Kent League
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.
For the 2010-12 season, the league was sponsored by Safety Net Associates and the league was thus billed as the Safety Net Associates Kent Football League.
For the 2011-13 seasons, the league is sponsored by Hürlimann Sternbräu lager, brewed by Kentish brewers, Shepherd Neame and is therefore billed as the Kent Hurlimann Football League[1]
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. Prior to the 2011-12 season, clubs could get relegated to the Kent County League, although in practice this rarely happened. The formation of the new Kent Invicta Football League for the 2011-12 season now means there is a Step 6 league allowing for more common promotion/relegation between the Kent League and the Kent Invicta League.
Teams 2011-12
(announced after League AGM on June 23)
List of champions
Original Kent League
The champions during this era were as follows:[2]
Current Kent League
References
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