title: 1996–97 Kent Football League
text: # 1996–97 Kent Football League
  
  The 1996–97 Kent Football League season was the 31st in the history of the Kent Football League, a football competition in England.
  
  The league was won by Herne Bay for the third time during the 1990s.
  
  ## League table
  
  The league featured 19 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:
  
  * Lordswood, joined from the Kent County League
  * Woolwich Town, transferred from the Spartan League
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Herne Bay | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 73 | 35 | +38 | 80 |
  | 2 | Ramsgate | 40 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 77 |
  | 3 | Furness | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 77 |
  | 4 | Sheppey United | 40 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 47 | +27 | 73 |
  | 5 | Deal Town | 40 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 80 | 56 | +24 | 65 |
  | 6 | Folkestone Invicta | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 64 |
  | 7 | Whitstable Town | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 63 |
  | 8 | Chatham Town | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 59 |
  | 9 | Greenwich Borough | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 62 | +9 | 58 |
  | 10 | Faversham Town | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 57 |
  | 11 | Beckenham Town | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 55 |
  | 12 | Canterbury City | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 55 |
  | 13 | Hythe United | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 76 | −6 | 53 |
  | 14 | Thamesmead Town | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 53 |
  | 15 | Lordswood | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 50 |
  | 16 | Slade Green | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 45 |
  | 17 | Woolwich Town | 40 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 43 |
  | 18 | Cray Wanderers | 40 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 39 |
  | 19 | Crockenhill | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 80 | −29 | 38 |
  | 20 | Tunbridge Wells | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 34 |
  | 21 | Corinthian | 40 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 30 |
  