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All Kent Football

Kent Football

Bromley 2-0 Salford City: League Two match report

Kent Football

Tonbridge Angels 1-6 Farnborough: National League – South match report

Kent Football

Ebbsfleet United 4-0 Hampton & Richmond: National League – South match report

Kent Football

Dover Athletic 1-0 Maidenhead: National League – South match report

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.

Champ26 AprCoventry3 - 1Wrexham

PL25 AprArsenal1 - 0Newcastle

PL25 AprWolves0 - 1Tottenham

PL25 AprLiverpool3 - 1Crystal Palace

PL25 AprWest Ham2 - 1Everton

Champ25 AprBirmingham2 - 1Bristol City

Champ25 AprSheffield Utd2 - 3Preston

Champ25 AprNorwich1 - 1Swansea

Champ25 AprQPR2 - 3Derby

Champ25 AprStoke City1 - 3Portsmouth

Champ25 AprOxford United4 - 1Sheffield Wednesday

L125 AprHuddersfield1 - 4Mansfield Town

L125 AprCardiff5 - 1Northampton

L125 AprWigan0 - 1AFC Wimbledon

L125 AprRotherham1 - 1Reading

L125 AprBurton Albion1 - 1Exeter City

L125 AprBradford1 - 1Bolton

L125 AprBlackpool1 - 0Leyton Orient

L125 AprPlymouth2 - 1Port Vale

L125 AprLuton2 - 1Barnsley

L125 AprLincoln4 - 3Wycombe

L225 AprBristol Rovers4 - 0Cheltenham

L225 AprWalsall0 - 2Harrogate Town

L225 AprChesterfield2 - 0Crewe

L225 AprShrewsbury2 - 2Fleetwood Town

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	Arsenal	34	22	7	5	64	26	+38	73	WLLWW
2	Manchester City	33	21	7	5	66	29	+37	70	WWWDD
3	Manchester United	33	16	10	7	58	45	+13	58	WLDWL
4	Liverpool	34	17	7	10	57	44	+13	58	WWWLD
5	Aston Villa	34	17	7	10	47	42	+5	58	LWDWL
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	Fulham	34	14	6	14	44	46	-2	48	WDLWD
11	Everton	34	13	8	13	41	41	0	47	LLDWL
12	Sunderland	34	12	10	12	36	45	-9	46	LLWWL
13	Crystal Palace	33	11	10	12	36	39	-3	43	LDWDW
14	Newcastle	34	12	6	16	46	50	-4	42	LLLLW
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	34	9	9	16	42	58	-16	36	WDWLD
18	Tottenham	34	8	10	16	43	53	-10	34	WDLLD
19	Burnley	34	4	8	22	34	68	-34	20	LLLLD
20	Wolves	34	3	8	23	24	62	-38	17	LLLDW

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

Championship

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry	45	27	11	7	93	45	+48	92	WWDDD
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	+30	80	DWDLW
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	+13	80	DWWDL
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	70	45	+25	79	WWDLD
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	+24	76	DWWWW
6	Wrexham	45	19	13	13	67	63	+4	70	LWWLL
7	Hull City	45	20	10	15	68	65	+3	70	LDDLD
8	Derby	45	20	9	16	66	57	+9	69	WLWLW
9	Norwich	45	19	8	18	62	54	+8	65	DWWLW
10	Birmingham	45	17	12	16	56	55	+1	63	WWDWL
11	Swansea	45	17	10	18	54	58	-4	61	DWLWD
12	Preston	45	15	15	15	54	59	-5	60	WLLWD
13	Bristol City	45	16	11	18	57	59	-2	59	LDLDW
14	QPR	45	16	10	19	61	70	-9	58	LLLDD
15	Sheffield Utd	45	17	6	22	64	65	-1	57	LLWWL
16	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	61	-8	57	LLLLD
17	Stoke City	45	15	10	20	51	54	-3	55	LLLDL
18	Portsmouth	45	14	12	19	48	63	-15	54	WLWWW
19	Charlton	45	13	14	18	43	55	-12	53	WLDLD
20	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52	WDLDD
21	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	51	DWWDD
22	Oxford United	45	11	14	20	45	57	-12	47	WLLWD
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43	DDLLD
24	Sheffield Wednesday	45	1	12	32	27	88	-61	-3	LLDDD

