Season 2019-20 – Rochester United
The season may have come to an sudden end and all results expunged but games did take place and plenty of teams had a year to remember. Here we look back at some of the sides that had an impressive First Division campaign.
Rochester United
Rochester United were one of 7 teams in the hunt for one of the 4 promotion places on offer when the season was brought to an early end. 4 of those sides, including Rochester, were level on the same points showing that we were unfortunately denied what would have been a thrilling and decisive end to the campaign.
The Spartans had 9 games to play and a Points Per Game average of 1.95 which, had it continued, would have meant that they would end on around 63 points. Their PPG total was the 4th best in the Division.
Unplayed Games
Lewisham Boro, Lydd Town, Croydon, Bridon Ropes, Meridian VP, Sutton Ath, Holmesdale, FC Elmstead, Stansfeld
9 games were left – 3 against promotion rivals.
Selected wins
6-0 Snodland Town
5-0 Kent Football Utd
4-1 Sutton Athletic
5-0 Snodland Town
5-0 Kent Football Utd
League Defeats x6
4-0 Croydon (A)
5-1 Kennington (H)
2-0 Holmesdale (A)
3-1 Stansfeld (A)
2-0 SC Thamesmead (A)
2-1 Forest Hill Park (A)
They failed to hit the net in just 3 games with 13 players scoring for them in league action.
Top League Scorers
Callum Peck – 12
Reece Gillies – 11
Harrison Hume – 8
Connor Cox – 4
Lewis Cook – 4
Summary
It was a huge shame that the enforced early end to the season denied us of a thrilling promotion race in the First Division. Rochester United were right in the mix for the honours and Lee Garlinge and his team should be extremely proud of their efforts throughout the year.
Follow their journey on Twitter here.
Main photo: Alan Coomes
