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Kent Live Scores

Live updates from all six Kent teams — Gillingham, Bromley, Maidstone United, Dover Athletic, Ebbsfleet United and Tonbridge Angels.

Latest Results Across English Football

Full-time scores from the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, National League, National League North and National League South. Kent teams highlighted in blue.

PL24 AprSunderland0 - 5Nottingham Forest

Champ24 AprLeicester1 - 1Millwall

L223 AprSalford City2 - 0Bromley

PL22 AprBournemouth2 - 2Leeds

PL22 AprBurnley0 - 1Manchester City

Champ22 AprBirmingham2 - 1Preston

Champ22 AprSheffield Utd1 - 3Blackburn

Champ22 AprMiddlesbrough1 - 0Sheffield Wednesday

Champ22 AprCharlton1 - 2Ipswich

L122 AprCardiff1 - 0Port Vale

PL21 AprBrighton3 - 0Chelsea

Champ21 AprSouthampton2 - 2Bristol City

Champ21 AprLeicester2 - 2Hull City

Champ21 AprWest Brom3 - 0Watford

Champ21 AprNorwich2 - 1Derby

Champ21 AprQPR1 - 2Swansea

Champ21 AprStoke City1 - 3Millwall

Champ21 AprOxford United0 - 1Wrexham

Champ21 AprCoventry5 - 1Portsmouth

L121 AprRotherham0 - 2Luton

L121 AprBradford1 - 1Plymouth

L121 AprDoncaster0 - 2Lincoln

L121 AprStevenage1 - 0Barnsley

L121 AprStockport County0 - 1Mansfield Town

L221 AprCambridge United1 - 2Grimsby

League Tables

Live standings for the top seven tiers of English men’s football. Kent teams highlighted where they play.

Premier League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester City	33	21	7	5	66	29	+37	70	WWWDD
2	Arsenal	33	21	7	5	63	26	+37	70	LLWWW
3	Manchester United	33	16	10	7	58	45	+13	58	WLDWL
4	Aston Villa	33	17	7	9	47	41	+6	58	WDWLL
5	Liverpool	33	16	7	10	54	43	+11	55	WWLDL
6	Brighton	34	13	11	10	48	39	+9	50	WDWWW
7	Bournemouth	34	11	16	7	52	52	0	49	DWWDD
8	Chelsea	34	13	9	12	53	45	+8	48	LLLLL
9	Brentford	33	13	9	11	48	44	+4	48	DDDDD
10	Everton	33	13	8	12	40	39	+1	47	LDWLW
11	Sunderland	34	12	10	12	36	45	-9	46	LLWWL
12	Fulham	33	13	6	14	43	46	-3	45	DLWDL
13	Crystal Palace	32	11	10	11	35	36	-1	43	DWDWL
14	Newcastle	33	12	6	15	46	49	-3	42	LLLWW
15	Leeds	34	9	13	12	44	51	-7	40	DWWDD
16	Nottingham Forest	34	10	9	15	41	45	-4	39	WWDWD
17	West Ham	33	8	9	16	40	57	-17	33	DWLDW
18	Tottenham	33	7	10	16	42	53	-11	31	DLLDL
19	Burnley	34	4	8	22	34	68	-34	20	LLLLD
20	Wolves	33	3	8	22	24	61	-37	17	LLDWW

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

Championship

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	44	26	11	7	90	44	+46	89	WDDDW
2	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	+13	80	DWWDL
3	Ipswich	43	22	13	8	75	45	+30	79	WDLWW
4	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	+24	76	DWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	44	21	13	10	65	44	+21	76	WDLDL
6	Wrexham	44	19	13	12	66	60	+6	70	WWLLD
7	Hull City	44	20	10	14	67	63	+4	70	DDLDD
8	Derby	44	19	9	16	63	55	+8	66	LWLWL
9	Norwich	44	19	7	18	61	53	+8	64	WWLWD
10	Birmingham	44	16	12	16	54	54	0	60	WDWLL
11	Swansea	44	17	9	18	53	57	-4	60	WLWDD
12	Bristol City	44	16	11	17	56	57	-1	59	DLDWW
13	QPR	44	16	10	18	59	67	-8	58	LLDDW
14	Sheffield Utd	44	17	6	21	62	62	0	57	LWWLD
15	Watford	44	14	15	15	52	56	-4	57	LLLDL
16	Preston	44	14	15	15	51	57	-6	57	LLWDD
17	Stoke City	44	15	10	19	50	51	-1	55	LLDLW
18	West Brom	44	13	13	18	47	56	-9	52	WWDDD
19	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52	WDLDD
20	Portsmouth	44	13	12	19	45	62	-17	51	LWWWD
21	Charlton	44	12	14	18	41	54	-13	50	LDLDL
22	Oxford United	44	10	14	20	41	56	-15	44	LLWDD
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43	DDLLD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	44	1	12	31	26	84	-58	-3	LDDDL

