dartford
		1–0		Replay (aet)	28 Apr 1960	Folkestone
1960–61	Bexleyheath    & Welling	3–0	Sittingbourne		3 Apr 1961	Maidstone		Cray Wanderers  / Dover
1961–62	Dover	1–1	Ashford Town	1st Leg	23 Apr 1962	Dover		Ramsgate Athletic  / Margate
		1–1		2nd Leg (aet)	12 May 1962	Ashford
		2–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
		4–1		Play-off	20 Aug 1962	Folkestone
1962–63	Ashford Town	1–0	Margate		11 May 1963	Gillingham		Tonbridge  / Dartford
1963–64	Ramsgate    Athletic	3–1	Maidstone United		25 Apr 1964	Gillingham		Bexley United  / Folkestone Town
1964–65	Tonbridge	3–0	Bexley United		19 Apr 1965	Gillingham		Ramsgate Athletic  / Dover
1965–66	Maidstone United	1–1	Ramsgate    Athletic	1st Leg	26 Apr 1966	Ramsgate		Margate  / Dover
		3–1		2nd Leg	10 May 1966	Maidstone
		4–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1966–67	Dover	5–0	Margate	1st Leg	3 Apr 1967	Margate		Dartford  / Ramsgate Athletic
		1–0		2nd Leg	6 Apr 1967	Dover
		6–0		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1967–68	Dover	1–2	Bexley United	1st Leg	24 Apr 1968	Bexley		Tonbridge / Gravesend & Northfleet
		3–0		2nd Leg (aet)	8 May 1968	Dover
		4–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1968–69	Folkestone	4–0	Margate	1st Leg	30 Apr 1969	Folkestone		Herne Bay  / Bexley United
		0–2		2nd Leg	8 May 1969	Margate
		4–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1969–70	Dartford	1–0	Margate	1st Leg	4 May 1970	Margate		Erith & Belvedere  / Folkestone
		4–1		2nd Leg	9 May 1970	Dartford
		5–1		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1970–71	Dover	1–0	Dartford	1st Leg	19 Apr 1971	Dover		Ashford Town  / Sheppey United
		2–2		2nd Leg	28 Apr 1971	Dartford
		3–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1971–72	Dover	2–0	Dartford	1st Leg	5 Apr 1972	Dover		Canterbury City  / Sheppey United
		1–2		2nd Leg	13 Apr 1972	Dartford
		3–2		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1972–73	Dartford	6–2	Folkestone	1st Leg	26 Mar 1973	Dartford		Canterbury City  / Maidstone United
		4–2		2nd Leg	4 Apr 1973	Folkestone
		10–4		Aggregate score (after both legs)
1973–74	Margate	2–0	Maidstone United		13 Apr 1974	Maidstone		Canterbury City  / Bexley United
1974–75	Tonbridge	2–1	Maidstone United		5 Apr 1975	Maidstone		Dartford  / Ashford Town
1975–76	Maidstone United	1–0	Canterbury City	After extra   time (aet)	30 Apr 1976	Maidstone		Margate  / Bexley United
1976–77	Bromley	1–0	Gravesend &    Northfleet		30 Apr 1977	Maidstone		Ashford Town  / Dartford
1977–78	Folkestone and    Shepway	1–0	Maidstone United		15 Apr 1978	Maidstone		Sheppey United / Gravesend & Northfleet
1978–79	Maidstone United	2–1	Dartford	After extra   time (aet)	16 Apr 1979	Maidstone		Gravesend & Northfleet /  Sheppey United
1979–80	Maidstone United	1–0	Dartford		7 Apr 1980	Maidstone		Bromley  / Dover
1980–81	Gravesend &    Northfleet	2–0	Ashford Town		20 Apr 1981	Maidstone		Maidstone United  / Dover
1981–82	Maidstone United	3–0	Ashford Town		12 Apr 1982	Gillingham		Tonbridge Angels  / Gravesend & Northfleet
1982–83	Folkestone	4–0	Dover		2 May 1983	Gillingham		Bromley  / Maidstone United
1983–84	Fisher Athletic	1–0	Maidstone United		7 May 1984	Gillingham		Folkestone  / Ashford Town
1984–85	Folkestone	4–2	Welling United		6 May 1985	Gillingham		Thanet United  / Fisher Athletic
1985–86	Welling United	2–0	Dover Athletic		5 May 1986	Gillingham		Gravesend & Northfleet /  Dartford
1986–87	Dartford	2–0	Maidstone United		4 May 1987	Gillingham		Ashford Town  / Fisher Athletic
1987–88	Dartford	1–0	Maidstone United		3 May 1988	Gillingham		Welling United  / Bromley
