2017–18 Southern Counties East Football League

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season	2017–18
Champions	Punjab United
Promoted	Punjab United; K Sports; Fisher
Relegated	Crockenhill
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,440 (4.21 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Sevenoaks Town
Promoted	Sevenoaks Town; Whitstable Town
Relegated	Rochester United
Matches played	379
Goals scored	1,238 (3.27 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 52nd in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and was the second year the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.^[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:

Chatham Town, relegated from the Isthmian League
Glebe, promoted from Division One
Rusthall, promoted from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sevenoaks Town	38	27	7	4	93	33	+60	88	Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division^[a]
2	Whitstable Town	38	25	7	6	74	30	+44	82	Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division^[a]
3	Crowborough Athletic	38	22	6	10	79	43	+36	72
4	Beckenham Town	38	22	3	13	84	61	+23	69
5	Croydon	38	20	5	13	77	60	+17	65
6	Cray Valley Paper Mills	38	19	6	13	69	58	+11	63
7	Deal Town	38	18	6	14	67	61	+6	60
8	Lordswood	38	16	11	11	60	57	+3	59
9	Corinthian	38	17	5	16	59	54	+5	56
10	Canterbury City	38	14	12	12	63	55	+8	54
11	Sheppey United	38	14	9	15	73	62	+11	51
12	Glebe	38	15	6	17	58	71	−13	51
13	AFC Croydon Athletic	38	14	8	16	52	68	−16	50
14	Bearsted	38	14	4	20	48	58	−10	46
15	Tunbridge Wells	38	12	10	16	49	65	−16	46
16	Chatham Town	38	11	10	17	44	56	−12	43
17	Erith Town	38	11	6	21	47	69	−22	39
18	Hollands & Blair	38	9	4	25	51	82	−31	31
19	Rusthall	38	7	8	23	46	87	−41	29
20	Rochester United	38	3	7	28	45	108	−63	16^[b]	Relegated to Division One

Source: SCEFL Premier Division
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[2]
Notes:

^ 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to be promoted to Step 4. However, with resignations and mergers in Step 4 leagues, all 14 runners-up will be promoted.
^ Rochester United failed to fulfil the fixture against Beckenham Town in January 2018. Beckenham were awarded the win with no further punishment.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	BEA	BEC	CAN	CHA	COR	CVP	CRW	CRD	DEA	ERI	GLB	H&B	LOR	ROC	RUS	SEV	SHE	TUN	WHT
AFC Croydon Athletic		2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	3–2	2–4
Bearsted	0–0		2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–5	0–2	1–0	1–2
Beckenham Town	1–2	3–2		2–1	4–2	2–0	3–2	2–3	0–1	6–1	0–3	6–0	2–1	1–3	4–2	3–1	2–3	1–2	2–3	3–1
Canterbury City	5–0	0–1	2–3		1–0	1–0	2–5	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	2–2
Chatham Town	0–2	1–0	1–4	2–0		1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3
Corinthian	3–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	5–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–5
Cray Valley Paper Mills	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	2–1	0–0		1–4	2–3	3–2	2–4	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–1
Crowborough Athletic	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–2		2–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	6–1	4–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Croydon	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–4	3–1	2–2		3–2	2–0	0–1	6–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–2
Deal Town	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–1		2–1	4–1	4–1	1–3	6–3	4–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Erith Town	0–1	4–3	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–5	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–0		1–2	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1
Glebe	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–4		1–0	1–3	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–3
Hollands & Blair	1–2	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–5	1–1	1–4	1–2	4–1	2–1		4–3	3–2	3–0	1–3	1–3	3–0	1–2
Lordswood	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–1		3–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2
Rochester United	1–3	1–3	AW^[a]	0–2	2–2	3–4	1–2	2–4	0–5	1–4	2–4	2–5	1–0	2–2		1–2	0–6	2–2	1–3	0–4
Rusthall	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–3	1–2	3–2	2–7	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	3–2		0–3	2–1	0–0	0–3
Sevenoaks Town	7–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	3–1		2–5	6–2	2–1
Sheppey United	1–3	0–2	2–4	3–1	7–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	3–3	3–1	6–2	1–2	3–3	4–0	1–2	1–2		1–2	0–0
Tunbridge Wells	1–0	1–4	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–0	4–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1		0–1
Whitstable Town	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1

Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Match awarded, away win

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Richard Atkins	Beckenham Town	31
2	Dan Bradshaw	Sheppey United	23
3	Kevin Lisbie	Cray Valley (PM)	22
4	Lauris Chin	Croydon	20
5	Danny Williams	Whitstable Town	18
	James McDonald	Hollands & Blair
	Kenny Pogue	Sevenoaks Town
8	Sam Wilson	Deal Town	17

Division One

Division One consisted of 16 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:

Erith & Belvedere, relegated from the Premier Division
Fisher, relegated from the Premier Division
Punjab United, promoted from the Kent County League

