Kent County League
association football league in Kent, England
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. 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.
2026–27 season
For the 2026–27 season the league (excluding the veterans section) comprises 79 teams formed into five divisions – a Premier Division; two regional Divisions One, Central & East and West; and two regional Divisions Two, Central & East and West.
Premier Division
AC Ashford
AMG Ballerz
Aylesford
Cuxton 1991
Equinoccial
Falconwood
FC Revo
Hawkinge Town
Kent United
Kings Hill
Long Lane
Meridian VP
Metrogas
New Romney
Snodland Town Reserves
Sporting Club Thamesmead Reserves
Stansfeld O&BC
Tenterden Town
League history
The Kent Amateur Football League was founded in 1922 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 comprised a single junior status division with 14 clubs and the Eastern a Senior Division (with 3 clubs) together with 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; 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.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kent County League” as association football league in Kent, England. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2315647. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1922, 1984, 1992 and 1995.
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