2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League
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The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 51st in the history of the
Southern Counties East Football League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English association football, football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Its two divisions are allocated at Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League ...
, a
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competition in England, and is the first year the competition has two divisions, having merged with the
Kent Invicta Football League The Kent Invicta Football League was a football league in England, formed in 2011 to commence operations for the 2011–12 season. It covered the traditional English county of Kent, some of which is now in Greater London. It merged with the South ...
.


Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season Southern Counties East Football League along with three new clubs: *
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, promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League * Sheppey United, promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League * Whitstable Town, relegated from the
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League table


Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must: # Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016 # Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017 # Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2 # Finish the season in one of the top three positions The following eight teams achieved criterion one: *
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* Ashford United (missed application deadline but successfully appealed) * Corinthian * Crowborough Athletic * Hollands & Blair * Sevenoaks Town * Sheppey United * Whitstable Town


Results


Top scorers


Division One

Before the start of the season
Kent Invicta Football League The Kent Invicta Football League was a football league in England, formed in 2011 to commence operations for the 2011–12 season. It covered the traditional English county of Kent, some of which is now in Greater London. It merged with the South ...
merged with
Southern Counties East League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Its two divisions are allocated at Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System (which equates ...
and became Division One. Division One consisted of 17 clubs from the previous Kent Invicta League season along with two new clubs: * Holmesdale, relegated from the Premier Division * Snodland Town, promoted from
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Premier Division Also, two clubs changed their names: * APM Contrast was renamed K Sports * Seven Acre & Sidcup was renamed Sporting Club Thamesmead


League table


Results


Top scorers


References


External links


Southern Counties East Football League Official Website
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