2014–15 Kent Invicta Football League

The 2014–15 Kent Invicta Football League season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Pain & Glory Sports Kent Invicta League,[1] was the fourth in the history of the Kent Invicta Football League, a football competition in England for clubs located in and adjacent to the historic county of Kent.

The league comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Trophy.

The League

Kent Invicta
Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsHollands & Blair
PromotedHollands & Blair
Matches played240
Goals scored947 (3.95 per match)

The league featured sixteen clubs of which fifteen competed in the league the previous season, together with one additional club:

Also, Fleet Leisure changed their name to Gravesham Borough.

For the second successive season Hollands & Blair won the league, this year part of a league and cup double and they gained promotion to the Southern Counties East League.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hollands & Blair 30 27 0 3 132 25 +107 81 Promoted to the Southern Counties East League
2 Bearsted 30 21 4 5 74 34 +40 67
3 Lydd Town 30 21 3 6 81 37 +44 66
4 Sutton Athletic 30 20 5 5 68 31 +37 65
5 Sheppey United 30 18 3 9 75 55 +20 57
6 Seven Acre & Sidcup 30 16 4 10 56 64 −8 52
7 Glebe 30 15 6 9 66 36 +30 51
8 Gravesham Borough 30 11 9 10 66 44 +22 42
9 Eltham Palace 30 10 7 13 63 62 +1 37
10 Bridon Ropes 30 10 3 17 40 54 −14 33
11 Orpington 30 10 2 18 43 53 −10 32
12 Meridian VP 30 9 4 17 38 63 −25 31
13 Rusthall 30 7 3 20 49 88 −39 24
14 Crockenhill 30 6 5 19 33 102 −69 23
15 Kent Football United 30 5 2 23 31 97 −66 17
16 Lewisham Borough 30 4 0 26 32 102 −70 12
Source: FA Full-Time, 2014–15 Football Club History Database
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away BEA BRI CRO ELT GLB GRA H&B KFU LEW LYD MER ORP RUS SEV SHP SUT
Bearsted 3–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–6 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–1
Bridon Ropes 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 3–0 3–0 2–3 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3
Crockenhill 0–3 3–0 3–3 0–8 1–8 0–7 0–0 3–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–7 0–3
Eltham Palace 0–2 2–1 6–1 2–2 3–3 1–6 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–3 2–3 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Glebe 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 5–0 2–1 6–0 2–0 1–2 3–1
Gravesham Borough 0–3 0–2 8–1 6–2 0–4 2–1 7–0 6–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1
Hollands & Blair 1–0 4–0 7–0 3–2 4–0 3–0 4–1 6–1 3–2 4–3 9–0 8–3 4–2 5–1 1–2
Kent Football United 0–6 0–2 2–3 0–4 3–2 1–3 1–5 4–3 0–7 2–3 0–7 5–2 3–1 1–2 0–6
Lewisham Borough 0–4 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 1–4 1–10 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–4 3–4 0–1
Lydd Town 0–2 3–0 6–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–2 5–1 2–1 5–2 3–0 1–5
Meridian VP 2–2 3–2 3–2 0–3 1–3 0–0 0–4 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–4 0–2
Orpington 1–4 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Rusthall 1–5 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–2 0–8 5–1 6–0 1–5 3–2 2–4 1–2 0–1 2–1
Seven Acre & Sidcup 4–3 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–3 2–2 0–6 4–1 3–2 2–8 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–5 2–0
Sheppey United 5–3 4–3 2–1 1–4 5–4 4–3 0–2 2–0 8–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 5–2 1–1 1–3
Sutton Athletic 0–0 5–1 4–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–3 7–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2
Source: FA Full-time, Kent Invicta League (archived)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Challenge Trophy

The 2014–15 Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy, sponsored by Pain & Glory Sports,[2] was won by Hollands & Blair for the second occasion and part of their league and cup double for the season.

The competition was contested by all sixteen teams from the league over three single tie rounds to reach the final, played on a neutral ground (at Meridian VP this season).[3]

First round

Sixteen clubs competed in eight first round ties.

Home team Score Away team
Lydd Town 1 – 0 Eltham Palace
Meridian VP 2 – 3 Sheppey United
Orpington 1 – 3 Bearsted
Crockenhill 0 – 4 Sutton Athletic
Kent Football United 0 – 9 Hollands & Blair
Rusthall 2 – 3 Gravesham Borough
Glebe 3 – 1 (aet)
(1–1 @90 mins)		 Seven Acre & Sidcup
Lewisham Borough 0 – 0 (aet)
Pens: 4 – 1		 Bridon Ropes

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Lydd Town 2
Sheppey United 3
Sheppey United 2
Bearsted 3
Bearsted 1
Sutton Athletic 0
Bearsted 0
Hollands & Blair 2
Hollands & Blair 6
Gravesham Borough 1
Hollands & Blair 3
Glebe 1
Lewisham Borough 0
Glebe 2

Sources: "Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy". Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2025.; "2014–15 Kent Invicta League: Challenge Trophy". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 15 May 2025.; "2014-15 Match Reports: Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy Final". Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Kent Invicta League: Kent League A.G.M." Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ "KIL Challenge Trophy Draw 2014–15". Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ "2014-15 Match Reports: Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy Final". Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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