2017–18 Southern Combination Football League

The 2017–18 Southern Combination Football League season was the 93rd in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.[1]

The constitution was announced on 26 May 2017.[2]

Premier Division

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Southern Combination
Premier Division
Season2017–18
ChampionsHaywards Heath Town
PromotedHaywards Heath Town
Three Bridges
RelegatedWorthing United
Littlehampton Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,261 (3.32 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after Wick and Hailsham Town were relegated to Division One, and Shoreham[3] were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Three clubs joined the division:

With the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.

Teams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018–19.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Haywards Heath Town 38 26 5 7 88 34 +54 83 Promoted to Isthmian League South East Division
2 Three Bridges 38 24 10 4 91 38 +53 82
3 Pagham 38 22 9 7 100 42 +58 75
4 Horsham YMCA 38 22 5 11 73 39 +34 71
5 Eastbourne Town 38 19 12 7 81 40 +41 69
6 Chichester City 38 20 8 10 86 54 +32 68
7 Peacehaven & Telscombe 38 20 8 10 62 37 +25 68
8 Saltdean United 38 19 8 11 58 43 +15 65
9 Newhaven 38 18 7 13 77 58 +19 61
10 Lancing 38 16 4 18 58 63 −5 52
11 Loxwood 38 15 6 17 61 78 −17 51
12 Crawley Down Gatwick 38 11 12 15 59 69 −10 45
13 East Preston 38 12 9 17 59 72 −13 45
14 AFC Uckfield Town 38 15 8 15 52 52 0 44[a]
15 Broadbridge Heath 38 10 7 21 51 81 −30 37
16 Eastbourne United 38 8 8 22 45 94 −49 32
17 Arundel 38 8 6 24 54 80 −26 30
18 Hassocks 38 8 4 26 38 92 −54 28[b]
19 Worthing United 38 8 3 27 29 100 −71 27 Relegated to Division One
20 Littlehampton Town 38 5 9 24 39 95 −56 24
Source: http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ AFC Uckfield Town were deducted nine points for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Hassocks were reprieved from relegation.

Results table

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Home \ Away UCK ARU BBH CCH CDG EPR EBT EBU HSK HHE HYM LAN LIT LOX NEW PAG PAT SDU TBD WRU
AFC Uckfield Town 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–4 2–1 0–2 2–0
Arundel 0–1 3–3 3–4 2–3 2–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–1 3–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–3 1–2
Broadbridge Heath 4–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 2–0 0–4 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 1–5 1–0
Chichester City 4–0 5–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 4–3 0–0 1–2 1–6 1–1 5–0 0–1 5–0 0–2 0–5 1–0 3–0 3–1 5–3
Crawley Down Gatwick 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–4 0–0 3–0
East Preston 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–4 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–1
Eastbourne Town 1–1 4–1 5–0 0–1 3–2 8–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–1
Eastbourne United Association 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–5 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–1
Hassocks 1–3 0–4 3–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–4 0–2 0–4 3–1 0–3 2–3 0–3 0–6 0–1 0–2 2–0
Haywards Heath Town 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 2–3 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 4–0
Horsham YMCA 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 6–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1
Lancing 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–4 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 4–1
Littlehampton Town 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–2 0–6 1–4 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–6 0–5 0–0 1–3 0–1
Loxwood 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 7–0 1–6 1–4 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–0
Newhaven 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 5–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–5 6–1 2–5 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–0
Pagham 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 6–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–1 5–1 5–1 3–2 2–3 3–0 1–3 7–0
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1
Saltdean United 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–1
Three Bridges 2–1 3–2 4–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 7–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–3 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 5–1
Worthing United 0–2 2–1 0–7 1–7 1–5 1–3 0–4 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1
Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

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Southern Combination
Division One
Season2017–18
ChampionsLittle Common
PromotedLittle Common
Langney Wanderers
Lingfield
Matches played306
Goals scored1,293 (4.23 per match)

