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Kent County League

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Kent County Football League
CountryEngland
Divisions6
Number of clubs84
Level on pyramid11–13
Promotion toSouthern Counties East League Division One
Relegation toAshford and District League
Bromley & South London Football League
Canterbury & District League
Rochester & District League
Sevenoaks & District League
Current championsHalls AFC
(2023–24)
Websitewww.kentcountyfootballleague.co.uk

The Kent County Football League (known as the Kent County League) is a football competition based in Kent, England and adjacent area.

The league was founded in 1922 as the Kent Amateur Football League and comprised Eastern and Western sections which functioned and were administered separately.[1] In 1984 the league renamed itself the Kent County Football League. A single mixed Eastern and Western sections Premier Division was formed in 1992 and three years later, in 1995, the league adopted a single Management Committee. The league is a Regional Feeder League into the National League System step 6 Division One of the Southern Counties East League.

2024–25 season

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As of August 2024 the league (excluding the veterans section) comprised 84 teams formed into six divisions – a Premier Division; Division One Central & East and Division One West; Division Two East, West and Central.[2]

A Premier Division match between Canterbury City and Snodland in 2010

Premier Division

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League history

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The Kent Amateur Football League was founded in 1922[1] with the inaugural season being 1922–23. The league consisted of two separate groupings, the Western and Eastern sections, each with their own management committee. The Western section comprised a single junior status division with 14 clubs; the Eastern. a Senior Division (with 3 clubs) and a junior status Division One (with 7 clubs). At their 1924 Annual General Meeting the Kent FA referred to the Eastern Senior Division as the Eastern Section of the Kent League;[3] this division ceased to be part of the Kent Amateur League the following season.

The Western section expanded to two divisions in 1925 and from 1927 their top division clubs voted to change from junior to senior status.[4] The section expanded to three divisions in 1932 and four in 1934 at which time they were renamed with the former Division One was named the Premier Division and the others were numbered in sequence Divisions One, Two and Three. The league continued with this format until the 1938–39 season, their last before the outbreak of the Second World War.

The Eastern section reduced to a single division in its second season and then ceased for three seasons before reforming as an intermediate status division in 1928.[5] This division was upgraded to senior status in 1934 at which time a junior status second division was added.[6] The league competition was suspended in autumn 1939 and reconstituted as a wartime league comprising two divisions for the 1939–40 season.[7]

For two seasons between 1935 and 1937 there was a third section of the Kent Amateur League, the Mid-Kent section which was administered by the Western section committee. This was the discontinued Kent League Division Two from the 1934–35 season[8] and it returned to that league grouping in 1937.[9]

The Western section recommenced in 1944[10] with a single Division One and two seasons later in 1946 returned to a Premier Division, Division One and Division Two format. The latter division ceased for the following campaign before being reformed in 1951. Three seasons later in 1954 the structure expanded to four divisions with a Senior Division being inserted above the section's Premier Division.[11] This new division was established to provide a competition for senior status Amateur clubs[12] and included seven of the fourteen clubs from the previous season’s Premier Division, plus promoted Slade Green Athletic, together with a three additional clubs from higher ranked leagues (Bowater Lloyds from the Kent League and Aylesford Paper Mills and Royal Naval Depot Chatham from the London League). The Western section continued in this configuration until 1992.

The Eastern section began again after World War Two in 1945[13] with two parallel regional divisions which continued for three seasons. The divisions were designated East and West in the 1945–46 season and North and South for the remaining two seasons; the Eastern section champion was decided by an inter-region championship match between each seasons' divisional winners. For the eleven seasons between 1948 until 1959 the league had only a single division before, for the 1959–60 season, again operating two parallel North and South divisions (with championship play-off). This was a precursor to the formation of two divisions in 1960, a Premier Division comprising the higher ranked teams from the two regional divisions of the previous season and Division one for the remainder.[14] In 1962 the Eastern section expanded to three divisions with the addition of Division Two and the section remained in this configuration through to 1973, when the lower division was discontinued for four seasons before being reinstated in 1977. The structure altered in 1984 when the section, similar to its Western counterpart, inserted a Senior Division (which accepted both senior and stronger non-senior clubs) above a reconstituted Premier Division and Division One. The new Senior Division comprised a total of eleven clubs, six from the previous season's Premier Division, three from Division one and two from Division two. After one further season, in 1985, the now lowest ranked Division One was discontinued. Thereafter the section continued with Senior and Premier Divisions until 1992.

