| Southern Counties East League 2022–23 | ||
| Season information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winners | Premier Division: Erith & Belvedere Division One: Snodland Town | |
| Promoted | Premier Division: Erith & Belvedere Phoenix Sports Division One: Snodland Town Lydd Town | |
| Relegated | Premier Division: Canterbury City K Sports Division One: Bermondsey Town | |
| Season statistics | ||
← 2021–22
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2023–24 →
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The 2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 57th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the 7th year the competition has had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the English football league system.
Premier Division[]
The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs after Sheppey United and Chatham Town were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division, Crowborough Athletic's transfer to Southern Combination Football League and Tower Hamlets' relegation to Eastern Counties League Division One South
The four clubs that joined the division were:
- Phoenix Sports - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
- Stansfeld - Promoted from Division One
- Sutton Athletic - Promoted from Division One
- Whitstable Town - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erith & Belvedere (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 94 | 43 | +51 | 83 | Promotion to Isthmian League |
| 2 | Phoenix Sports (O, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 81 | Qualification for an inter-step play-off |
| 3 | Deal Town | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 79 | 36 | +43 | 80 | |
| 4 | Erith Town | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 74 | |
| 5 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 63 | |
| 6 | Rusthall | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 58 | |
| 7 | Glebe | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 58 | |
| 8 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Stansfeld | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 53 | |
| 10 | Punjab United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 74 | −2 | 53 | |
| 11 | Fisher | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 52 | |
| 12 | Kennington | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 51 | |
| 13 | Bearsted | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 48 | |
| 14 | Sutton Athletic | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 75 | 83 | −8 | 48 | |
| 15 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 45 | |
| 16 | Lordswood | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 79 | −30 | 44 | |
| 17 | Holmesdale | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 34 | |
| 18 | Welling Town | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 48 | 91 | −43 | 34 | |
| 19 | Canterbury City (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 97 | −44 | 31 | Relegation to Division One |
| 20 | K Sports (R) | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 54 | 110 | −56 | 22 |
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
Play-off[]
Inter-step play-off
| 29 April 2023 | VCD Athletic | 0–1 | Phoenix Sports | Crayford | |
| 15:00 | Hayes  90+4'
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Stadium: Oakwood Attendance: 820 |
Division One[]
Division One consisted of eighteen teams, down from twenty teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Stansfeld and Sutton Athletic who had been promoted to the Premier Division, Chessington & Hook United's relegation was reprieved and transferred to the Southern Combination Football League Division One and Westside who were relocated to the Combined Counties Football League.
The two new teams that joined the division were:
- AFC Whyteleafe - Applied from Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One
- Bermondsey Town - Applied from Bromley & South London Football League
League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snodland Town (C, P) | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 66 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Tooting Bec | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Lydd Town (O, P) | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 56 | |
| 4 | Faversham Strike Force | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 54 | |
| 5 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 54 | |
| 6 | Rochester United | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 52 | |
| 7 | FC Elmstead | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 46 | |
| 8 | AFC Whyteleafe | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 46 | |
| 9 | Bridon Ropes | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Croydon | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Greenways | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 44 | |
| 12 | Lewisham Borough | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 42 | |
| 13 | Staplehurst Monarchs | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Forest Hill Park | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 40 | |
| 15 | Meridian VP | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 37 | |
| 16 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 42 | 81 | −39 | 27 | |
| 17 | Bermondsey Town | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 107 | −78 | 10 | Relegated to Kent County League |
| 18 | Kent Football United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Results expunged |
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
Play-offs[]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tooting Bec | 0 (5) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 0 (4) | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tooting Bec | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lydd Town | 1 (5) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lydd Town | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Faversham Strike Force | 2 | |||||||||||
External links[]
| Southern Counties East Football League seasons |
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2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 · |
