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2024–25 Southern Combination Football League

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The 2024–25 Southern Combination Football League season is the 100th 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.[1]

The constitution was announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.[2]

Premier Division

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

Team changes

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League table

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Southern Combination League
Premier Division
Season2024–25
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2024.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hassocks 20 17 2 1 58 16 +42 53 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Haywards Heath Town 20 13 3 4 40 12 +28 42 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Roffey 20 11 6 3 46 19 +27 39
4 Petersfield Town 19 11 5 3 45 20 +25 38
5 Crowborough Athletic 18 10 3 5 42 21 +21 33
6 Bexhill United 19 9 5 5 41 27 +14 32
7 Peacehaven & Telscombe 18 10 2 6 36 31 +5 32
8 Crawley Down Gatwick 17 9 2 6 40 36 +4 29
9 Eastbourne United Association 18 9 2 7 24 23 +1 29
10 Midhurst & Easebourne 19 8 4 7 23 29 −6 28
11 AFC Varndeanians 21 9 1 11 32 44 −12 28
12 Newhaven 19 8 3 8 33 34 −1 27
13 Wick 20 6 6 8 31 43 −12 24
14 Horsham YMCA 19 6 4 9 33 31 +2 22
15 Loxwood 21 6 2 13 31 66 −35 20
16 Pagham 19 5 3 11 28 33 −5 18
17 Shoreham 18 4 4 10 20 36 −16 16
18 Lingfield 20 3 5 12 23 49 −26 14
19 Saltdean United 18 2 4 12 22 44 −22 10 Relegation to Division One
20 Little Common 18 1 2 15 12 47 −35 5
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: SCFL Premier Division Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]


Results table

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Home \ Away VAR BEX CDG CRO EBU HHT HSK HYM LIN LCM LOX MID NEW PAG PAT PET ROF SDU SHO WIC
AFC Varndeanians 0–3 2–1 1–5 2–1 5–0 3–1 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–3
Bexhill United 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–2 2–1
Crawley Down Gatwick 0–1 0–4 3–2 4–3 3–0 3–2 2–2 4–3 4–0 4–1 1–3
Crowborough Athletic 3–5 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 5–0 3–1
Eastbourne United Association 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–0
Haywards Heath Town 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 9–1 1–0 1–1
Hassocks 2–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Horsham YMCA 2–1 5–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Lingfield 1–4 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 0–7 2–1 1–2
Little Common 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–1 2–3 2–3
Loxwood 2–2 0–6 0–2 1–4 0–3 3–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–8 3–1 4–3
Midhurst & Easebourne 2–1 0–5 0–3 0–3 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2
Newhaven 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 3–3 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–0 3–2
Pagham 1–2 0–1 5–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 3–0 5–4
Petersfield Town 5–0 3–2 0–5 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 1–1
Roffey 3–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–0
Saltdean United 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–5 0–0 1–2
Shoreham 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–4 3–3
Wick 2–2 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–4 1–6
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122
AFC VarndeaniansLLLDWLWWWWLLWLWLLWWLL
Bexhill UnitedDLLDWLWLDDWWWDWWWLW
Crawley Down GatwickLWWWLWWWLLWWLDDWL
Crowborough AthleticLDWLLLDWWWWWLWWDWW
Eastbourne United AssociationLDLLLDLWWWWLWLWWWW
HassocksWWDDWWWWWWWWLWWWWWWW
Haywards Heath TownWWWWDWWWWLWWWWWDDLLL
Horsham YMCAWWDLWDDLLLWLDLWLLLW
LingfieldLWDDLLDLDLLDLWLLLLLW
Little CommonLLLLDLDLLLLLLWLLLL
LoxwoodDWWWDLWLLLLWLLLLLLLWL
Midhurst & EasebourneWLWDLLWWWDLWLDWLWDL
NewhavenWLDDWWLWLLWLLDLWWWL
PaghamWLLWDLLDLLDLLWWLLLW
Peacehaven & TelscombeWWLWWWLLWLLWWDLDWWL
Petersfield TownWWWWDLLLWWWDDWDDWWW
RoffeyDLWDDDWWLWLWWDDWWWWW
Saltdean UnitedLLLDLWWDLDLLLDLLLL
ShorehamLLLDDWLLDLWLWLLWLD
WickDWDLDDWLDWLLWLLWDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Joshua Irish Wick F.C. 15
2 Lewis Finney Haywards Heath Town 14
3 Lewis Rustell Midhurst & Easebourne F.C. 13
4 Harry Forster Crowborough Athletic F.C. 12
5 Harrison Cable Petersfield Town F.C. 11
6 Lee Robinson Newhaven F.C. 11
7 Ruari Farrell Hassocks F.C. 10
8 Jordan Mase Roffey F.C. 10
9 Daniel Pearse Roffey F.C. 10
10 Thomas Boyle AFC Varndeanians F.C. 9