In 1984 there were significant changes to the league organisation: common rules were adopted across the two sections (essentially those of the Western section); a joint management committee comprising five members from each section was appointed; and the teams in the Senior Division, if not of senior status were given intermediate status. These changes made the league a more combined body and it renamed itself the Kent County Football League.[15] There was establishment and publication of rules concerning promotion into and relegation from the Senior Divisions which hitherto had been a virtual closed-shop in favour of the senior status clubs.[16]

The league began an inter-section cup competition in 1987 with teams form the top two divisions of both the Eastern and Western sections eligible to participate, it was named initially for the league's new sponsors as the ARC Cup;[17] it has subsequently been named the Bill Manklow Inter-regional Challenge Cup.

The integration within the league proceeded further in 1992 with the removal of the two sections' top Senior Divisions replaced by a single Kent County League Premier Division with regional numerically designated divisions below. The new single division included fourteen clubs: ten from the Western section (nine from the Senior Division plus the current Premier Division champions), three from the Senior Division of the Eastern section and one (Thames Polytechnic) who had been ejected from the Kent League after failing to meet ground grading requirements. The clubs in the single Premier and two sectional Division One leagues were designated at least of intermediate status (with clubs hitherto of senior status remaining so).[18] Each section continued to operate their own structure below the new combined division with promotion and relegation through the whole hierarchy, including into the Premier Division.

In 1993, a year after the formation of the amalgamated single Premier Division, an accord was reached that recognised the division as a feeder to the Kent League. For clubs that wished to take the step up and had facilities meeting the grading requirements, promotion for a single club was set to commence from the 1995–96 season.[18] There had over the years been a trickle of progressive and ambitious Kent Amateur/County League teams being elected to the Kent League, however VCD Athletic in 1997 were the first team to be promoted as Kent County League champions in line with the feeder initiative[19] (albeit Hythe United and Lordswood, neither of whom were league winners, had exploited a loophole and been accepted into the Kent League over the previous two seasons).[20]

The league streamlined its administration in 1995 when it scrapped the separate Western and Eastern Management Committees and adopted a single committee across the whole league.[21]

In 2011 to fill a gap in the National League System between the Kent County League, a regional feeder league, and the step 5 Kent League a new league at step 6, the Kent Invicta League, was created[22] – this took fourteen clubs from the Kent County League (nine from the Premier League, three from the two Division One leagues and two from Division Two West). Over the next two seasons, beginning 2011–12, the numerically reduced Kent County League operated with a single Division One below its heavily reconstituted Premier Division but maintained two regional Division Two leagues.

In 2013 the league restructured, not only returning to an Eastern and Western Division One, but added two regional Division Three leagues (a renaming of the existing two Reserve Divisions); additionally Premier Division clubs were mandated to ensure, by the end of the 2013-14 season, that their facilities met FA Step 7 grade standard or face relegation.[23] From 2016 the East divisions were renamed the Central & East divisions. In 2023 the Central & East Division Three was discontinued however the number of divisions remained constant as the Central & East Division Two was divided into separate Central and East divisions. The Division Three West division was discontinued in 2024.

Promotion and relegation

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Prior to 1984 the existence of Senior Divisions (which included stronger non-senior clubs) had inhibited annual merit based promotion into the these top divisions; either ballots of the division's clubs generally decided to maintain the status quo rather than vote out existing clubs,[24] or the no relegation status of the senior clubs maintained their position in the divisions.[15] From 1984 promotion rules were established (which limited the no relegation protection to reserve sides of clubs in higher ranked leagues) and in 1993 the adoption of a single joint Premier Division created a pathway for progressive clubs to move through the regional divisions and into the Kent County League's top Premier Division and further up the Football pyramid.[18]

The Kent County League had become a feeder to the Kent League in the mid 1990s but few clubs had taken the step up and none were relegated downwards on footballing merit. The trickle of clubs taking promotion gained pace in the 2000s however there was a gap in the National League System between the Kent County League, at notional step 7, and the Kent League at step 5. This was rectified in 2011 with the founding, primarily with clubs from the Kent County League, of the step 6 Kent Invicta League.[22] The Kent County League then became a Regional Feeder League into this new league and its successor (following amalgamation), Division One of the Southern Counties East League.[25]

The feeder leagues for the Kent County League itself are smaller district leagues, these being the Ashford and District League, Bromley and South London Football League, Canterbury & District League, Rochester & District League and Sevenoaks & District League.[26]

Sponsorship

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The league has had headline sponsors/partners since 1987 (except for the 1993–94 season). The sponsorship deals are usually enacted during the summer close season.

