The 1999–2000 Kent Football League season (newly known as the Bass Brewers Kent League[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th in the history of Kent Football League a football competition in England.
The League structure comprised three divisions: a Premier Division together with a Reserves Section comprising two newly formed equal status geographically based divisions: Division One North and Division One South. Reserves teams 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 Reserves Section.
The 1999–2000 Kent Football League Challenge Cup was won for the first time in their history by VCD Athletic.[3]
Deal Town reached the final but owing to fixture congestion from their extended run to the FA Vase Final they withdrew[4] (with Faversham Town, who they had defeated in their semi-final tie, taking their place).
The competition was contested by the 18 teams from the Premier Division over five rounds: the first three were a single match knock-out followed by the semis-finals on an aggregate basis (home and away matches) and the final match played on a neutral ground.
The letter "R" following team names indicates a club's reserves team.
The 1999–2000 Reserves Section comprised two equal ranked geographically based divisions, Division One North and Division One South which had been formed from the single division of the previous season. The top club in each division played a single match to decide the Division One Champion. The promotion of reserves teams into the Premier Division was not permitted. There was a single League Cup competition for the teams in the section.
Division One Champion Play-off
Thamesmead Town R were the Division One champions, winning the single play-off match between the top team from each of the Division One North and Division One South:
At the end of the season all the clubs from Division One North were combined with clubs from Division One South in the formation of a single Division One for the following season.
At the end of the season champions Deal Town R resigned from the league and the remaining clubs from the division were combined with clubs from Division One North in the formation of a single Division One for the following season.
The 1999–2000 Kent Football League Division One Cup was won by Thamesmead Town R[14] to complete a League and Cup double.
The competition for the 22 teams from the Reserves Section comprised a group phase (with four sections) with the group winners progressing to home and away aggregate semi-finals to produce the two finalists.[15]
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