100 Club Winners for June 2009

£110 - Steve Clarke

£65 -Rick Wedepohl

£40 - Steve Rice

Pre Season Friendlys 2009/10

Thursday 23rd July.  Away to Milton and Fulton. KO.  7.30pm 1st team fixture.

Saturday 8th August. Away to Saga. KO  TBA. Res fixture.

Saturday 8th August.  Home to Lordswood Res. KO 2.30pm at Sandyacres. 1st team fixture.

Saturday 15th August. Away to Ocean Inn. KO 2.15pm at Marsh Academy New Romney. Res team fixture.

Saturday 15th August. Home to Maidstone Res. KO 10.30 am at Ulley Road. 1st team fixture.

Sunday 23rd August. Away to Aldington. Sunday team mixture? KO 10.30.

Saturday 29th August. Pitch booked at Sandyacres for friendly. KO. 2.30pm Team TBA.

Sunday 30th August. Pitch booked at Sandyacres for friendly. KO. 10.30. Team TBA.

Saturday league starts 5th September. Sunday league starts 6th September.

If anyone has any other games in hand or to book please advise me asap to avoid clashing.

Kevin

Weekend 18th/19th April
1st Team
Kennington make Canterbury City wait to become league champions with a 3-3 draw in a game that Kennington could quite easily have won

13/04/09
Message from 1st Team Manager
END OF SEASON WORKS.
As another season comes to a close we need to hand back the facilities to the Cricket Club and Towers. A lot of work has been done on your behalf to get these excellent facilities and to maintain them during the season. Please don’t leave it to the same people, the more help we can get the quicker we can get the work done. The work needed includes the cleaning of the changing rooms and club house, clearing out the container and remedial work to our equipment. We propose to do the 1st part of the work this Thursday 16th April from 5pm - 8pm. If you can help for just an hour and bring any cleaning equipment e.g.; brooms, cleaning cloths, paint brushes etc, it would be much appreciated.  Refreshments will be provided.
After the season has ended we are looking to improve the pitch. We propose to put in some verti-drain, this will be carried out by a local groundwork contractor. When this has been done we will blind over the pitch with approximately 20 tons of sport sand which as you will appreciate will need a lot of doing. It will then be over-seeded. If we can get around 20 members up there it would be great. If you want to play on a good surface you must spend the time and money on it to improve it. The quote we had for this work was in excess of £2500 which we haven’t got so we need to do most of the work ourselves.

We propose to start the work as soon as the season has finished probably on a Saturday and team managers will ask their squads for Volunteers towards the end of April.

WEALD OF KENT CUP.
Our 1st time in the final saw the teams best performance of the season dominating the game from start to finish ending in a 5-1 win. The lads have been in good spirit over the last few weeks and were in the mood for their 1st trophy. A mean defence, inspirational midfield and clinical finishing from inform strikers. One from Rice a second hat trick of the season for Harris and one from Wattsy left the management team wondering what could have been achieved had we produced this recent form from week one. Its a great shame Gary Martin back to his best had to miss out due to a family bereavement. Finally playing the way we know they can and a trophy well deserved for their hard work this season.  Still four games to go starting with the visit of champions elect Canterbury City to measure our progress which unfortunately will have to be played at Sandyacres.

Weekend 11th /12th April 2009
1st Team
The 1st team game was cancelled at the last minute by Lydd Town who were unable to put out a side due to lots of injuries
Reserve Team
Keith was very dissapointed to travel all the way to Otford and not come away with anything as his side lost 4-1
Sunday Team
A great disappointment  for James and the boys to go down to  a hardworking and stubborn Bethersden side 4-2 in a match they had should have  won. Winning 2-0 with goals from Steve Ward and Ollie Finch and 15 minutes to go we lost the match and our discipline after some poor finishing and decisions went against us. Frustration got to the players over some of the decisions, the shape and concentration went to let them take all three points which we had and badly needed to keep in the title chase. We must quickly put this one behind us and forget about the referee as we have him again soon. It doesn't’t help when players get on his back. He didn't’t lose us the game we gave it away. Next week we get an early chance to redress the situation when we return to Bethersden for a Bodkin cup semi-final. Couldn’t have had a better fixture which should fire the players up to get into another final.   
Sunday report from Kevin Hayden