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Varndeanians Brighton (Withdean) Withdean Stadium 8,850
Bexhill United Bexhill-on-Sea The Polegrove 1,000
Crawley Down Gatwick Crawley Down The Haven Centre 1,000
Crowborough Athletic Crowborough Crowborough Community Stadium 2,000
Eastbourne United Association Eastbourne The Oval 1,200
Hassocks Hassocks The Beacon 1,000
Haywards Heath Town Haywards Heath Hanbury Park 2,000
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
Pagham Pagham Nyetimber Lane 1,500
Peacehaven & Telscombe Peacehaven The Sports Park 3,000
Petersfield Town Petersfield The Southdown Builders Stadium 3,000
Roffey Horsham (Roffey) Bartholomew Way 1,000
Saltdean United Brighton (Saltdean) Hill Park 1,000
Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea Middle Road 2,000
Wick Littlehampton (Wick) Crabtree Park 2,000

Division One

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Division One increased from 18 clubs to 20, 16 of which competed from the previous season. Oakwood were reprieved from relegation

Team changes

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League table

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Southern Combination League
Division One
Season2024–25

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Forest Row 20 14 5 1 59 19 +40 47 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Dorking Wanderers B 19 14 0 5 71 35 +36 42 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Seaford Town 18 13 2 3 50 15 +35 41
4 Billingshurst 17 10 2 5 40 25 +15 32
5 Godalming Town 18 8 8 2 19 12 +7 32
6 Worthing United 16 10 1 5 36 16 +20 31
7 AFC Uckfield Town 16 10 1 5 43 27 +16 31
8 Infinity 19 8 6 5 39 27 +12 30
9 Storrington Community 20 8 4 8 45 33 +12 28
10 Mile Oak 19 9 1 9 28 28 0 28
11 Chessington & Hook United 18 8 3 7 35 33 +2 27
12 Selsey 19 8 2 9 34 27 +7 26
13 Arundel 18 8 2 8 42 42 0 26
14 East Preston 20 8 2 10 34 37 −3 26
15 Reigate Priory 19 6 2 11 31 41 −10 20
16 Banstead Athletic 18 5 3 10 26 49 −23 18
17 Oakwood 19 5 3 11 23 48 −25 18
18 Copthorne 22 4 2 16 22 73 −51 14 Relegation to county feeder leagues
19 Alfold 18 3 0 15 16 65 −49 9
20 Montpelier Villa 19 2 1 16 17 57 −40 7
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: SCFL Division One League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]


