2022–23 Southern Combination Football League Division One

Southern Combination Division One 2022–23
Season information
Dates	7 August 2022–7 May 2023
Winners	Shoreham
Promoted	Shoreham Epsom & Ewell
Relegated	Forest Row Montpelier Villa Hailsham Town
Season statistics
Matches played	272
Goals scored	852
Top goalscorer	Harry Heath (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Shoreham 8–2 Billingshurst (8 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Montpelier Villa 0–5 Chessington & Hook United (6 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Arundel 7–4 Chessington & Hook United (13 April 2023)
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The 2022–23 Southern Combination Football League season was the 98th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season

Team changes

To Division One Transferred from Southern Counties East League Chessington & Hook United Relegated from the Premier Division East Preston

From Division One Promoted to the Premier Division Midhurst & Easebourne Roffey Relegated to Division Two Storrington

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arundel	Arundel	Mill Road	2,200
Billingshurst	Billingshurst	Jubilee Fields	—
Chessington & Hook United	Chessington	Chalky Lane	3,000
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000
East Preston	Littlehampton (East Preston)	The Lashmar (groundshare with Littlehampton United)	1,000
Epsom & Ewell	Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead)	3,400
Forest Row	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood)	—
Godalming Town	Godalming	Bill Kyte Stadium	3,000
Hailsham Town	Hailsham	The Beaconsfield	2,000
Mile Oak	Brighton (Mile Oak)	Mile Oak Recreation Ground	—
Montpelier Villa	Lancing	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing)	1,500
Oakwood	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane	—
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—
Shoreham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Middle Road	2,000
Wick	Littlehampton] (Wick)	Crabtree Park	2,000
Worthing United	Worthing (Broadwater)	The Robert Albon Memorial Ground	1,504

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shoreham (C, P)	32	21	8	3	79	31	+48	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Epsom & Ewell (O, P)	32	20	5	7	68	41	+27	65	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Combined Counties League Premier Division South
3	Dorking Wanderers B	32	19	6	7	59	31	+28	63	Ineligible for promotion
4	Wick	32	19	5	8	59	39	+20	62	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Godalming Town	32	18	7	7	62	34	+28	61
6	Selsey	32	16	8	8	57	37	+20	56
7	Arundel	32	14	9	9	71	51	+20	51
8	Billingshurst	32	12	5	15	52	71	−19	41
9	Seaford Town	32	11	7	14	43	47	−4	40
10	Chessington & Hook United	32	9	8	15	47	48	−1	35
11	Worthing United	32	10	5	17	39	51	−12	35
12	Mile Oak	32	8	10	14	40	59	−19	34
13	East Preston	32	9	5	18	38	60	−22	32
14	Oakwood	32	9	5	18	36	49	−13	31
15	Montpelier Villa	32	8	5	19	32	67	−35	29	Reprieved from relegation
16	Forest Row	32	8	5	19	39	76	−37	29
17	Hailsham Town (R)	32	6	7	19	31	60	−29	25	Relegated to Division Two

Source: The FA Full-Time Division 1 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Dorking Wanderers B are not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides cannot compete above Step 6.
• Oakwood deducted 1 point.

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Epsom & Ewell	0 (6)
	6	Selsey	0 (5)
						2	Epsom & Ewell	2
						4	Wick	1
	4	Wick	2
	5	Godalming Town	1

Semi-finals

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Epsom & Ewell	0–0 (6–5 pen)	Selsey	Leatherhead
15:00		Report		Stadium: Fetcham Grove
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29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Wick	2–1	Godalming Town	Littlehampton (Wick)
15:00		Report		Stadium: Crabtree Park

Final

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	Epsom & Ewell	2–1	Wick	Leatherhead
15:00	31' 80' Jaevon Dyer		64' Sam Conolly	Stadium: Fetcham Grove Attendance: 384

Results table

Home \ Away	ARU	BIL	CHU	DOR	EPR	EPS	FOR	GOD	HAI	MOK	MON	OAK	SEA	SEL	SHO	WIC	WOR
Arundel		3–0	7–4	1–0	7–2	5–1	5–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–4	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–3
Billingshurst	2–1		2–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–3	2–5
Chessington & Hook United	0–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Dorking Wanderers B	4–2	1–2	2–0		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0
East Preston	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–1
Epsom & Ewell	3–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–2		5–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	6–1	1–3
Forest Row	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–1	0–2		0–5	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–2
Godalming Town	2–2	5–1	0–2	2–1	5–1	1–3	4–1		0–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Hailsham Town	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–1		3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–6	2–2	1–2
Mile Oak	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–2		2–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–5	0–4	1–0
Montpelier Villa	1–1	2–0	0–5	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	2–1	3–1		0–3	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–2	2–1
Oakwood	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	0–5	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–3	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–0
Seaford Town	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1
Selsey	1–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Shoreham	1–1	8–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2		3–0	1–1
Wick	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	0–1	2–6		2–0
Worthing United	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division One
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Heath	Shoreham	24
2	Shane Brazil	Selsey	19
3	Harry Russell	Arundel	14
4	Marcus Richmond	Shoreham	13
5	Zachary Harris	Wick	12
6	David Crouch	Wick	11
	Ramon Santos	Montpelier Villa
8	Ben Aubrey	Dorking Wanderers B	10
	Athan Smith-Joseph	Epsom & Ewell
	Jaevon Dyer	Epsom & Ewell

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