1988–89	Maidstone United	1–0	Welling United	After extra   time (aet)	1 May 1989	Gillingham		Dartford / Gravesend & Northfleet
1989–90	Maidstone United	1–0	Gillingham		7 May 1990	Gillingham		Dover Athletic  / Dartford
1990–91	Dover Athletic	1–0	Gravesend &    Northfleet		6 May 1991	Gillingham		Gillingham  / Maidstone United
1991–92	Bromley	3–1	Hythe Town	After extra   time (aet)	4 May 1992	Gillingham		Dartford  / Ashford Town
1992–93	Ashford Town	3–2	Bromley		3 May 1993	Gillingham		Gravesend & Northfleet Welling United
1993–94	Margate	2–1	Dover Athletic		2 May 1994	Gillingham		Charlton Athletic  / Welling United
1994–95	Charlton Athletic	4–2	Gillingham	After extra   time (aet)	8 May 1995	Gillingham		Tonbridge Angels  / Fisher
1995–96	Ashford Town	3–0	Charlton Athletic		6 May 1996	Sittingbourne		Gillingham  / Fisher
1996–97	Bromley	4–1	Dover Athletic		5 May 1997	Millwall		Gillingham  / Fisher Athletic
1997–98	Margate	1–0	Gravesend &    Northfleet		4 May 1998	Northfleet		Gillingham  / Dover Athletic
1998–99	Welling United	1–0	Folkestone    Invicta		3 May 1999	Folkestone		Margate  / Fisher Athletic
1999–    2000	Gravesend &    Northfleet	3–0	Folkestone    Invicta		1 May 2000	Northfleet		Dartford  / Dover Athletic
2000–01	Gravesend &    Northfleet	4–0	Dover Athletic		7 May 2001	Dover		Folkestone Invicta  / Bromley
2001–02	Gravesend &    Northfleet	5–0	Margate		6 May 2002	Margate		Fisher Athletic  / Ashford Town
2002–03	Margate	2–1	Welling United	After extra   time (aet)	30 Apr 2003	Welling		Erith & Belvedere  / Bromley
2003–04	Margate	2–1	Folkestone    Invicta		28 Apr 2004	Folkestone		Dover Athletic  / Bromley
2004–05	Margate	2–1	Dover Athletic		2 May 2005	Folkestone		Folkestone Invicta / Gravesend & Northfleet
2005–06	Bromley	3–2	Gravesend &    Northfleet	After extra   time (aet)	27 Apr 2006	Bromley		Ramsgate  / Margate
2006–07	Bromley	3–1	Tonbridge Angels		24 Apr 2007	Bromley		Ashford Town  / Maidstone United
2007–08	Ebbsfleet United	4–0	Cray Wanderers		26 Jul 2008	Bromley		Margate  / Bromley
2008–09	Welling United	6–1	Whitstable Town		16 Apr 2009	Welling		Ramsgate  / Bromley
2009–10	Sittingbourne	3–1	Folkestone    Invicta		4 May 2010	Folkestone		Cray Wanderers  / Welling United
2010–11	Dartford	4–1	Bromley		2 May 2011	Dartford		Ramsgate  / Cray Wanderers
2011–12	Hythe Town	1–0	Dartford		24 Apr 2012	Dartford		Dover Athletic  / Charlton Athletic
2012–13	Charlton Athletic	7–1	Tonbridge Angels		1 May 2013	Tonbridge		Thamesmead  / Ebbsfleet United
2013–14	Ebbsfleet United	4–0	Dover Athletic		5 May 2014	Gillingham		Whitstable Town  / Bromley
2014–15	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Gillingham		30 Apr 2015	Gillingham		Ramsgate  / Margate
2015–16	Dartford	3–1	Charlton Athletic		26 Apr 2016	Dartford		Greenwich Borough /  Ebbsfleet United
2016–17	Dover Athletic	2–0	Welling United		1 May 2017	Maidstone		Folkestone Invicta  / Charlton Athletic
2017–18	Maidstone United	0–0	Folkestone    Invicta		24 Apr 2018	Maidstone		Bromley  / Charlton Athletic
		4–2		Penalty shots
2018–19	Maidstone United	1–1	Bromley		16 Apr 2019	Bromley		Gillingham  / Tonbridge Angels
		3–2		Penalty shots
2019–20	Dartford	6–1	Whitstable Town	Final   Delayed	24 Nov 2021	Dartford		Phoenix Sports  / Gillingham
2020–21	Competition suspended owing to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Dartford	6–2	Folkestone    Invicta		17 May 2022	Chatham		Welling United  / Hythe Town
2022–23	Margate	1–1	Chatham Town		3 May 2023	Gillingham		Ramsgate  / Welling United
		5–4		Penalty shots
2023–24	Maidstone United	4–0	Ebbsfleet United		17 Apr 2024	Bromley		Dartford  / Chatham Town
2024–25	Welling United	1–0	Ebbsfleet United		2 Apr 2025	Gillingham		Dover Athletic  / Tonbridge Angels

