1983–84 Kent Football League

The 1983–84 Kent Football League season was the eighteenth in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition featuring teams based in and around the county of Kent in England.

The League structure comprised two divisions: Division One and Division Two with the latter known as the Reserves Section (reserves teams were not permitted in Division One). Additionally there were two league cup competitions: the Challenge Cup for the Division One clubs and another for the teams in Division Two.

From this season the league began awarding three points (increased from two) for winning a match.

Division One
The league featured sixteen clubs which all competed in the previous season.

The league was won by Sittingbourne, who had previously won the title in 1975–76.

At the end of the season second-placed Sheppey United were promoted to the Southern Football League.

Challenge Cup
The 1983–84 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won by Cray Wanderers, their first Challenge Cup triumph. The competition, contested by all sixteen clubs in the league, comprised four single match tie rounds culminating in the final.

First Round
Sources:
 * Ramsgate 0 – 3 Cray Wanderers
 * Tunbridge Wells 2 – 1 Crockenhill
 * Alma Swanley 1 – 3 Darenth Heathside
 * Slade Green Athletic 3 – 2 Kent Police
 * Sittingbourne 3 – 1 Whitstable Town
 * Hythe Town 1 – 2 Herne Bay
 * Sheppey United 4 – 2 Beckenham Town
 * Deal Town 3 – 3 Faversham Town
 * REPLAY: Faversham Town v Deal Town
 * Final:
 * Semi-finals:
 * Quarter-finals: ;
 * First Round: ;

Reserves Section
The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team.

Division Two featured mostly reserves teams (which were not permitted in Division One) from clubs from Kent and the adjacent area whose first team played in Division One and other higher ranked leagues. There was a League Cup competition for the teams in the section.

Division Two
The league featured fifteen clubs (including one non-reserve team, Snowdown Colliery Welfare), fourteen of which had competed in the division the previous season together with Fisher Athletic R.

The division was won by Fisher Athletic R in their first season in the division.

At the end of the season Beckenham Town R and Dover R left the league.

Division Two Cup
The 1983–84 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won for a second successive season by Erith & Belvedere R who defeated Darenth Heatside in the final.