2017–18 Southern Counties East Football League

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The 2017–18 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 52nd in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and was the second year the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.[1]

Premier Division

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2017–18
ChampionsSevenoaks Town
PromotedSevenoaks Town
Whitstable Town
RelegatedRochester United
Matches played379
Goals scored1,238 (3.27 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sevenoaks Town 38 27 7 4 93 33 +60 88 Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division[a]
2 Whitstable Town 38 25 7 6 74 30 +44 82
3 Crowborough Athletic 38 22 6 10 79 43 +36 72
4 Beckenham Town 38 22 3 13 84 61 +23 69
5 Croydon 38 20 5 13 77 60 +17 65
6 Cray Valley Paper Mills 38 19 6 13 69 58 +11 63
7 Deal Town 38 18 6 14 67 61 +6 60
8 Lordswood 38 16 11 11 60 57 +3 59
9 Corinthian 38 17 5 16 59 54 +5 56
10 Canterbury City 38 14 12 12 63 55 +8 54
11 Sheppey United 38 14 9 15 73 62 +11 51
12 Glebe 38 15 6 17 58 71 −13 51
13 AFC Croydon Athletic 38 14 8 16 52 68 −16 50
14 Bearsted 38 14 4 20 48 58 −10 46
15 Tunbridge Wells 38 12 10 16 49 65 −16 46
16 Chatham Town 38 11 10 17 44 56 −12 43
17 Erith Town 38 11 6 21 47 69 −22 39
18 Hollands & Blair 38 9 4 25 51 82 −31 31
19 Rusthall 38 7 8 23 46 87 −41 29
20 Rochester United 38 3 7 28 45 108 −63 16[b] Relegated to Division One
Source: SCEFL Premier Division
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
  1. ^ 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to be promoted to Step 4. However, with resignations and mergers in Step 4 leagues, all 14 runners-up will be promoted.
  2. ^ Rochester United failed to fulfil the fixture against Beckenham Town in January 2018. Beckenham were awarded the win with no further punishment.

Results

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Home \ Away ACA BEA BEC CAN CHA COR CVP CRW CRD DEA ERI GLB H&B LOR ROC RUS SEV SHE TUN WHT
AFC Croydon Athletic 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 3–2 2–4
Bearsted 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–5 0–2 1–0 1–2
Beckenham Town 1–2 3–2 2–1 4–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 6–1 0–3 6–0 2–1 1–3 4–2 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–3 3–1
Canterbury City 5–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–5 0–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 2–2
Chatham Town 0–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–3
Corinthian 3–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 5–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–5
Cray Valley Paper Mills 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 1–4 2–3 3–2 2–4 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–1
Crowborough Athletic 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 6–1 4–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1
Croydon 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–3 0–4 1–4 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 6–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 0–2
Deal Town 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–3 6–3 4–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Erith Town 0–1 4–3 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1
Glebe 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–3
Hollands & Blair 1–2 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–5 1–1 1–4 1–2 4–1 2–1 4–3 3–2 3–0 1–3 1–3 3–0 1–2
Lordswood 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2
Rochester United 1–3 1–3 AW[a] 0–2 2–2 3–4 1–2 2–4 0–5 1–4 2–4 2–5 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–6 2–2 1–3 0–4
Rusthall 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–4 2–3 1–2 3–2 2–7 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–3
Sevenoaks Town 7–0 1–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–5 6–2 2–1
Sheppey United 1–3 0–2 2–4 3–1 7–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–3 3–1 6–2 1–2 3–3 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0
Tunbridge Wells 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–4 1–0 4–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Whitstable Town 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 4–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match awarded, away win

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Richard Atkins Beckenham Town 31
2 Dan Bradshaw Sheppey United 23
3 Kevin Lisbie Cray Valley (PM) 22
4 Lauris Chin Croydon 20
5 Danny Williams Whitstable Town 18
James McDonald Hollands & Blair
Kenny Pogue Sevenoaks Town
8 Sam Wilson Deal Town 17

Division One

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2017–18
ChampionsPunjab United
PromotedPunjab United
K Sports
Fisher
RelegatedCrockenhill
Matches played342
Goals scored1,440 (4.21 per match)

Division One consisted of 16 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:

