Season 2003/04
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35. Season 2003/04


Kent County League
Premier Division
Final Position 4th

https://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=1877&LeagueCode=KCFAL2003

Most Appearances: Incomplete *
(Goalscoring games only showing - League & Challenge Cup only)
M Knuckey 18, P Kenney 14, S Clark 11, D Flood 3, C Hodge 6, J Duviau 4, L Hickey 4

Others: Up to 17/1/04 from programme stats
Goalkeeper Stewart Black ever present with 21 games.
M Knuckey add 10 appearances (non scoring games)

Top Goalscorers:* League & Challenge Cup only
M Knuckey 24, P Kenney 22, S Clark 11, D Flood 5, C Hodge 5, J Duviau 3, L Hickey 3, D Page 3, M Peters 3,Own Goal 3, D Marjolin 2, L Ambrose 1, J Conran 1, D Corpe 1, G Jones 1, C Saglam 1, L Speirs 1.

London Intermediate Cup
Winners: Cray Valley (PM) beat Thamesmead Town 4-1 in the Final to retain the cup won the previous season.
Sat 3rd April 2004 at Fisher Athletic FC

The quarter final of the London Intermediate Cup had everything as Cray travelled away against Dulwich Hamlet Reserves. After going ahead twice through Hickey & Knuckey, Cray then fell behind (after a fog break) in extra time, before Paul Kenney made it 3-3 and with a few minutes to go it was Kenney who got the winner from the spot after Clinton Hodge had been fouled off the ball. 4-3

In the semi final Cray beat a Wingate & Finchley side 6-4 with goals from Knuckey 2, Kenney 2, Hickey and substitute Majoli.

Kent County ‘Bill Manklow’ Inter Regional Challenge Cup
Winners: Cray Valley (PM) beat University of Kent 4-2 in the Final on 6th May 2004.
Road to the Final
2nd Round: Flleetwood United 2 Cray Valley 6
3rd Round: Beauwater 1 Cray Valley 2
Quarter Final: Crockenhill 2 Cray Valley 4
Semi Final: Cray Valley 7 New Romney 4
See below "first team results" for goalscorers

KCL Premier Division 2003/04
1. Crockenhill 26 19 4 3 58 24 61
2. Old Roan 26 19 2 5 67 30 59
3. Lydd Town 26 17 5 4 61 27 56
4. Cray Valley (PM) 26 16 5 5 67 27 53
5. Stansfeld Oxf. & Berm. Club 26 11 9 6 54 32 42
6. Sheerness East 26 10 11 5 43 24 41
7. Greenways 26 10 6 10 38 43 36
8. Bearsted 26 11 2 13 36 41 35
9. Tenterden Town 26 10 3 13 51 67 33
10. Beauwater 26 8 4 14 31 53 28
11. Snodland 26 8 2 16 47 76 26
12. Milton Athletic 26 5 5 16 30 45 20
13. New Romney 26 5 1 20 30 73 16
14. Kennington 26 1 5 20 29 80 8

Reserves
South London Alliance Premier Division
Final position 9th / 11
https://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=3446&LeagueCode=SLFA2003

Beckenham Hospitals Cup Winners
Team line up 6th March 2004 Kent Junior Cup A 6th Round
Holands & Blair 5 v Cray Valley Reserves 2 (after extra time)
https://www.hollandsandblair.co.uk/match/it/1022/3012?sort=sdate&order=asc&fsea=all&frt=all&offset=5

Youth Teams
U18
Kent Youth League North Division - Runners- Up
https://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2043&LeagueCode=KYFL2003

John Ullmann Cup - Kent Youth Cup Competition U-18's
Beaten semi-finalists
Folkestone Invicta 2 v Cray Valley 1

U17
London Cup Winners
Cray Valley 2 0 Lewisham Youth [ Round 1 ] Sunday, 09 November 2003
Barking Colts 1 5 Cray Valley [ Round 2 ] Sunday, 07 December 2003
Caribb Youth 0 1 Cray Valley [ Quarter Final ] Sunday, 18 January 2004
Junior Reds 1 2 Cray Valley [ Semi Final ] Sunday, 01 February 2004
Cray Valley 4 1 Thornton Athletic U18 [ Final ] Sunday, 14 March 2004

Team photo courtesy of Aaron Thomas who played that day for Cray as part of the U17 squad managed by Alan Foreman. London Cup Winners. First Team manager Mark Edwards was also present on the day.

