2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League

Southern Counties East League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Ashford United
Promoted	Ashford United
Relegated	Fisher Erith & Belvedere
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 51st in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and is the first year the competition has two divisions, having merged with the Kent Invicta Football League.^[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.

The following two clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

Greenwich Borough – promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
Holmesdale – relegated to the newly created Division One

The following three clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

Bearsted – promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League
Sheppey United – promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League
Whitstable Town – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ashford United (C, P)	38	30	2	6	119	39	+80	92	Promoted to IL Division One South
2	Crowborough Athletic	38	28	6	4	96	36	+60	90
3	Sevenoaks Town	38	27	3	8	90	35	+55	84
4	Cray Valley Paper Mills	38	24	3	11	91	57	+34	75
5	Whitstable Town	38	22	3	13	82	51	+31	69
6	Sheppey United	38	20	8	10	75	55	+20	68
7	AFC Croydon Athletic	38	18	11	9	75	62	+13	65
8	Hollands & Blair	38	18	8	12	68	55	+13	62
9	Canterbury City	38	17	7	14	66	42	+24	58
10	Corinthian	38	15	7	16	68	64	+4	52
11	Croydon	38	15	3	20	66	83	−17	48
12	Bearsted	38	14	5	19	63	73	−10	47
13	Deal Town	38	11	13	14	66	74	−8	46
14	Rochester United	38	9	10	19	47	79	−32	37
15	Tunbridge Wells	38	10	7	21	41	74	−33	37
16	Lordswood	38	9	7	22	54	101	−47	34
17	Erith Town	38	9	4	25	50	116	−66	31
18	Beckenham Town	38	8	5	25	38	76	−38	29
19	Fisher (R)	38	7	7	24	50	86	−36	28	Relegated to Division One
20	Erith & Belvedere (R)	38	7	5	26	47	94	−47	26	Relegated to Division One

Source: SCEFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:^[2]

Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following eight teams achieved criterion one:^[3]

AFC Croydon Athletic
Ashford United (missed application deadline but successfully appealed)^[4]
Corinthian
Crowborough Athletic
Hollands & Blair
Sevenoaks Town
Sheppey United
Whitstable Town

Results

Home ╲ Away	AFC Croydon Athletic !ACA	Ashford United !ASH	Bearsted !BEA	Beckenham Town !BEC	Canterbury City !CAN	Corinthian !COR	Cray Valley Paper Mills !CVP	Crowborough Athletic !CRW	Croydon !CRD	Deal Town !DEA	Erith & Belvedere !E&B	Erith Town !ERI	Fisher !FIS	Hollands & Blair !H&B	Lordswood !LOR	Rochester United !ROC	Sevenoaks Town !SEV	Sheppey United !SHE	Tunbridge Wells !TUN	Whitstable Town !WHT
AFC Croydon Athletic !AFC Croydon Athletic		2–2	3–0	2–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–6	2–2	3–0	5–1	2–1	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	1–1	0–3
Ashford United !Ashford United	3–3		0–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	7–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	4–2
Bearsted !Bearsted	1–5	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–5	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	7–1	4–1	3–3	0–1	3–4	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–2
Beckenham Town !Beckenham Town	1–3	0–2	2–3		0–4	1–0	0–5	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–4	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2
Canterbury City !Canterbury City	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–0		1–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–1	5–0	0–1
Corinthian !Corinthian	0–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–3		3–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	3–1	5–0	3–0	4–4	1–3	3–3	0–4	0–1	5–2	2–2
Cray Valley Paper Mills !Cray Valley Paper Mills	3–0	2–5	2–1	3–3	2–0	2–1		0–3	1–1	5–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1
Crowborough Athletic !Crowborough Athletic	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	7–1	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–1
Croydon !Croydon	0–3	0–4	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–2		1–2	1–0	6–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–4	1–6	2–3	2–0	2–2
Deal Town !Deal Town	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–6	5–2		6–0	2–4	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–4	4–1	0–2
Erith & Belvedere !Erith & Belvedere	0–2	2–6	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	4–2	0–3	2–6	2–2		4–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	3–2	2–3
Erith Town !Erith Town	4–1	2–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–7	1–7	3–2	1–5	2–1		1–3	1–3	3–3	4–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–5
Fisher !Fisher	1–1	0–5	0–3	2–0	0–0	3–3	0–3	2–6	1–0	2–3	3–0	10–1		3–4	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2
Hollands & Blair !Hollands & Blair	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–4	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–3		4–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
Lordswood !Lordswood	3–3	0–7	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–7	2–4	1–3	1–1	4–4	4–1	4–1	0–3		2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–1
Rochester United !Rochester United	3–3	0–8	1–0	0–1	0–5	0–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	2–1		3–3	1–2	0–1	3–4
Sevenoaks Town !Sevenoaks Town	2–0	4–1	3–2	3–1	4–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–4		2–0	2–0	0–2
Sheppey United !Sheppey United	1–3	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–4	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–2		2–0	1–0
Tunbridge Wells !Tunbridge Wells	1–3	0–5	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–5		1–0
Whitstable Town !Whitstable Town	3–0	0–2	5–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–3	7–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	2–4	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–4	1–1

