2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 57th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the seventh year the competition has 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 12 May 2022.[1]

Premier Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2022–23
ChampionsErith & Belvedere
PromotedErith & Belvedere
Phoenix Sports
RelegatedCanterbury City
K Sports

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs after Sheppey United and Chatham Town were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division, Crowborough Athletic's transfer to Southern Combination Football League and Tower Hamlets' relegation to Eastern Counties League Division One South

The four clubs that joined the division were:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Erith & Belvedere (C, P) 38 25 8 5 94 43 +51 83 Promotion to Isthmian League
2 Phoenix Sports (O, P) 38 24 9 5 89 33 +56 81 Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3 Deal Town 38 24 8 6 79 36 +43 80
4 Erith Town 38 23 5 10 79 49 +30 74
5 Whitstable Town 38 19 6 13 73 56 +17 63
6 Rusthall 38 16 10 12 70 57 +13 58
7 Glebe 38 17 7 14 73 62 +11 58
8 Tunbridge Wells 38 15 9 14 53 47 +6 54
9 Stansfeld 38 15 8 15 64 61 +3 53
10 Punjab United 38 15 8 15 72 74 −2 53
11 Fisher 38 15 7 16 61 57 +4 52
12 Kennington 38 16 3 19 68 73 −5 51
13 Bearsted 38 13 9 16 44 51 −7 48
14 Sutton Athletic 38 13 9 16 75 83 −8 48
15 Hollands & Blair 38 11 12 15 55 71 −16 45
16 Lordswood 38 13 5 20 49 79 −30 44
17 Holmesdale 38 8 10 20 34 57 −23 34
18 Welling Town 38 10 4 24 48 91 −43 34
19 Canterbury City (R) 38 7 10 21 53 97 −44 31 Relegation to Division One
20 K Sports (R) 38 7 1 30 54 110 −56 22
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[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-off

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 VCD Athletic0–1 Phoenix Sports Crayford
15:00
  • Hayes 90+4'
 Stadium: Oakwood
Attendance: 820

Results table

Home \ Away BEA CAN DEA ERB ERT FIS GLB H&B HOL KSP KEN LOR PHO PUN RUS STA SUT TUN WEL WHI
Bearsted — 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–5 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2
Canterbury City 1–2 — 0–1 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–8 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–5 1–2 0–3 4–4 0–3 3–4 0–3
Deal Town 2–0 3–1 — 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Erith & Belvedere 3–0 2–0 0–3 — 1–0 3–3 4–2 1–2 4–0 5–1 6–1 3–3 2–1 6–2 2–0 1–1 4–4 1–5 4–0 1–2
Erith Town 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 — 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–3 4–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 5–2
Fisher 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 — 5–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 0–1
Glebe 3–1 8–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 — 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–4
Hollands & Blair 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 7–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 4–1 3–3 1–3 0–5 1–2 1–0 2–3
Holmesdale 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 — 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
K Sports 1–2 1–5 3–2 0–4 1–7 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 — 4–0 2–3 0–2 1–4 0–4 3–4 2–2 4–1 0–3 0–4
Kennington 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 5–2 — 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–3 0–2 5–0 2–0 6–2 1–6
Lordswood 2–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–5 3–0 0–4 0–2 0–3 0–1 4–0 — 0–5 3–2 1–5 1–2 1–5 0–2 0–1 3–1
Phoenix Sports 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 6–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 — 4–3 0–2 4–0 5–0 1–2 3–0 2–1
Punjab United 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 3–1 4–2 3–7 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 2–1 0–0
Rusthall 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–5 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 5–2 — 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–1
Stansfeld 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 0–6 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–0 — 2–4 0–2 1–2 0–2
Sutton Athletic 2–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 1–4 2–3 1–1 3–3 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 5–1 3–2 — 0–3 4–1 1–2
Tunbridge Wells 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–0 0–2
Welling Town 0–3 2–2 4–3 1–3 0–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 2–4 0–4 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 5–4 1–3 0–4 — 2–2
Whitstable Town 0–2 4–2 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–2 4–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–3 —
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
Season2022–23
ChampionsSnodland Town
PromotedSnodland Town
Lydd Town
RelegatedBermondsey Town

Division One consisted of eighteen teams, down from twenty teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Stansfeld and Sutton Athletic who had been promoted to the Premier Division, Chessington & Hook United's relegation was reprieved and transferred to the Southern Combination Football League Division One and Westside who were relocated to the Combined Counties Football 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 Snodland Town (C, P) 32 20 6 6 80 39 +41 66 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Tooting Bec 32 17 7 8 61 39 +22 58 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Lydd Town (O, P) 32 17 5 10 62 54 +8 56
4 Faversham Strike Force 32 15 9 8 64 46 +18 54
5 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 32 16 6 10 53 39 +14 54
6 Rochester United 32 15 7 10 50 37 +13 52
7 FC Elmstead 32 13 7 12 58 43 +15 46
8 AFC Whyteleafe 32 12 10 10 66 54 +12 46
9 Bridon Ropes 32 13 5 14 63 59 +4 44
10 Croydon 32 12 8 12 57 55 +2 44
11 Greenways 32 13 5 14 60 68 −8 44
12 Lewisham Borough 32 12 6 14 54 46 +8 42
13 Staplehurst Monarchs 32 12 6 14 41 47 −6 42
14 Forest Hill Park 32 10 10 12 37 41 −4 40
15 Meridian VP 32 11 4 17 41 63 −22 37
16 Sporting Club Thamesmead 32 8 3 21 42 81 −39 27
17 Bermondsey Town 32 2 4 26 29 107 −78 10 Relegated to Kent County League
18 Kent Football United[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Results expunged
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[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Kent Football United withdrew from the league and folded their senior team on 23 August 2022.

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Tooting Bec 0 (5)
5 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 0 (4)
2 Tooting Bec 1 (4)
3 Lydd Town 1 (5)
3 Lydd Town 4
4 Faversham Strike Force 2

References

  1. ^ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at steps 3-6". The FA. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.