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

Step 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018–19.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Little Common 34 28 1 5 112 32 +80 85 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Langney Wanderers 34 26 4 4 123 57 +66 82
3 Lingfield 34 25 4 5 114 46 +68 79
4 Ringmer 34 21 1 12 83 52 +31 64 Resigned at the end of the season
5 Wick 34 18 7 9 86 55 +31 61
6 Mile Oak 34 17 5 12 82 68 +14 56
7 Bexhill United 34 17 4 13 72 52 +20 55
8 Hailsham Town 34 15 4 15 74 75 −1 49
9 Selsey 34 13 8 13 54 52 +2 47
10 St Francis Rangers 34 14 5 15 56 70 −14 47
11 Steyning Town 34 13 4 17 74 71 +3 43
12 Seaford Town 34 12 6 16 56 69 −13 42
13 Midhurst & Easebourne 34 12 4 18 74 101 −27 40
14 AFC Varndeanians 34 10 5 19 51 85 −34 35
15 Storrington 34 7 6 21 39 96 −57 27
16 Billingshurst 34 6 6 22 51 98 −47 24
17 Oakwood 34 6 4 24 52 102 −50 22
18 Southwick 34 4 6 24 40 112 −72 18
Source: http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results table

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Home \ Away VAR BEX BIL HAI LAW LIN LIT MID MIL OAK RIN SEA SEL SOU STF STE STO WIC
AFC Vardeanians 1–4 4–1 2–2 1–3 4–2 1–4 3–7 2–1 1–1 0–3 5–0 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–4
Bexhill United 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 0–3 0–2 8–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 1–1
Billingshurst 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–5 2–1 1–3 3–4 3–4 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2
Hailsham Town 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–3 0–6 1–3 3–2 5–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 6–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–7
Langney Wanderers 3–2 1–3 3–1 4–3 5–2 3–2 9–0 5–4 2–0 4–2 4–2 4–1 8–2 2–2 5–1 11–2 3–2
Lingfield 6–0 5–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 6–0 5–0 6–1 6–1 2–1 4–3 3–1 6–1 1–0 4–3 3–0 3–0
Little Common 5–0 2–0 8–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 6–1 2–3 4–1 4–1 3–2 8–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Midhurst & Easebourne 2–3 2–4 5–1 4–2 4–5 2–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 5–4 3–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 3–2
Mile Oak 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–5 5–2 5–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 7–1 3–3
Oakwood 3–1 0–7 4–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–5 3–4 2–2 1–6 1–3 0–2 5–2 2–3 2–5 5–1 2–3
Ringmer 0–0 2–1 7–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–5 6–2 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–3 5–0 1–2 2–1 5–0 1–3
Seaford Town 5–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Selsey 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 7–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2
Southwick 0–1 0–2 1–3 4–7 0–5 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–4 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–5 2–2 1–1 1–4
St Francis Rangers 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–4 4–4 0–6 1–0 0–5 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 5–0 0–2 2–3 0–2
Steyning Town 5–0 4–2 1–2 2–6 2–1 2–4 0–5 5–4 1–4 5–0 6–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–2
Storrington 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–4 1–3 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–5 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–3 1–3 0–5
Wick 5–0 1–5 5–4 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 6–1
Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

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Southern Combination
Division Two
Season2017–18
ChampionsRustington
PromotedAlfold
Sidlesham
Matches played182
Goals scored754 (4.14 per match)

Division Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined this season.

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

Also, Worthing Town Leisure reverted to the name of Worthing Town after their merger with Worthing Leisure F.C. was ended after one season.[4]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Rustington 26 17 5 4 79 24 +55 56
2 Sidlesham 26 16 5 5 63 21 +42 53 Promoted to Division One
3 Jarvis Brook 26 16 4 6 59 37 +22 52
4 Alfold 26 14 5 7 67 39 +28 47 Promoted to Division One
5 Bosham 26 14 5 7 62 43 +19 47
6 Roffey 26 13 7 6 65 41 +24 46
7 Cowfold 26 12 7 7 60 39 +21 43
8 Westfield 26 12 4 10 60 47 +13 40
9 Montpelier Villa 26 10 4 12 47 53 −6 34
10 Upper Beeding 26 9 4 13 36 44 −8 31
11 Worthing Town 26 7 4 15 44 81 −37 25
12 Rottingdean Village 26 7 2 17 36 89 −53 23
13 Clymping 26 4 1 21 48 91 −43 13
14 Ferring 26 1 3 22 28 105 −77 6
15 Lancing United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned, record expunged[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Lancing United resigned from the league in February 2018, and their playing record of P17 W5 D1 L11 GF27 GA55 Pts16 was expunged.

References

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  1. ^ "Southern Combination Football League". Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "FA dismiss Haywards Heath Town's appeal against SCFL's decision to deduct them nine points". Chichester Observer. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Leisure Sever Ties with Worthing Town". Worthing Leisure F.C. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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