Kent Football League (1894–1959)
The Kent League was a football league which existed from 1894 until 1959, based in the English county of Kent. Another, unrelated, Kent League was formed in 1966, and is now known as the Southern Counties East Football League.
Champions
The champions of the league's top division were as follows:Season | Champions |
1894–95 | Chatham |
1895–96 | Northfleet United |
1896–97 | Woolwich Arsenal Reserves |
1897–98 | Swanscombe |
1898–99 | Maidstone United |
1899–1900 | Maidstone United |
1900–01 | Maidstone United |
1901–02 | Cray Wanderers |
1902–03 | Sittingbourne |
1903–04 | Chatham |
1904–05 | Chatham |
1905–06 | Sheppey United |
1906–07 | Sheppey United |
1907–08 | Northfleet United |
1908–09 | Northfleet United |
1909–10 | Northfleet United |
1910–11 | Millwall Reserves |
1911–12 | Millwall Reserves |
1912–13 | Millwall Reserves |
1913–14 | Crystal Palace Reserves |
1914–1919 | no competition due to World War I |
1919–20 | Northfleet United |
1920–21 | Charlton Athletic Reserves |
1921–22 | Maidstone United |
1922–23 | Maidstone United |
1923–24 | Charlton Athletic 'A' |
1924–25 | Chatham |
1925–26 | Northfleet United |
1926–27 | Chatham |
1927–28 | Sheppey United |
1928–29 | Bexleyheath Town |
1929–30 | Gillingham Reserves |
1930–31 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
1931–32 | Northfleet United |
1932–33 | Margate |
1933–34 | London Paper Mills |
1934–35 | Northfleet United |
1935–36 | Northfleet United |
1936–37 | Northfleet United |
1937–38 | Margate |
1938–39 | Northfleet United |
1939–1944 | no competition due to World War II |
1944–45 | Gillingham |
1945–46 | Gillingham |
1946–47 | Margate |
1947–48 | Margate |
1948–49 | Ashford Town |
1949–50 | Ramsgate Athletic |
1950–51 | Folkestone Town |
1951–52 | Dover |
1952–53 | Folkestone Town |
1953–54 | Deal Town |
1954–55 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare |
1955–56 | Ramsgate Athletic |
1956–57 | Ramsgate Athletic |
1957–58 | Sittingbourne |
1958–59 | Sittingbourne |
Member clubs
During the league's history, member clubs included:- 12th Infantry Training Corps
- 1st King's Own
- 1st Royal Warwickshire
- 1st South Wales Borderers
- 2nd Connaught Rangers
- 2nd Essex Regiment
- 2nd King's Royal Rifles
- 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers
- 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers
- 2nd Royal Irish Rifles
- 3rd Worcestershire
- Army Ordnance Corps
- Army Service Corps
- Ashford Railway Works
- Ashford Railway Works Reserves
- Ashford Town
- Ashford Town Reserves
- Ashford United
- Aveling & Porter
- Aylesford Paper Mills
- Aylesford Paper Mills Reserves
- Belvedere & District
- Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
- Betteshanger Colliery Welfare Reserves
- Bexleyheath & Welling
- Bexleyheath & Welling Reserves
- Bexleyheath Labour
- Bexleyheath Town
- Borstal
- Bowaters Lloyd
- Bowaters Lloyd Reserves
- Bromley
- Canterbury City
- Canterbury City Reserves
- Canterbury Waverley
- Canterbury Waverley Reserves
- Carabiners
- Catford Southend
- Charlton Athletic
- Charlton Athletic 'A'
- Charlton Athletic Reserves
- Chatham Town
- Chatham Town Reserves
- Chislet Colliery Welfare
- Cray Wanderers
- Cray Wanderers Reserves
- Crystal Palace Reserves
- Dartford
- Dartford Reserves
- Dartford Amateurs
- Deal Cinque Ports
- Deal Town
- Deal Town Reserves
- Depot Battalion, RE
- Depot Machine Gun Corps
- Depot Royal West Kent Regiment
- Deptford Invicta
- Deptford Town
- Dover
- Dover Reserves
- Dover United
- Erith
- Erith & Belvedere
- Erith Oil Works
- Eythorne
- Faversham Services
- Faversham Town
- Faversham Town Reserves
- Folkestone
- Folkestone Reserves
- Folkestone Gas
- Folkestone Harveians
- Folkestone Town
- Folkestone Town Reserves
- Gillingham
- Gillingham 'A'
- Gillingham Reserves
- Gravesend & Northfleet Reserves
- Gravesend Hotspur
- Gravesend United
- Grays Athletic
- Grays Thurrock United
- Grays Thurrock United Reserves
- Herne Bay
- Herne Bay Reserves
- Lloyds Paper Mills
- Lloyds Paper Mills Reserves
- London Paper Mills
- Loyal Regiment
- Luton
- Maidstone Athletic
- Maidstone Church Institute
- Maidstone Institute
- Maidstone Invicta
- Maidstone United
- Maidstone United Reserves
- Margate
- Margate Reserves
- Medway Corrugated Paper Company
- Metrogas
- Millwall Reserves
- Minster United
- Murston Rangers
- New Brompton
- New Brompton Amateurs
- New Brompton Excelsior
- Northfleet
- Northfleet United
- Orpington
- RAF Eastchurch
- Rainham
- Ramsgate
- Ramsgate Reserves
- Ramsgate Athletic
- Ramsgate Athletic Reserves
- Ramsgate Grenville
- Ramsgate Press Wanderers
- Ramsgate Town
- RETB Chatham
- Rochester
- Rochester & Borstal
- Royal Artillery
- Royal Marines
- Royal Marines Reserves
- Royal Marines
- Royal Marines Reserves
- Royal Naval Depot
- Royal Naval Depot Reserves
- Royal Ordnance Factories
- Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Royal West Kent Regiment
- S.E. Railway Mechanics Institute
- S.R. Athletic
- Sevenoaks
- Sheppey United
- Sheppey United Reserves
- Shorts Sports
- Sittingbourne
- Sittingbourne Reserves
- Snodland Town
- Snowdown Colliery Welfare
- Snowdown Colliery Welfare Reserves
- South Lancashire Regiment
- Southend United Reserves
- Strood
- Swanscombe
- Tilbury
- Tonbridge
- Troy Town Invicta
- Tunbridge Wells United
- Tunbridge Wells United Reserves
- Vickers
- Vickers
- Whitstable
- Whitstable Reserves
- Woolwich
- Woolwich Reserves
- Woolwich Arsenal Reserves