2021–22 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League Division Two
Season	2021–22
	← 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 23 May 2020.

Southern Combination League
Division One
Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 –
	← 2020–21 →

Southern Combination League
Premier Division
Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 –
	← 2020–21 →

The 2021–22 Southern Combination Football League season is the 97th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.^[1]

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 18 May.^[2]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[3]^[4] a number of promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after Lancing was promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Three clubs joined the division:

AFC Varndeanians – promoted from Division One
Bexhill United – promoted from Division One
Littlehampton Town – promoted from Division One

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Littlehampton Town	8	7	0	1	28	10	+18	21	Promotion to Step 4
2	Pagham	9	7	0	2	15	9	+6	21	Qualification for the inter-step play-offs^[a]
3	Saltdean United	7	6	0	1	23	5	+18	18
4	Little Common	9	5	3	1	21	9	+12	18
5	Alfold	8	5	0	3	13	8	+5	15
6	Newhaven	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
7	Crawley Down Gatwick	8	4	1	3	16	11	+5	13
8	Peacehaven & Telscombe	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
9	Bexhill United	8	4	1	3	16	15	+1	13
10	Eastbourne Town	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11
11	Horsham YMCA	9	3	2	4	11	19	−8	11
12	Broadbridge Heath	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10
13	Lingfield	7	3	1	3	10	13	−3	10
14	AFC Uckfield Town	9	2	3	4	10	14	−4	9
15	Steyning Town	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7
16	Eastbourne United	8	2	0	6	8	17	−9	6
17	Loxwood	7	1	2	4	6	13	−7	5
18	Hassocks	9	1	2	6	9	27	−18	5
19	East Preston	8	0	2	6	8	23	−15	2	Relegation to Step 6
20	AFC Varndeanians	8	0	0	8	15	29	−14	0	Relegation to Step 6

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2021. Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[6]
Notes:

^ At the end of the 2021–22 season, the runners-up from Step 5 will contest play-off matches with the third and fourth-from-bottom clubs from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner of each match will rise to Step 4 or stay in Step 5 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to Step 5 or remain in Step 4.^[5]

Results table[]

Home \ Away	UCK	VAR	ALF	BEX	BBH	CDG	EPR	EBT	EBU	HSK	HYM	LIN	LCM	LIT	LOX	NEW	PAG	PAT	SDU	STT
AFC Uckfield Town		4–1						1–0	0–2					1–2					0–3	1–1
AFC Varndeanians			1–2		2–4							3–4		4–6
Alfold				2–3	1–0		3–0				0–1
Bexhill United		4–1				2–2						2–1
Broadbridge Heath															1–1
Crawley Down Gatwick	3–1								4–2			2–1
East Preston						0–4							1–3			1–1	1–3		2–3
Eastbourne Town		2–0		1–3									2��2
Eastbourne United Association			0–2	2–1	0–2									1–3						1–3
Hassocks	2–2				1–5			1–2				1–1	0–3			0–5				2–0
Horsham YMCA							3–3	0–2					1–1			1–4	2–1		0–4
Lingfield																		2–1
Little Common	0–0					3–1			2–0
Littlehampton Town			3–2				3–0				4–0
Loxwood								1–1			0–3	0–1	4–3
Newhaven				2–0				2–0
Pagham					2–1	1–0						4–0	0–4		1–0				1–0
Peacehaven & Telscombe			0–1			1–0				3–2				2–1
Saltdean United				4–1						6–0						3–1
Steyning Town														0–6	3–0		1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2021. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
AFC Uckfield Town	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L
AFC Varndeanians	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Alfold	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Bexhill United	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Broadbridge Heath	L	W	L	W	W	D
Crawley Down Gatwick	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W
East Preston	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Eastbourne Town	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L
Eastbourne United Association	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L
Hassocks	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L
Horsham YMCA	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L
Lingfield	W	W	L	L	D	W	L
Little Common	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W
Little Town	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Loxwood	L	L	W	L	L	D	D
Newhaven	D	W	W	L	W	W
Pagham	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Peacehaven & Telscombe	W	L	W	W	W	L
Saltdean United	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Steyning Town	W	W	D	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2021. Source: SCFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers[]

Correct as of 17 September 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joseph Benn	Littlehampton Town	17
2	Jack Langford	Pagham	9
3	Philip Johnson	Crawley Down Gatwick	8
	Trevor McCreadie	Saltdean United
	Charlie Pitcher	Crawley Down Gatwick
	Lee Robinson	Newhaven
7	Evan Archibald	Bexhill United	7
	Joseph Clarke	Pagham
	George Gaskin	Littlehampton Town
	Jack Shonk	Bexhill United

Stadia and locations[]