  • 1987–1990: Sponsors were Amey Roadstone Company, a building aggregates business, and the league known as the ARC Kent County League.[17]
  • 1990–1993: Sponsors were Tonbridge based music instrument and sheet music business FCN Music with the league known as FCN Music Kent County League.[27] In 1993 the option to renew was not taken by the company[28] and for a single season, 1993–94, the league had no headline sponsor.
  • 1994–1998: Sponsored by Nuclear Electric, the electricity generation business who operated the power station at Dungeness; the league was titled the Nuclear Electric Kent County League.[29] The company extended their initial three season deal.
  • 1998–2008: Following the amalgamation of Nuclear Electric with British Energy the league took the title the British Energy Kent County League. The company renewed the sponsorship deal several times, the last occasion in 2006 attributed to the life extension of the Dungeness B nuclear power station.[30]
  • 2008–2011: Titled the Vandanel Kent County Football League for three seasons the sponsorship was provided by the Vandanel sports teamwear brand.[31]
  • 2011–2014: The Colchester based Estate Agents Spicer Haart, who had offices around Kent were title sponsor with the league named the Haart of Kent County League.[31]
  • 2014–2016: Named the NRG Gyms Kent County League. sponsorship was from the eponymously named fitness centre business.[32]
  • 2016–2018: Two companies combined to provide sponsorship, Andreas Carter Sports sportswear and Joma sports equipment, with the league adopting the title the Andreas Carter Sports Joma Kent County League.[33]
  • 2018–2020: The joint sponsorship by Joma ceased and the league was named the Andreas Carter Kent League.[34]
  • 2020 – : The NRG gyms business returned as sponsor and the league was titled the NRG 24HR Gym Kent County League

Honours list

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Divisional Champions

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1923–1992

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Western section
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Season Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
1923–24 Imperial Paper Mills
1924–25 Swanley Athletic
1925–26 Foots Cray Sydenham Wells
1926–27 Lamorbey Athletic Butler's Wharf
1927–28 Swanley Athletic Sydenham Wells
1928–29 Swanley Athletic Pioneer Athletic
1929–30 Swanley Athletic Pioneer Athletic
1930–31 Bexley Millwall Loco
1931–32 Bexley Millwall Loco
1932–33 Swanley Brent School Old Boys Cray Valley Paper Mills
1933–34 Swanley Farnborough Sidcup Council
Premier Division Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
There was a simple renaming of the divisions: Division 1 to Premier Division etc. and an additional division
1934–35 Darenth Training Colony London Paper Mills "A" Chislehurst Old Boys Longlands
1935–36 Gravesend United London Paper Mills A Chislehurst Old Boys Wilmington Sports
1936–37 Darenth Training Colony Brent School Old Boys White Horse Old Heathians
1937–38 Royal Marines White Horse Trojans White Horse Reserves
1938–39 Darenth Park White Horse White Horse Reserves Chelsfield Valley
The league was suspended at the outbreak of World War II
1944–45 Northumberland Heath YC
1945–46 Sidcup United
1946–47 Chatham Churchfields Old Boys Clesco (Dartford)
1947–48 Foots Cray Social J and E Halls
1948–49 Thameside Amateurs Crockenhill
1949–50 Foots Cray Social Brentstonians
1950–51 Rochester Klingers Social
1951–52 Thameside Amateur Athletic Upton Athletic Bell Invicta
1952–53 Bakers Sports Saints Athletic Slade Green Athletic
1953–54 Crockenhill Slade Green Athletic Eltham Royals
Senior Division Premier Division Division 1 Division 2
Many of the Premier Division clubs were allocated senior status; a new Senior Division was introduced and minor changes to membership of the other divisions occurred (this was not a renaming of divisions)
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 Reserves
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 Reserves
1961–62 Swanley Borough Green B.O.C.M. Greenfield Sports Reserves
1962–63 R.O.F.S.A. Stansfeld O&BC Tunnel Sports Reserves Lanbrook
1963–64 Aylesford Paper Mills Stansfeld O&BC Greenfield Sports Reserves L.E.S.S.A.
1964–65 Callenders Athletic Harland Social L.E.S.S.A. Halstead
1965–66 Kent Police Alpine United Brentstonians Reserves Gateway
1966–67 Kent Police Alpine United Gateway Plumstead Casuals
1967–78 Borough Green Tunnel Sports Reserves 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 Reserves
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 Reserves Stansfeld O&BC Town Social Samuel Montague Boys Club
1978–79 Maidstone United Reserves 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 Reserves 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 Reserves
1991–92 Oakwood Knockholt Wellcome (Saturday) Strood County

source=Kent County Football League: Western Section Division Champions 1924–1992

Mid-Kent Section
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Season Mid-Kent
1935–36 Chatham
1936–37 Aylesford Paper Mills Reserves

source: Kent County Football League: Mid-Kent Section Division Champions 1935–1937

