SHEERNESS East have won the British Energy Kent County League fair play award.

Steve Petit, of league sponsors Dungeness Power Station, handed the trophy and £300 prize to club secretary Jon Longhurst on Tuesday.

Mr Longhurst said: “We’re very proud that our first team shone through with the best disciplinary record. To beat 90 other teams who compete in the league’s eight divisions is quite an achievement.

“It is remarkable to think that a team who were unbeaten for 18 league matches did so without compromising the laws of the game. It is testament to the players and most of all to the manager Dave Down for the way he encourages his team to play.”

There was further joy for the Island side when they were handed another cheque for £60. Although they finished sixth, East picked up the runners-up prize, because the teams in second, third, fourth and fifth position all had disciplinary records too poor to qualify for the award.