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| Southern Combination League 2023–24 | ||
| Season information | ||
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| Winners | Premier Division: Division One: Division Two: | |
| Promoted | Premier Division: Division One: Division Two: | |
| Relegated | Premier Division: Division One: Division Two: | |
| Season statistics | ||
← 2022–23
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2024–25 →
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The 2023–24 Southern Combination Football League season was the 99th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9, 10 and 11 (steps 5 and 6, and county feeder) of the English football league system.
The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division (Step 5) in the league will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from the division.
Premier Division[]
| Southern Combination Premier Division 2023–24 | ||
| Season information | ||
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| Dates | 29 July 2023– | |
| Season statistics | ||
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The 2023–24 Southern Combination Football League season is the 99th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9, 10 and 11 (steps 5 and 6, and county feeder) of the English football league system.
The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division (Step 5) in the league will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from the division.
The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes[]
Promoted from Division One
Transferred from Wessex Football League Premier Division
Relegated from the Isthmian League South East Division |
Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division Relegated to Division One
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League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Crowborough Athletic | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 38 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Newhaven | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 32 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Steyning Town | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 29 | |
| 4 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 29 | |
| 5 | Hassocks | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 28 | |
| 6 | Eastbourne Town | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 28 | |
| 7 | Haywards Heath Town | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 23 | |
| 8 | Eastbourne United Association | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Little Common | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 20 | |
| 10 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 19 | |
| 11 | Lingfield | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 17 | |
| 12 | Pagham | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 15 | |
| 13 | Horsham YMCA | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 14 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 12 | |
| 15 | Loxwood | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 12 | |
| 16 | AFC Varndeanians | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 11 | |
| 17 | AFC Uckfield Town | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 10 | |
| 18 | Saltdean United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | |
| 19 | Bexhill United | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 8 | |
| 20 | Shoreham | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 5 | Relegation to Division One |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
Division One[]
| Southern Combination Division One 2023–24 | ||
| Season information | ||
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| Dates | 5 August 2023– | |
| Season statistics | ||
← 2022–23
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Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season.
Team changes[]
Promoted from Division Two
Relegated from the Premier Division
Relegated from the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South
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Promoted to the Premier Division
Promoted to the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South
Relegated to Division Two
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League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Roffey | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 32 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Dorking Wanderers B | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 32 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 3 | Godalming Town | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 26 | |
| 4 | Chessington & Hook United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 25 | |
| 5 | Worthing United | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 24 | |
| 6 | Montpelier Villa | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Seaford Town | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 21 | |
| 8 | Selsey | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 | |
| 9 | Arundel | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Forest Row | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 18 | |
| 11 | Alfold | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 16 | |
| 12 | Wick | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 13 | Copthorne | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 14 | |
| 14 | Banstead Athletic | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 13 | |
| 15 | Billingshurst | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 12 | |
| 16 | Mile Oak | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 9 | Relegated to county feeder leagues |
| 17 | Oakwood | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
| 18 | East Preston | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
Division Two[]
| Southern Combination Division Two 2023–24 | ||
| Season information | ||
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| Dates | 19 August 2023– | |
| Season statistics | ||
← 2022–23
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Division Two remained at 14 teams.
Team changes[]
Relegated from Division One
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Promoted to Division One
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League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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| 1 | Jarvis Brook | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 18 | Possible promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Southwater | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 18 | |
| 3 | Bosham | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Storrington | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 16 | |
| 5 | Hailsham Town | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 14 | |
| 6 | Capel | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 13 | |
| 7 | Ferring | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 12 | |
| 8 | St Francis Rangers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 12 | |
| 9 | Rustington | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Upper Beeding | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 4 | |
| 11 | Rottingdean Village | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 3 | |
| 12 | Brighton Electricity | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 43 | −39 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
External links[]
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