Eastern Section
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Season Senior Division Division 1
1923–24 Dover United Northdown
The Senior Division was discontinued after one season
Division 1 Division 2
1924–25 Grenville
1928–29 Depot Royal Marines Deal
1928–29 3rd Carabiniers (Canterbury)
1930–31 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
1931–32 Ashford "A"
1932–33 RAF Manston
1933–34 Chartham Mental Hospital
1934–35 Ramsgate Grenville St Paul's Old Boys
1935–36 Dover St Paul's Old Boys
1936–37 Dover Hythe
1937–38 Dover Hythe
1938–39 RAF Manston Bekesbourne
The league was suspended and was replaced for one season by a wartime league
Division 1 North Division 1 South
1939–40 Bobby's Athletic Club Eythorne Sports
Division 1 East Division 1 West Inter-region Champions
The section resumed with two parallel regional divisions and a championship play-off
1945–46 HMS Robertson 4th Coast Training Regiment HMS Robertson
Division 1 North Division 1 South Inter-region Champions
1946–47 Brett Sports Folkestone Town Reserves Brett Sports
1947–48 Chislet Colliery Welfare 47 Coast Training Regiment Chislet Colliery Welfare
Division 1
The section comprised a single division
1948–49 Royal Marines Deal
1949–50 Royal Marines Deal
1950–51 Cheriton
1951–52 Cheriton
1952–53 Royal Marines Deal
1953–54 Chislet Colliery Welfare
1954–55 Birchington
1955–56 Cheriton
1956–57 Birchington
1957–58 Birchington
1958–59 Birchington
Division 1 North Division 1 South Inter-region Champions
The section comprised two parallel regional divisions with a championship play-off
1959–60 Birchington Dover Wanderers Birchington
Premier Division Division 1 Division 2
The regional divisions split on merit into hierarchical divisions
1960–61 Whitstable Town Royal Marines Deal
1961–62 Dover Wanderers Eastry
1962–63 Dover Wanderers Tilmanstone Colliery Welfare Broomfield United
1963–64 Dover Wanderers Waverley Folkestone Pegasus
1964–65 Dover Wanderers George Stone Deal "A"
1965–66 Brett Sports New Romney Dover Wanderers Reserves
1966–67 Dover Wanderers Hythe Albion Dymchurch
1967–68 Sandwich Town Dover Wanderers Reserves Crabble Athletic
1968–69 Northcliffe Crabble Athletic Royal Marines Deal
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 Reserves 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 Reserves
1978–79 Folkestone Invicta Whitstable Old Boys St Margarets
1979–80 New Romney Sturry Bromley Green
1980–81 New Romney Bromley Green Margate Reserves
1981–82 Ashford Dynamo Thanet United Reserves Ramsgate Reserves
1982–83 New Romney Hamstreet Rank, Hovis McDougall
1983–84 Bromley Green Rank, Hovis McDougall University of Kent
Season Senior Division Premier Division Division 1
A Senior Division was introduced taking clubs predominately from the previous Premier Division but also from Division One and Two (this was not a renaming of divisions)
1984–85 New Romney Lydd Town New Romney Reserves
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 Reserves
1991–92 Lydd Town Broomfield United

source=Kent County Football League: Eastern Section Division Champions 1924–1992

1992–

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Major restructuring combined the Western and Eastern Senior Divisions into one Premier Division. The regional divisions below were sequentially numbered.

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 Reserves Strood County Empire
1993–94 Teynham & Lynsted Lydd Town Ten Em Bee Lydd Town Reserves 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 Reserves 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 Reserves 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 Reserves 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
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
Premier Division Division One Division Two East Division Two West
Fourteen clubs left to form the Kent Invicta League, with fewer clubs the league operated a single non-regional Division One
2011–12 Bromley Green Hildenborough Athletic Maidstone Association Local Government Officers Bexleians
2012–13 Hildenborough Athletic Fleetdown United Sevenoaks Peckham Town
Premier Division Division One East Division One West Division Two East Division Two West Division Three East Division Three West
The league returned to two regional Division One divisions
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
Premier Division Division One Central & East Division One West Division Two Central & East Division Two West Division Three Central & East Division Three West
The East divisions were renamed Central & East divisions
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
2019–20 (Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic)

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2020–21 (Season abandoned owing to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021–22 Red Velvet Tenterden Town Chipstead West Farleigh Long Lane West Kingsdown Falconwood
2022–23 Borden Village Cuxton 91 Bexley Deal Town Reserves Falconwood Kings Hill Reserves AMG Ballerz
Premier Division Division One Central & East Division One West Division Two East Division Two West Division Two Central Division Three West
2023–24 Halls AFC Deal Town Reserves Sporting Club Thamesmead Reserves FC Revo AMG Ballerz Aylesford Agenda
2024–25

sources=Kent County Football League: Kent County League Division Champions 1993 to date; The FA: Kent County Football League

Cup Winners

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The winners of the principal cup competitions.

