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Revision as of 21:49, 15 May 2009
| Kent League |
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| Founded |
| 1966 |
| Nation |
 England
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| Feeder To |
| Isthmian League |
| Divisions |
| 1 (plus 2 for reserve teams) |
| Number of Teams |
| 17 (plus 23 reserve teams) |
| Levels on Pyramid |
| Level 9 |
| Cups |
| Kent League Cup |
| Current Champions (2008–09) |
| VCD Athletic |
| Website |
| Official |
The Kent League is an English football league for teams based in Kent and south east London, which was established in 1966. It was also the name of a similar league which existed from 1894 until 1959.
History
The first Kent League was formed in 1894 and folded in 1959. Despite many of the same clubs having spells in membership, there is no direct connection between the two competitions.
The current incarnation of the league was formed in 1966 as the Kent Premier League (changing to the current title in 1968), and in its early years many of its members were reserve sides of Southern League teams. Gradually, the reserve sides were all shifted down into the lower divisions.
In 2006 The Football Association asked the Kent League and the Essex Senior Football League to consider a possible future merger.
Sponsorship
For the 2005-06 season the league was sponsored by the Kentish Observer newspaper, but in June 2006 it was announced that this sponsorship deal had ended. After two years without a sponsor a deal was signed with Scottish & Newcastle UK and the league will thus be billed as the Bulmer’s Cider Kent Football League with effect from the 2008–09 season.[1] Previous sponsors included electrical wholesalers Winstonlead. [2]
Current structure
The league has three divisions: the Premier Division, First Division and Second Division. Only the Premier Division features first teams; the First and Second Divisions are for the reserve teams of Premier Division clubs and a number of other clubs in Kent. The Premier Division is now at Step 5 of the National League System (which equates to Level 9 of the overall English football league system), with clubs able to move upwards to the Step 4 divisions of the Isthmian League. Conversely, clubs can get relegated to the Kent County League, although in practice this has not happened in recent years.
A proposal has been made for a Guernsey-based club to join the Kent League.[3]
List of champions
Original Kent League
The champions during this era were as follows:[4]
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Current Kent League
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References
- ^ Kentishfootball.co.uk
- ^ Chatham Town website
- ^ BBC Sport: Athletics Kent bid well under way
- ^ RSSSF
- ^ Triggs, Roger (1984). Gillingham Football Club: A Chronology 1893-1984. Kent County Libraries. p. 54.
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External links
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