Sport
In association football, Kent's highest ranked football team is Gillingham F.C., who play in Football League Two. There are also Kent clubs in higher levels of non-league football with Dartford and Ebbsfleet United playing in the Football Conference with Dover Athletic and Tonbridge Angels playing in Conference South.
Kent is represented in cricket by Kent County Cricket Club who play at the St. Lawrence Ground in Canterbury as well as at the Nevill Ground in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
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