Weekend 04/05 April 2009
1st Team
Kennington 1st team are through to the Weald of Kent Cup final after a well deserved victory over Premier League side Bromley Green, Steve Harris was on target twice and a superb individual effort from Marc Collins was enough to take the ulley roaders through to next weeks final at Tenterden, final score 3-1.
Reserve Team
Young Mark Hughes was again on the score sheet as Kennington came out on top against Staplehurst, Grant Langfield also scored twice to give Kennington a 2-3 victory.
Sunday Team
After a very tight first half Kennington were very patient and were rewarded 10 minutes into the second half when a fine ball into the box from Ollie Finch deflected off Matt collins onto an Aldindton defender who could only watch as the ball went into his own net, the second goal came from a Marc Collins free kick and to round the day off Liam Whiting just back from injury scored the third, final score 3 - 0 to Kennington. Kennington now face Bethersden in the semi final in two weeks time.

Weekend 28 / 29 March 2009
1st Team
1st Team lose 2-1 at home to joint league leaders AFC Sheppey
Reserve Team
Kennington managed a creditable 1-1 draw with Bearsted despite having a player sent off in the first 10 minutes of the game, young Mark Hughes was once again on target for our lads.
Sunday Team
Kennington SundayTeam are through to the next round of the Ashford Charity cup after beating Hamstreet 2-1 both goals came in the second half 1st from Danny Barham and the 2nd from Paul Barron.

Weekend 21/22 March 2009
1st team
Some very poor passing almost cost Kennington all three point at home to Oakwood, Kennington went 1-0 down in the first half and struggled to find a final pass to give our strikers a chance of a goal, but about 10 minutes from time Graham Oxley who was standing in for the day decided it was time for fresh legs, he brought on Steve Tanner who within five minutes on the pitch scored to bring us level and put us back in the game, it finished 1-1
Reserve Team
The reserves were away to Bromley Green in the Ashford Charity Cup and booked a place in the next round in a thrilling 3-4 victory after extra time.
Sunday Team
The Sunday side were away to Bliby in league action and came out on top after a very exciting match in which both sets of supporters were in fine voice, A Danny Barham double and a goal from Steve Ward was enough to give Kennington all three points, final score 2-3 to Kennington.

