2016–17 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Southern Combination Football League season is the 91st in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.^[1]

Premier Division

Southern Combination Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after East Preston and St Francis Rangers were relegated to Division One, and Horsham were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Three clubs joined the division:

• Crawley Down Gatwick – promoted from Division One
• Haywards Heath Town – promoted from Division One
• Peacehaven & Telscombe – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
• Wick & Barnham reverted to their original name of Wick F.C.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shoreham	17	15	1	1	57	12	+45	46	Promotion to 2017–18 Step 4 Division
2	Haywards Heath Town	17	13	2	2	51	10	+41	41
3	Pagham	17	12	2	3	49	17	+32	38
4	Chichester City	16	11	4	1	41	22	+19	37
5	Eastbourne United	18	12	1	5	41	26	+15	37
6	Broadbridge Heath	17	9	2	6	37	28	+9	29
7	Loxwood	18	8	4	6	40	33	+7	28
8	Newhaven	17	7	5	5	48	32	+16	26
9	Horsham YMCA	17	7	4	6	30	30	0	25
10	Eastbourne Town	17	7	4	6	28	32	−4	25
11	Lancing	17	6	4	7	29	39	−10	22
12	Crawley Down Gatwick	19	6	3	10	47	52	−5	21
13	Hassocks	19	6	2	11	38	39	−1	20
14	AFC Uckfield Town	18	6	2	10	28	43	−15	20
15	Peacehaven & Telscombe	17	5	3	9	33	35	−2	18
16	Arundel	19	5	3	11	32	56	−24	18
17	Littlehampton Town	19	5	1	13	29	48	−19	16
18	Worthing United	17	4	3	10	28	56	−28	15	Relegation to Division One
19	Wick	16	4	1	11	25	40	−15	13
20	Hailsham Town	18	1	1	16	17	78	−61	4

Updated to games played on 18:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source:
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.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Southern Combination Division One

Division One consists of 18 clubs, increased from 17 the previous season, after Crawley Down Gatwick and Haywards Heath Town were promoted to the Premier Division, and Sidlesham were demoted to Division Two for ground grading reasons.

Four clubs joined the division:

• AFC Varndeanians – promoted from Division Two
• Billingshurst – promoted from Division Two
• East Preston – relegated from the Premier Division
• St Francis Rangers – relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Little Common	18	11	5	2	58	29	+29	38	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Saltdean United	18	11	5	2	40	23	+17	38
3	Steyning Town	19	11	3	5	48	30	+18	36
4	Mile Oak	18	10	5	3	43	26	+17	35
5	East Preston	16	10	4	2	41	16	+25	34
6	Lingfield	17	10	2	5	46	31	+15	32
7	Bexhill United	19	9	3	7	32	32	0	30
8	Storrington	20	7	7	6	34	38	−4	027^‡
9	Selsey	15	6	5	4	39	27	+12	23
10	Southwick	19	6	5	8	41	40	+1	23
11	Langney Wanderers	16	7	1	8	41	45	−4	22
12	Oakwood	19	5	5	9	26	35	−9	20
13	Midhurst & Easebourne	16	4	7	5	28	33	−5	19
14	Seaford Town	17	4	3	10	22	30	−8	15
15	AFC Varndeanians	17	1	9	7	25	43	−18	12
16	Billingshurst	19	2	6	11	22	50	−28	12
17	St Francis Rangers	17	1	6	10	21	46	−25	9	Relegation to Division Two
18	Ringmer	16	1	3	12	14	46	−32	6

Updated to games played on 19:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^‡ Storrington were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

Division Two consists of 16 clubs, the same as the previous season, after AFC Varndeanians and Billingshurst were promoted to Division One, Hurstpierpoint were relegated, and Ifield Galaxy left the league.

Four clubs joined the division:

• Jarvis Brook, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League.
• Lancing United, promoted from the West Sussex League.
• Sidlesham, demoted from Division One.
• Worthing Town Leisure, promoted from the Brighton, Worthing & District League.

• A.F.C. Roffey Club withdrew from the league in August 2016 without playing a match.

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Bosham	14	13	1	0	70	10	+60	40	Promotion to Division One
2	Sidlesham	14	11	2	1	45	13	+32	35	Promotion to Division One
3	Jarvis Brook	15	8	6	1	63	21	+42	30
4	Westfield	13	9	1	3	52	22	+30	28
5	Lancing United	13	7	2	4	37	22	+15	23
6	Roffey	12	6	4	2	48	19	+29	22
7	Upper Beeding	14	6	4	4	29	18	+11	22
8	Clymping	16	5	3	8	37	45	–8	18
9	Rottingdean Village	14	5	1	8	32	47	–15	16
10	Worthing Town Leisure	14	4	2	8	36	34	+2	14
11	Rustington	15	4	2	9	24	38	–14	14
12	Cowfold	12	4	1	7	35	26	+9	13
13	Montpelier Villa	11	3	3	5	30	24	+6	12
14	Alfold	15	3	0	12	28	66	–38	9
15	Ferring	16	0	0	16	11	172	–161	0
16	A.F.C. Roffey Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

• Updated to 19:05, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

References

1. http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/viewpage.html?view=newspage01

External links