2010–11 Kent Football League

The 2010–11 Kent Football League season (known as the Safety Net Associates Kent Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 45th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.

The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with Divisions One and Two – the latter two were known as the Reserves Section, comprising reserves teams which were not permitted in the Premier Division. Additionally there were two league cup competitions, the Challenge Cup for the Premier Division clubs and another for the teams in the two divisions of the Reserves Section.

Premier Division
The division featured 16 teams, 15 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club:
 * VCD Athletic, demoted from the Isthmian League

At the end of the season Hythe Town were promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South and Sporting Bengal United transferred to the Essex Senior League.

Challenge Cup
The 2010–11 Kent Football League Challenge Cup, known as the Safety Net Associates Kent League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was won by Herne Bay.

The competition was contested by the 16 teams from the Premier Division over a total of four rounds: three on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) followed by a final match played on a neutral ground (at Folkestone Invicta F.C. this season).

First Round
Source: SCEFL Archives
 * Herne Bay 5 – 1 Sporting Bengal United (1st Leg 4–0; 2nd Leg 1–1)
 * Erith Town 3 – 6 Norton Sports (1st Leg 2–3; 2nd Leg 1–3)
 * Corinthian 3 – 1 Deal Town (1st Leg 0–0; 2nd Leg 3–1)
 * Beckenham Town 9 – 1 Fisher (1st Leg 4–0; 2nd Leg 5–1)
 * Sevenoaks Town 5 – 2 Tunbridge Wells (1st Leg 0–1; 2nd Leg 5–1)
 * Lordswood d – W Hythe Town (1st Leg 2–0; 2nd Leg  – ), Lordswood disqualified (playing unregistered players).
 * Greenwich Borough 3 – 4 VCD Athletic (1st Leg 1–2; 2nd Leg 2–2)
 * Erith & Belvedere W – d Holmesdale (1st Leg 1–1; 2nd Leg – ), Holmesdale disqualified.

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

The 2010–11 Reserves Section comprised two divisions, with promotion and relegation possible between the divisions. Promotion from the Reserves Section into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for all teams in the section.

Division One
At the commencement of the season the division comprised ten clubs, eight of which competed in the previous season together with Erith Town R and Beckenham Town R who had both been promoted from Division Two. The latter club resigned from the league mid-season and their record was expunged.

At the end of the season Thamesmead Town R and Cray Wanderers R left the league.

Division Two
The division featured ten clubs, eight of which competed in the previous season together with two additional clubs:
 * Holmesdale R, relegated from Division One
 * Greenwich Borough R returning to the league after a one season absence

At the end of the season Faversham Town R and Deal Town R were promoted to Division One and Greenwich Borough R and Hythe Town R left the league.

Reserves Cup
The 2010–11 Kent Football League Reserves Cup, known as the Blu3 Kent Reserves League Cup for sponsorship reasons, was won by Cray Wanderers R who achieved a League and Cup double.

The competition was contested over a total of five rounds: the first three were single match knock-out rounds, followed by the semi-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and then the final match played on a neutral ground (at Corinthian F.C. this season). The initial draw featured 21 teams, the 20 from Division One and Division Two plus Ashford Town (Kent) R who did not participate as the club folded prior to the start of the matches.

Second Round

 * Whitstable Town R 3 – 1 Holmesdale R
 * Thamesmead Town R 1 – 0 Erith Town R
 * Deal Town R 5 – 0 Hythe Town R
 * Erith & Belvedere R 2 – 0 Faversham Town R
 * Chatham Town R 1 – 0 VCD Athletic R
 * Ashford Town (Kent) R x – W Lordswood R (Ashford Town (Kent) R withdrawn)
 * Cray Wanderers R 3 – 2 Sevenoaks Town R
 * Herne Bay R 4 – 0 Ramsgate R

First Round
Byes for the remaining eleven teams
 * Cray Wanderers R 6 – 2 Greenwich Borough R
 * Maidstone United R 2 – 3 Erith & Belvedere R
 * Beckenham Town R 1 – 2 Sevenoaks Town R
 * Holmesdale R 2 – 1 Margate R
 * Folkestone Invicta R 1 – 2 Herne Bay R

Source: SCEFL Archives