Kent County League

Kent County League
Country	England
Divisions	7
Number of teams	96
Level on pyramid	11–14
Promotion to	Southern Counties East League Division One
Relegation to	Ashford and District League; Bromley & South London Football League; Canterbury & District League; Rochester & District League; Sevenoaks & District League
Current champions	Staplehurst Monarchs United ; (2018-19)
Website	http://www.kentcountyfootballleague.co.uk/

The Kent County League, is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has seven senior divisions – a Premier Division, Division One East and West, Division Two East and West and Division Three East and West. It sits below the Southern Counties East League Division One (step 6 of the National League System) since the 2016–17 season. Previously it fed the Kent Invicta League from the Invicta League's formation in 2011 to its merger with the Southern Counties East League in 2016.^[1]^[2]

In the 2020–21 season, there are 16 clubs in the Premier Division. The bottom two clubs faced relegation to the regional lower divisions. Clubs from a number of smaller district leagues may be eligible to gain promotion to the County League. These feeder leagues are the Ashford and District League, Bromley and South London Football League, Canterbury & District League, Rochester & District League and Sevenoaks & District League.^[3]

Member clubs 2021-22[]

A Premier Division match between Canterbury City and Snodland in 2010

Premier Division[]

Borden Village
Bromleians
Crockenhill
Farnborough Old Boys Guild
Fleetdown United
Hawkinge Town
Ide Hill
Kings Hill
K Sports Reserves
New Romney
Otford United
Peckham Town
Red Velvet
Stansfeld O&BC
Ten-Em-Bee
Tudor Sports

Division One East and Central[]

Ashford
Cuxton
Guru Nanak
Hollands & Blair Reserves
Lordswood Reserves
Minster
Rochester City
Rusthall Reserves
Snodland Town Reserves
Sturry
Tenterden Town
Thanet United
Whitstable Town Reserves
Woodnesborough

Division One West[]

Belverdere
Bexley
Chipstead
Club Langley
Crayford Arrows
Danson Sports
Equinoccial
Halls
Metrogas
South East Athletic
Sporting Club Thamesmead Reserves
Sutton Athletic Reserves
Tudor Sports Reserves
Welling Park

Division Two Central & East[]

Aylesford
Bearsted Reserves
Cinque Ports

Cuxton Reserves
Deal Town Rangers
Greenways Aces
Hildenborough Athletic
Lydd Town Reserves
Minster Reserves
Punjab United Reserves
Rochester City Reserves
Staplehurst Monarchs United Reserves
West Farleigh

Division Two West[]

Bridon Ropes Reserves
Bromleians Reserves
Dulwich Village
Halstead
Erith and Belverdere Reserves
Farnborough Old Boys Guild Reserves
Fleetdown United Reserves
Ide Hill Reserves
Long Lane
Metrogas Reserves
Orpington
Parkwood Rangers
Stansfeld O&BC Reserves

Division Three Central & East[]

AFC Rangers
Canterbury City Reserves
Cinque Ports Reserves
Gillingham Town
Larkfield & New Hythe Reserves
Lenham Wanderers
Lokomotiv Canterbury
New Romney Reserves
Paddock Wood
Pilgrims
Tankerton
Tenterden Town Reserves
West Kingsdown

Division Three West[]

AFC Lewisham
Balma
Bexley Reserves
Beyer Neverlusen
Dartford Celtic
Drummond Athletic
Falconwood
FC Greenwich
Long Lane Reserves
Otford United Reserves
South East Athletic Reserves
Welling Town Reserves

Honours list[]

Divisional champions have been as follows:^[4]

1951–92 Western section[]