Results table

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Home \ Away UCK ALF ARU BAN BIL CHU COP DOR EPR FOR GOD INF MOK MON OAK REI SEA SEL STO WOR
AFC Uckfield Town 1–5 0–1 4–2 1–3 3–4 4–1 2–0 5–3 1–1 1–0
Alfold 0–3 1–4 1–7 1–3 3–1 1–3 0–3 3–7
Arundel 6–2 1–2 2–3 4–3 0–6 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Banstead Athletic 2–7 2–1 0–5 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2
Billingshurst 7–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 6–2 1–6
Chessington & Hook United 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 4–3
Copthorne 1–4 3–2 1–3 3–2 1–7 0–2 1–6 2–1 0–5 0–4 0–7
Dorking Wanderers B 8–3 7–2 3–1 3–4 4–0 4–2 3–2 2–0
East Preston 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–3 4–2 2–3 2–3 1–4 2–0
Forest Row 6–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Godalming Town 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Infinity 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 4–4 1–1 3–0 5–2 0–1 1–0
Mile Oak 2–0 1–5 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–1
Montpelier Villa 0–1 1–6 5–2 2–4 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–5 2–3
Oakwood 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–6 1–7
Reigate Priory 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 1–1 2–3
Seaford Town 4–1 5–0 4–3 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1
Selsey 0–5 1–2 0–1 3–0 3–4 4–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Storrington Community 1–2 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–2
Worthing United 3–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

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Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223
AFC Uckfield TownLWLWWDWWLWWWLWLW
AlfoldLLLLLLWLLLLLWLLWLL
ArundelLWWWLWWDLLDLWWLWLL
Banstead AthleticLDLLLWWWWLLDDWLLLL
BillingshurstWWWDWLWWLWWLDWLWL
Chessington & Hook UnitedWLWLDLDDWLLLLWWWWW
CopthorneLLLLLLDLWLLDLWLLLLWWLL
Dorking Wanderers BLWWWWLLWWWWWLLWWWWW
East PrestonDWWWWLDWLWWLLLLWLLL
Forest RowWWWDWWDDWWLWWWDWWWW
Godalming TownDDWWDLWWLDDDDWDWW
InfinityWLLWLWDLDDWDDLWDWW
Mile OakWLLWWLLLWWWLWLWLLWD
Montpelier VillaLLLLLLLLLLLLLWLLWD
OakwoodWLLLLDLLLWWDDLWLLWL
Reigate PrioryLLWWLWDLLLWWLLDWLLL
Seaford TownWWWWWWDWLWWDWLWWLW
SelseyDLWLLLDLLLWWWLWLWWW
Storrington CommunityDWLLWWDWWDWWLDLLLLLW
Worthing UnitedWWLLLWWWWLWLWDWW
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: SCFL Division One League Table
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Oliver Rawlins Dorking Wanderers B 19
2 Zion McLeod East Preston 14
3 Hayden Beaconsfield Seaford Town 13
4 Emeka Okakpu Banstead Athletic 13
5 Matthew Hards Storrington 12
6 Callum Connor Seaford Town 11
7 Jacob Todman Dorking Wanderers B 10
8 Jake Lindsey AFC Uckfield Town 9
9 Thomas Tierney Infinity 9
10 Benjamin Bacon Forest Row 8

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Uckfield Town Framfield The Oaks 600
Alfold Alfold Crossways Alfold Recreation Ground 1,000
Arundel Arundel Mill Road 2,200
Banstead Athletic Tadworth Merland Rise 1,500
Billingshurst Billingshurst Jubilee Fields
Chessington & Hook United Chessington Chalky Lane 3,000
Copthorne Copthorne Camping World Community Stadium (groundshare with Horsham) 1,300
Dorking Wanderers B Dorking Meadowbank 3,000
East Preston Littlehampton (East Preston) The Lashmar 1,000
Forest Row Crawley (Three Bridges) East Court (groundshare with East Grinstead Town) 3,000
Godalming Town Godalming Bill Kyte Stadium 3,000
Infinity Sidlesham Sidlesham Recreation Ground
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
Reigate Priory Reigate Park Lane
Seaford Town Seaford The Crouch
Selsey Selsey Bunn Leisure Stadium
Storrington Community Storrington The Recreation Ground, Storrington
Worthing United Worthing (Broadwater) The Robert Albon Memorial Ground 1,504

Division Two

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Division Two increased by three to 14 teams after Storrington were promoted to Division One, and Chichester City B, TD Shipley and Worthing Town joined the league. Rottingdean Village left the league immediately prior to the start of the season [4]

