Kent County League

Presidents Cup 1st Round

Saturday 5th September 2026

Kick Off 14.15 On Time!

Ramsgate Athletic 1 Smeeth & Bradbourne 7, attendance 24

12’ 0-1

20’ 0-2

36’ 1-2

57’ 1-3

61’ 1-4

73’ 1-5

85’ 1-6

88’ 1-7

@ South Road Recreation Ground

South Road

Hythe

CT21 6AR

No Admission or Programme.

It seems odd for a club at this level to be playing thirty miles away from the town they’re named after, but I’d had a prompt confirmation from the home club that this was indeed the case, so it was off to the Kent coast for today’s action. The ground is one street back from the sea front, with ample street parking available. There’s a brick built changing room block adjacent to a small car park, with the pitch being in the extreme east of the complex, a good 300 yards from the building. It was roped along one side, with both ‘benches’ setting up opposite.

This was a first round cup match, between two clubs from Division 1 Central & East of the league. As far as league positions go, it was bottom of the table (lost all four games) versus seventh (2 wins, 2 defeats) and went pretty much as expected. An easy tap in saw S&B open the scoring after twelve minutes and they doubled their lead eight minutes later, lobbing the ‘keeper after a long ball over the top. A free kick from the edge of the D saw Ramsgate make it 1-2 nine minutes before halftime, but they never looked like adding to it. Just before the hour mark the visitors made it 1-3, courtesy of an own goal by way of an over hit back pass, before an angled shot, saved by the ‘keeper, but followed in on the rebound made it 1-4 four minutes later. A cracking 25 yarder made it 1-5, before two more goals in the last five minutes rounded off the scoring.

That completes this division now and with it the top two levels of the league. Even better, no traffic problems in either direction.