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

League One

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Lincoln	45	30	10	5	87	41	+46	100	WWDWW
2	Cardiff	45	27	10	8	86	45	+41	91	WWWDW
3	Bolton	45	19	18	8	68	49	+19	75	DDWLD
4	Stockport County	44	21	11	12	67	55	+12	74	WLDWD
5	Bradford	45	21	11	13	56	50	+6	74	DDDLW
6	Stevenage	45	20	12	13	48	46	+2	72	DWDLW
7	Luton	45	20	11	14	65	54	+11	71	WWDWW
8	Plymouth	45	21	7	17	72	61	+11	70	WDWDW
9	Huddersfield	45	17	13	15	70	64	+6	64	LDDDW
10	Reading	45	16	15	14	64	59	+5	63	DLLLD
11	Mansfield Town	44	15	16	13	57	46	+11	61	WWDDL
12	Wycombe	45	16	12	17	66	56	+10	60	LLDLL
13	Blackpool	45	16	9	20	53	65	-12	57	WWWLW
14	Doncaster	45	16	9	20	47	68	-21	57	DLWWL
15	Barnsley	44	14	14	16	66	70	-4	56	LLDDW
16	Wigan	45	14	14	17	49	57	-8	56	LDWWW
17	Burton Albion	45	13	14	18	48	58	-10	53	DDWDD
18	AFC Wimbledon	45	15	8	22	51	68	-17	53	WLLLL
19	Peterborough	44	15	7	22	63	65	-2	52	LDLLD
20	Leyton Orient	45	14	9	22	57	69	-12	51	LLDLL
21	Exeter City	45	12	13	20	51	59	-8	49	DDDWL
22	Rotherham	45	10	11	24	39	68	-29	41	DLWLL
23	Port Vale	44	9	12	23	34	58	-24	39	LLDWD
24	Northampton	44	9	8	27	37	70	-33	35	LLLLL

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

League Two

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Milton Keynes Dons	45	24	13	8	85	44	+41	85	WWWDD
2	Bromley ★ KENT	45	23	15	7	68	45	+23	84	LDLWD
3	Cambridge United	45	22	15	8	66	33	+33	81	WLDWD
4	Salford City	45	25	5	15	61	51	+10	80	WWDLW
5	Notts County	45	24	7	14	73	51	+22	79	WLLWL
6	Grimsby	45	22	11	12	73	49	+24	77	WWWLW
7	Chesterfield	45	20	16	9	69	55	+14	76	WDWDW
8	Swindon Town	45	22	9	14	69	57	+12	75	LDLWD
9	Barnet	45	20	13	12	68	52	+16	73	WWWWD
10	Crewe	45	19	9	17	64	58	+6	66	LLLWL
11	Oldham	45	17	14	14	57	44	+13	65	LLLLD
12	Walsall	45	18	11	16	55	53	+2	65	LWLLD
13	Colchester	45	17	12	16	58	48	+10	63	LLWWW
14	Bristol Rovers	45	19	4	22	55	64	-9	61	WWWWW
15	Fleetwood Town	45	15	15	15	56	57	-1	60	DDWLL
16	Accrington ST	45	14	11	20	47	55	-8	53	DDLLL
17	Cheltenham	45	14	10	21	52	75	-23	52	LLWWW
18	Gillingham ★ KENT	45	12	14	19	52	72	-20	50	LLLDW
19	Shrewsbury	45	13	10	22	42	68	-26	49	DDWLW
20	Tranmere	45	10	10	25	53	78	-25	40	LWLDL
21	Newport County	45	11	7	27	46	76	-30	40	WLWLL
22	Crawley Town	45	8	15	22	44	68	-24	39	DDLLW
23	Harrogate Town	45	10	9	26	38	66	-28	39	WWLLW
24	Barrow	45	9	9	27	44	76	-32	36	LLWLL

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	York	46	33	9	4	114	41	+73	108	DWWWW
2	Rochdale	46	33	7	6	88	41	+47	106	DWWDL
3	Carlisle	46	29	8	9	87	51	+36	95	WWWDD
4	Boreham Wood	46	27	9	10	95	58	+37	90	WWWLW
5	Scunthorpe	46	23	13	10	77	62	+15	82	LDWLD
6	Southend	46	23	12	11	83	47	+36	81	WLWWD
7	Forest Green	46	23	12	11	82	52	+30	81	WLWDW
8	FC Halifax Town	46	20	10	16	69	66	+3	70	WLDDW
9	Hartlepool	46	18	14	14	54	59	-5	68	LWWLD
10	Woking	46	16	15	15	69	54	+15	63	LWDWD
11	Tamworth	46	17	11	18	63	71	-8	62	WDLDW
12	Boston United	46	15	14	17	63	67	-4	59	WWDWD
13	Altrincham	46	17	6	23	55	65	-10	57	WWWLL
14	Solihull Moors	46	14	14	18	71	72	-1	56	WLDDW
15	Wealdstone	46	15	11	20	67	74	-7	56	LDDLW
16	Yeovil Town	46	15	6	25	48	68	-20	51	LLDLW
17	Eastleigh	46	13	11	22	57	80	-23	50	WDLWD
18	Gateshead	46	14	8	24	54	90	-36	50	LLWWD
19	Sutton Utd	46	11	14	21	59	79	-20	47	LLLLD
20	Aldershot Town	46	13	7	26	69	87	-18	46	LLLLL
21	Brackley Town	46	10	12	24	40	75	-35	42	LWLDL
22	Morecambe	46	9	11	26	66	103	-37	38	LLLDW
23	Braintree	46	8	12	26	38	76	-38	36	LLLDL
24	Truro City	46	8	10	28	42	72	-30	34	WLLDL

