The 2023–24 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 58th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the eighth year the competition will have two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2023.[1] Starting this season, the Premier Division (step 5) in the league will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from the division.[2]

Premier Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with five new clubs after Erith & Belvedere and Phoenix Sports were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division and Canterbury City and K Sports were relegated to Division One.

The five clubs joining the division were:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Glebe 24 14 6 4 58 40 +18 48 Promotion to Step 4
2 Faversham Town 24 14 5 5 65 36 +29 47 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Corinthian 21 14 3 4 53 25 +28 45
4 Bearsted 23 13 4 6 40 28 +12 43
5 Deal Town 19 13 3 3 47 27 +20 42
6 Whitstable Town 25 13 3 9 51 41 +10 42
7 Erith Town 22 12 3 7 52 34 +18 39
8 Snodland Town 21 11 5 5 40 24 +16 38
9 Punjab United 22 9 8 5 40 36 +4 35
10 Lydd Town 19 10 3 6 38 25 +13 33
11 Fisher 22 9 4 9 46 44 +2 31
12 Lordswood 22 7 9 6 34 31 +3 30
13 Holmesdale 22 7 5 10 35 40 −5 26
14 Tunbridge Wells 21 6 5 10 37 38 −1 23
15 Hollands & Blair 21 6 4 11 27 43 −16 22
16 VCD Athletic 23 4 9 10 30 41 −11 21
17 Sutton Athletic 22 4 5 13 32 60 −28 17
18 Kennington 22 4 4 14 31 53 −22 16
19 Rusthall 24 4 4 16 28 54 −26 16
20 Welling Town 22 4 4 14 29 64 −35 16
21 Stansfeld 23 3 6 14 27 56 −29 15 Relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

Results table

Home \ Away BEA COR DEA ERT FAV FIS GLB H&B HOL KEN LOR LYD PUN RUS SNT STA SUT TUN VCD WEL WHI
Bearsted — 1–0 2–4 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–1
Corinthian — 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 5–1 4–1 5–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–1
Deal Town 2–0 2–1 — 4–1 2–0 7–3 0–3 0–2 3–0
Erith Town 3–4 2–3 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 5–1
Faversham Town 4–0 2–4 3–4 — 5–0 5–2 2–1 2–4 3–1 8–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
Fisher 1–0 0–3 3–1 4–2 — 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–5 2–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 3–4
Glebe 3–1 1–3 2–2 2–2 3–2 — 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 5–0 3–2 2–0
Hollands & Blair 0–0 1–3 1–5 1–2 — 4–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–3
Holmesdale 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 — 4–2 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–2
Kennington 1–3 2–0 — 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 3–0 4–3 2–2 2–4
Lordswood 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 — 0–3 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–4
Lydd Town 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 5–2 4–0
Punjab United 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 — 2–0 4–2 2–1 4–2
Rusthall 0–2 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 3–1 3–4 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–3
Snodland Town 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 — 2–0 3–0
Stansfeld 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 — 0–2
Sutton Athletic 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–5 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 — 4–4 1–1 2–1 0–3
Tunbridge Wells 2–3 3–4 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–3 — 2–2 3–0
VCD Athletic 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 — 4–0
Welling Town 2–5 0–6 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–2 2–6 1–1 —
Whitstable Town 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Division One

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

Division One consisted of sixteen teams, down from eighteen teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Snodland Town and Lydd Town who had been promoted to the Premier Division and Bermondsey Town who were relegated to the Kent County League

The two new teams that joined the division were:

Division One table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AFC Whyteleafe 16 13 2 1 48 19 +29 41 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Rochester United 16 11 1 4 41 21 +20 34 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Lewisham Borough 14 10 2 2 38 16 +22 32
4 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 15 9 3 3 37 21 +16 30
5 Staplehurst Monarchs 14 9 3 2 23 9 +14 30
6 Croydon 15 7 2 6 39 27 +12 23
7 Canterbury City 17 7 2 8 29 26 +3 23
8 Faversham Strike Force 16 7 1 8 29 29 0 22
9 K Sports 16 6 3 7 34 49 −15 21
10 FC Elmstead 13 6 2 5 30 24 +6 20
11 Tooting Bec 17 5 4 8 26 28 −2 19
12 Forest Hill Park 17 6 1 10 24 32 −8 19
13 Bridon Ropes 16 4 3 9 21 38 −17 15
14 Meridian VP 16 3 2 11 25 50 −25 11 Possible relegation to the feeder leagues
15 Sporting Club Thamesmead 15 3 1 11 13 45 −32 10
16 Greenways 17 2 2 13 28 51 −23 8
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

Results table

Home \ Away WHY BRI CAN CRO ELM FAV FHP GRE KSP LAR LEW MER ROC SCT STM TOO
AFC Whyteleafe — 7–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–3 4–1 7–0 1–1
Bridon Ropes — 0–5 3–2 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–5
Canterbury City 2–3 4–1 — 1–5 1–3 2–1 0–1
Croydon 2–3 — 1–2 4–1 1–1 7–1 3–4 2–0 3–1
FC Elmstead 3–0 1–0 — 0–2 1–3 2–3
Faversham Strike Force 2–3 — 0–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–0
Forest Hill Park 0–4 1–0 0–3 — 2–4 2–2 0–2 4–2 1–0
Greenways 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–6 0–4 — 2–3 2–5 3–4 1–2 1–3
K Sports 3–4 1–2 3–3 — 1–5 2–1 0–8 4–3 0–2
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 6–3 2–4 2–0 1–1 3–1 — 4–1 1–0
Lewisham Borough 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 — 4–1 2–1
Meridian VP 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 6–3 2–5 1–4 — 0–8 2–2
Rochester United 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 5–1 0–4 1–0 — 2–1 3–1
Sporting Club Thamesmead 0–7 0–3 1–7 2–2 2–1 — 0–2 0–2
Staplehurst Monarchs 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 — 1–0
Tooting Bec 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–3 0–3 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

References

  1. ↑ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 1-6 in 2023-24 term". The FA. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Step 5 to 4 promotion/relegation update". The FA. 16 March 2023.
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