The 2022–23
Southern Combination Football League
The Macron Southern Combination Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of eight divisions – three for first teams (Premier ...
season is the 98th 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
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.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by
The Football Association on 12 May.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season
Team changes
;To the Premier Division
Promoted from
Division One
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Midhurst & Easebourne
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Roffey
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Transferred from the
Southern Counties East League
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Crowborough Athletic
;From the Premier Division
Transferred to the
Wessex League Premier Division
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Pagham
Promoted to the
Isthmian League South East Division
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Littlehampton Town
Relegated to
Division One
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East Preston
League table
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
Correct as of 18 December 2022
Stadia and locations
Division One
Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season
Team changes
;To Division One
Transferred from
Southern Counties East League
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Chessington & Hook United
Relegated from the
Premier Division
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East Preston
;From Division One
Promoted to the
Premier Division
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A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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Midhurst & Easebourne
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Roffey
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
Relegated to
Division Two
NCL Division Two
The NCL or National Conference League Division Two (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Two)
League winners
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Storrington
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League table
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
Correct as of 18 December 2022
Stadia and locations
Division Two
Division Two remained at 14 teams after Capel were promoted from the
West Sussex Football League
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and
Storrington
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were relegated from Division One.
Littlehampton United left the league
Promotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.
League table
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
As of 18 December 2022
Stadia and locations
Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup
Source
2022–23 Peter Bentley League Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter Final
References
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