2023–24_Southern_Counties_East_Football_League

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season	2023–24
Champions	AFC Whyteleafe
Promoted	AFC Whyteleafe; Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers
Relegated	Greenways
Top goalscorer	Matt Day (31)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2023–24
Champions	Deal Town
Promoted	Deal Town; Erith Town
Relegated	Welling Town
Top goalscorer	Stefan Payne (35)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Southern Counties East Football League

Football league season

The 2023–24 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 58th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the eighth year the competition will have two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2023.^[1] Starting this season, the Premier Division (step 5) in the league promotes two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaced the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there was only one club relegated from the division.^[2]

Premier Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with five new clubs after Erith & Belvedere and Phoenix Sports were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division and Canterbury City and K Sports were relegated to Division One.

The five clubs joining the division were:

Corinthian - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
Faversham Town - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
Lydd Town - Promoted from Division One
Snodland Town - Promoted from Division One
VCD Athletic - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division

Results table

More information Home \ Away, BEA ...

Home \ Away	BEA	COR	DEA	ERT	FAV	FIS	GLB	H&B	HOL	KEN	LOR	LYD	PUN	RUS	SNT	STA	SUT	TUN	VCD	WEL	WHI
Bearsted	—	1–0	2–4	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	5–1	0–0
Corinthian	1–3	—	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–1	4–1	3–1	5–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	4–0	3–1
Deal Town	2–0	2–1	—	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–2	4–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	7–3	0–3	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–0
Erith Town	4–0	3–4	2–3	—	2–3	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	4–1	5–1	2–1		4–2	0–1
Faversham Town	4–0	4–0	2–4	3–4	—	5–0	0–2	5–2	6–1	2–1	2–3	2–4	3–1	2–2	2–1	8–0	5–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1
Fisher	1–0	0–3	3–1	4–2	1–4	—	3–3	4–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–3	3–1	2–5	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	4–0	3–4
Glebe	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–2	—	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	5–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	2–0
Hollands & Blair	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–5	1–2	—	0–4	4–3	4–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	10–1	0–3
Holmesdale	1–6	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	—	1–2	4–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–2	0–4
Kennington	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	—	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–0	4–3	2–2	2–2	2–4
Lordswood	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	5–0	2–2	4–0	—	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–3	3–2	5–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	0–4
Lydd Town	1–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	4–1	A/W^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–4	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	—	3–0	4–4	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	5–2	4–0
Punjab United	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	—	2–0	0–4	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–2	4–0	4–2
Rusthall	2–0	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	—	0–2	3–1	3–4	0–2	3–1	0–3	0–3
Snodland Town	0–2	0–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	0–1	6–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–0	3–0	A/W^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–2	5–0	0–1
Stansfeld	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–4	—	1–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–4
Sutton Athletic	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	2–5	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	—	4–4	1–1	2–1	0–3
Tunbridge Wells	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–3	5–0	—	2–1	2–2	3–0
VCD Athletic	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	4–0	0–1
Welling Town	2–5	1–2	0–2	0–6	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–7	2–2	0–0	3–5	3–2	2–6	2–6	1–1	—	0–3
Whitstable Town	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	—

Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Match awarded to Fisher in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned at 2–3 due to unsavoury scenes between the Lydd Town players and Fisher fans.^[3]
Match awarded to Tunbridge Wells in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned at 0–0 due to the behaviour of Snodland Town's players and staff.^[4]

Division One

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Division One consisted of sixteen teams, down from eighteen teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Snodland Town and Lydd Town who had been promoted to the Premier Division and Bermondsey Town who were relegated to the Kent County League

The two new teams that joined the division were:

Canterbury City - Relegated from Premier Division
K Sports - Relegated from Premier Division

Results table

More information Home \ Away, WHY ...

Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

Match awarded to AFC Whyteleafe in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned with AFC Whteleafe leading 3–1 due to two members of the Bridon Ropes coaching staff refusing to leave the technical area having been sent off.^[5]

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[4] Match awarded to Fisher in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned at 2–3 due to unsavoury scenes between the Lydd Town players and Fisher fans.^[3]

[6] Match awarded to Tunbridge Wells in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned at 0–0 due to the behaviour of Snodland Town's players and staff.^[4]

[table_note_1_BRI_WHY0.4727462718602-8] Match awarded to AFC Whyteleafe in accordance with league rules, after initial match was abandoned with AFC Whteleafe leading 3–1 due to two members of the Bridon Ropes coaching staff refusing to leave the technical area having been sent off.^[5]

[10] Walkover, win for Greenways

[11] Walkover, win for K Sports

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"Step 5 to 4 promotion/relegation update". The FA. 16 March 2023.

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"League Statement – Lydd Town v Fisher". SCEFL. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

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"League Statement – Snodland Town v Tunbridge Wells". SCEFL. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

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"League Statement – AFC Whyteleafe". SCEFL. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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"SCEFL First Division Cup Rules 2023-2024" (PDF). SCEFL. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Deal Town (C, P)	40	29	5	6	96	45	+51	92	Promotion to the Isthmian League
2	Faversham Town	40	25	8	7	107	53	+54	83	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Glebe	40	24	11	5	87	48	+39	83
4	Erith Town (O, P)	40	25	5	10	91	52	+39	80
5	Corinthian	40	24	7	9	86	49	+37	79
6	Whitstable Town	40	22	7	11	79	52	+27	73
7	Bearsted	40	21	9	10	66	43	+23	72
8	Snodland Town	40	19	8	13	77	44	+33	65
9	Punjab United	40	18	11	11	69	58	+11	65
10	Lydd Town	40	19	7	14	78	64	+14	64
11	Lordswood	40	14	13	13	64	63	+1	55
12	VCD Athletic	40	13	11	16	61	64	−3	50
13	Tunbridge Wells	40	13	10	17	64	64	0	49
14	Fisher	40	14	6	20	70	85	−15	48
15	Hollands & Blair	40	13	8	19	61	76	−15	47
16	Holmesdale	40	11	9	20	59	77	−18	42
17	Kennington	40	9	10	21	50	80	−30	37
18	Stansfeld	40	6	7	27	42	99	−57	25
19	Rusthall	40	5	8	27	42	86	−44	23
20	Sutton Athletic	40	5	8	27	42	102	−60	23
21	Welling Town (R)	40	4	6	30	45	132	−87	18	Relegation to Division One