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

League One

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Lincoln	44	29	10	5	83	38	+45	97	WDWWW
2	Cardiff	44	26	10	8	81	44	+37	88	WWDWD
3	Bolton	44	19	17	8	67	48	+19	74	DWLDW
4	Bradford	44	21	10	13	55	49	+6	73	DDLWW
5	Stockport County	43	20	11	12	64	54	+10	71	LDWDW
6	Stevenage	44	20	11	13	47	45	+2	71	WDLWW
7	Luton	44	19	11	14	63	53	+10	68	WDWWW
8	Plymouth	44	20	7	17	70	60	+10	67	DWDWL
9	Huddersfield	44	17	13	14	69	60	+9	64	DDDWD
10	Reading	44	16	14	14	63	58	+5	62	LLLDW
11	Wycombe	44	16	12	16	63	52	+11	60	LDLLW
12	Mansfield Town	43	14	16	13	53	45	+8	58	WDDLD
13	Barnsley	43	14	14	15	65	68	-3	56	LDDWL
14	Wigan	44	14	14	16	49	56	-7	56	DWWWD
15	Doncaster	44	16	8	20	46	67	-21	56	LWWLL
16	Blackpool	44	15	9	20	52	65	-13	54	WWLWW
17	Peterborough	43	15	7	21	62	62	0	52	DLLDL
18	Burton Albion	44	13	13	18	47	57	-10	52	DWDDL
19	Leyton Orient	44	14	9	21	57	68	-11	51	LDLLD
20	AFC Wimbledon	44	14	8	22	50	68	-18	50	LLLLL
21	Exeter City	44	12	12	20	50	58	-8	48	DDWLD
22	Rotherham	44	10	10	24	38	67	-29	40	LWLLL
23	Port Vale	43	9	12	22	33	56	-23	39	LDWDW
24	Northampton	43	9	8	26	36	65	-29	35	LLLLL

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

League Two

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Bromley ★ KENT	45	23	15	7	68	45	+23	84	LDLWD
2	Milton Keynes Dons	44	23	13	8	82	44	+38	82	WWDDL
3	Salford City	45	25	5	15	61	51	+10	80	WWDLW
4	Cambridge United	44	21	15	8	63	33	+30	78	LDWDD
5	Notts County	44	23	7	14	72	51	+21	76	LLWLW
6	Swindon Town	44	22	9	13	69	53	+16	75	DLWDD
7	Grimsby	44	21	11	12	69	49	+20	74	WWLWW
8	Chesterfield	44	19	16	9	67	55	+12	73	DWDWW
9	Barnet	44	19	13	12	62	50	+12	70	WWWDW
10	Crewe	44	19	9	16	64	56	+8	66	LLWLW
11	Oldham	44	17	14	13	55	41	+14	65	LLLDW
12	Walsall	44	18	11	15	55	51	+4	65	WLLDD
13	Colchester	44	17	12	15	58	47	+11	63	LWWWL
14	Fleetwood Town	44	15	14	15	54	55	-1	59	DWLLD
15	Bristol Rovers	44	18	4	22	51	64	-13	58	WWWWW
16	Accrington ST	44	14	10	20	44	52	-8	52	DLLLW
17	Cheltenham	44	14	10	20	52	71	-19	52	LWWWD
18	Gillingham ★ KENT	44	12	14	18	50	66	-16	50	LLDWD
19	Shrewsbury	44	13	9	22	40	66	-26	48	DWLWL
20	Tranmere	44	10	10	24	53	75	-22	40	WLDLL
21	Crawley Town	44	8	14	22	41	65	-24	38	DLLWW
22	Newport County	44	10	7	27	43	74	-31	37	LWLLW
23	Barrow	44	9	9	26	44	73	-29	36	LWLLD
24	Harrogate Town	44	9	9	26	36	66	-30	36	WLLWL

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	York	45	33	8	4	113	40	+73	107	WWWWW
2	Rochdale	45	33	6	6	87	40	+47	105	WWDLW
3	Carlisle	45	28	8	9	84	51	+33	92	WWDDW
4	Boreham Wood	45	26	9	10	94	58	+36	87	WWLWD
5	Scunthorpe	45	23	13	9	77	61	+16	82	DWLDW
6	Southend	45	22	12	11	81	46	+35	78	LWWDW
7	Forest Green	45	22	12	11	77	52	+25	78	LWDWW
8	Hartlepool	45	18	14	13	53	56	-3	68	WWLDD
9	FC Halifax Town	45	19	10	16	68	66	+2	67	LDDWL
10	Woking	45	16	15	14	69	53	+16	63	WDWDD
11	Tamworth	45	16	11	18	58	70	-12	59	DLDWW
12	Wealdstone	45	15	11	19	66	72	-6	56	DDLWL
13	Boston United	45	14	14	17	60	66	-6	56	WDWDL
14	Altrincham	45	16	6	23	52	64	-12	54	WWLLD
15	Solihull Moors	45	13	14	18	67	71	-4	53	LDDWL
16	Yeovil Town	45	15	6	24	47	64	-17	51	LDLWL
17	Gateshead	45	14	8	23	53	87	-34	50	LWWDW
18	Sutton Utd	45	11	14	20	59	78	-19	47	LLLDL
19	Eastleigh	45	12	11	22	56	80	-24	47	DLWDL
20	Aldershot Town	45	13	7	25	69	85	-16	46	LLLLD
21	Brackley Town	45	10	12	23	40	72	-32	42	WLDLL
22	Morecambe	45	9	11	25	66	98	-32	38	LLDWL
23	Braintree	45	8	12	25	37	71	-34	36	LLDLL
24	Truro City	45	7	10	28	40	72	-32	31	LLDLD