Season	Senior Division West	Premier Division West	D1 West	D2 West
1951–52		Thameside Amateur Athletic	Upton Athletic
1952–53		Bakers Sports	Saints Athletic	Slade Green Athletic
1953–54		Crockenhill	Slade Green Athletic	Eltham Royals
1954–55	Bakers Sports	Brentstonians	Dusseks Sports	Mottingham
1955–56	Bakers Sports	Churchfields Old Boys	Mottingham	Gough Cooper Sports
1956–57	Crockenhill	Mottingham	Cray Social	Brentstonians Res.
1957–58	Brentstonians	Mottingham	Klingers Social	David Evans
1958–59	Brentstonians	Tunnel Sports	Longlands Athletic	Stansfeld O&BC
1959–60	Aylesford Paper Mills	Beckenham Social	Greenfield Sports	Borough Green
1960–61	Slade Green Athletic	Beckenham Social	G.E.C. (Erith)	Slade Green Athletic Res.
1961–62	Swanley	Borough Green	B.O.C.M.	Greenfield Sports Res.
1962–63	R.O.F.S.A.	Stansfeld O&BC	Tunnel Sports Res.	Lanbrook
1963–64	Aylesford Paper Mills	Stansfeld O&BC	Greenfield Sports Res.	L.E.S.S.A.
1964–65	Callenders Athletic	Harland Social	L.E.S.S.A.	Halstead
1965–66	Kent Police	Alpine United	Brentstonians Res.	Gateway
1966–67	Kent Police	Alpine United	Gateway	Plumstead Casuals
1967–78	Borough Green	Tunnel Sports Res.	Plumstead Casuals	Plum Lane
1968–69	Old Saxonians	Sevenoaks Town	Halstead United	Sutton Athletic
1969–70	B.O.C.M.	Plum Lane	Sutton Athletic	Hoo Institute
1970–71	Plum Lane	Sutton Athletic	Hoo Institute	Eastcourt United Res.
1971–72	Callenders Athletic	Hoo Institute	Northcote Invicta	Swanscombe United
1972–73	Dockland Settlement	Eastcourt United	Swanscombe United	Ex Blues
1973–74	Fisher Athletic	Swanscombe United	Samuel Montague Boys Club	Elliotts Social
1974–75	Fisher Athletic	Samuel Montague Boys Club	Elliotts Social	Empire Paper Mills
1975–76	Old Saxonians	Sevenoaks Town Social	Seal	Cuxton Social
1976–77	Sutton Athletic	Swanscombe United	Dusseks Social	Ex Blues
1977–78	Fisher Athletic Res.	Stansfeld O&BC	Town Social	Samuel Montague Boys Club
1978–79	Maidstone United Res.	Invicta	I.T.T. Footscray	Eccles
1979–80	Samuel Montague Old Boys	Elliotts Social	Bowater Sports	Oakwood Hospital
1980–81	Sevenoaks	Bowater Sports	Ex Blues	AFC Eltham
1981–82	Fisher Athletic Res.	Oakwood Hospital	VCD Athletic	Winget
1982–83	Sevenoaks	Swanscombe United	West Malling Club	Bearsted
1983–84	Old Saxonians	Otford United	Bearsted	Rusthall
1984–85	Stansfeld O&BC	VCD Athletic	Rusthall	Royal George
1985–86	Bowater Scott Sports & Social	Hawkhurst United	Royal George	Chatham Amateurs
1986–87	Stansfeld O&BC	Bearsted	Paddock Wood Town	Edenbridge United
1987–88	Bearsted	Reed International	New Eltham	Hollingbourne
1988–89	Stansfeld O&BC	Greenways	Swanscombe United	Colts 85
1989–90	Stansfeld O&BC	Eynsford	Westerham	Ten Em Bee
1990–91	Oakwood	Aylesford Paper Mills	Platt United	Lordswood Res.
1991–92	Oakwood	Knockholt	Wellcome (Saturday)	Strood County

1969–92 Eastern Section[]

Season	Senior Division East	Premier Division East	D1 East	D2 East
1969–70		Lydd Town	Folkestone Invicta	Hammers
1970–71		Lydd Town	Ashford Dynamo	North Deal United
1971–72		Ashford Dynamo	Hythe Town	Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
1972–73		Ashford Dynamo	Deal Town Res.	Dymchurch
1973–74		Hythe Town	Dymchurch
1974–75		Hythe Town	Aylesham United
1975–76		Hythe Town	Brett Waverley
1976–77		Northcliffe & Dormobile	Walmer Rovers
1977–78		Northcliffe & Dormobile	Betteshanger Colliery Welfare	Margate Res.
1978–79		Folkestone Invicta	Whitstable Old Boys	St Margarets
1979–80		New Romney	Sturry	Bromley Green
1980–81		New Romney	Bromley Green	Margate Res.
1981–82		Ashford Dynamo	Thanet United Res.	Ramsgate Res.
1982–83		New Romney	Hamstreet	Rank, Hovis McDougall
1983–84		Bromley Green	Rank, Hovis McDougall	University of Kent
1984–85	New Romney	New Romney Res
1985–86	Sturry	Wittersham
1986–87	New Romney	Walmer Rovers
1987–88	New Romney	Walmer
1988–89	New Romney	Phoenix Rovers
1989–90	Lydd Town	Kennington
1990–91	Lydd Town	Hythe Town Res.
1991–92	Lydd Town	Broomfield United

1992–present[]

Major restructuring combined the regional Senior Divisions into one Premier Division. Divisions below were renamed.

