The 2023–24 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 58th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the eighth year the competition will have two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2023.[1] Starting this season, the Premier Division (step 5) in the league will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from the division.[2]

Premier Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with five new clubs after Erith & Belvedere and Phoenix Sports were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division and Canterbury City and K Sports were relegated to Division One.

The five clubs joining the division were:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Faversham Town 18 12 2 4 53 25 +28 38 Promotion to Step 4
2 Glebe 18 11 4 3 43 30 +13 37 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Whitstable Town 18 11 2 5 39 24 +15 35
4 Erith Town 17 10 3 4 42 26 +16 33
5 Deal Town 15 10 2 3 38 24 +14 32
6 Corinthian 16 9 3 4 37 21 +16 30
7 Snodland Town 16 8 5 3 30 18 +12 29
8 Punjab United 17 7 8 2 32 22 +10 29
9 Bearsted 16 8 4 4 23 19 +4 28
10 Fisher 16 8 2 6 38 30 +8 26
11 Lordswood 17 5 9 3 27 19 +8 24
12 Lydd Town 13 6 2 5 26 19 +7 20
13 Holmesdale 16 5 4 7 27 28 −1 19
14 Tunbridge Wells 16 5 3 8 28 29 −1 18
15 Hollands & Blair 16 4 3 9 21 37 −16 15
16 Rusthall 18 4 3 11 26 44 −18 15
17 Welling Town 18 4 3 11 25 55 −30 15
18 VCD Athletic 18 2 7 9 26 38 −12 13
19 Sutton Athletic 18 3 4 11 27 51 −24 13
20 Stansfeld 18 2 4 12 19 47 −28 10
21 Kennington 15 1 3 11 19 40 −21 6 Relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. Source: The 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

Results table

Home \ Away BEA COR DEA ERT FAV FIS GLB H&B HOL KEN LOR LYD PUN RUS SNT STA SUT TUN VCD WEL WHI
Bearsted — 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1
Corinthian — 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 4–0
Deal Town 2–1 — 4–1 2–0 7–3 0–3 0–2 3–0
Erith Town 3–4 2–3 — 2–1 2–1 5–1 4–1
Faversham Town 4–0 3–4 — 5–0 5–2 2–1 2–4 3–1 8–0 2–1
Fisher 3–1 4–2 — 3–3 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 4–0 3–4
Glebe 3–1 1–3 2–2 — 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 5–0 3–2 2–0
Hollands & Blair 0–0 1–3 1–5 1–2 — 4–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–3
Holmesdale 0–2 2–1 — 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–2
Kennington 1–3 — 2–3 3–0 2–2 2–4
Lordswood 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 — 5–0 1–0 0–4
Lydd Town 1–2 4–1 0–3 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 5–2
Punjab United 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 — 4–2 2–1
Rusthall 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 3–1 3–4 3–1 0–3 0–3
Snodland Town 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 — 2–0 3–0
Stansfeld 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 — 0–2
Sutton Athletic 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–5 2–2 1–3 2–0 — 4–4 1–1 0–3
Tunbridge Wells 3–4 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–3 — 2–2 3–0
VCD Athletic 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 — 4–0
Welling Town 0–6 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–6 —
Whitstable Town 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. 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

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

Division One consisted of sixteen teams, down from eighteen teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Snodland Town and Lydd Town who had been promoted to the Premier Division and Bermondsey Town who were relegated to the Kent County League

The two new teams that joined the division were:

Division One table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AFC Whyteleafe 15 12 2 1 46 18 +28 38 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Lewisham Borough 13 10 1 2 37 15 +22 31 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Rochester United 13 10 0 3 36 17 +19 30
4 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 13 7 3 3 33 20 +13 24
5 Staplehurst Monarchs 12 7 3 2 18 7 +11 24
6 Croydon 14 6 2 6 36 25 +11 20
7 Canterbury City 13 6 1 6 25 17 +8 19
8 Forest Hill Park 13 6 1 6 21 18 +3 19
9 Faversham Strike Force 13 6 1 6 24 24 0 19
10 Tooting Bec 15 5 3 7 22 22 0 18
11 K Sports 14 5 2 7 29 45 −16 17
12 FC Elmstead 9 3 2 4 18 20 −2 11
13 Meridian VP 12 3 2 7 22 42 −20 11
14 Bridon Ropes 12 2 2 8 13 34 −21 8 Possible relegation to the feeder leagues
15 Greenways 14 1 2 11 23 46 −23 5
16 Sporting Club Thamesmead 11 0 1 10 7 40 −33 1
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. Source: The 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

Results table

Home \ Away WHY BRI CAN CRO ELM FAV FHP GRE KSP LAR LEW MER ROC SCT STM TOO
AFC Whyteleafe — 7–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–3 4–1 7–0 1–1
Bridon Ropes — 0–5 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–1 0–5
Canterbury City 2–3 4–1 — 1–3 2–1 0–1
Croydon 2–3 — 1–2 4–1 1–1 7–1 3–4 2–0 3–1
FC Elmstead 1–0 — 0–2 2–3
Faversham Strike Force — 0–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Forest Hill Park 1–0 — 2–2 0–2 4–2 1–0
Greenways 1–2 0–2 2–6 0–4 — 2–3 2–5 3–4 1–3
K Sports 3–4 1–2 3–3 — 1–5 0–8 4–3 0–2
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 6–3 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–1 — 4–1
Lewisham Borough 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 — 4–1 2–1
Meridian VP 1–1 2–1 6–3 2–5 1–4 — 0–8 2–2
Rochester United 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 5–1 0–4 1–0 — 2–1
Sporting Club Thamesmead 0–7 1–7 2–2 — 0–2 0–2
Staplehurst Monarchs 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 4–0 — 1–0
Tooting Bec 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. 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.

References

  1. ↑ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 1-6 in 2023-24 term". The FA. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Step 5 to 4 promotion/relegation update". The FA. 16 March 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.