Pre-Season Results: Summer 2026

Here were the pre-season results during the summer of 2026.

If you can fill in the missing 'L-L' results, please email Stephen@kentishfootball.co.uk.


Tuesday 30 June 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Faversham Town  2-1  Faversham Strike Force (Rob Beazleigh Memorial Cup):
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  6-2  Lordswood (at Bexley Park Sports & Social Club, Calvert Drive, Dartford DA2 7GA)

Wednesday 1 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Sutton Common Rovers  3-3  Folkestone Invicta (at Carshalton Athletic FC)

FC Elmstead  P-P  Chatham Town
Herne Bay  P-P  Welling United
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  P-P Lordswood
Punjab United  P-P  Ebbsfleet United

Thursday 2 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Chatham Town  3-0  Erith & Belvedere

SE Dons  P-P  Lordswood

Friday 3 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Dartford  0-1  Charlton Athletic (3,058)

Saturday 4 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AMG Ballerz  6-2  Greenways
Cannons Wood  4-3  Staplehurst Monarchs
Canterbury City 0-2 Cinque Ports (at Canterbury Academy)
Canvey Island  0-0  Ebbsfleet United
Carshalton Athletic  4-0  Bromley
Chatham Town  2-2  Slough Town
Chislehurst Glebe  1-2  Lewes
Corinthian  1-1  Aylesford
Cray Wanderers  1-3  AFC Whyteleafe (Free Entry)
Cuxton 1991  2-3  Rochester United (at Anchorians, Darland Avenue, Gillingham)
Deal Town  3-1  Faversham Strike Force
East Preston 3-0 AFC Croydon Athletic (Denis Lawton Memorial Trophy)
Erith Town  0-0  Sutton Athletic (at Nelson Road, Gravesend DA11 7EE)
FC Elmstead 3-0  Bearsted (at Bishop Justice School, Bromley BR2 8HZ)
Folkestone Invicta  5-2  AFC Croydon Athletic
Fisher  1-1  Faversham Town
Harold Hill  1-2  AFC Greenwich Borough (at Aveley FC)
Herne Bay  3-0  Rusthall
Hollands & Blair  0-0 Ashford United
Horsham YMCA  2-2  EMC Academy (at AFC Whyteleafe FC)
Kings Hill  2-2  Croydon
Long Lane  0-3 Lewisham Borough
Lydd Town  3-1  Bexhill United (at Marsh Academy)
Margate  0-1  Dover Athletic
Meridian VP  1-7  Lordswood
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  0-1  Crawley Down Gatwick (at Charles Darwin School, Biggin Hill TN16 3AU)
Sevenoaks Town  1-2  Barking
Sheppey United  6-1  Sheppey Sports (Ernie Batten Cup)
Southend Manor  2-4  Welling Town (at 3G Pitch, Len Forge Centre, Southend)
Sporting Club Thamesmead  0-1  Phoenix Sports (70) -3G pitch
Sporting Khalsa  3-0  Punjab United (at St George’s Park)
Tunbridge Wells  2-0  Eastbourne Town (at Bennett Memorial School, Tunbridge Wells)
Welling United  5-1 Erith & Belvedere (at Danson Sports Ground)
Whitstable Town  1-3  Maidstone United

Canterbury City  P-P  Hythe Town
Long Lane  P-P  Kent United


Monday 6 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

SE Dons  3-3  Stansfeld (at University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, Eltham, SE9 2UG)

Tuesday 7 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AFC Whyteleafe  8-2  Beckenham Town (at Cray Wanderers FC)
Ashford United  2-2  AFC Greenwich Borough
Aveley  3-2  Folkestone Invicta
Bearsted  1-5  Maidstone United
Chatham Town  0-2  Herne Bay
Chislehurst Glebe  1-2  Merstham
Corinthian  0-2  Sevenoaks Town
Cray Valley (Paper Mills) 2-2 Phoenix Sports (at 3G Pitch, Dartford FC)
Dartford  2-1  Ebbsfleet United (612)
Erith Town 1-2  Raynes Park Vale
Faversham Town  3-1  Snodland Town
Faversham Strike Force  2-5  Whitstable Town (at Whitstable Town FC)
Hollands & Blair  1-0  Cuxton 1991
Lydd Town 1-3 Kennington (at Ashford Hockey Club)
Long Lane 0-1 Sheppey Sports
Margate  4-2  Sutton Athletic
Minster  3-0  Woodnesborough
Punjab United  1-1  Greenways
Rochester City  5-4  Welling Town (at Victory Academy, Chatham)
Sheppey United  2-1  Bromley
Sporting Club Thamesmead  L-L  Sporting Club Thamesmead U23 (at Leigh Academy, 3G)
Tunbridge Wells  3-2  Seaford Town (at Bennett Memorial School, Tunbridge Wells)