Also, Eltham Palace changed their name to Stansfeld.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Punjab United 36 28 6 2 96 36 +60 90 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 K Sports 36 29 4 3 106 32 +74 88[a]
3 Fisher 36 24 4 8 96 39 +57 76
4 Erith & Belvedere 36 19 6 11 86 61 +25 63
5 Bridon Ropes 36 19 4 13 93 69 +24 61
6 Snodland Town 36 18 4 14 84 72 +12 58
7 Kent Football United 36 21 5 10 108 73 +35 56[b]
8 Holmesdale 36 17 5 14 84 55 +29 56
9 FC Elmstead 36 16 7 13 65 58 +7 55
10 Lydd Town 36 17 2 17 88 77 +11 53
11 Sutton Athletic 36 14 6 16 69 68 +1 48
12 Sporting Club Thamesmead 36 14 3 19 73 75 −2 45
13 Stansfeld 36 13 6 17 80 88 −8 45
14 Phoenix Sports Reserves 36 13 5 18 59 61 −2 44
15 Meridian VP 36 11 6 19 67 82 −15 39
16 Forest Hill Park 36 9 6 21 56 96 −40 33
17 Gravesham Borough 36 10 5 21 59 94 −35 32[c] Club folded before the next season
18 Lewisham Borough 36 4 2 30 42 131 −89 14
19 Crockenhill 36 3 0 33 29 173 −144 9 Relegated to the Kent County League
Source: SCEFL Division One
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [2]
Notes:
  1. ^ K Sports were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player on 20 March.
  2. ^ Kent Football United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player on 12 August, and a further nine points for similar offences on 7 October and 25 November. They were initially demoted for ground grading failure after the season but have appealed the decision.[3]
  3. ^ Gravesham Borough were deducted three points for fielding suspended players between 3 October and 11 November.

Results

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Home \ Away BRI CRO E&B ELM FIS FHP GRB HOL KSP KFU LEW LYD MER PSR PUN SNT SCT STN SUT
Bridon Ropes 1–2 5–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–4 1–1 0–1 0–4 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 5–3 3–1 5–1 4–0
Crockenhill 3–1 0–2 3–4 1–5 2–6 0–4 1–12 0–8 1–2 3–1 2–6 2–5 0–4 1–2 0–5 0–4 0–7 0–6
Erith & Belvedere 1–6 7–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–3 4–3 2–1 3–2 8–1 1–3 4–2 3–1 4–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–0
FC Elmstead 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 3–0 2–4 1–3 1–2 4–4 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–0 2–2 5–2
Fisher 2–4 6–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–3 2–2 0–3 4–1 9–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 6–1 2–1 3–0
Forest Hill Park 2–5 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 4–4 3–0 1–9 3–1 0–3 1–2 1–4 0–3 0–5 3–1
Gravesham Borough 3–4 3–0 0–6 2–3 0–6 2–1 0–3 0–2 5–1 4–3 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–7 1–3 1–1 1–3 3–1
Holmesdale 4–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 4–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 5–1 2–0 1–2
K Sports 3–1 9–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–3 7–0 2–1 3–1 6–3 1–0 2–0 2–4 4–2 2–1
Kent Football United 3–2 9–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 5–2 5–1 2–1 2–4 4–1 4–0 3–3 4–2 2–6 4–3 3–3 0–2 1–2
Lewisham Borough 1–4 4–0 2–4 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–4 1–8 1–3 0–3 1–4 2–3 0–3 0–5 0–2 1–4 4–5 0–5
Lydd Town 1–2 8–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 5–0 3–2 3–0 1–3 3–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 1–3
Meridian VP 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 4–3 4–2 1–0 2–4 2–2 5–3 5–1 1–2
Phoenix Sports Reserves 1–4 6–0 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 0–3 1–5 7–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0
Punjab United 2–1 5–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 5–2 5–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 4–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–2
Snodland Town 0–2 6–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–6 3–2 1–4 2–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–4 5–3
Sporting Club Thamesmead 5–3 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–4 0–2 3–1 6–0 3–0 0–2 2–5 5–1 2–1
Stansfeld 4–2 5–2 2–1 3–4 1–3 4–4 2–2 3–2 0–2 3–6 1–0 5–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 3–4 3–2 1–1
Sutton Athletic 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–4 2–3 1–0 2–2 3–3 3–2 3–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tunde Aderonmu Kent Football United 41
2 Joshua Patrick Sporting Club Thamesmead 38
3 Caine Smith K Sports 30
4 Gary Lockyer Lydd Town 29
Andrew Constable Holmesdale
6 Billy Shinners Stansfeld 25
7 David Sherwood Snodland Town 24

References

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  1. ^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Kent Football United appeal against demotion". KentishFootball.co.uk. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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