Semi-finals			Final

2	Faversham Town	2 (1)

5	Corinthian	2 (4)
			4	Erith Town	1 (4)

			5	Corinthian	1 (2)
3	Glebe	1

4	Erith Town	2

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Faversham Town	2–2 (1–4 p)	Corinthian	Faversham
19:45 BST	Bingham 4' Essam 22'	Report	Hagan 14' Naylor 63'	Stadium: Salters Lane Attendance: 803

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Glebe	1–2	Erith Town	Chislehurst
19:45 BST	Mampono 16'	Report	Ash 78' Taylor 83'	Stadium: Foxbury Avenue Attendance: 450

6 May 2024 (2024-05-06)	Erith Town	1–1 (4–2 p)	Corinthian	Thamesmead
15:00 BST	Taylor 86'		Hagan 22'	Stadium: Bayliss Avenue Attendance: 671

2023–24_Southern_Counties_East_Football_League

2023–24 Southern Counties East Football League

Premier Division

Premier Division table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Results table

Division One

Division One table

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Results table

League Challenge Cup

Calendar

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Division One Cup

Group Stage

Semi-finals

Final

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Whyteleafe (C, P)	30	22	5	3	84	35	+49	71	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (O, P)	30	19	6	5	77	38	+39	63	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Staplehurst Monarchs	30	18	6	6	54	29	+25	60
4	Rochester United	30	19	2	9	72	41	+31	59
5	Lewisham Borough	30	15	7	8	57	38	+19	52
6	FC Elmstead	30	15	5	10	62	42	+20	50
7	Canterbury City	30	15	3	12	58	46	+12	48
8	Croydon	30	13	5	12	62	49	+13	44
9	Tooting Bec	30	10	7	13	48	46	+2	37
10	Bridon Ropes	30	9	9	12	41	57	−16	36
11	Faversham Strike Force	30	10	3	17	48	63	−15	33
12	Sporting Club Thamesmead	30	9	5	16	38	69	−31	32
13	K Sports	30	7	7	16	56	88	−32	28
14	Meridian VP	30	6	7	17	50	82	−32	25
15	Forest Hill Park	30	6	6	18	36	61	−25	24
16	Greenways (R)	30	4	3	23	45	104	−59	15	Relegation to the Kent County League

Semi-finals			Final

2	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	0 (13)

5	Lewisham Borough	0 (12)
			2	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	1

			3	Staplehurst Monarchs	0
3	Staplehurst Monarchs	1

4	Rochester United	0

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	0–0 (13–12 p)	Lewisham Borough	New Hythe
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Larkfield & New Hythe Sports Club Attendance: 235

1 May 2024 (2024-05-01)	Staplehurst Monarchs	1–0	Rochester United	Staplehurst
19:45 BST	Smith 40'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Sports Ground Attendance: 342

4 May 2024 (2024-05-04)	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	1–0	Staplehurst Monarchs	New Hythe
		Report		Stadium: Larkfield & New Hythe Sports Club Attendance: 828

Home \ Away	WHY	BRI	CAN	CRO	ELM	FAV	FHP	GRE	KSP	LAR	LEW	MER	ROC	SCT	STM	TOO
AFC Whyteleafe	—	7–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	8–3	2–0	2–3	3–1	4–1	2–2	7–0	1–1	1–1
Bridon Ropes	A/W^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	1–1	0–5	0–2	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–5
Canterbury City	2–3	4–1	—	2–1	1–5	1–3	6–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	3–2
Croydon	2–2	1–2	2–3	—	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	7–1	1–2	3–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
FC Elmstead	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	—	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–1
Faversham Strike Force	1–6	2–2	2–1	2–3	2–4	—	0–2	5–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–0
Forest Hill Park	0–3	0–4	1–0	3–3	1–4	0–3	—	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1
Greenways	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–6	0–4	0–4	—	2–3	0–9	2–5	3–4	0–4	1–4	1–2	1–3
K Sports	3–4	3–3	1–2	1–3	1–3	3–3	2–2	3–4	—	1–4	1–5	2–1	0–8	4–3	1–1	0–2
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	1–0	1–2	3–0	6–3	2–4	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	1–3	4–1	1–0	3–3	3–1	2–1
Lewisham Borough	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–2	2–1
Meridian VP	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	6–3	4–2	1–1	4–1	2–5	1–2	1–4	—	0–8	3–1	0–0	2–2
Rochester United	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–4	5–1	6–1	0–4	1–0	7–2	—	2–1	0–1	3–1
Sporting Club Thamesmead	0–1	0–0	0–7	0–3	0–3	3–2	1–0	1–7	3–3	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	—	0–2	0–2
Staplehurst Monarchs	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–1	2–3	1–2	4–2	1–2	4–0	—	1–0
Tooting Bec	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–3	1–3	3–1	4–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	—

Round	Dates	Matches	Clubs
First round	2 October to 4 October	5	37 → 32
Second round	31 October to 21 November	16	32 → 16
Third round	29 November to 9 January	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	16 January to 10 February	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	20 February to 27 February	2	4 → 2
Final	29 March	1	2 → 1