AFC Uckfield Town

AFC Vardeanians

Alfold

Bexhill United

Broadbridge Heath

Crawley Down Gatwick

East Preston

Eastbourne Town

Eastbourne United AFC

Hassocks

Horsham YMCA

Lingfield

Littlehampton Town

Loxwood

Newhaven

Pagham

Peacehaven & Telscombe

Saltdean United

Steyning Town

Map showing the location of teams in the Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850	1929
AFC Uckfield Town	Framfield	The Oaks	1,000	2014
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	1,000	1923
Bexhill United	Bexhill-on-Sea	The Polegrove	-	2002
Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre	1,000	1919
Crawley Down Gatwick	Crawley Down	The Haven Centre	1,000	1993
East Preston	Littlehampton (East Preston)	The Lashmar	2,000	1966
Eastbourne Town	Eastbourne	The Saffrons	3,000	1881
Eastbourne United	Eastbourne	The Oval	2,000	2003
Hassocks	Hassocks	The Beacon	1,500	1902
Horsham YMCA	Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,575	1898
Lingfield	Lingfield	The Sports Pavilion	2,000	1893
Little Common	Eastbourne	The Oval (groundshare with Eastbourne United)	2,000	1966
Littlehampton Town	Littlehampton	St Flora Sportsfield (groundshare with Littlehampton United)	4,000	1896
Loxwood	Loxwood	Plaistow Road	1,000	1920
Newhaven	Newhaven	The Trafalgar Ground	3,000	1889
Pagham	Pagham	Nyetimber Lane	1,500	1903
Peacehaven & Telscombe	Peacehaven	The Sports Park	3,000	1923
Saltdean United	Brighton (Saltdean)	Hill Park	1,000	1966
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	2,000	1892

Division One[]

Division One increased to 18 clubs from 16 clubs, after AFC Varndeanians, Bexhill United and Littlehampton Town were promoted to the Premier Division.

Five clubs joined the division:

Dorking Wanderers Reserves – transferred from Combined Counties Division One
Epsom & Ewell – transferred from Combined Counties Division One
Forest Row – promoted from Mid Sussex Football League
Godalming Town – transferred from Combined Counties Division One
Montpelier Villa – promoted from Division Two

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Midhurst & Easebourne	8	7	0	1	30	8	+22	21	Promotion to Step 5
2	Roffey	7	7	0	0	22	9	+13	21	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Shoreham	7	5	1	1	19	12	+7	16
4	Epsom & Ewell	8	5	1	2	17	10	+7	16
5	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	8	5	1	2	15	13	+2	16
6	Godalming Town	9	4	2	3	15	16	−1	14
7	Montpelier Villa	8	4	1	3	18	9	+9	13
8	Worthing United	8	4	1	3	11	9	+2	13
9	Forest Row	8	4	0	4	12	12	0	12
10	Seaford Town	7	3	2	2	11	4	+7	11
11	Wick	8	3	0	5	17	17	0	9
12	Selsey	7	3	0	4	8	11	−3	9
13	Billingshurst	7	2	0	5	13	19	−6	6
14	Hailsham Town	8	2	0	6	6	17	−11	6
15	Oakwood	7	2	0	5	11	23	−12	6
16	Mile Oak	8	1	1	6	10	18	−8	4	Possible relegation to county feeder leagues
17	Arundel	8	1	1	6	11	21	−10	4
18	Storrington	7	1	1	5	8	26	−18	4

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: FA Full-Time Division 1 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[6]

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ARU	BIL	DOR	EPS	FOR	GOD	HAI	MDE	MOK	MON	OAK	ROF	SEA	SEL	SHO	STO	WIC	WOR
Arundel						1–1		0–3				1–4			2–4	5–0
Billingshurst	3–1		1–2				3–0								1–3		1–5
Dorking Wanderers Reserves		2–1							1–0					2–0	2–4
Epsom & Ewell						1–2				4–0			1–0			1–1
Forest Row				0–3		5–1			3–1					0–2	0–3
Godalming Town			1–2						2–1		1–0							1–1
Hailsham Town				1–2		1–3			1–0									2–1
Midhurst & Easebourne			6–1	4–2	0–2		4–1
Mile Oak																2–4	4–3	0–2
Montpelier Villa							3–0				7–0	1–3	0–0	1–0
Oakwood	4–0	5–3	1–5
Roffey					2–1	4–3											6–2
Seaford Town	2–1		0–0								4–1	0–1
Selsey							1–0	2–5								3–2
Shoreham									2–2				0–5
Storrington								0–6		1–6					0–3
Wick				2–3	0–1						3–0			1–0
Worthing United		3–1						0–2		1–0		1–2					2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: FA Full-Time SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Arundel	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D
Billingshurst	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W
Epsom & Ewell	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W
Forest Row	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W
Godalming Town	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L
Hailsham Town	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W
Midhurst & Easebourne	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Mile Oak	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L
Montpelier Villa	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L
Oakwood	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Roffey	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Seaford Town	L	W	W	D	W	D	L
Selsey	W	W	L	L	L	W	L
Shoreham	W	L	W	W	W	D	W
Storrington	L	L	D	L	L	L	W
Wick	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L
Worthing United	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: FA Full-Time SCFL Division 1
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers[]

Correct as of 13 September 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcus Bedford	Midhurst & Easebourne	9
	Conor Bull	Wick
	Joshua Neathey	Roffey
4	Ramon Santos	Shoreham	8
5	Kieran Carter	Midhurst & Easebourne	7
5	Tom Underwood	Forest Row	7
7	Cameron Edwin	Godalming Town	6
	Archie Goddard	Billingshurst
	Kelvin Lucas	Roffey
	Josh Uzun	Epsom & Ewell