Season	Premier Division	D1 East	D1 West	D2 East	D2 West	D3 West	D4 West
1992–93	Sevenoaks Town	Lydd Town	Ex Blues	New Romney Res.	Strood County	Empire
1993–94	Teynham & Lynstead	Lydd Town	Ten Em Bee	Lydd Town Res.	Sutton Athletic	Tonbridge Rangers	Maidstone Invicta
1994–95	Stansfeld O&BC	Milton Athletic	AFC Egerton	Royal George	Maidstone Invicta	Halstead
1995–96	Sevenoaks Town	Tenterden St. Michaels	Ex Blues	Broomfield United Res.	Snodland	Hawkenbury
1996–97	VCD Athletic	Rye United	Bearsted	Broomfield United Res.	Otford United	Wickham Park
1997–98	Milton Athletic	New Romney	Snodland	Rye United Res,	Wickham Park	St. George's (Wrotham)
1998–99	Knatchbull	Kennington	Maidstone United	Wittersham	St. George's (Wrotham)	Pembury
1999–2000	Snodland	Norton Sports	Phoenix Sports	Smarden	AFC Blackheath	Belvedere
2000–01	Bearsted	New Romney	Crockenhill	New Romney Res.	Oakwood	Danson Athletic
2001–02	Bearsted	Kennington	Old Roan	Dover Gate	Belvedere	Farnborough Old Boys Guild
2002–03	Sevenoaks Town	Tenterden Tigers	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Tyler Hill	Bromleians Sports	Lanes End
2003–04	Crockenhill	Bromley Green	Lewisham Borough	Borden Village	Orpington	Guru Nanak
2004–05	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Norton Sports	Rusthall	Hollands & Blair	Phoenix Sports	disbanded

Season	Premier Division	D1 East	D1 West	D2 East	D2 West
2005–06	Lewisham Borough	Hollands & Blair	Holmesdale	Staplehurst	Westerham
2006–07	Holmesdale	Tyler Hill	Orpington	Guru Nanak	Tudor Sports
2007–08	Norton Sports	Bly Spartans	Phoenix Sports	Canterbury City	Farnborough Old Boys Guild
2008–09	Hollands & Blair	Canterbury City	Tonbridge Invicta	Premier	Old Bexleians
2009–10	Stansfeld O&BC	Woodstock Park	Charlton Athletic Community	Bredhurst Juniors	Forest Hill Park
2010–11	Hollands & Blair	Bromley Green	Farnborough Old Boys Guild	Saga Sports & Social	Hildenborough Athletic

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division Two East	Division Two West
2011–12	Bromley Green	Hildenborough Athletic	Maidstone Association Local Government Officers	Bexlians
2012–13	Hildenborough Athletic	Fleetdown United	Sevenoaks	Peckham Town

Season	Premier Division	Division One East	Division One West	Division Two East	Division Two West	Division Three East	Division Three West
2013–14	Metrogas	Guru Nanak	Holland Sports	East Kent College	Phoenix Sports Reserves	Hawkinge Town	Stansfeld O&BC Reserves
2014–15	Metrogas	Faversham Strike Force	Halstead United	Lydd Town Reserves	Stansfeld O&BC Reserves	Kings Hill	Lewisham Athletic
2015–16	Faversham Strike Force	Lydd Town Reserves	Farnborough OB Guild	Kings Hill	Lewisham Athletic	Willesborough Athletic	South East Athletic
2016–17	Punjab United	New Romney	Lewisham Athletic	Cuxton 91	Old Bromlenians	Wateringbury	Sydenham Sports
2017–18	Kennington	Kings Hill	Old Bromlenians	Wateringbury	Welling Town	AEI Sports	Sporting Club Thamesmead Reserves
2018–19	Staplehurst Monarchs United	K Sports Reserves	Ide Hill	Ashford	Red Velvet	Sturry	Tudor Sports Reserves

References[]

^ "Clubs from the Kent Invicta League and Southern Counties East League give go-ahead to merger". Kent Online. 3 December 2015.
^ "Rusthall light up Jockey Farm". kentishfootball.co.uk. 6 January 2016.
^ Wright, James (2008). The Cherry Red Non-League Newsdesk Annual 2008. Cherry Red Books. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-9539198-8-8.
^ Kent County League – History Archived 2012-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Kent County Football League Official Website

[1] "Clubs from the Kent Invicta League and Southern Counties East League give go-ahead to merger". Kent Online. 3 December 2015.

[2] "Rusthall light up Jockey Farm". kentishfootball.co.uk. 6 January 2016.

[3] Wright, James (2008). The Cherry Red Non-League Newsdesk Annual 2008. Cherry Red Books. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-9539198-8-8.

[4] Kent County League – History Archived 2012-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

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