2016–17 Southern Combination Football League
| Season | 2016–17 |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
The 2016–17 Southern Combination Football League season is the 91st in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.[1]
Premier Division
The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after East Preston and St Francis Rangers were relegated to Division One, and Horsham were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.
Three clubs joined the division:
- Crawley Down Gatwick – promoted from Division One
- Haywards Heath Town – promoted from Division One
- Peacehaven & Telscombe – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
- Wick & Barnham reverted to their original name of Wick F.C.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoreham | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 46 | Promotion to 2017–18 Step 4 Division |
| 2 | Haywards Heath Town | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 10 | +41 | 41 | |
| 3 | Pagham | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 38 | |
| 4 | Chichester City | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 37 | |
| 5 | Eastbourne United | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 37 | |
| 6 | Broadbridge Heath | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 29 | |
| 7 | Loxwood | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Newhaven | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 26 | |
| 9 | Horsham YMCA | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Eastbourne Town | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 25 | |
| 11 | Lancing | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 22 | |
| 12 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 21 | |
| 13 | Hassocks | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 20 | |
| 14 | AFC Uckfield Town | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 20 | |
| 15 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 18 | |
| 16 | Arundel | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 18 | |
| 17 | Littlehampton Town | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 16 | |
| 18 | Worthing United | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 15 | Relegation to Division One |
| 19 | Wick | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 13 | |
| 20 | Hailsham Town | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 78 | −61 | 4 |
Updated to games played on 18:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division One
Division One consists of 18 clubs, increased from 17 the previous season, after Crawley Down Gatwick and Haywards Heath Town were promoted to the Premier Division, and Sidlesham were demoted to Division Two for ground grading reasons.
Four clubs joined the division:
- AFC Varndeanians – promoted from Division Two
- Billingshurst – promoted from Division Two
- East Preston – relegated from the Premier Division
- St Francis Rangers – relegated from the Premier Division
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Common | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 38 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Saltdean United | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | Steyning Town | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 36 | |
| 4 | Mile Oak | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 35 | |
| 5 | East Preston | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 34 | |
| 6 | Lingfield | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 32 | |
| 7 | Bexhill United | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Storrington | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 27‡ | |
| 9 | Selsey | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 23 | |
| 10 | Southwick | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 23 | |
| 11 | Langney Wanderers | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 22 | |
| 12 | Oakwood | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 20 | |
| 13 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 19 | |
| 14 | Seaford Town | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 15 | |
| 15 | AFC Varndeanians | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 12 | |
| 16 | Billingshurst | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 12 | |
| 17 | St Francis Rangers | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 9 | Relegation to Division Two |
| 18 | Ringmer | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 46 | −32 | 6 |
Updated to games played on 19:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Storrington were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division Two
Division Two consists of 16 clubs, the same as the previous season, after AFC Varndeanians and Billingshurst were promoted to Division One, Hurstpierpoint were relegated, and Ifield Galaxy left the league.
Four clubs joined the division:
- Jarvis Brook, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League.
- Lancing United, promoted from the West Sussex League.
- Sidlesham, demoted from Division One.
- Worthing Town Leisure, promoted from the Brighton, Worthing & District League.
- A.F.C. Roffey Club withdrew from the league in August 2016 without playing a match.
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDiff | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosham | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 10 | +60 | 40 | Promotion to Division One |
| 2 | Sidlesham | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 13 | +32 | 35 | Promotion to Division One |
| 3 | Jarvis Brook | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 30 | |
| 4 | Westfield | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 28 | |
| 5 | Lancing United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 23 | |
| 6 | Roffey | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 22 | |
| 7 | Upper Beeding | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 22 | |
| 8 | Clymping | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 45 | –8 | 18 | |
| 9 | Rottingdean Village | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 47 | –15 | 16 | |
| 10 | Worthing Town Leisure | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 14 | |
| 11 | Rustington | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 38 | –14 | 14 | |
| 12 | Cowfold | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 13 | |
| 13 | Montpelier Villa | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 12 | |
| 14 | Alfold | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 66 | –38 | 9 | |
| 15 | Ferring | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 172 | –161 | 0 | |
| 16 | A.F.C. Roffey Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
- Updated to 19:05, 3 December 2016 (UTC)