Season Inter Regional Challenge Cup (Bill Manklow Cup) West Kent Challenge Shield (Barry Bundock Challenge Shield) Eastern Section Challenge Cup (Leckie Family Cup)
1955–56 Bakers Sports
1956–57 Crockenhill
1957–58 Brentstonians
1958–59 Mottingham
1959–60 Slade Green Athletic Ashford Town "A"
1960–61 R. O. F. S. A. Royal Marines Deal
1961–62 Bexley Eastry
1962–63 (Not completed, weather disrupted)
1963–64 Swanley Dover Wanderers
1964–65 Brentstonians Dover Wanderers
1965–66 Slade Green Athletic Lydd
1966–67 Tunnel Sports Brett Sports
1967–68 Tunnel Sports Birchington
1968–69 Tunnel Sports Dover Wanderers
1969–70 Westerham Hammers
1970–71 Dockland Settlement Ashford Dynamo
1971–72 Callenders Athletic Lydd
1972–73 Callenders Athletic Deal Town Reserves
1973–74 Fisher Athletic Crabble Athletic
1974–75 Eastcourt United Hythe Town Reserves
1975–76 Old Saxonians Ashford Dynamo
1976–77 Dartford Reserves Northcliffe & Dormobile
1977–78 Sevenoaks Nonington College
1978–79 Dartford Reserves Brett Waverley
1979–80 Maidstone United New Romney
1980–81 Bromley Reserves New Romney
1981–82 (Not completed, weather disrupted) New Romney
1982–83 Welling United Rank Hovis McDougall
1983–84 Erith & Belvedere Bromley Green
1984–85 (Not completed, weather disrupted) Bromley Green
1985–86 Stansfeld O&BC New Romney
1986–87 Fisher Athletic Reserves University of Kent
1987–88 New Romney Vickers Crayford Lydd Town
1988–89 Greenways Maidstone United Lydd Town
1989–90 Stansfeld O&BC Stansfeld O&BC Lydd Town
1990–91 Bearsted Oakwood Folkestone Invicta
1991–92 Stansfeld O&BC Bromley Lydd Town
1992–93 Oakwood Bromley Lydd Town
1993–94 Bearsted Maidstone Invicta Lydd Town
1994–95 VCD Athletic Ex Blues Milton Athletic
1995–96 Teynham & Lynsted Phoenix Sports Tenterden & St Michaels United
1996–97 Bearsted Wickham Park Rye United
1997–98 Sevenoaks Town Wickham Park Rye United
1998–99 Sevenoaks Town Maidstone United Knatchbull
1999–2000 Sheerness East Beauwater Knatchbull
2000–01 Snodland Old Roan Sheerness East
2001–02 Stansfeld O&BC Cray Valley Paper Mills Milton Athletic
2002–03 Stansfeld O&BC Oakwood Lydd Town
2003–04 Cray Valley Paper Mills Rusthall Bromley Green
2004–05 Orpington Phoenix Sports Norton Sports
2005–06 Norton Sports Fleetdown United Sheppey United
2006–07 Bly Spartans Orpington Ashford Borough
2007–08 Fleet Leisure Phoenix Sports Bly Spartans
2008–09 Hollands & Blair Tudor Sports Canterbury City
2009–10 Hollands & Blair Tudor Sports Woodstock Park
2010–11 Sutton Athletic Forest Hill Park Saga Sports and Social
2011–12 Metrogas AFC Mottingham Sevenoaks
2012–13 Kennington Halstead Sevenoaks
2013–14 Coney Hall FC Elmstead East Kent College
2014–15 Stansfeld O&BC Lewisham Athletic Rolvenden
2015–16 East Kent College Lewisham Athletic Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers
2016–17 Greenways Welling Town Rochester City
2017–18 Club Langley Welling Town Tonbridge Invicta
2018–19 Club Langley Parkwood Rangers Sturry
2019–20 (Cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic)
2020–21 (Cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021–22 Minster Falconwood Hildenborough
2022–23 Cuxton 91 Falconwood Cuxton 91 Reserves
2023–24 Stansfeld O&BC Agenda Lokomotiv Canterbury
2024–25

sources=Kent County Football League: League Cups; Kent County Football League: Eastern Section Cups; Kent County Football League: Western Section Cups

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