Team changes

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Southern Combination League Division Two
Season2024–25

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jarvis Brook 11 9 1 1 46 9 +37 28
2 Rustington 10 9 1 0 40 6 +34 28
3 Southwater 11 7 3 1 20 15 +5 24
4 Capel 12 7 2 3 37 20 +17 23
5 Hailsham Town 10 6 2 2 33 16 +17 20
6 TD Shipley 11 5 2 4 31 21 +10 17
7 St Francis Rangers 11 4 4 3 22 17 +5 16
8 Chichester City B 12 4 1 7 23 25 −2 13
9 Worthing Town 10 3 3 4 21 25 −4 12
10 Upper Beeding 11 3 1 7 19 49 −30 10
11 Ferring 9 1 1 7 11 24 −13 4
12 Bosham 12 1 1 10 11 49 −38 4
13 Brighton Electricity 10 0 0 10 7 43 −36 0
Updated to match(es) played on 09 November 2024. Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results table

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Home \ Away BOS BRE CAP CCB FER HAI JAR RUS SOU STF TDS UBD WOT
Bosham 2–4 2–0 0–4 1–2 3–3
Brighton Electricity 1–4 0–3 1–3
Capel 2–0 6–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–2
Chichester City B 4–2 4–1 1–2 1–2 4–3
Ferring 1–3 0–4 1–2 1–2
Hailsham Town 6–0 4–2 3–4 2–2 4–0
Jarvis Brook 6–0 10–1 0–1 2–2 8–0 3–0
Rustington 9–0 1–0 3–0 10–1
Southwater 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–2
St Francis Rangers 5–0 2–2 2–2 0–4 2–2 4–1 0–2
TD Shipley 7–1 4–0 7–2 1–2 1–5 0–0
Upper Beeding 2–8 1–1 4–3 3–5
Worthing Town 2–1 0–4 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 02 November 2024. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

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Matchday123456789101112
BoshamLLLWLLLLDLL
Brighton ElectricityLLLLLLLLL
CapelWWWLDWWDWWL
Chichester City BLLWLDLLLWLW
FerringLLLLWLDL
Hailsham TownWLLWWWDDW
Jarvis BrookWWWWLWWWWD
RustingtonWDWWWWWWWW
SouthwaterDWWWWLDWWD
St Francis RangersLWDDDWLDLW
TD ShipleyLWWDLWLDLW
Upper BeedingDLLWLLWLLL
Worthing TownWLWDLWWDD
Updated to match(es) played on 02 November 2024. Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adam Campbell-Stone TD Shipley 11
2 Liam Edwards Jarvis Brook 10
3 Chris Darwin Rustington 9
4 Jack Newhouse Rustington 9
5 Luke Brodie Southwater 8

Stadia and locations

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2024–25 Southern Combination Football League is located in South-east England
Brighton Electricity
Brighton Electricity
Capel
Capel
Ferring
Ferring
Jarvis Brook
Jarvis Brook
Upper Beeding
Upper Beeding
Southwater
Southwater
TD Shipley
TD Shipley
Worthing Town
Worthing Town
Map showing the location of teams in Division 2
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bosham Bosham Walton Lane
Brighton Electricity Brighton (Withdean) Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) 8,850
Capel Capel Newdigate Road
Chichester City B Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000
Ferring Ferring The Glebelands
Hailsham Town Hailsham The Beaconsfield 2,000
Jarvis Brook Crowborough Limekiln
Rustington Rustington Rustington Recreation Ground
Southwater Southwater Southwater Sports Club
St Francis Rangers Haywards Heath Colwell Ground 1,000
TD Shipley Shipley (Dragon's Green) Dragons Green
Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Memorial Playing Field
Worthing Town Worthing Palatine Park

References

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  1. ^ "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". TheFA. 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
  4. ^ "Southwater FC on X". x.com. Retrieved 5 August 2024.