Updated to games played on 29 April 2017.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Correct as of 29 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Warren Mfula	AFC Croydon Athletic	40
2	Shaun Welford	Ashford United	34
3	James McDonald	Hollands & Blair	25
3	Jeff Dual-Kessie	Croydon	25
5	Byron Walker	Sevenoaks Town	22
6	Rory Hill	Ashford United	20
6	Zac Attwood	Crowborough Athletic	20

Division One

Before the start of the season Kent Invicta Football League merged with Southern Counties East League and became Division One.

The league consisted of 19 clubs: 17 clubs from previous Kent Invicta League season and two new clubs:

Holmesdale – relegated from the Premier Division
Snodland Town – promoted from Kent County League Premier Division

The following two clubs changed their names:

APM Contrast was renamed K Sports
Seven Acre & Sidcup was renamed Sporting Club Thamesmead

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Glebe (C, P)	36	29	5	2	102	24	+78	92	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Rusthall (P)	36	24	8	4	93	34	+59	80	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Sutton Athletic	36	23	5	8	122	50	+72	74
4	Kent Football United	36	24	2	10	85	40	+45	74
5	K Sports	36	20	8	8	97	63	+34	68
6	Holmesdale	36	19	6	11	68	53	+15	63
7	Bridon Ropes	36	15	10	11	60	59	+1	55
8	Snodland Town	36	16	3	17	59	73	−14	51
9	Lydd Town	36	14	7	15	68	79	−11	49
10	Sporting Club Thamesmead	36	12	8	16	60	70	−10	44
11	FC Elmstead	36	11	10	15	55	64	−9	43
12	Forest Hill Park	36	12	7	17	50	75	−25	43
13	Phoenix Sports Reserves	36	13	4	19	65	93	−28	43
14	Orpington	36	10	10	16	45	58	−13	40	Resigned from the league
15	Eltham Palace	36	10	9	17	65	82	−17	39
16	Gravesham Borough	36	8	8	20	62	84	−22	32
17	Meridian VP	36	9	2	25	45	78	−33	29
18	Crockenhill	36	6	8	22	37	91	−54	26
19	Lewisham Borough	36	4	6	26	45	113	−68	18

