2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League

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Southern Counties East League
Season2021–22

The 2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 56th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the sixth year the competition has had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the English football league system.

The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal.[1][2] The allocations were confirmed on 19 June at the league's annual general meeting, conducted remotely.[3]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[4][5][6]

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division comprises 17 clubs from the previous season after its competition was abandoned, along with three new clubs, all promoted from Division One:

Premier Division table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chatham Town 25 21 2 2 82 15 +67 65 Promotion to Step 4
2 Sheppey United 24 20 2 2 61 18 +43 62 Promotion to Step 4 or qualification for inter-step play-offs[a]
3 Glebe 23 17 4 2 66 24 +42 55
4 Deal Town 22 15 2 5 49 16 +33 47
5 Erith & Belvedere 25 14 3 8 53 37 +16 45
6 Erith Town 26 14 2 10 50 42 +8 44
7 Kennington 26 12 5 9 50 48 +2 41
8 Crowborough Athletic 27 12 4 11 55 54 +1 40
9 Bearsted 24 10 6 8 39 39 0 36
10 Tunbridge Wells 21 10 4 7 46 30 +16 34
11 Hollands & Blair 25 9 6 10 33 31 +2 33
12 K Sports 25 10 2 13 49 59 −10 32
13 Holmesdale 23 10 1 12 34 28 +6 31
14 Fisher 24 7 6 11 30 36 −6 27
15 Canterbury City 26 7 5 14 30 55 −25 26
16 Punjab United 24 6 3 15 33 54 −21 21
17 Welling Town 23 6 3 14 27 55 −28 21
18 Rusthall 25 5 2 18 25 63 −38 17
19 Tower Hamlets 26 3 3 20 29 79 −50 12 Possible relegation to Step 6[b]
20 Lordswood 24 2 3 19 19 77 −58 9 Relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[8]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted at the end of the 2021–22 season. The remaining six will contest one-off inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[7]
  2. ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at Step 5 will be reprieved.[7]

Results Table[]

Home \ Away BEA CAN CHA CRW DEA ERB ERT FIS GLB H&B HOL KSP KEN LOR PUN RUS SHE TOW TUN WEL
Bearsted — 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Canterbury City 2–1 — 0–3 0–3 2–5 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–7 2–1 0–4 0–1
Chatham Town 2–1 2–0 — 3–0 2–4 3–0 3–0 3–1 7–1 3–2 2–0 5–1 4–0
Crowborough Athletic 4–1 0–2 — 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 5–0 0–3 5–0 3–2 2–2
Deal Town 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–0
Erith & Belvedere 0–1 1–0 — 1–1 3–5 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 3–2
Erith Town 2–3 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2
Fisher 0–4 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 — 2–3 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–4 2–2
Glebe 4–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 — 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–0 4–0 2–0
Hollands & Blair 0–3 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 — 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–3
Holmesdale 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 3–1 4–0
K Sports 2–3 1–1 0–6 5–0 0–4 2–4 2–5 2–3 0–1 1–0 — 3–2 3–2 2–2 3–4
Kennington 3–2 1–7 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 2–4 — 1–0 3–3 3–1 5–2
Lordswood 1–2 0–3 1–5 0–6 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 0–2 — 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–5
Punjab United 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–3 0–4 3–4 0–0 1–2 1–5 3–2 — 2–2 1–3 5–4
Rusthall 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–4 0–5 2–4 2–3 3–5 1–3 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–3
Sheppey United 3–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–0 —
Tower Hamlets 1–3 1–1 0–10 0–4 0–4 1–5 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 3–3 0–0 —
Tunbridge Wells 5–2 4–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–3 — 3–0
Welling Town 0–2 0–5 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 4–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Division One[]

Division One comprises the 14 teams which competed when the previous season's competition was aborted, along with six new clubs:

Division One table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sutton Athletic 24 17 2 5 69 41 +28 53 Promotion to Step 5
2 Stansfeld 22 15 5 2 50 23 +27 50 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Tooting Bec 25 14 5 6 51 40 +11 47
4 Snodland Town 25 14 2 9 60 30 +30 44
5 Bridon Ropes 22 12 4 6 53 33 +20 40
6 Croydon 24 12 4 8 47 36 +11 40
7 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 22 10 7 5 44 35 +9 37
8 Lewisham Borough 23 10 7 6 37 33 +4 37
9 Sporting Club Thamesmead 24 10 5 9 48 37 +11 35
10 Westside 25 9 2 14 51 56 −5 29
11 Rochester United 20 8 4 8 33 29 +4 28
12 FC Elmstead 25 8 4 13 44 44 0 28
13 Kent Football United 24 8 4 12 38 54 −16 28
14 Lydd Town 22 8 3 11 41 59 −18 27
15 Faversham Strike Force 25 7 6 12 41 61 −20 27
16 Staplehurst Monarchs 23 7 5 11 38 47 −9 26
17 Meridian VP 25 8 1 16 34 58 −24 25
18 Greenways 23 5 8 10 41 56 −15 23 Possible relegation to feeder leagues
19 Forest Hill Park 20 4 5 11 17 31 −14 17
20 Chessington & Hook United 23 3 5 15 22 56 −34 14
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2022. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "We have provided an update on NLS allocations at Steps 3-6 for the 2021-22 season". The Football Association. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ "SCEFL League Allocations – 2021/22 Season". 19 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "SCEFL AGM – 19th June 2021". 19 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

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