Also, Eltham Palace changed their name to Stansfeld.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Punjab United	36	28	6	2	96	36	+60	90	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	K Sports	36	29	4	3	106	32	+74	88^[a]
3	Fisher	36	24	4	8	96	39	+57	76
4	Erith & Belvedere	36	19	6	11	86	61	+25	63
5	Bridon Ropes	36	19	4	13	93	69	+24	61
6	Snodland Town	36	18	4	14	84	72	+12	58
7	Kent Football United	36	21	5	10	108	73	+35	56^[b]
8	Holmesdale	36	17	5	14	84	55	+29	56
9	FC Elmstead	36	16	7	13	65	58	+7	55
10	Lydd Town	36	17	2	17	88	77	+11	53
11	Sutton Athletic	36	14	6	16	69	68	+1	48
12	Sporting Club Thamesmead	36	14	3	19	73	75	−2	45
13	Stansfeld	36	13	6	17	80	88	−8	45
14	Phoenix Sports Reserves	36	13	5	18	59	61	−2	44
15	Meridian VP	36	11	6	19	67	82	−15	39
16	Forest Hill Park	36	9	6	21	56	96	−40	33
17	Gravesham Borough	36	10	5	21	59	94	−35	32^[c]	Club folded before the next season
18	Lewisham Borough	36	4	2	30	42	131	−89	14
19	Crockenhill	36	3	0	33	29	173	−144	9	Relegated to the Kent County League

Source: SCEFL 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 ^[2]
Notes:

^ K Sports were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player on 20 March.
^ Kent Football United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player on 12 August, and a further nine points for similar offences on 7 October and 25 November. They were initially demoted for ground grading failure after the season but have appealed the decision.^[3]
^ Gravesham Borough were deducted three points for fielding suspended players between 3 October and 11 November.

Results

Home \ Away	BRI	CRO	E&B	ELM	FIS	FHP	GRB	HOL	KSP	KFU	LEW	LYD	MER	PSR	PUN	SNT	SCT	STN	SUT
Bridon Ropes		1–2	5–2	2–1	2–3	2–0	4–4	1–1	0–1	0–4	5–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	5–3	3–1	5–1	4–0
Crockenhill	3–1		0–2	3–4	1–5	2–6	0–4	1–12	0–8	1–2	3–1	2–6	2–5	0–4	1–2	0–5	0–4	0–7	0–6
Erith & Belvedere	1–6	7–1		4–1	0–0	4–1	3–3	4–3	2–1	3–2	8–1	1–3	4–2	3–1	4–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–0
FC Elmstead	1–1	4–1	0–0		2–3	0–0	3–0	2–4	1–3	1–2	4–4	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–0	2–2	5–2
Fisher	2–4	6–0	2–0	2–0		1–3	2–1	3–3	2–2	0–3	4–1	9–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	6–1	2–1	3–0
Forest Hill Park	2–5	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–3		1–2	2–3	1–5	4–4	3–0	1–9	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–4	0–3	0–5	3–1
Gravesham Borough	3–4	3–0	0–6	2–3	0–6	2–1		0–3	0–2	5–1	4–3	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–7	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–1
Holmesdale	4–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0		4–2	2–2	4–2	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	5–1	2–0	1–2
K Sports	3–1	9–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0		3–3	7–0	2–1	3–1	6–3	1–0	2–0	2–4	4–2	2–1
Kent Football United	3–2	9–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	5–2	5–1	2–1	2–4		4–1	4–0	3–3	4–2	2–6	4–3	3–3	0–2	1–2
Lewisham Borough	1–4	4–0	2–4	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–4	1–8	1–3	0–3		1–4	2–3	0–3	0–5	0–2	1–4	4–5	0–5
Lydd Town	1–2	8–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	5–0	3–2	3–0	1–3	3–2	2–3		3–2	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	4–2	1–3
Meridian VP	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	4–3	4–2		1–0	2–4	2–2	5–3	5–1	1–2
Phoenix Sports Reserves	1–4	6–0	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–3	0–3	1–5	7–0	2–1	1–1		0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0
Punjab United	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	5–2	5–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	4–3	2–1	2–0		2–0	2–1	5–1	3–2
Snodland Town	0–2	6–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–2	3–6	3–2	1–4	2–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	1–1		2–0	1–4	5–3
Sporting Club Thamesmead	5–3	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	4–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	6–0	3–0	0–2	2–5		5–1	2–1
Stansfeld	4–2	5–2	2–1	3–4	1–3	4–4	2–2	3–2	0–2	3–6	1–0	5–2	0–3	1–2	0–1	3–4	3–2		1–1
Sutton Athletic	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–4	2–3	1–0	2–2	3–3	3–2	3–0

Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tunde Aderonmu	Kent Football United	41
2	Joshua Patrick	Sporting Club Thamesmead	38
3	Caine Smith	K Sports	30
4	Gary Lockyer	Lydd Town	29
4	Andrew Constable	Holmesdale	29
6	Billy Shinners	Stansfeld	25
7	David Sherwood	Snodland Town	24

References

^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "Kent Football United appeal against demotion". KentishFootball.co.uk. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

External links

Southern Counties East Football League Official Website

[table_note_res_PL0.97541325445073-2] 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to be promoted to Step 4. However, with resignations and mergers in Step 4 leagues, all 14 runners-up will be promoted.

[table_hth_ROC0.97541325445073-3] Rochester United failed to fulfil the fixture against Beckenham Town in January 2018. Beckenham were awarded the win with no further punishment.

[table_note_1_ROC_BEC0.55151565910853-5] Match awarded, away win

[table_hth_KSP0.22940828522174-6] K Sports were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player on 20 March.

[table_hth_KFU0.22940828522174-8] Kent Football United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player on 12 August, and a further nine points for similar offences on 7 October and 25 November. They were initially demoted for ground grading failure after the season but have appealed the decision.^[3]

[table_hth_GRA0.22940828522174-9] Gravesham Borough were deducted three points for fielding suspended players between 3 October and 11 November.

[1] "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Standardised_rules_2017–18-4] "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[7] "Kent Football United appeal against demotion". KentishFootball.co.uk. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

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