2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League

Southern Counties East League

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The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 50th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England. It is the first year the competition has had two divisions, having merged with the Kent Invicta Football League.^[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.

The following two clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

• Greenwich Borough – promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
• Holmesdale – relegated to the newly created Division One

The following three clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

• Bearsted – promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League
• Sheppey United – promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League
• Whitstable Town – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Crowborough Athletic	16	12	2	2	45	17	+28	38	Promotion to IL Division One (see criteria below)
2	Ashford United	16	12	1	3	47	16	+31	37
3	Sheppey United	18	11	3	4	36	24	+12	36
4	Sevenoaks Town	14	11	0	3	33	14	+19	33
5	Hollands & Blair	16	9	6	1	37	22	+15	33
6	AFC Croydon Athletic	16	10	3	3	33	18	+15	33
7	Cray Valley Paper Mills	15	9	1	5	38	19	+19	28
8	Whitstable Town	16	8	0	8	34	26	+8	24
9	Rochester United	15	6	5	4	25	32	−7	23
10	Corinthian	16	5	5	6	31	36	−5	20
11	Croydon	13	5	2	6	26	24	+2	17
12	Erith & Belvedere	16	4	5	7	29	31	−2	17
13	Canterbury City	14	4	4	6	16	12	+4	16
14	Tunbridge Wells	13	4	3	6	15	19	−4	15
15	Deal Town	15	3	5	7	21	36	−15	14
16	Erith Town	16	4	2	10	20	44	−24	14
17	Lordswood	18	4	1	13	29	62	−33	13
18	Bearsted	16	3	3	10	24	38	−14	12
19	Beckenham Town	17	3	3	11	14	32	−18	12	Relegation to Division One
20	Fisher	18	1	4	13	22	53	−31	7

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: SCEFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home ╲ Away

ACA

ASH

BEA

BEC

CAN

COR

CVP

CRW

CRD

DEA

E&B

ERI

FIS

H&B

LOR

ROC

SEV

SHE

TUN

WHT

AFC Croydon Athletic

2–2

3–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

2–1

1–3

4–1

0–3

Ashford United

0–1

1–0

3–2

4–0

2–1

3–2

1–2

Bearsted

1–5

1–5

2–3

1–1

4–1

3–3

3–4

Beckenham Town

0–2

0–5

2–4

0–1

2–0

1–3

1–2

0–0

0–2

Canterbury City

0–1

3–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

Corinthian

2–3

3–0

1–3

4–4

1–3

3–3

0–4

Cray Valley Paper Mills

2–1

2–0

1–1

5–1

0–1

4–1

1–2

4–1

Crowborough Athletic

1–2

2–0

7–1

0–1

6–1

2–1

3–2

Croydon

0–3

2–1

0–2

6–0

3–1

3–4

2–3

Deal Town

2–2

3–1

2–2

1–0

1–3

1–6

1–2

0–2

Erith & Belvedere

1–2

0–1

4–2

0–3

2–2

4–0

1–1

0–0

3–2

2–3

Erith Town

2–3

1–2

2–1

1–3

4–2

0–4

2–2

1–5

Fisher

0–5

3–3

0–3

2–3

3–4

0–0

0–2

1–3

1–3

Hollands & Blair

0–3

1–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–2

4–0

1–0

Lordswood

0–7

1–3

0–7

2–4

1–3

4–4

4–1

4–1

0–3

Rochester United

0–8

1–0

0–5

1–1

2–2

2–1

1–2

Sevenoaks Town

3–2

4–1

2–0

4–0

1–4

2–0

2–0

Sheppey United

2–0

0–1

2–3

1–1

2–2

2–2

3–2

2–0

1–0

Tunbridge Wells

1–3

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

Whitstable Town

3–0

1–4

4–1

2–4

4–1

1–2

3–4

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Correct as of 19 November 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Warren Mfula	AFC Croydon Athletic	16
2	Shaun Welford	Ashford United	14
	James McDonald	Ashford United
4	Aaron Jeffery	Cray Valley (PM)	13
5	Zac Attwood	Crowborough Athletic	12
6	Rory Hill	Ashford United	10
	Byron Walker	Sevenoaks Town

Division One

Before the start of the season Kent Invicta Football League merged with Southern Counties East League and became Division One.