Stadia and locations[]

Arundel

Billingshurst

Dorking Wanderers Reserves

Epsom & Ewell

Forest Row

Godalming Town

Hailsham Town

Midhurst & Easebourne

Mile Oak

Montpelier Villa

Oakwood

Roffey

Seaford Town

Selsey

Shoreham

Storrington

Wick

Worthing United

Map showing the location of teams in Division 1

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Arundel	Arundel	Mill Road	2,200	1889
Billingshurst	Billingshurst	Jubilee Fields	—	1891
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000	2015
Epsom & Ewell	Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead)	3,400	1918
Forest Row	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood)	—	1892
Godalming Town	Godalming	Bill Kyte Stadium	3,000	1950
Hailsham Town	Hailsham	The Beaconsfield	2,000	1885
Midhurst & Easebourne	Easebourne	Rotherfield	—	1946
Mile Oak	Brighton (Mile Oak)	Mile Oak Recreation Ground	—	1960
Montpelier Villa	Lancing	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing)	1,500	1991
Oakwood	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane	—	1962
Roffey	Horsham (Roffey)	Bartholomew Way	—	1901
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—	1888
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—	1903
Shoreham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Middle Road	2,000	1892
Storrington	Storrington	The Recreation Ground, Storrington	—	1883
Wick	Littlehampton (Wick)	Crabtree Park	2,000	1892
Worthing United	Worthing (Broadwater)	The Robert Albon Memorial Ground	1,504	1988

Division Two[]

Division Two remained at 14 teams after Montpelier Villa were promoted to Division One

One club joined the division

Southwater transferred from the West Sussex Football League

Promotion from this division depends on ground grading as well as league position.

TD Shipley withdrew from the league after two games.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		6	5	0	1	16	4	+12	15
2	Rustington	5	5	0	0	14	4	+10	15
3	Littlehampton United	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12
4	Rottingdean Village	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
5		6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
6		6	2	1	3	14	15	−1	7
7	Ferring	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
8	Bosham	6	2	0	4	9	13	−4	6
9		2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
10		5	1	0	4	7	12	−5	3
11	St Francis Rangers	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
12	Southwater	5	0	2	3	6	12	−6	2
13		4	0	0	4	3	13	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results table[]

Home \ Away	BOS						LIT		RUS	SOU	STF
Bosham		4–1									0–1
													2–3
										2–1
			3–3		3–1
	2–0											0–1
		3–0		3–1				3–0			4–1
Littlehampton United	3–0
		3–0		0–3			4–1
Rustington				5–2		1–0
Southwater		1–4						1–1	1–3
St Francis Rangers					0–3		1–2
	3–1			3–2		1–3			0–2	2–2
	3–4						0–2	0–1	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Bosham	L	L	W	L	W	L
	L	L	W	L	L	L
	D	W
	L	L	L	W	D	W	L
Ferring	W	L	L	W
	W	W	W	W	L	W
Littlehampton United	W	W	W	L
Rottingdean Village	D	W	L	W	L	W
Rustington	W	W	W	W	W
Southwater	D	L	L	D	L
St Francis Rangers	L	L	L	L	W
	W	W	W	L	W	D	L
	L	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. Source: SCFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kristian Harding		6
1	Josh Irish	Rustington	6
3	Patrick O'Sullivan		5
4	Daniel Sullivan		4
5	Alex Barnes	Bosham	3
	Jake Broomfield
	James Butt	Rustington
	Chris Darwin	Rustington
	Bradley Miles	Bosham
	Craig Rennie	Littlehampton United

Stadia and locations[]

Bosham

Brighton Electricity

Charlwood

Copthorne

Ferring

Jarvis Brook

Littlehampton United

Rottingdean

Upper Beeding

Southwater

St Francis Rangers

Worthing Town

Map showing the location of teams in Division 2

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Bosham	Bosham	Walton Lane	—	1901
	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians)	8,850	—
	Charlwood	Glovers Road^{[citation needed]}	—	1901
	Copthorne	King Georges Field	—	2004
Ferring	Ferring	The Glebelands	—	1952
	Crowborough	Limekiln	—	1888
Littlehampton United	Littlehampton	St Flora Sportsfield (groundshare with Littlehampton Town	4,000	1947
Rottingdean Village	Brighton (Rottingdean)	Rottingdean Sports Centre	—	—
Rustington	Rustington	Rustington Recreation Ground	—	1903
Southwater	Southwater	Southwater Sports Club	—	1958
St Francis Rangers	Haywards Heath	Colwell Ground	1000	2002
	Upper Beeding	Memorial Playing Field	—	—
	Worthing	Palatine Park	—	1995

References[]

^ "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
^ "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed". The Non-League Paper. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "FA confirm promotion and relegation details for Steps 5 & 6 2021/22 season". The Non-League Paper. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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[scfl-1] "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.

[2] "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed". The Non-League Paper. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[3] "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[4] "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[5] "FA confirm promotion and relegation details for Steps 5 & 6 2021/22 season". The Non-League Paper. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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