| Kent County Football League | |
| Pixels: | 150 |
| Country: | England |
| Divisions: | 6 |
| Teams: | 84 |
| Promotion: | Southern Counties East League Division One |
| Relegation: | Ashford and District League Bromley & South London Football League Canterbury & District League Rochester & District League Sevenoaks & District League |
| Levels: | 11–13 |
| Champions: | Halls AFC |
| Season: | 2023 - 24 |
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.
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]
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.
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]
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.
| 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 | |
| Season | Mid-Kent | |
|---|---|---|
| 1935–36 | Chatham | |
| 1936–37 | Aylesford Paper Mills Reserves |
| 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 | ||
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)' | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||
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 | Rowspan=4 | ||
| 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 | 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 | Colspan=3 | (Cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic) | ||
| 2020–21 | Colspan=3 | (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 | ||||