The league consisted of 19 clubs: 17 clubs from previous Kent Invicta League season and two new clubs:

• Holmesdale – relegated from the Premier Division
• Snodland Town – promoted from Kent County League Premier Division

The following two clubs changed their names:

• APM Contrast was renamed K Sports
• Seven Acre & Sidcup was renamed Sporting Club Thamesmead

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Rusthall	17	11	6	0	39	14	+25	39	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Kent Football United	16	12	1	3	43	12	+31	37
3	Glebe	14	11	2	1	42	8	+34	35
4	Sutton Athletic	17	10	2	5	56	27	+29	32
5	K Sports	16	9	5	2	40	24	+16	32
6	Forest Hill Park	19	9	4	6	28	32	−4	31
7	Orpington	18	8	4	6	31	24	+7	28
8	Bridon Ropes	17	8	4	5	27	23	+4	28
9	Holmesdale	16	7	4	5	35	22	+13	25
10	Lydd Town	16	7	4	5	30	31	−1	25
11	Snodland Town	18	7	2	9	27	42	−15	23
12	Phoenix Sports Reserves	17	6	1	10	30	52	−22	19
13	Meridian VP	19	6	0	13	30	44	−14	18
14	FC Elmstead	15	4	4	7	22	30	−8	16
15	Eltham Palace	16	4	4	8	20	32	−12	16
16	Gravesham Borough	14	4	3	7	27	29	−2	15
17	Crockenhill	17	4	3	10	18	37	−19	15
18	Sporting Club Thamesmead	13	1	3	9	17	30	−13	6
19	Lewisham Borough	17	0	0	17	12	61	−49	0

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: SCEFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home ╲ Away

BRI

CRO

ELT

ELM

FHP

GLB

GRB

HOL

KSP

KFU

LEW

LYD

MER

ORP

PSR

RUS

SNT

SCT

SUT

Bridon Ropes

1–3

3–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–0

1–0

Crockenhill

2–0

1–2

3–3

1–0

1–0

0–2

0–3

1–2

1–4

Eltham Palace

1–1

0–0

0–4

0–0

4–2

5–0

FC Elmstead

1–2

2–1

2–2

4–1

0–1

1–0

2–2

1–6

Forest Hill Park

3–3

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

3–3

0–1

2–0

3–2

Glebe

4–1

3–0

1–2

3–0

1–1

4–1

3–0

0–0

4–0

Gravesham Borough

0–1

5–1

0–1

1–3

2–2

2–3

1–0

1–1

Holmesdale

3–0

1–3

8–1

1–3

2–1

5–0

2–1

5–3

0–1

K Sports

1–1

1–0

4–1

4–2

3–0

Kent Football United

1–1

5–1

2–1

6–1

0–2

5–0

2–1

3–0

Lewisham Borough

0–4

1–6

0–2

2–7

1–2

1–5

Lydd Town

1–3

3–2

0–1

3–1

3–5

2–1

2–2

3–3

2–1

Meridian VP

0–1

0–1

1–4

1–7

0–4

0–2

3–0

3–5

0–1

Orpington

2–2

4–1

3–0

0–2

1–0

2–2

0–2

0–1

0–0

3–0

Phoenix Sports Reserves

4–3

6–1

0–4

1–7

2–0

0–5

5–1

2–6

Rusthall

1–1

2–0

2–2

3–1

6–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

3–0

4–3

Snodland Town

1–0

3–0

2–3

1–1

0–3

4–1

4–3

4–3

2–1

1–6

Sporting Club Thamesmead

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–3

0–2

0–3

Sutton Athletic

0–2

5–1

3–1

5–2

2–2

5–0

1–3

0–2

2–2

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Correct as of 23 November 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arlie Desanges	Sutton Athletic	22
2	Ryan Golding	Glebe	19
3	James Everitt	Lydd Town	12
4	Jonny Murray	Sutton Athletic	11
	Perrie Rose	Kent Football United
6	David Sherwood	Snodland Town	10
	Danny Gannon	Holmesdale

References

1. http://scefl.com/

External links

• Southern Counties East Football League Official Website