2020–21 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League 2020–21
Season information
Season statistics
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The 2020–21 Southern Combination Football League season is the 96th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. This season also marks 100 years since the league was first formed, with Eastbourne Town, Newhaven and Shoreham being the only teams still in the league to have played in the first season.

The club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The FA for the 2020–21 season on 21 July 2020 and remained unchanged after the 2019–19 season was abandoned on 26 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On 18 July 2020 the Football Association released a statement that football would provisionally start on 5 September 2020 subject to spectators being able to watch games. With the FA Cup qualifying rounds starting from 1 September as midweek games to bring it in line with a November start for the First Round proper. League cup and the Sussex RUR Cup were cancelled this season with the main focus of the league being completed. Only the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup was to be played during the season.

Covid–19 Impact

The season was briefly paused between Thursday 5 November 2020 and 2 December 2020 as the UK Government imposed a 4 week lockdown on non-elite sports across England. With the lockdown ending the Counties of Sussex and Surrey were placed in Tier 2 and clubs held a vote with the league whether to recommence the season. The league restarted with Division Two recommencing on Saturday 5 December and the Premier and Division One recommecing on Tuesday 8 December.

On Saturday 20 December, the UK Government announced that parts of the Sussex and Surrey would be placed in a new Tier, Tier 4. With Alfold, Bexhill United and Horley Town being in Tier 4 also players and fans living in the Tier 4 area not being allowed to travel the League decided to again pause the season on 22 December with a review whether to re-start the season on 9 January 2020 which later became suspended until further notice.

On 24 February 2021, the FA Alliance and Leagues committed announced that the 2020–21 would be curtailed, subject to ratification by The FA, with immediate effect.

On 18 March 2021 the Southern Combination League committee announced a supplementary cup competition to provide competitive football for their teams. Premier and Division One teams starting on 10 April with Division Two teams starting on 3 April. The winners of each group to then enter a semi final and the final being played on or after 17 May 2021.

Premier Division

Main article: 2020–21 Southern Combination Football League Premier Division

Southern Combination Premier Division 2020–21
Season information
Dates	5 September 2020 – 28 May 2021
Season statistics
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	—	1923
AFC Uckfield Town	Framfield	The Oaks	1,000	2014
Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath	High Wood Hill Sports Ground	1,000	1919
Crawley Down Gatwick	Crawley Down	The Haven Centre	1,000	1993
Eastbourne Town	Eastbourne	The Saffrons	3,000	1881
Eastbourne United	Eastbourne	The Oval	2,000	2003
East Preston	Littlehampton (East Preston)	The Lashmar	2,000	1966
Hassocks	Hassocks	The Beacon	1,500	1902
Horley Town	Horley	The New Defence	1,800	1896
Horsham YMCA	Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,575	1898
Lancing	Lancing	Culver Road	1,500	1941
Langney Wanderers	Eastbourne (Langney)	Priory Lane (groundshare with Eastbourne Borough)	4,151	2010
Lingfield	Lingfield	The Sports Pavilion	2,000	1893
Little Common	Eastbourne	The Oval (groundshare with Eastbourne United)	2,000	1966
Loxwood	Loxwood	Plaistow Road	1,000	1920
Newhaven	Newhaven	The Trafalgar Ground	3,000	1889
Pagham	Pagham	Nyetimber Lane	1,500	1903
Peacehaven & Telscombe	Peacehaven	The Sports Park	3,000	1923
Saltdean United	Brighton (Saltdean)	Hill Park	1,000	1966
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	—	1892

League table

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Division One

Main article: 2020–21 Southern Combination Football League Division One

Southern Combination Division One 2020–21
Season information
Dates	5 September 2020 – 15 May 2021
Season statistics
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

Division One is reduced from 18 clubs to 16 after Sidlesham resigned during the previous season and Southwick were demoted into the Mid Sussex Football League

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850	1929
Arundel	Arundel	Mill Road	2,200	1889
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
Roffey	Horsham (Roffey)	Bartholomew Way	—	1901
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—	1888
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—	1903
Shoreham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Middle Road	2,000	1892
Southwick	Brighton (Southwick)	Old Barn Way	2,000	1882
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

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Division Two

Main article: 2020–21 Southern Combination Football League Division Two

Southern Combination Division Two 2020–21
Season information
Dates
Season statistics
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

Division Two is reduced from 15 teams to 14 teams after Cowfold resigned from the league last season.

• Angmering Village transferred to the West Sussex Football League
• Charlwood transferred from the Mid Sussex Football League

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

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Bosham	Bosham	Walton Lane	—	1901
Brighton Electricity	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians)	8,850	—
Charlwood	Charlwood	Glovers Road	—	1901
Copthorne	Copthorne	King Georges Field	—	2004
Ferring	Ferring	The Glebelands	—	1952
Jarvis Brook	Crowborough	Limekiln	—	1888
Littlehampton United	Littlehampton	St Flora Sportsfield (groundshare with Littlehampton Town	4,000	1947
Montpelier Villa	Brighton (Falmer)	Sussex University	—	1991
Rottingdean Village	Brighton (Rottingdean)	Rottingdean Sports Centre	—	—
Rustington	Rustington	Rustington Recreation Ground	—	1903
St Francis Rangers	Haywards Heath	Colwell Ground	1000	2002
TD Shipley	Shipley (Dragon's Green)	Dragons Green	—	1994
Upper Beeding	Upper Beeding	Memorial Playing Field	—	—
Westfield	Westfield	The Parish Field	200	1911
Worthing Town	Worthing	Palatine Park	—	1995

League table

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External links

• Southern Combination Football League