The 2012–13 Kent Invicta Football League season was the second in the history of the

Kent Invicta Football League The Kent Invicta Football League was a football league in England, formed in 2011 to commence operations for the 2011–12 season. It covered the traditional English county of Kent, some of which is now in Greater London. It merged with the South ...

, a

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competition in England for clubs located in and adjacent to the historic county of

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

The League

The league featured seventeen clubs of which fifteen had competed in the league the previous season together with two additional clubs: * Crown Alexandra, joined from the South London Alliance *

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, joined from the

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Also, Erith & Dartford Town changed their name to Kent Football United. Newly joined club Crown Alexandra resigned from the league in December 2012 and their record was expunged. Phoenix Sports won the league and were promoted to the

Southern Counties East League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Its two divisions are allocated at Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System (which equates ...

(SCEFL). This season owing to a planned expansion of the SCEFL there were two promotion places available: second placed Hollands & Blair did not meet ground grading requirements so third placed Ashford United took the promotion. Also leaving the division were Woodstock Park who resigned to the

League table

Results

Challenge Trophy

The 2012–13 Kent Invicta League Challenge Trophy, sponsored by Sandom Robinson, was won by Hollands & Blair. The competition was contested by all 17 teams from the league over four single tie rounds to reach the final, played on a neutral ground (at Ashford United this season).

Preliminary round

Two clubs competed in one preliminary round tie; there were byes for the remaining fifteen clubs.

First round

Sixteen clubs competed in eight first round ties.

Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final

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References

External links

Kent Invicta Football League
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