2017–18 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination Division One
Champions	Little Common
Promoted	Little Common; Langney Wanderers; Lingfield

Southern Combination Premier Division
Champions	Haywards Heath Town
Promoted	Haywards Heath Town; Three Bridges
Relegated	Worthing United; Littlehampton Town

Southern Combination League
Season	2017–18
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Southern Combination Football League season was the 92nd 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

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:

East Preston – promoted from Division One
Saltdean United – promoted from Division One
Three Bridges – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South

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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Haywards Heath Town (C) (P)	38	26	5	7	88	34	+54	83	Promotion to 2018–19 Isthmian League South East Division
2	Three Bridges (P)	38	24	10	4	91	38	+53	82	Promotion to 2018–19 Isthmian League South East Division
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	044^‡
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	028^†
19	Worthing United (R)	38	8	3	27	29	100	−71	27	Relegation to Division One
20	Littlehampton Town (R)	38	5	9	24	39	95	−56	24	Relegation to Division One

Updated to games played on 16:48, 5 May 2018 (UTC).
Source: http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^‡ AFC Uckfield Town were deducted nine points for fielding an ineligible player.
^† Hassocks were repreived from relegation.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division One

Division One consisted of 18 clubs, the same as the previous season, after East Preston and Saltdean United were promoted to the Premier Division.

Two clubs joined the division:

Hailsham Town – relegated from the Premier Division
Wick – 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


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Little Common (C) (P)	34	28	1	5	112	32	+80	85	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Langney Wanderers (P)	34	26	4	4	123	57	+66	82
3	Lingfield (P)	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

Updated to games played on 20:02, 11 June 2018 (UTC).
Source: http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division Two

Division Two consisted of 15 clubs, one fewer than the previous season, after A.F.C. Roffey Club resigned from the league. No new clubs joined.

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

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

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Rustington (C)	26	17	5	4	79	24	+55	56
2	Sidlesham (P)	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 (P)	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

Updated to 20:02, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Lancing United resigned from the league in February 2018, and their playing record of P17 W5 D1 L11 GF27 GA55 Pts16 was expunged.

References

↑ http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/viewpage.html?view=newspage01
↑ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017.
↑ "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.
↑ "Leisure Sever Ties with Worthing Town". Worthing Leisure F.C. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/viewpage.html?view=newspage01

[2] "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017.

[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.

2017–18 Southern Combination League
Premier Division	AFC Uckfield Town Arundel Broadbridge Heath Chichester City Crawley Down Gatwick Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association East Preston Hassocks Horsham YMCA Lancing Langney Wanderers Lingfield Little Common Loxwood Newhaven Pagham Peacehaven & Telscombe Saltdean United Shoreham
Division One	AFC Varndeanians Alfold Bexhill United Billingshurt Hailsham Town Littlehampton Town Midhurst & Easebourne Mile Oak Oakwood St Francis Rangers Seaford Town Selsey Sidlesham Southwick Steyning Town Storrington Wick Worthing United
Division Two	Angmering Seniors Bosham Brighton Electricity Copthorne Cowfold Ferring Jarvis Brook Littlehampton United Montpelier Villa Roffey Rottingdean Village Rustington Upper Beeding Westfield Worthing Town
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