Record by Club

(As of matches played 2 April 2025}

There have been 32 clubs (including follow-on clubs) who have won the Kent Senior Cup; a further seven clubs have competed in the final without winning; and an additional 14 clubs reached the semi-final stage but didn't progress to the final match.

KENT SENIOR CUP FINALS: RECORD BY CLUB (excludes the County Badge and occasions the cup was awarded to the Kent League champions) Rank ( † ) Club ( ‡ ) Latest win Winner Runner- up Finalist Beaten Semi- finalist Semi- finalist 1 Maidstone United:   (1897–1992) & (1992 >) 2023–24 19 9 28 7 35 2 Dartford 2021–22 13 13 26 19 45 3 Dover  /  Dover Athletic 2016–17 9 8 17 17 34 4 Margate / Margate Town /  Thanet United 2022–23 9 8 17 12 29 5 Northfleet United 1937–38 9 3 12 6 18 6 Ebbsfleet United /  Gravesend & Northfleet 2013–14 8 7 15 11 26 7 Folkestone / Folkestone and Shepway /  Folkestone Town  /  Folkestone Invicta 1984–85 6 12 18 21 39 8 Bromley 2006–07 6 6 12 17 29 9 Sittingbourne 2009–10 5 9 14 10 24 10 Ashford United / Ashford Town /  Ashford Railway Works 1995–96 5 5 10 11 21 11 Chatham Town / Chatham /  Chatham Amateurs 1918–19 4 4 8 13 21 12 Welling United 2024–25 4 4 8 6 14 13 Tunbridge Wells Rangers /  Tunbridge Wells United 1954–55 3 4 7 6 13 14 Charlton Athletic 2014–15 3 2 5 4 9 15 Royal Artillery Depot Woolwich 1944–45 3 0 3 0 3 16 Gillingham / New Brompton 1947–48 2 6 8 9 17 17 Tonbridge / Tonbridge Angels 1974–75 2 4 6 7 13 18 Gravesend / Gravesend United 1899–   1900 2 3 5 5 10 19 Eltham 1905–06 2 0 2 3 5 20 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1955–56 2 0 2 1 3 21 Ramsgate / Ramsgate Athletic 1963–64 1 3 4 9 13 22 Bexleyheath & Welling /   Bexley United 1960–61 1 2 3 5 8 23 Shorts Sports 1939–40 1 2 3 0 3 24 Canterbury Waverley /   Canterbury City 1953–54 1 1 2 6 8 25 Hythe Town 2011–12 1 1 2 1 3 26 Fisher Athletic / Fisher 1983–84 1 0 1 7 8 27 Erith & Belvedere 1941–42 1 0 1 4 5 28 Royal Arsenal 1889–90 1 0 1 1 2 29 Catford Southend 1911–12 1 0 1 0 1 30 Royal Ordnance Factory 1893–94 1 0 1 0 1 31 Highland Light Infantry 1891–92 1 0 1 0 1 32 Lincoln Regiment 1890–91 1 0 1 0 1 33 Sheppey United – 0 3 3 14 17 34 Cray Wanderers – 0 2 2 5 7 35 Whitstable Town – 0 2 2 1 3 36 South Eastern Rangers – 0 2 2 1 3 37 12th ITC (Canterbury) – 0 1 1 1 2 38 Lloyds – 0 1 1 1 2 39 Thanet Wanderers – 0 1 1 0 1 40 Royal Naval Depot (Chatham) – 0 0 0 2 2 41 Phoenix Sports – 0 0 0 1 1 42 Greenwich Borough – 0 0 0 1 1 43 Thamesmead – 0 0 0 1 1 44 Herne Bay – 0 0 0 1 1 45 Aylesford PM – 0 0 0 1 1 46 Ramsgate Press United – 0 0 0 1 1 47 Grays Thurrock United – 0 0 0 1 1 48 Royal Marines (Deal) – 0 0 0 1 1 49 Royal Ordnance (Woolwich) – 0 0 0 1 1 50 Southern United – 0 0 0 1 1 51 Swanscombe – 0 0 0 1 1 52 Royal Engineers United – 0 0 0 1 1 53 West Kent Regiment – 0 0 0 1 1
Notes	†: "Rank" calculated by wins, then runner-up, then semi-finals, then latest year (of the deciding factor). ‡: "Club" allows for follow-on of disbanded clubs (as indicated) and excludes significant club amalgamations.

