2011–12 Kent Invicta Football League

The 2011–12 Kent Invicta Football League season was the first in the history of the Kent Invicta Football League, a football competition in England based on 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

Season	2011–12
Champions	Bly Spartans
Promoted	Bly Spartans
Matches played	240
Goals scored	825 (3.44 per match)
2012–13 →

Sixteen invited clubs participated in the league's inaugural season, they comprised fourteen from the previous season's Kent County League together with two additional clubs:-

• Clubs joined from Kent County League Premier Division:
  • Bearsted
  • Bly Spartans
  • Bridon Ropes
  • Hollands & Blair
  • Lewisham Borough
  • Phoenix Sports
  • Rusthall
  • Sutton Athletic
  • Woodstock Park
• Clubs joined from Kent County League Division One West:
  • Crockenhill
  • Orpington
• Club joined from Kent County League Division Two East:
  • Lydd Town
• Clubs joined from Kent County League Division Two West:
  • Meridian S & S
  • Seven Acre & Sidcup, who also changed their name from Seven Acre Sports
• Plus:
  • Ashford United, new club formed after Ashford Town (Kent) folded in 2010.
  • Erith & Dartford Town, joined from the South London Football Alliance

Bly Spartans won the league (part of a league and cup double) and were promoted to the Kent League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bly Spartans	30	17	9	4	75	33	+42	60	Promoted to the Kent League
2	Phoenix Sports	30	17	7	6	60	30	+30	58
3	Hollands & Blair	30	17	4	9	66	30	+36	55
4	Bridon Ropes	30	16	7	7	57	38	+19	55
5	Ashford United	30	15	7	8	65	44	+21	52
6	Sutton Athletic	30	14	6	10	49	42	+7	48
7	Bearsted	30	11	11	8	40	34	+6	44
8	Lewisham Borough	30	13	4	13	48	42	+6	43
9	Woodstock Park	30	12	4	14	54	59	−5	40
10	Seven Acre & Sidcup	30	10	9	11	47	51	−4	39
11	Rusthall	30	10	3	17	39	58	−19	33
12	Lydd Town	30	9	5	16	51	64	−13	32
13	Erith & Dartford Town	30	9	5	16	38	65	−27	32
14	Crockenhill	30	9	4	17	43	83	−40	31
15	Meridian S & S	30	7	6	17	51	85	−34	27
16	Orpington	30	6	5	19	42	67	−25	23

Source: Non League Matters,FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ASH	BEA	BLY	BRI	CRO	ERI	H&B	LEW	LYD	MER	ORP	PHO	RUS	SEV	SUT	WOO
Ashford United		1–1	1–3	2–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	3–3	3–0	1–2	4–3	2–1	1–0	3–0
Bearsted	0–0		0–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Bly Spartans	4–5	1–0		3–3	1–2	1–5	1–1	3–1	5–1	5–0	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–2
Bridon Ropes	4–3	2–1	1–1		11–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–4	0–0	0–5	2–0	2–1
Crockenhill	2–5	2–1	0–4	0–0		1–1	0–1	3–2	2–6	0–4	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–3
Erith & Dartford Town	2–2	0–1	0–4	2–1	2–1		0–7	0–1	1–2	5–2	1–8	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	6–1
Hollands & Blair	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	5–0	3–2		1–0	3–2	7–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	4–0
Lewisham Borough	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	4–1	2–0	1–1		1–2	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	7–1	1–5
Lydd Town	0–1	4–2	1–1	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–0	2–4		2–2	3–2	3–3	0–2	4–1	3–0	1–1
Meridian S & S	0–5	6–2	0–8	1–2	0–5	5–2	1–1	0–4	2–1		1–1	0–3	5–0	1–2	1–2	1–1
Orpington	1–4	1–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–5	4–0	3–0	1–4		2–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–3
Phoenix Sports	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	5–2	1–1		2–0	1–3	1–0	3–0
Rusthall	0–3	1–0	2–4	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	4–3	0–2		3–1	2–4	0–1
Seven Acre & Sidcup	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–3	0–4	3–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	3–0		1–2	2–5
Sutton Athletic	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	6–2	0–0	4–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	5–0		2–1
Woodstock Park	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	6–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–5	1–3	0–1

Source: Non League Matters,FA Full-Time
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The Challenge Trophy

The 2011–12 Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy, sponsored by Sandom Robinson, was won by Bly Spartans who completed the league and cup double.

The competition was contested by all 16 teams from the league over three single tie rounds to reach the final, played on a neutral ground (at Welling United this season).

First Round

Sixteen clubs competed in eight first round ties.

Home team	Score	Away team
Phoenix Sports	2 – 1	Sutton Athletic
Ashford United	5 – 0	Lydd Town
Bearsted	1 – 0	Bridon Ropes
Erith & Dartford Town	8 – 2	Crockenhill
Orpington	0 – 5	Bly Spartans
Rusthall	0 – 1	Lewisham Borough
Seven Acre & Sidcup	3 – 1	Woodstock Park
Hollands & Blair	5 – 1	Meridian S & S

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Phoenix Sports			5
	Ashford United			3
							Phoenix Sports			3
							Erith & Dartford Town			2
	Bearsted			0
	Erith & Dartford Town			2
													Phoenix Sports		2	2p
													Bly Spartans		2	4p
	Bly Spartans			3
	Lewisham Borough			0
							Bly Spartans		0	4p
							Hollands & Blair		0	3p
	Seven Acre & Sidcup			0
	Hollands & Blair			3

Sources: "Kent Invicta Challenge Trophy, Sponsored by Sandom Robinson, 2011 - 12". Kent Invicta Football League. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2025.; "2011–12 Kent Invicta League: League Cup". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 15 May 2025.

External links

• Kent Invicta Football League