Platt Utd entered
the Kent County League in 1988. In their first season they
won through to the final of the Kent Junior Cup, losing out
3-0 to Westerham. In their second
season, not only did they manage to gain promotion to Division
1, but they again contested
the final of the Kent Junior Cup. In a touch of de ja vu,
they were beaten again by the same score of 3-0, this
time by Ten
Em Bee who
also went on to win the league title.
Platt Utd gained sweet revenge when they defeated Ten Em
Bee in an end-of-season decider during the 1990-91 season,
which saw Platt Utd carry off their first Kent County League
title.
Platt's ambitions took a severe blow when they finished
a creditable 8th position in the Kent County Premier Division,
only to realise that the following season, the County pyramid
was to be reshuffled to allow possible promotion to the Football
League. The outcome was that the top half would remain and
be joined by the equivalent from the Eastern Region and the
bottom half, which was headed by Platt would effectively
be relegated to form an extra league, again along with their
counterparts from the Eastern Region. So Platt went from
playing Premier league football one season to playing in
Division 2 the following season.
However they bounced straight back the following season,
finishing Runners-Up to Strood County on goal difference,
after an unbelievable last game at the Stonehouse Ground
finishing 3-3. Watched by the entire AFC Egerton squad, as
they were sitting top prior to kick-off, hoping for any outcome
...................... other than a draw!
1992-93 turned out to be the most successful season in the
clubs history to date, as they also went on to win the Sevenoaks
Charity (Senior) Cup for the first time, defeating Premier
league opponents Sevenoaks Town by four goals to nil. The
club was also awarded the Kent County Fair Play Award and
to top it all off, manager Rob Dobereiner picked up the Kent
County Manager-of-the-Year Award.
Below is the full record of Platt's history
in the Kent County League.
| Year |
Kent County League |
Final Position |
| 1988-89 |
Division 2 West |
7th |
| 1989-90 |
Division 2 West |
3rd - promoted |
| 1990-91 |
Division 1 West |
Champions - promoted |
| 1991-92 |
Premier Division |
8th (pyramid restructure for 1992-93) |
| 1992-93 |
Division 2 West |
2nd - promoted
:: successful campaign |
| 1993-94 |
Division 1 West |
6th |
| |
Reserve Division West |
5th |
| 1994-95 |
Division 1 West |
6th |
| |
Reserve Division 2 West |
Champions - promoted |
| 1995-96 |
Division 1 West |
6th |
| |
Reserve Division 1 West |
9th |
| 1996-97 |
Division 1 West |
12th - relegated |
| 1997-98 |
Division 2 West |
6th |
| 1998-99 |
Division 2 West |
4th |
| 1999-00 |
Division 2 West |
8th |
| 2000-01 |
Division 2 West |
10th |
| 2001-02 |
Division 2 West |
9th |
| 2002-03 |
Division 2 West |
11th - relegated |
| 2003-04 |
Division 3 West |
12th |
| 2004-05 |
Division 2 East |
11th |
| 2005-06 |
Division 2 East |
12th |
| 2006-07 |
Division 2 East |
13th |
| 2007-08 |
Division 2 East |
5th |
| |
Reserve Division 1 East |
11th |
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