Winning / Losing Sequences

(As of matches played 2 April 2025}

Consecutive Final wins:

• 5: Northfleet United 1924 to 1928.
• 3: Dartford, 1931 to 1933; Royal Artillery Depot (Woolwich) 1943 to 1945; Gravesend & Northfleet 2000 to 2002; Margate 2003 to 2005.

Consecutive Final losses:

• 2: Ten clubs have lost two finals consecutively on 17 occasions: Dartford (5, including losing in two separate 5 season periods two consecutive finals twice); Ashford United / Ashford Town (2); Maidstone United (2); Sittingbourne (2, both in a 5-season period); Ebbsfleet United (1); Folkestone Invicta (1); Gillingham (1); Margate (1); Shorts Sports (1); Tunbridge Wells Rngrs (1).

Run of winning the Final match (not consecutive):

• 7: Northfleet United between 1921 and 1938; Dover between 1952 and 1972.
• 5: Maidstone United. Twice: between 1901 and 1914 & between 1989 and 2024 (current run)

Run of losing the Final match (not consecutive):

• 8: Sittingbourne between 1904 and 1928.
• 6: Folkestone Invicta between 1999 and 2022 (current run).
• 5: Gillingham between 1949 and 2015 (current run); Margate between 1960 and 1970; Dover Athletic between 1994 and 2014.

Run of winning a Semi-final match (not consecutive):

• 11: Northfleet United between 1909 and 1928.
• 7: Maidstone United between 1914 and 1966.
• 6: Dartford between 1931 and 1947; Maidstone United between 1974 and 1980.

Run of losing a Semi-final match (not consecutive):

• 9: Sheppey United between 1893 and 1924.
• 7: Fisher Athletic / Fisher between 1985 and 2002 (current run).
• 6: Folkestone / Folkestone Town between 1937 and 1953; Ramsgate / Ramsgate Athletic between 1967 and 2023 (current run).

External links

• Kent FA, >Kent Senior Cup portal
• Official 2024–2025 results
• The FA: Kent Senior Cup 2023–2024 results
• Official 2022–2023 results
• Official 2021–2022 results
• Official 2019–2020 results
• Official 2018–2019 results
• Kent Football League Archive: Kent Senior Cup History
• Kent Online: Kent Senior Cup (search)
• Kentish Football: Kent Senior Cup (search)

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