Source: SCEFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bridon Ropes !BRI	Crockenhill !CRO	Eltham Palace !ELT	FC Elmstead !ELM	Forest Hill Park !FHP	Glebe !GLB	Gravesham Borough !GRB	Holmesdale !HOL	K Sports !KSP	Kent Football United !KFU	Lewisham Borough !LEW	Lydd Town !LYD	Meridian VP !MER	Orpington !ORP	Phoenix Sports Reserves !PSR	Rusthall !RUS	Snodland Town !SNT	Sporting Club Thamesmead !SCT	Sutton Athletic !SUT
Bridon Ropes !Bridon Ropes		1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–4	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	5–4	1–0	0–6
Crockenhill !Crockenhill	0–4		2–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–6	0–1	0–0	1–4
Eltham Palace !Eltham Palace	1–1	5–2		1–1	0–0	0–4	3–5	0–0	0–6	1–5	2–2	2–2	4–2	3–1	5–0	1–4	1–1	1–2	3–5
FC Elmstead !FC Elmstead	1–2	2–2	3–2		2–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–6
Forest Hill Park !Forest Hill Park	3–3	1–3	1–0	1–2		0–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	2–0	3–2	1–6
Glebe !Glebe	4–1	6–1	3–0	1–2	3–0		4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	5–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–1
Gravesham Borough !Gravesham Borough	0–1	5–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–3		0–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–4	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–5	1–1	1–4	0–3
Holmesdale !Holmesdale	2–0	3–0	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–3	2–1		2–0	1–3	8–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	5–3	0–1
K Sports !K Sports	1–1	6–3	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–2	4–1	3–1		2–1	6–2	6–3	2–1	4–2	3–4	1–4	3–0	4–4	2–5
Kent Football United !Kent Football United	3–0	1–1	5–1	2–1	6–1	0–2	5–0	3–4	0–1		2–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	0–2
Lewisham Borough !Lewisham Borough	0–4	1–2	2–7	1–0	2–2	1–6	4–3	0–2	2–7	2–4		3–2	1–2	3–2	2–3	2–4	1–2	0–0	1–5
Lydd Town !Lydd Town	1–3	4–0	1–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–3	1–2	3–1		3–5	3–2	2–1	2–2	5–2	3–3	2–1
Meridian VP !Meridian VP	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–3	0–1	1–4	1–7	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–0	3–0		4–0	3–5	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–4
Orpington !Orpington	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–2		0–1	0–0	0–3	3–0	1–1
Phoenix Sports Reserves !Phoenix Sports Reserves	4–3	6–1	3–2	0–4	3–5	2–3	3–4	0–2	0–4	1–7	2–0	5–2	4–1	1–1		0–5	5–1	0–2	2–6
Rusthall !Rusthall	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	6–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	4–0	0–2		3–0	6–0	4–3
Snodland Town !Snodland Town	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	4–0	4–1	4–3	4–3	4–1	1–3		2–1	1–6
Sporting Club Thamesmead !Sporting Club Thamesmead	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–2	0–1	0–2	5–2	3–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–0		1–2
Sutton Athletic !Sutton Athletic	0–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	5–2	6–1	2–2	2–4	5–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	9–0	2–2

Updated to games played on 25 April 2017.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Correct as of 25 April 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arlie Desanges	Sutton Athletic	34
2	Caine Smith	K Sports	32
3	Ryan Golding	Glebe	27
4	David Sherwood	Snodland Town	23
5	Josh Patrick	SC Thamesmead	22
6	Jonny Murray	Sutton Athletic/Glebe	21

References

↑ http://scefl.com/
↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
↑ "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.
↑ "Application for promotion accepted!". Retrieved 16 Feb 2017.

External links

Southern Counties East Football League Official Website

2017–18 Southern Counties East Football League
Premier Division	AFC Croydon Athletic Bearstead Beckenham Town Canterbury City Chatham Town Corinthian Cray Valley Paper Mills Crowborough Athletic Croydon Deal Town Erith Town Glebe Hollands & Blair Lordswood Rochester United Rusthall Sevenoaks Town Sheppey United Tunbridge Wells Whitstable Town
Division One	Bridon Ropes Crockenhill Erith & Belvedere FC Elmstead Fisher Forest Hill Park Gravesham Borough Holmesdale K Sports Kent Football United Lewisham Borough Lydd Town Meridian VP Phoenix Sports Reserves Punjab United Snodland Town Sporting Club Thamesmead Stansfeld Sutton Athletic
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round, finals)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round, finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall
League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

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