2022–23 Southern Combination Football League Premier Division

Southern Combination Premier Division 2022–23
Season information
Dates	30 July 2022–29 April 2023
Winners	Broadbridge Heath
Promoted	Broadbridge Heath
Relegated	Alfold Roffey
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,288
Top goalscorer	Phillip Johnson (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Newhaven 11–0 Roffey (18 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Saltdean United 0–7 Newhaven (2 January 2023)
Highest scoring	Newhaven 11–0 Roffey (18 February 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.

The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from Division One Midhurst & Easebourne Roffey Transferred from the Southern Counties East League Crowborough Athletic

From the Premier Division Transferred to the Wessex League Premier Division Pagham Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division Littlehampton Town Relegated to Division One East Preston

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850
AFC Uckfield Town	Framfield	The Oaks	600
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	1,000
Bexhill United	Bexhill-on-Sea	The Polegrove	1,000
Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre	1,000
Crawley Down Gatwick	Crawley Down	The Haven Centre	1,000
Crowborough Athletic	Crowborough	Crowborough Community Stadium	2,000
Eastbourne Town	Eastbourne	The Saffrons	4,500
Eastbourne United Association	Eastbourne	The Oval	1,200
Hassocks	Hassocks	The Beacon	1,000
Horsham YMCA	Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,500
Lingfield	Lingfield	The Sports Pavilion	2,000
Little Common	Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common)	Little Common Recreation Ground	1,200
Loxwood	Loxwood	Plaistow Road	1,000
Midhurst & Easebourne	Easebourne	Rotherfield	1,000
Newhaven	Newhaven	The Trafalgar Ground	3,000
Peacehaven & Telscombe	Peacehaven	The Sports Park	3,000
Roffey	Horsham (Roffey)	Bartholomew Way	1,000
Saltdean United	Brighton (Saltdean)	Hill Park	1,000
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	2,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Broadbridge Heath (C, P)	38	27	6	5	93	33	+60	87	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Crawley Down Gatwick	38	27	3	8	76	32	+44	84	Qualified for inter-step play-off
3	Newhaven	38	25	6	7	119	41	+78	81
4	Eastbourne United	38	20	12	6	59	32	+27	72
5	Steyning Town	38	21	8	9	78	44	+34	71
6	Crowborough Athletic	38	21	7	10	68	44	+24	70
7	Bexhill United	38	22	3	13	68	48	+20	69
8	Peacehaven & Telscombe	38	21	5	12	71	42	+29	68
9	Eastbourne Town	38	19	9	10	58	32	+26	66
10	Hassocks	38	19	6	13	73	47	+26	63
11	Little Common	38	18	7	13	73	53	+20	61
12	Horsham YMCA	38	13	7	18	51	64	−13	46
13	Midhurst & Easebourne	38	9	8	21	57	85	−28	35
14	Lingfield	38	10	4	24	58	86	−28	34
15	Loxwood	38	9	7	22	59	101	−42	34
16	AFC Uckfield Town	38	10	3	25	47	83	−36	33
17	AFC Varndeanians	38	9	6	23	53	90	−37	33
18	Saltdean United	38	8	4	26	33	108	−75	28
19	Alfold (R)	38	5	7	26	47	101	−54	22	Relegated to Division One
20	Roffey (R)	38	5	6	27	47	122	−75	21

Source: scfl.org.uk
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Sutton Common Rovers	2–0	Crawley Down Gatwick	Whyteleafe
15:00		Report		Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 164

Results table

Home \ Away	UCK	VAR	ALF	BEX	BBH	CDG	CRO	EBT	EBU	HSK	HYM	LIN	LCM	LOX	MID	NEW	PAT	ROF	SDU	STT
AFC Uckfield Town		4–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–4	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–3	1–0	0–5	0–1	3–1	2–3	3–2
AFC Varndeanians	4–3		1–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	6–2	7–4	0–3	0–2	3–3	2–3	2–2
Alfold	0–0	0–1		0–3	1–1	0–5	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–5	2–4	7–3	3–1	3–3
Bexhill United	1–0	1–0	4–1		0–1	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	6–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–2
Broadbridge Heath	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1		5–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	8–0	2–0
Crawley Down Gatwick	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	2–4		1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Crowborough Athletic	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–1	4–0
Eastbourne Town	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1
Eastbourne United	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	4–1	2–0	1–1
Hassocks	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	1–2	4–1	0–0		4–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–4	2–2	0–0	7–0	5–1	2–3
Horsham YMCA	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–4		1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–0
Lingfield	0–3	0–3	5–0	1–4	0–4	1–2	3–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–3		0–1	5–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	5–2	1–0	0–2
Little Common	2–1	6–1	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	8–2	1–1	2–0
Loxwood	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–3		0–2	1–6	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–4
Midhurst & Easebourne	2–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–4	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–3		2–3	3–0	0–4	0–0	1–1
Newhaven	6–1	7–0	6–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	5–0		3–2	11–0	5–0	1–4
Peacehaven & Telscombe	0–4	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	5–0	2–0	4–0		7–0	1–0	0–2
Roffey	4–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	3–3	1–5	0–6	3–1		1–2	0–1
Saltdean United	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–1	0–5	2–1	1–3	0–7	0–3	0–2		0–6
Steyning Town	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–3	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0

Source: SCFL Fixture Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Philip Johnson	Hassocks	24
2	Jack Langford	Steyning Town (previously Bexhill United)	22
3	Alfie Rogers	Newhaven	21
4	Lucas Franzen-Jones	Newhaven	20
5	Sam Clements	Crawley Down Gatwick	18
6	Evan Archibald	Bexhill United	17
	Liam Benson	Hassocks
	Lee Robinson	Newhaven
9	Lewis Hole	Little Common	16
	Thomas Tolfrey	Horsham YMCA

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