U15
Kent Youth League North Division
Final position: 4th / 16
https://football.mitoo.co.uk/LeagueTab.cfm?TblName=Matches&DivisionID=2048&LeagueCode=KYFL2003

Kent Youth League Challenge Cup - Runners-Up
Chatham Town U15 1 3 Cray Valley U15 [ Round 2 ] Sunday, 16 November 2003
Cray Valley U15 4 2 Erith & Belvedere U15 [ Quarter Final ] Sunday, 15 February 2004
Cray Valley U15 3 1 Milton Athletic U15 [ Semi Final ] Sunday, 21 March 2004
Maidstone United U15 4 3 Cray Valley U15 [ Final ] Tuesday, 20 April 2004

History Insight:
County Representative Honours:
2003/04
The British Energy Kent County League won The Tom Stabler Trophy for the fifth year in succession with a 3-0 victory over the Matthew Clark Sussex County League at Eastbourne Town on Wednesday 19th November 2003.
Cray Valley had three players included in the squad, John Cottram, Scott Clark and Matt Knuckey.

First Team Results

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 4 1 New Romney Saturday, 23 August 2003
CV- S.Clark M.Knuckey D.Page M.Petters

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 5 1 Snodland Saturday, 30 August 2003
CV- S.Clark P.Kenney M.Knuckey(2) M.Petters

D Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 1 1 Greenways Saturday, 06 September 2003
CV- D.Page

D Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 2 2 Lydd Town Saturday, 13 September 2003
CV- OG(2)

D Premier Division
Sheerness East 2 2 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 20 September 2003
CV- L.Hickey M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
Old Roan 2 3 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 27 September 2003
CV- P.Kenney M.Knuckey(2)

L Premier Division
Stansfeld O&B Club 2 0 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 04 October 2003

L Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 0 3 Sheerness East Saturday, 11 October 2003

W Premier Division
Lydd Town 0 1 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 18 October 2003
CV- M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 1 0 Bearsted Saturday, 25 October 2003
CV- G.Jones

W Premier Division
Beauwater 0 3 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 15 November 2003
CV- J.Duviau P.Kenney D.Page

W Premier Division
Snodland 0 4 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 29 November 2003
CV- J.Conran P.Kenney(2) M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 2 0 Old Roan Saturday, 06 December 2003
CV- L.Ambrose M.Knuckey

D Premier Division
Crockenhill 1 1 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 13 December 2003
CV- P.Kenney

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 4 1 Tenterden Town Saturday, 20 December 2003
CV- S.Clark P.Kenney M.Knuckey M.Petters

W Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Round 2
Fleetdown United 2 6 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 03 January 2004
CV- S.Clark P.Kenney(5)

W Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Round 3
Beauwater 1 2 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 07 February 2004
CV- S.Clark D.Marjolin

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 7 0 Kennington Saturday, 14 February 2004
CV- S.Clark C.Hodge P.Kenney(2) M.Knuckey C.Saglam L.Speirs

W Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Quarter Final
Crockenhill 2 4 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 21 February 2004
CV- D.Corpe M.Knuckey(2) D.Marjolin

L Premier Division
Greenways 1 0 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 28 February 2004

W Premier Division
Tenterden Town 1 2 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 06 March 2004
CV- J.Duviau M.Knuckey

W Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Semi Final
Cray Valley (PM) 7 4 New Romney Saturday, 13 March 2004
CV- S.Clark J.Duviau C.Hodge(2) P.Kenney(2) M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 4 1 Crockenhill Saturday, 20 March 2004
CV- S.Clark P.Kenney M.Knuckey(2)

W Premier Division
Milton Athletic 1 3 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 27 March 2004
CV- L.Hickey P.Kenney(2)

L Premier Division
Bearsted 2 1 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 10 April 2004
CV- M.Knuckey

D Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 0 0 Stansfeld O&B Club Monday, 12 April 2004

L Premier Division
Kennington 2 1 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 17 April 2004
CV- M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 3 1 Milton Athletic Saturday, 24 April 2004
CV- S.Clark D.Flood M.Knuckey

W Premier Division
New Romney 1 6 Cray Valley (PM) Saturday, 01 May 2004
CV- D.Flood(2) C.Hodge M.Knuckey(3)

W Inter-Regional Challenge Cup Final
Cray Valley (PM) 4 2 University of Kent Thursday, 06 May 2004
CV- S.Clark L.Hickey P.Kenney OG

W Premier Division
Cray Valley (PM) 7 1 Beauwater Saturday, 08 May 2004
CV- S.Clark D.Flood(2) C.Hodge P.Kenney(2) M.Knuckey

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