The 2023–24
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 99th 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
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...
.
The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division (Step 5) in the league promotes two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaced the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there was only one club relegated from the division.
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
*
Shoreham
Transferred from
Wessex Football League
The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's Association football, football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but c ...
Premier Division
*
Pagham
Pagham is a coastal village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,100. It lies about two miles to the west of Bognor Regis.
Demography
Pagham is part of the electoral war ...
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 ...
South East Division
*
Haywards Heath Town
;From the Premier Division
Promoted to 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 ...
South East Division
*
Broadbridge Heath
Broadbridge Heath is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is about two miles (3 km) west from the historic centre of Horsham. The population of Broadbridge Heath has increased considerably in the f ...
Relegated to
Division One
*
Alfold
Alfold is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the West Sussex border. Alfold is a dispersed or polyfocal village in the Green Belt, which is buffered from all other settlements. The Greensand Way runs north of the village along ...
*
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 ...
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
Stadia and locations
Division One
Division One was increased to 18 clubs from 17, 14 of which competed from the previous season
Team changes
;To Division One
Promoted from
Division Two
*
Copthorne
Relegated from the
Premier Division
*
Alfold
Alfold is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England on the West Sussex border. Alfold is a dispersed or polyfocal village in the Green Belt, which is buffered from all other settlements. The Greensand Way runs north of the village along ...
*
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 ...
Relegated from the
Combined Counties Football League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's Association football, football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the wester ...
Premier Division South
*
Banstead Athletic
;From Division One
Promoted to the
Premier Division
*
Shoreham
Promoted to the
Combined Counties Football League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's Association football, football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the wester ...
Premier Division South
*
Epsom & Ewell
Relegated to
Division Two
*
Hailsham Town
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
Stadia and locations
Division Two
Division Two reduced by one to 13 teams.
Team changes
;To Division Two
Relegated from
Division One
*
Hailsham Town
;From Division Two
Promoted to
Division One
*
Copthorne
;Left League
* Charlwood
* Worthing Town (Withdrew from league with effect from 9 September 2023)
Promotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.
League table
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers
Stadia and locations
Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup
The 2023–24 SCFL Peter Bentley Challenge Cup saw
Newhaven
Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.
The town developed during the Middle Ages as the nearby port of Seaford began drying up, forcing a new port to be established. A ...
enter the competition as defending champions, having defeated
Crowborough Athletic in the previous season's final.
Calendar
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
*Haywards Heath fielded an illegible player and were expelled from the competition.
Semi-finals
Final
References
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