At Mondays League SGM it was voted that Shepway should no longer be allowed to participate in the Premier League, this follows certain allegations and in particular the incidents v Smarden in February, following which Smarden themselves withdrew. Shepway have a particularly bad disciplinary record which is actually not much worse than ours, although it can never be a good thing to lose sides from the league.
Although not directly affecting Division 3 with now only 7 sides (from 11 starting) in the premier and 9 in the first, the whole League will no doubt be restructure next year, unless new clubs join this will ultimately mean less games for all. Now down to just 38 teams a far cry from the days when the league boasted 70+ clubs in 6 divisions!
