The league featured 22 clubs, 21 of which competed in the previous season together with one additional club: Also, Furness changed their name to Swanley Furness,[3] and Woolwich Town changed their name to Erith Town.
The club withdrew from senior football for several years in order to concentrate on its youth teams.
[10] Swanley Furness also resigned from the league despite finishing fourth in the table, dropping down to Division Two due to the club's lack of floodlights[3] which were a requirement from the following season.
[15] Prior to the season Furness R changed their name to Swanley Furness R.[3] The division was won by Sittingbourne R.[16] At the end of the season two clubs left the division: Tonbridge R resigned from the league and transferred to the Suburban League;[17] and Corinthian R[9] who withdrew from senior football to concentrate on its youth teams.
[10] The 1997–98 Kent Football League Division Two Cup was won by Thamesmead Town R.[18] The competition was drawn for the initial twenty teams from Division Two (prior to the resignation of Faversham Town R) and comprised 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 a single match final on a neutral ground (at Whitstable Town F.C.