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League North

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	AFC Fylde	45	31	4	10	108	49	+59	97	WLWLW
2	South Shields	45	28	11	6	99	42	+57	95	DWWLD
3	Kidderminster Harriers	45	24	12	9	73	51	+22	84	WWWWW
4	Macclesfield	45	24	7	14	81	67	+14	79	WLLWL
5	Scarborough Athletic	45	19	15	11	60	51	+9	72	WLWWD
6	Chester	45	20	12	13	66	64	+2	72	WWWWW
7	Buxton	45	21	7	17	79	60	+19	70	WDWWL
8	Merthyr Town	45	22	4	19	93	82	+11	70	LWLLD
9	Darlington 1883	45	20	9	16	77	65	+12	69	DLWLL
10	Spennymoor Town	45	19	10	16	61	68	-7	67	WLLDW
11	AFC Telford United	45	17	14	14	85	63	+22	65	DWLLD
12	Marine	45	18	7	20	61	71	-10	61	LLLWL
13	Worksop Town	45	16	9	20	65	72	-7	57	WWLDW
14	Radcliffe	45	17	6	22	75	83	-8	57	LLLLD
15	Southport	45	15	12	18	62	71	-9	57	LLLWW
16	Chorley	45	14	12	19	64	64	0	54	DLLWL
17	Oxford City	45	14	11	20	59	66	-7	53	LWDWD
18	Bedford Town	45	13	13	19	65	76	-11	52	DDWWD
19	King's Lynn Town	45	12	15	18	56	64	-8	51	DLLDL
20	Hereford	45	14	9	22	62	77	-15	51	WWLDW
21	Curzon Ashton	45	13	12	20	64	85	-21	51	LWLDL
22	Alfreton Town	45	12	13	20	46	79	-33	49	WDDWD
23	Peterborough Sports	45	10	8	27	49	94	-45	38	LLLDL
24	Leamington	45	7	8	30	40	86	-46	29	LWLLW

Updated 25 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League South

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Worthing	45	24	9	12	97	52	+45	81	LWWWD
2	AFC Hornchurch	45	23	11	11	81	64	+17	80	WDWLW
3	Dorking Wanderers	45	23	9	13	77	60	+17	78	LLLLW
4	Hemel Hempstead Town	45	23	9	13	54	47	+7	78	WWDLD
5	Torquay	45	23	8	14	85	61	+24	77	LWWWW
6	Ebbsfleet United ★ KENT	45	22	11	12	73	52	+21	77	WLWWW
7	Weston-super-Mare	45	23	8	14	60	47	+13	77	DWWWL
8	Maidenhead	45	22	10	13	66	41	+25	76	WDWDW
9	Maidstone Utd ★ KENT	45	21	11	13	69	48	+21	74	WDWWW
10	Chelmsford City	45	21	10	14	72	59	+13	73	WDDDW
11	Chesham United	45	21	8	16	66	53	+13	71	LLWWW
12	AFC Totton	45	20	6	19	59	73	-14	66	WWWLW
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	45	17	13	15	59	59	0	64	DLDLW
14	Tonbridge Angels ★ KENT	45	16	12	17	65	63	+2	60	WWDLL
15	Horsham	45	14	14	17	50	52	-2	56	LLDLW
16	Salisbury	45	14	10	21	49	64	-15	52	WLLLW
17	Slough Town	45	14	9	22	66	85	-19	51	LLLDL
18	Hampton & Richmond	45	13	11	21	55	72	-17	50	LDLWL
19	Farnborough	45	13	11	21	66	91	-25	50	LWWLD
20	Dover ★ KENT	45	13	10	22	58	73	-15	49	LLLLL
21	Bath City	45	10	13	22	48	74	-26	43	WLWLW
22	Chippenham Town	45	11	9	25	51	77	-26	42	LDWLL
23	Enfield Town	45	9	13	23	55	81	-26	40	WLDLL
24	Eastbourne Borough	45	8	9	28	56	89	-33	33	LLDLD