Sunday 15th March 2009
Hythe Football Fiesta
Despite a few last minute drop outs, Joe managed to put a side together to take part in the Hythe Football Fiesta and what a fantastic day it was, Kennington were in group B and were first on at 10am the first match was against a team called Arrows, not many of our lads knew each other so it was up to the experienced heads to lead the way and with Webbo in goal giving our lads lots of encouragement we soon got into the swing of things.Both teams started well and knew that with only 15 minutes each way they both needed to attack, Arrows pushed forward but our defence of Chris Glover, Paul Carter, Dave and Brendon held up well. Our midfield of Jamie Raffill, Jes Field, Matt Barham and Pat Law worked hard together and leading the charge was Darren Brown and "the Balls behind me" Allen, the plumber. On the bench for the first game was Graham Oxley and Kevin Ford who was saving himself to play against his old mate Peter Stanton.The game was very tight but 5 min's from time Jes Field broke the deadlock he calmly slotted the ball into the back of the net to give us the lead and despite a few scary moments we held on for the win. That was the first game under our belt and the lads then had 35minutes before the next game.In the second game we were up against Canterbury this was their first game so they were still fresh, I'm not sure if having a rest did our lads any good as muscles started to hurt dispite the weather being so hot. It was another very tight game but once again it was our secret weapon Jes Field who put us into the lead with a long range shot that found the back of the net to give us a 1-0 advarntage. Once again we managed to hold on to the lead and went on to win our second game and took another well deserved rest. We were now in a good position with other results going our way we needed to win or draw our final game in the group against the host team and passed winners Grovellers.
We started well but knew this was going to be a tough match and we were not wrong with a few minutes left till half time we conceded our first goal and first blood went to the Grovellers.The second half was end to end with the Grovellers coming close to get their second goal, the time was ticking away and with only a couple of minutes left it looked like we might not get into the final, just then we were awarded a free kick just outside the eighteen yard box and our midfield holding player Matt Barham stepped up to take the kick, as he stepped back to take the kick you could see the determination on his face he struck the ball with just the right amount of pace and it looked as though it was just going to miss the goal When, out of no where Graham Oxley run in to head the ball passed the Keeper and in to the back of the net to bring us level and take us through to the final, our fans ( and there were lots of them )were going wild and the sound of the final whistle meant it was a job well done. We then had another break while we waited to see who won group A and were going to join us in the final.
It was Kennington v Stars & Stripes in the final and as in all finals it had its moments.In the first half Kennington had the ball in the back of the net and despite the referee giving the goal he then consulted his linesman and gave a goal kick this was a blow to our lads but they battled on. Both sides were by now very tired and then the final whistle went i think they were both relieved although they now had to face the drama of penalties.both teams picked five players to take the penalties and it was a very nerve racking shootout but Kennington came out on top to win 4-3 and at our first attempt we won the John Miller Shield.( Well done to Joe and all the lads)
Kennington would like to thank all the players who gave up their time and all their supporters who came down to cheer them on especially all the lads from the Sunday side who rushed down after their game to support us in the final.
Another special thank you goes to The Grovellers football club who hosted the tournament and invited us to what was a very well run and most pleasurable event.

14/03/09
Weekend 14th /15th March 2009
Poor performance cost the 1st team 3 points at Sheppey
Kennington created lots of pressure in the 1st half and Sheppey were eventually undone on 40 minutes by a Sam Cridland right foot volley who appeared to be yards offside. After the start of the second half Kennington knew they would be put under presser themselves against the slope of the pitch and very strong cross winds and sure enough they gave in early when they failed to deal with a corner and let Sheppey back into the game. Kennington then committed suicide by letting Sheppey in behind their wide players and were punished on two occasions and fell behind 3-1.
Kennington then failed to deal with Sheppeys diminutive striker who squeezed the ball through his team mate to make it now 4-1.Whilst Kennington were well beaten on the day and defensively very poor they will take a little encouragement from the fact they created a hatful of chances but nobody was able to score.
Report from Team Manager Kevin Hayden
Reserve Team
Goals from Leon Reed and Steve Tanner gave the reserve team a well deserved draw against title challengers Bearsted
Sunday Team
Dispite going 1-0 down in the first five minutes of the game it was a comfortable win for James Haydens lads with Matt Collins scoring twice against his old club Danny Barham, Steve and Mike ward adding to the total to make it 3-5 to Kennington to take them into the next round of the Bodkin Cup

09/03/09
Meeting
All committee members are reminded of a meeting on Tuesday 10th March 8.30pm at the Rose Inn

