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]

Southern Combination League
Season2017–18

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

Premier Division
Southern Combination Premier Division
ChampionsHaywards Heath Town
PromotedHaywards Heath Town
Three Bridges
RelegatedWorthing United
Littlehampton Town

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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
Updated to match(es) 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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. AFC Uckfield Town were deducted nine points for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. Hassocks were reprieved from relegation.

Results table
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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2019. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One
Southern Combination Division One
ChampionsLittle Common
PromotedLittle Common
Langney Wanderers
Lingfield

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 Promotion 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 match(es) 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; (P) Promoted.

Results table
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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2019. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
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[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
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
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
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