2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 56th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the sixth 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.

Southern Counties East League
Season2021–22

The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal.[1][2] The allocations were confirmed on 19 June at the league's annual general meeting, conducted remotely.[3]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[4][5][6]

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprises 17 clubs from the previous season after its competition was abandoned, along with three new clubs, all promoted from Division One:

Premier Division table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chatham Town 17 15 0 2 56 14 +42 45 Promotion to Step 4
2 Sheppey United 16 14 2 0 45 14 +31 44 Promotion to Step 4 or qualification for inter-step play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Glebe 18 13 3 2 56 21 +35 42
4 Erith Town 20 14 1 5 45 29 +16 43
5 Erith & Belvedere 17 11 2 4 41 26 +15 35
6 Deal Town 16 11 1 4 36 13 +23 34
7 Crowborough Athletic 20 9 4 7 46 36 +10 31
8 Kennington 19 9 4 6 43 37 +6 31
9 Tunbridge Wells 17 9 2 6 40 24 +16 29
10 Holmesdale 19 9 1 9 30 23 +7 28
11 K Sports 18 8 2 8 39 42 −3 26
12 Bearsted 18 7 4 7 32 34 −2 25
13 Hollands & Blair 19 6 4 9 26 28 −2 22
14 Fisher 18 5 5 8 24 28 −4 20
15 Canterbury City 19 4 4 11 21 44 −23 16
16 Punjab United 19 4 2 13 29 47 −18 14
17 Welling Town 18 3 3 12 17 43 −26 12
18 Rusthall 18 3 2 13 18 51 −33 11
19 Lordswood 20 2 3 15 19 65 −46 9 Possible relegation to Step 6[lower-alpha 2]
20 Tower Hamlets 20 1 3 16 20 64 −44 6 Relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[8]
Notes:
  1. The 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted at the end of the 2021–22 season. The remaining six will contest one-off inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at Step 5.[7]
  2. Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at Step 5 will be reprieved.[7]

Results Table
Home \ Away BEA CAN CHA CRW DEA ERB ERT FIS GLB H&B HOL KSP KEN LOR PUN RUS SHE TOW TUN WEL
Bearsted — 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–3 0–5 1–1 1–0 3–0
Canterbury City 2–1 — 0–3 2–5 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–7 2–1 0–4 0–1
Chatham Town 2–1 2–0 — 2–4 3–0 3–0 3–1 7–1 3–2 5–1 4–0
Crowborough Athletic 4–1 0–2 — 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–2
Deal Town — 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–3 3–0
Erith & Belvedere 0–1 — 1–1 3–5 3–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–2
Erith Town 2–3 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 4–2 0–2 3–1
Fisher 0–4 0–1 3–0 — 2–3 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–4 2–2
Glebe 4–0 4–0 3–0 — 1–0 3–2 5–1 4–0 2–0
Hollands & Blair 0–3 0–1 4–1 — 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–3
Holmesdale 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0
K Sports 2–3 1–1 2–4 2–5 2–3 1–0 — 3–2 3–2 2–2
Kennington 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–3 2–4 — 1–0 3–3 3–1 5–2
Lordswood 1–2 1–5 0–6 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 — 2–2 0–1 1–5
Punjab United 3–1 2–0 2–4 0–3 3–4 1–2 1–5 3–2 — 2–2 1–3 5–4
Rusthall 2–1 0–2 0–4 0–5 2–4 2–3 3–5 1–3 — 1–0 1–0 1–3
Sheppey United 3–2 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 —
Tower Hamlets 1–3 1–1 0–10 0–4 0–4 1–5 1–3 3–3 0–0 —
Tunbridge Wells 5–2 4–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–3 — 3–0
Welling Town 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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.

Division One

Division One comprises the 14 teams which competed when the previous season's competition was aborted, along with six new clubs:

Division One table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Stansfeld 16 12 3 1 38 15 +23 39 Promotion to Step 5
2 Bridon Ropes 18 12 2 4 49 25 +24 38 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Tooting Bec 19 12 2 5 43 33 +10 38
4 Sutton Athletic 17 12 1 4 47 31 +16 37
5 Croydon 18 9 4 5 42 32 +10 31
6 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 17 8 6 3 34 26 +8 30
7 Snodland Town 18 9 2 7 40 22 +18 29
8 Lewisham Borough 17 8 3 6 28 26 +2 27
9 Westside 21 8 2 11 44 48 −4 26
10 Kent Football United 20 7 3 10 31 47 −16 24
11 Sporting Club Thamesmead 17 6 4 7 35 30 +5 22
12 FC Elmstead 18 6 4 8 34 30 +4 22
13 Faversham Strike Force 20 6 4 10 33 49 −16 22
14 Staplehurst Monarchs 18 6 3 9 33 36 −3 21
15 Lydd Town 15 6 2 7 26 41 −15 20
16 Rochester United 15 5 2 8 24 25 −1 17
17 Greenways 18 4 5 9 36 49 −13 17
18 Forest Hill Park 16 4 3 9 16 27 −11 15 Possible relegation to feeder leagues
19 Meridian VP 17 5 0 12 24 42 −18 15
20 Chessington & Hook United 19 2 5 12 19 42 −23 11
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[8]

References
  1. "We have provided an update on NLS allocations at Steps 3-6 for the 2021-22 season". The Football Association. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. "SCEFL League Allocations – 2021/22 Season". 19 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. "SCEFL AGM – 19th June 2021". 19 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  7. "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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