Deal Town  P-P  Ramsgate
Deal Town  P-P  Larkfield & New Hythe
Halls Athletic  P-P  Phoenix Sports
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  P-P FC Elmstead
Lordswood  P-P  Erith & Belvedere

Wednesday 8 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Horsham YMCA 1A0 Croydon
(Match abandoned after half-time with Horsham YMCA leading 1-0 - at AFC Whyteleafe FC)
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  5-2  FC Elmstead (at Bexley Park Sports & Social Club, Calvert Drive, Dartford DA2 7GA)

Friday 10 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Erith & Belvedere  1-4  Whitstable Town (at Chislehurst Glebe FC)
NK Maribor (Slovenia)  1-1  Charlton Athletic

Saturday 11 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AC Ashford 1-8 Welling Town
Chatham Town  3-2  Charlton Athletic
Chislehurst Glebe  1-2  Stansfeld (Free Entry)
Corinthian  2-0  Sheppey Sports
Cray Valley (Paper Mills)  2-3  Petts Wood & Holmesdale (at Bromley FC, 3G Pitch)
Dover Athletic  3-1  Cray Wanderers
Dover Rangers  1-1  Lydd Town
Erith Town  7-1  Forest Row
Faversham Strike Force  2-0  Croydon (65) – at Whitstable Town FC)
FC Elmstead  0-4  Fisher (at Bishop Justus School, Bromley)
Folkestone Invicta  0-0  Dartford
Halls Athletic  0-4  Sutton Athletic
Hashtag United  2-3  SE Dons (at Barkingside FC)
Herne Bay  6-1  Phoenix Sports
Hollands & Blair  0-5  Faversham Town
Hythe Town  4-0  Canterbury City
Jersey Bulls  1-5  Dulwich Hamlet
Kennington  0-0  Deal Town (at Ashford United FC)
Kent United  1-4  Rochester United (at Chislehurst Glebe FC – Free Entry)
Larkfield & New Hythe  1-1  Crowborough Athletic
Long Lane  0-4  Lordswood
Maidstone United  4-1  Welling United
Margate  4-0  Margate Res
Meridian VP  L-L  Agenda
New Romney  0-5  Minster
Punjab United  1-0  Rayners Lane
Ramsgate  1-1  Ashford United
Rochester City  L-L  Greenways (at Sittingbourne School)
Rusthall 1-2   Lewes
Sevenoaks Town  5-1  Tunbridge Wells
Sheppey United  4-0  Beckenham Town
Sittingbourne  1-1  AFC Greenwich Borough
South Park  2-3  AFC Whyteleafe
Sporting Club Thamesmead  5-2  Falconwood (3G pitch)
Staplehurst Monarchs  1-2  Snodland Town
Tonbridge Angels  1-0  Biggleswade

Deal Town  P-P  Ashford United
FC Greenwich  P-P  Canterbury City
Margate  P-P  Concord Rangers
Margate  P-P  Raynes Park Vale
Seaford Town  P-P  Peckham Town

Monday 13 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Newhaven  1-2  Crowborough Athletic
SE Dons  2-0  Soul Tower Hamlets (at University of Greenwich, Avery Hill Road, Eltham, SE9 2UG)

