The 2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 56th 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 the sixth year the competition had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the

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. The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by

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on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal. The allocations were confirmed on 19 June at the league's annual general meeting, conducted remotely. After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the

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, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Premier Division

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

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* Rusthall

Premier Division table

Results table

Division One

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

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** Faversham Strike Force ** Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers ** Staplehurst Monarchs * Transferred from the

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** Chessington & Hook United **

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** Westside

Division One table

Play-offs

References

External links

Southern Counties East Football League Official Website
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