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League North

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	AFC Fylde	46	32	4	10	112	51	+61	100	WWLWL
2	South Shields	46	28	11	7	99	43	+56	95	LDWWL
3	Kidderminster Harriers	46	25	12	9	74	51	+23	87	WWWWW
4	Macclesfield	46	24	7	15	81	68	+13	79	LWLLW
5	Buxton	46	22	7	17	83	61	+22	73	WWDWW
6	Scarborough Athletic	46	19	16	11	61	52	+9	73	DWLWW
7	Chester	46	20	13	13	66	64	+2	73	DWWWW
8	Merthyr Town	46	22	4	20	95	86	+9	70	LLWLL
9	Darlington 1883	46	20	9	17	78	68	+10	69	LDLWL
10	Spennymoor Town	46	19	11	16	62	69	-7	68	DWLLD
11	AFC Telford United	46	17	14	15	85	65	+20	65	LDWLL
12	Marine	46	18	8	20	62	72	-10	62	DLLLW
13	Radcliffe	46	18	6	22	76	83	-7	60	WLLLL
14	Southport	46	16	12	18	64	71	-7	60	WLLLW
15	Chorley	46	15	12	19	66	65	+1	57	WDLLW
16	Worksop Town	46	16	9	21	66	74	-8	57	LWWLD
17	Oxford City	46	15	11	20	62	67	-5	56	WLWDW
18	Bedford Town	46	13	14	19	66	77	-11	53	DDDWW
19	King's Lynn Town	46	12	16	18	56	64	-8	52	DDLLD
20	Hereford	46	14	10	22	64	79	-15	52	DWWLD
21	Curzon Ashton	46	13	13	20	67	88	-21	52	DLWLD
22	Alfreton Town	46	12	14	20	49	82	-33	50	DWDDW
23	Peterborough Sports	46	10	9	27	51	96	-45	39	DLLLD
24	Leamington	46	7	8	31	41	90	-49	29	LLWLL

Updated 27 Apr 06:15 · Source: API-Football

National League South

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Worthing	46	25	9	12	99	52	+47	84	WLWWW
2	AFC Hornchurch	46	23	12	11	81	64	+17	81	DWDWL
3	Torquay	46	24	8	14	87	62	+25	80	WLWWW
4	Dorking Wanderers	46	23	10	13	78	61	+17	79	DLLLL
5	Hemel Hempstead Town	46	23	10	13	55	48	+7	79	DWWDL
6	Weston-super-Mare	46	23	9	14	61	48	+13	78	DDWWW
7	Maidenhead	46	22	11	13	66	41	+25	77	DWDWD
8	Maidstone Utd ★ KENT	46	22	11	13	72	50	+22	77	WWDWW
9	Ebbsfleet United ★ KENT	46	22	11	13	73	54	+19	77	LWLWW
10	Chelmsford City	46	21	10	15	73	62	+11	73	LWDDD
11	Chesham United	46	21	9	16	68	55	+13	72	DLLWW
12	AFC Totton	46	20	6	20	60	79	-19	66	LWWWL
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	17	13	16	61	62	-1	64	LDLDL
14	Tonbridge Angels ★ KENT	46	16	12	18	66	65	+1	60	LWWDL
15	Horsham	46	15	14	17	53	54	-1	59	WLLDL
16	Slough Town	46	15	9	22	69	87	-18	54	WLLLD
17	Salisbury	46	14	11	21	50	65	-15	53	DWLLL
18	Hampton & Richmond	46	14	11	21	56	72	-16	53	WLDLW
19	Farnborough	46	14	11	21	72	92	-20	53	WLWWL
20	Dover ★ KENT	46	13	11	22	60	75	-15	50	DLLLL
21	Bath City	46	10	13	23	50	77	-27	43	LWLWL
22	Chippenham Town	46	11	9	26	53	80	-27	42	LLDWL
23	Enfield Town	46	9	13	24	55	82	-27	40	LWLDL
24	Eastbourne Borough	46	9	9	28	59	90	-31	36	WLLDL