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AFC Croydon Athletic  4-5  Phoenix Sports (at Chislehurst Glebe FC)
Ashford United  1-2  Charlton Athletic
Aveley  1-4  Ebbsfleet United
Burgess Hill Town  2-1  Sevenoaks Town
Chatham Town  1-1  Merstham
Cray Valley (Paper Mills)  1-2  Colchester United
Cray Wanderers  3-1  Folkestone Invicta
Croydon  6-3  Larkfield & New Hythe (at Bishop Justus School, Bromley)
Deal Town  1-1  Bearsted
Dover Athletic  0-3  Gillingham
Faversham Strike Force  2-2  FC Elmstead
FC Andorra  2-1  Millwall
Fisher  3-3  Walthamstow
Herne Bay  2-2  Lordswood
Hollands & Blair  2-3  Whitstable Town
Kings Hill 2-4 Welling Town
Long Lane  1-3  Stansfeld
Margate  0-0  AFC Greenwich Borough
Minster  1-2  Kennington (at Ramsgate FC)
Punjab United  2- 0 AFC Whyteleafe
Sheppey United  1-3  Gillingham
Sittingbourne  2-2  Snodland Town (7:45pm)
Sporting Club Thamesmead L-L  Erith Town
Staplehurst Monarchs  1-0  Rochester City
Sutton Athletic  1-2  Dartford
Tonbridge Angels  0-2  Sutton United
Welling United  3-2  Braintree Town (7:30pm – at 3G pitch - University of Greenwich Avery Hill Campus, Avery Hill Road, Eltham, London, SE9 2UG)
Westfield (Sussex)  0-3  Hythe Town

Hackney Wick  P-P  SE Dons
Lordswood P-P Chatham Town
Rusthall P-P  Faversham Town

Thursday 16 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Erith & Belvedere  P-P  Erith Town

Friday 17 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

CD Eldense  1-2  Millwall
Sutton Athletic  4-0  Gillingham

Saturday 18 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Ashford United  2-3  Kennington (Arran McManus Memorial Trophy)
Aylesford  2-4  Hythe Town
Bearsted 2-1 Abbey Rangers (Roy Benton Memorial Trophy)
Beckenham Town  2-1  Stansfeld (246)
Chatham Town  1-2  Margate
Chislehurst Glebe  1-2  Raynes Park Vale
Corinthian-Casuals  1-2  AFC Whyteleafe
Cray Wanderers  1-0  Tonbridge Angels
Croydon  1-2  AFC Greenwich Borough (at Bishop Justus School, Bromley)
Cuxton 1991  0-4  Corinthian (at Maidstone United FC)
Dover Athletic  7-0  Littlehampton Town
Dulwich Hamlet  2-1  Millwall
Ebbsfleet United  2-1  Tottenham Hotspur (894)
Erith & Belvedere  L-L  The Charcoal
Falconwood  L-L  Greenways
FC Elmstead  L-L  Ide Hill (at Maplesden Noaks School, Maidstone)
Fisher  2-3  Grays Athletic (216 – FSA Brian Lomax Cup)
Folkestone Invicta  2-0  Charlton Athletic
Gillingham 0-1  Charlton Athletic (2,747)
Halls Athletic  1-3  Kent United
Herne Bay 4-3 SV Poortugaal (Netherlands) (788)
Larkfield & New Hythe  3-1  Maidstone United
Minster  0-0  Faversham Strike Force
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  3-4  Sheppey United
Newmarket Town  4-1 Erith Town
Phoenix Sports  0-0  Deal Town
Ramsgate  1-3  Maidstone United
Rusthall  2-1  AFC Croydon Athletic
SE Dons  2-0  Rochester United (at Chatham Town FC)
Sevenoaks Town  1-1  Hendon
Sittingbourne  1-2  Hollands & Blair
Snodland Town  1-2 Cray Valley (Paper Mills) (at Tonbridge Angels FC)
Soul Tower Hamlets 2-5 Bridon Ropes
Sporting Club Thamesmead  L-L  Long Lane (-3G pitch)
Tunbridge Wells  3-1  Crowborough Athletic
Whitstable Town  1-1  Dartford (545)

Cray Valley (Paper Mills)  P-P  Snodland Town
Dover Athletic  P-P  Eastbourne Borough
Ebbsfleet United  P-P  Barnet (3:00pm)
Ebbsfleet United  P-P  Brentwood Town (1:00pm)
Erith Town  P-P  Lordswood
FC Elmstead  P-P  Bocca Juniors
Harlow Town  P-P  Erith & Belvedere
SE Dons  P-P  Greenways

