The 2015–16 Kent Invicta Football League season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Pain & Glory Sports Kent Invicta League, was the fifth and last in the history of Kent Invicta Football League, a football competition in England for clubs located in and adjacent to the historic county of Kent. At the end of the season, the league merged with the Southern Counties East League and became the lower division of the merged league.
The league comprised one division and there was also a league cup competition, the Challenge Trophy.
The League
The league comprised twenty clubs of which fifteen competed in the league the previous season, together with five additional clubs: AC London, elected into the Football Pyramid for the first time APM Contrast, promoted from the Kent County League Premier Division F.C. Elmstead, elected from Kent County League Division Two West Forest Hill Park, elected from Kent County League Division One West Phoenix Sports reserves, elected from Kent County League Division One West
Bearsted were league champions and took promotion, along with runners-up Sheppey United, to the Southern Counties East League Premier Division (their post-merger top division). After the season AC London moved to the Combined Counties League and the rest of the clubs formed the bulk of the SCEFL Division One for the following season.
League table
Results
Challenge Trophy The 2015–16 Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy, sponsored by Pain & Glory Sports, was won by Glebe.
The competition was contested by all twenty teams from the league over four single tie rounds to reach the final, played on a neutral ground (at Sheppey United this season). First round Eight clubs competed in four first round ties with the remaining clubs receiving byes. Home teamScoreAway teamSeven Acre & Sidcup 4 – 1 Lewisham BoroughRusthall 2 – 5 Lydd TownBearsted 4 – 2 Kent Football UnitedMeridian VP 1 – 4 Sutton Athletic Second round Sixteen clubs competed in eight second round ties. Home teamScoreAway teamOrpington 1 – 0 Phoenix Sports ReservesCrockenhill 1 – 4 GlebeAPM Contrast 1 – 0 Seven Acre & SidcupAC London 4 – 2 Lydd TownBridon Ropes 3 – 1 FC ElmsteadGravesham Borough 1 – 0 Sheppey UnitedEltham Palace 1 – 4 BearstedForest Hill Park 2 – 3 Sutton Athletic Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final
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References
External links Kent Invicta Football League