09/03/09
Weekend 07th/08th March 2009
Kennington 1st Team
We went to APM Mears in determined mood to make up for last weeks disappointment but found ourselves 1-0 down after 5 min's after switching off following a cheap free kick. However we soon bounced back and forced a series of corners playing some great football and finally just before half time once, again APM nemesis Andy Davies popped up again at the far post to equalize. We went 2-1 up straight after the break with a well taken goal from Matt Coglan and soon after went 3-1 up when that man Andy Davies was on the spot again to prod home after an intelligent head back across goal by Gary Martin. 3 became 4 as Sam Cridland dismissed sentimentality to take the spot kick after a foul in the box. A well deserved 3 points from a very good squad performance lead from the front by Steve Harris.
Kevin Hayden
Res Team
A very frustrating day for Keith and his lads, this is a game they should not have lost, chance after chance fell to the Kennington strikers with at least three one on one's, it was a lucky goal from lydd that cost them in the end the ball rolled through the Kennington keepers hands and then his legs and some how inched over the line final score 1-2 to Lydd
Sunday Team
This was the third meeting this season with Market but this was the Premier cup semi final and was always going to be special and both sets of supporters were not disappointed. The first half was very much end to end with Market drawing first blood with what looked to be a cross some how found it way into the Kennington goal 1-0 to Market.
Market then seemed to take control but Kennington caught them on the break a great pass from Ollie finch to Sam Cridland on the right who drilled the ball across the Market goal into the feet of Matt collins who made no mistake in putting the ball into the back of the net to make it 1-1 going into the break. Kennington took control from the restart and to the Kennington fans delight were 3-1 up within 20 minutes this would be game over in most matches but not when you play Market in a semi final ten minutes from time Market pulled another goal back and their tails were up and just before the final whistle they equalized to take the game into extra time, the Market fans were going mad and so they should by this time there team wanted it more. Kennington did not want extra time as most of their players all played on Saturday and were by now dead on their feet, Market scored in the first half of extra time and that was to be the only goal and took them through to the final against Berthersden. We wish Market the best of luck in the final.

01/03/09
Weekend 28/02/09 & 01/03/09
Kennington 1st Team manager Kevin Hayden said he was happy with the overall performance of his side but very unhappy not to come away with all three points after his team dominated for most of the game but made some silly mistakes which allowed Staplehurst to take advantage with virtually the very last kick of the game to earn themselves a 2-2 draw.

Reserve Team manager Keith Rice was full of praise for his team as they all battled very hard especially in the second half when they were defending for most of 45 minutes but there brave efforts earned them a 2-1 victory and a valuable 3 points.

The Sunday side Manager James Hayden knew that his league game against Bromley Green was not going to be easy
the Green were always going to have their tails up after last weeks game. Kennington took the lead early on in the first half with a well taken goal from Liam Whiting. Chance after chance was missed by the Kennington team and Bromley Green took advantage of this and caught the Kennington lads on the break and another well taken goal this time from the Green brought the score level going into the break.In the second half Kennington made another good start and within 5 minutes were back in front with this time a header again from Liam Whiting. It was a good battle from both teams and end to end football with possibly the best chances again falling to Kennington, with 20 minutes to go Bromley Green had a player sent off which should have given Kennington a slight advantage but as we all know when your down to 10 men you sometimes play better and this was the case for Bromley Green who pushed for the equalizer and they got there reward 5 min's from time and held on to share the points with a 2-2 draw.

22/02/09
The Sunday side are through to the next round of the Premier cup after beating Bromley Green.
Kennington were 0-3 up at half time. But straight after the break the Green were quick off the mark and pulled a goal back and seemed to take control but the Kennington boys dug in and some very good defending was needed from Collo, Watts, Langey, and Hodges. The Green found it difficult to contain Danny Barham our magician in midfield who was picking out the front two of Matty Collins and Liam Whiting with some Quality passing. The final score was 2-6 to Kennington.

23/01/09
The 1st Team Home game against Lydd Town is cancelled tomorrow.
All 1st team players and Reserve team players please meet at the Towers School at 12.45pm and come prepared for a game on the Astro turf .

19/12/08
A Steve Harris hat trick secures all three points away at Otford, Manager Kevin Hayden praised his side on a very deserving 3-4 win. While the reserve team can not buy a goal at the moment i witnessed 5 one on ones and the goal post and cross bar being hit on at least three occasions, Lugsey, Leon and the very experianced Paul Carter just could not find the back of the net and the team paid the price as they were beaten 0-3 at home by Larkfield and New Hythe.

13/12/08
Congratulations to our Saturday Reserve team manager Keith Rice and his partner Jo on the birth of their baby
Daughter, the word is they are going to call her Pilau!!

29/08/08
Message from First Team Manager
It is assumed all players are available to play every Saturday in the season. Players must give their manager good notice if they are not available on any given Saturday and report back for training to be available for selection. They must also let the manager know if they are not able to make training. Non attendance will affect team selection.