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Ashford United  3-0  Rochester United
Bearsted  1-1  Crowborough Athletic
Chipstead  0-0  Larkfield & New Hythe
Chislehurst Glebe  2-2  Welling Town
Corinthian  4-4  FC Elmstead
Crawley Down Gatwick  1-3  Sevenoaks Town
Cray Wanderers  2-0   Cray Valley (Paper Mills)
Dartford  0-3  Billericay Town
Dorking Wanderers  0-1  Chatham Town
Dover Athletic  2-1 Deal Town
Ebbsfleet United  1-2  West Ham United
Erith & Belvedere  1-5  Erith Town (Martin Tarrant Trophy)
Faversham Town  5-2  Kennington
Gillingham  1-0  Millwall (3,650)
Horsham  1-1  Dulwich Hamlet
Lydd Town  3-1  Bocca Juniors
Maidstone United  1-2  Greenways
Margate  1-3  Faversham Strike Force
New Romney  0-8  Hythe Town
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  3-2  Sporting Club Thamesmead
SE Dons  0-4  AFC Whyteleafe (at Chatham Town FC)
Sheppey United  2-0  Lordswood
Three Bridges  2-4  AFC Croydon Athletic
Tonbridge Angels 1-1 Sittingbourne
Tunbridge Wells  1-2  Peacehaven & Telscombe

Chislehurst Glebe  P-P Whitstable Town
Sittingbourne  P-P  Tonbridge Angels
Soul Tower Hamlets  P-P  Fisher
Welling United  P-P  Chelmsford City

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Hutton  0-6  Welling United (at Billericay Town FC)
White Ensign  L-L  Sheppey Sports

Thursday 23 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Lordswood  3-3 Kent United
Whitstable Town  4-2  Bridon Ropes

Cuxton 1991  P-P  Greenways

Friday 24 July 2026

Roy Vinter Respect Charity Shield

Chislehurst Glebe  1-2  Staplehurst Monarchs (0)

Pre-Season Friendlies

Chatham Town  1-0  Gillingham
Ebbsfleet United  1-1  Cardiff Metropolitan University (415)
Erith & Belvedere  2-5   Stansfeld
Erith Town  7-0  Phoenix Sports
Punjab United  1-3   Welling United
Rochester United  1-3  Sutton Athletic
Sheppey United  0-3   AFC Greenwich Borough

Saturday 25 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AFC Wimbledon  2-0  Charlton Athletic (2,528)
Beckenham Town  1-2  AFC Croydon Athletic (205)
Benfleet  3-1  Welling Town
Brentford 2-1 Gillingham
Bromley  3-0  Crystal Palace
Buckhurst Hill  5-1  Welling United
Canterbury City  3-3  New Romney (at University of Kent)
Corinthian  0-2  Margate
Cray Valley (Paper Mills)  0-1  AFC Whyteleafe
Crowborough Athletic  3-1  Hassocks
Cuxton 1991  L-L  Greenways (at Anchorians FC)
Deal Town  L-L  Hilltop
Dover Athletic  1-0  Burgess Hill Town
Faversham Town  0-2  Dartford
FC Elmstead L-L  Falconwood
Herne Bay  3-0  Redbridge
Hollands & Blair 1-1 Crawley Down Gatwick
Horley Town  0-4  Tunbridge Wells
Kennington  0-1  Hythe Town
Larkfield & New Hythe  6-0  Hilltop
Maidstone United  4-0  Ashford United
Minster  2-2  Hawkinge Town (at Margate FC)
Ramsgate  2-0  Sittingbourne
Redhill  0-3  Rusthall
Roffey  1-0  Faversham Strike Force
Sevenoaks Town  2-1  Raynes Park Vale
Sheppey Sports  L-L  Bearsted (at Sheppey United FC)
Sholing  1-0  Folkestone Invicta
Snodland Town  3-0  Croydon
Stevenage  1-0  Millwall
Tenterden Town  3-0 Lydd Town
Three Bridges  2-0  Bromley
Tonbridge Angels  3-1  Dulwich Hamlet
Woodford Town  2-2  Fisher

