The 2015–16
Southern Combination Football League
The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a association football, football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London, South West London, Engl ...
season was the 91st in the history of the competition (the first since it changed name from the Sussex County Football League), a
football
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league in England. This is also the first season in which all divisions were renamed after league restructuring.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division One last season, along with four new clubs:
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A.F.C. Uckfield Town, promoted from the old Division Two
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Horsham
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, relegated from the
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...
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Wick & Barnham United, promoted from the old Division Two
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Worthing United, promoted from the old Division Two
Six clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: Eastbourne Town, Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Lancing, Loxwood and Newhaven.
League table
Results table
Division One
Division One featured ten clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Two last season, along with seven new clubs.
*Clubs relegated from the old Division One:
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Crawley Down Gatwick
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Ringmer
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Selsey
Selsey () is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish, about south of Chichester, West Sussex, England.
Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is in ...
*Clubs promoted from the old Division Three:
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Langney Wanderers
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Sidlesham
Sidlesham is a small village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, five kilometres (3 miles) south of Chichester in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It has a small primary school. The area has had a prebendary since ...
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Southwick
*Plus:
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Lingfield Lingfield can refer to:
* Lingfield, County Durham, England, a village
* Lingfield, Surrey, England, a village
** Lingfield Park Racecourse
** Lingfield Cricket Club, prominent in the 18th century
** Lingfield railway station, serving the villag ...
, demoted from the
Southern Counties East League
Relegation from this division was not implemented for this season.
League table
Results table
Division Two
Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Three last season, along with eight new clubs.
*Clubs demoted from the old Division Two:
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Rustington
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Westfield
*Clubs joined from
West Sussex League:
**A.F.C. Roffey Club
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Alfold
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**Cowfold
**Upper Beeding
*Clubs joined from the
Mid-Sussex League:
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AFC Varndeanians, formerly known as Old Varndeanians
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Montpelier Villa
In addition, Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion split and reverted to their original names of Hurstpierpoint (remaining in this league) and Burgess Hill Albion (joining the Mid Sussex League), while Ifield changed its name to Ifield Galaxy.
Promotion and relegation to and from this division was irregular, due to ground grading issues and other league constitution aspects.
League table
References
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