2018–19 Southern Combination Football League Division One

Southern Combination Division One 2018–19
Season information
Dates	4 August 2018 – 27 April 2019
Winners	Alfold
Promoted	Alford, Steyning Town
Relegated	Worthing United
Season statistics
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1049
Top goalscorer	Matt Waterman (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Alfold 10–0 Midhurst & Easebourne (15 December 2018)
Biggest away win	Worthing United 1–8 Bexhill United (22 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Oakwood 6–5 Midhurst & Easebourne (25 August 2018) Oakwood 7–4 Worthing United (19 January 2019)
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Division One remains at 18 clubs after Little Common, Langney Wanderers and Lingfield were promoted to the Premier Division, and Ringmer left the league. Four new clubs joined:

• Alfold – promoted from Division Two
• Littlehampton Town – relegated from the Premier Division
• Sidlesham – promoted from Division Two
• Worthing United – relegated from the Premier Division

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850	1929
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	—	1923
Bexhill United	Bexhill-on-Sea	The Polegrove	—	2002
Billingshurst	Billingshurst	Jubilee Fields	—	1891
Hailsham Town	Hailsham	The Beaconsfield	2,000	1885
Littlehampton Town	Littlehampton	St Flora Sportsfield (groundshare with Littlehampton United)	4,000	1896
Midhurst & Easebourne	Easebourne	Rotherfield	—	1946
Mile Oak	Brighton (Mile Oak]	Mile Oak Recreation Ground	—	1960
Oakwood	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane	—	1962
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—	1888
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—	1903
Sidlesham	Sidlesham	The Recreation Ground, Sidlesham	—	1946
Southwick	Brighton (Southwick)	Old Barn Way	2,000	1882
St Francis Rangers	Haywards Heath	Colwell Ground	1,000	2002
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	—	1892
Storrington	Storrington	The Recreation Ground, Storrington	—	1883
Wick	Littlehampton (Wick)	Crabtree Park	2,000	1892
Worthing United	Worthing (Broadwater)	The Robert Albon Memorial Ground	1,504	1988

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Alfold (C) (P)	32	25	5	2	92	32	+60	80	Promotion to the the Premier Division
2	Steyning Town (P)	32	24	5	3	78	24	+54	77
3	AFC Varndeanians	32	22	5	5	82	38	+44	71
4	Bexhill United	32	22	4	6	92	29	+63	70
5	Selsey	32	20	6	6	63	25	+38	66
6	Littlehampton Town	32	14	5	13	78	67	+11	47
7	Mile Oak	32	14	4	14	59	53	+6	46
8	Hailsham Town	32	10	10	12	62	61	+1	40
9	Wick	32	12	4	16	55	78	−23	40
10	Sidlesham	32	11	4	17	40	57	−17	37
11	Seaford Town	32	10	6	16	54	74	−20	36
12	Billingshurst	32	10	5	17	58	88	−30	35
13	Southwick	32	10	1	21	40	72	−32	31
14	Storrington	32	8	5	19	47	82	−35	29
15	Oakwood	32	7	5	20	58	94	−36	26
16	Midhurst & Easebourne	32	7	4	21	47	81	−34	25
17	Worthing United	32	5	4	23	44	94	−50	19	Reprieved from relegation
18	St Francis Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

Source: http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Top scorers

Correct as of 27 April 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matt Waterman	AFC Vardeanians	29
2	Kelvin Lucas	Alfold	24
	Jack Shonk	Bexhill United
4	Scott Taylor	Hailsham Town	22
5	Joao Andrade	Alfold	18
	Nicholas Tilley	Billingshurst
7	Alexander Rainford	Seaford Town	17
8	Johden De Meyer	Alfold	16
9	Jack Langford	Littlehampton Town	15

External links

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