Cray Wanderers  P-P  Crystal Palace
Larkfield & New Hythe  P-P  Lordswood
Larkfield & New Hythe  P-P  AS London
Lordswood P-P  Kent United
Sheppey Sports  P-P Hackney Wick
Sporting Club Thamesmead  P-P  Rusthall

Sunday 26 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Sporting Club Thamesmead  0-4  SE Dons

Charity Match

Ramsgate Legends XI  2-6  Manchester United Legends XI (2,000)

Monday 27 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Woodford Town  P-P  Fisher (at Whitbread Sports Ground)

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AFC Whyteleafe  4-1  Sittingbourne (at Cray Wanderers FC)
Bearsted  1-1  Canterbury City
Bexley  2-4  Welling Town (at Sutton Athletic FC)
Beckenham Town  3-1  Bromley
Bromley  1-1  Millwall
Chatham Town  1-1  Barnet
Cray Valley (Paper Mills)  2-3  Ebbsfleet United
Deal Town  1-1  Minster
Dover Athletic  2-2  Herne Bay
Dulwich Hamlet  1-0  Dorking Wanderers
Fleetdown United  1-4  Croydon
Lordswood L-L  Otford United
Maidstone United  5-0  Brentwood Town
Petts Wood & Holmesdale  4-0  Lydd Town
Punjab United  1-2  Hashtag United
Ramsgate  1-1  Faversham Town
Rochester United  0-1  Sheppey United
Rusthall  4-1  Crowborough Athletic
Sheppey Sports  0-2  Basildon United (at Sheppey United FC)
Snodland Town  2-2  Greenways
Sutton United  2-1  Folkestone Invicta
Tonbridge Angels  4-2  Eastbourne Borough
Welling United  0-0  Billericay Town
Whitstable Town  0-0  Gillingham

Ashford United  P-P  Grays Athletic
Dartford  P-P  Chelmsford City
Lewes  P-P  Gillingham
Rochester United  P-P  Metrogas

Wednesday 29 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Whitehawk  1-3  Charlton Athletic (at Haywards Heath Town FC)

Friday 31 July 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

Bromley  0-7  Queens Park Rangers
Ebbsfleet United  1-2  Gillingham
Stansfeld  L-L  Kent United (Queen Mary University Sports Ground, Perry Street, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 6HA)

Saturday 1 August 2026

Pre-Season Friendlies

AC Ashford  2-1  Canterbury City
AFC Whyteleafe  2-0  Whitstable Town (at Church Road, Whyteleafe)
Barnet  1-1  Bromley
Charlton Athletic 0-3  Reading (Behind Closed Doors)
Chatham Town  0-3  Maidstone United
Chilham  4-2  Minster
Crowborough Athletic  4-0  Raynes Park Vale
Croydon  5-1  Falconwood
Dartford  4-0  Ashford United
Deal Town  3-0  Hythe Town
Dover Athletic  1-1  Carshalton Athletic
Dulwich Hamlet  2-2  Queens Park Rangers
Faversham Town  4-2  Cray Wanderers
Folkestone Invicta  2-0  Welling United (Sid Burvill Trophy)
Herne Bay  7-1  Harold Hill
Kings Hill  2-3  FC Elmstead
Lewes  6-0  Bromley
Lydd Town  1-0  Ashford Wanderers
Millwall  1-0  Royal Antwerp (Belgium)
Ramsgate  2-0  Margate (Thanet Cup)
Rochester United  5-1  EMC Academy
Sevenoaks Town  2-0  Lewisham Borough
Sittingbourne  1-1  Brentwood Town
Sporting Club Thamesmead  L-L  The Charcoal (3G Pitch)
Stansfeld  L-L Kent United (at University of Greenwich, Avery Hill)
Staplehurst Monarchs  4-1  Northumberland Heath
Wingate & Finchley  0-1  Tonbridge Angels

AFC Croydon Athletic  P-P  Lordswood
Herne Bay  P-P  Walthamstow
Minster  P-P  Faversham Town
Reading  P-P  Charlton Athletic

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Pre-Season Friendly

Bromley  P-P  Liverpool