2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season	2022–23
Champions	Snodland Town
Promoted	Snodland Town; Lydd Town
Relegated	Bermondsey Town
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2022–23
Champions	Erith & Belvedere
Promoted	Erith & Belvedere; Phoenix Sports
Relegated	Canterbury City; K Sports
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 57th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the seventh year the competition has 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 12 May 2022.^[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs after Sheppey United and Chatham Town were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division, Crowborough Athletic's transfer to Southern Combination Football League and Tower Hamlets' relegation to Eastern Counties League Division One South

The four clubs that joined the division were:

Phoenix Sports - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
Stansfeld - Promoted from Division One
Sutton Athletic - Promoted from Division One
Whitstable Town - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Erith & Belvedere (C, P)	38	25	8	5	94	43	+51	83	Promotion to Isthmian League
2	Phoenix Sports (O, P)	38	24	9	5	89	33	+56	81	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Deal Town	38	24	8	6	79	36	+43	80
4	Erith Town	38	23	5	10	79	49	+30	74
5	Whitstable Town	38	19	6	13	73	56	+17	63
6	Rusthall	38	16	10	12	70	57	+13	58
7	Glebe	38	17	7	14	73	62	+11	58
8	Tunbridge Wells	38	15	9	14	53	47	+6	54
9	Stansfeld	38	15	8	15	64	61	+3	53
10	Punjab United	38	15	8	15	72	74	−2	53
11	Fisher	38	15	7	16	61	57	+4	52
12	Kennington	38	16	3	19	68	73	−5	51
13	Bearsted	38	13	9	16	44	51	−7	48
14	Sutton Athletic	38	13	9	16	75	83	−8	48
15	Hollands & Blair	38	11	12	15	55	71	−16	45
16	Lordswood	38	13	5	20	49	79	−30	44
17	Holmesdale	38	8	10	20	34	57	−23	34
18	Welling Town	38	10	4	24	48	91	−43	34
19	Canterbury City (R)	38	7	10	21	53	97	−44	31	Relegation to Division One
20	K Sports (R)	38	7	1	30	54	110	−56	22	Relegation to Division One

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^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-off

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023	VCD Athletic	0–1	Phoenix Sports	Crayford
15:00			Hayes 90+4'	Stadium: Oakwood Attendance: 820

Results table

Home \ Away	BEA	CAN	DEA	ERB	ERT	FIS	GLB	H&B	HOL	KSP	KEN	LOR	PHO	PUN	RUS	STA	SUT	TUN	WEL	WHI
Bearsted	—	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	3–5	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2
Canterbury City	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–8	2–2	0–0	1–4	1–5	1–2	0–3	4–4	0–3	3–4	0–3
Deal Town	2–0	3–1	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1
Erith & Belvedere	3–0	2–0	0–3	—	1–0	3–3	4–2	1–2	4–0	5–1	6–1	3–3	2–1	6–2	2–0	1–1	4–4	1–5	4–0	1–2
Erith Town	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–3	4–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	5–2
Fisher	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	—	5–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	0–1
Glebe	3–1	8–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–3	—	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–4
Hollands & Blair	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	7–1	0–4	0–1	1–2	4–1	3–3	1–3	0–5	1–2	1–0	2–3
Holmesdale	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
K Sports	1–2	1–5	3–2	0–4	1–7	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	—	4–0	2–3	0–2	1–4	0–4	3–4	2–2	4–1	0–3	0–4
Kennington	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	5–2	—	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	5–0	2–0	6–2	1–6
Lordswood	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–1	0–5	3–0	0–4	0–2	0–3	0–1	4–0	—	0–5	3–2	1–5	1–2	1–5	0–2	0–1	3–1
Phoenix Sports	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	6–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	—	4–3	0–2	4–0	5–0	1–2	3–0	2–1
Punjab United	2–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	1–1	3–1	4–2	3–7	1–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–1	0–0
Rusthall	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–5	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	5–2	—	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1
Stansfeld	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	0–6	1–3	1–1	4–1	1–0	—	2–4	0–2	1–2	0–2
Sutton Athletic	2–2	4–1	1–3	0–3	1–4	2–3	1–1	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	3–2	—	0–3	4–1	1–2
Tunbridge Wells	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	1–0	0–2
Welling Town	0–3	2–2	4–3	1–3	0–3	1–0	0–2	4–1	2–4	0–4	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	5–4	1–3	0–4	—	2–2
Whitstable Town	0–2	4–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	—

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

Division One consisted of eighteen teams, down from twenty teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Stansfeld and Sutton Athletic who had been promoted to the Premier Division, Chessington & Hook United's relegation was reprieved and transferred to the Southern Combination Football League Division One and Westside who were relocated to the Combined Counties Football League.

The two new teams that joined the division were:

AFC Whyteleafe - Applied from Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One
Bermondsey Town - Applied from Bromley & South London Football League

Division One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Snodland Town (C, P)	32	20	6	6	80	39	+41	66	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Tooting Bec	32	17	7	8	61	39	+22	58	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Lydd Town (O, P)	32	17	5	10	62	54	+8	56
4	Faversham Strike Force	32	15	9	8	64	46	+18	54
5	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	32	16	6	10	53	39	+14	54
6	Rochester United	32	15	7	10	50	37	+13	52
7	FC Elmstead	32	13	7	12	58	43	+15	46
8	AFC Whyteleafe	32	12	10	10	66	54	+12	46
9	Bridon Ropes	32	13	5	14	63	59	+4	44
10	Croydon	32	12	8	12	57	55	+2	44
11	Greenways	32	13	5	14	60	68	−8	44
12	Lewisham Borough	32	12	6	14	54	46	+8	42
13	Staplehurst Monarchs	32	12	6	14	41	47	−6	42
14	Forest Hill Park	32	10	10	12	37	41	−4	40
15	Meridian VP	32	11	4	17	41	63	−22	37
16	Sporting Club Thamesmead	32	8	3	21	42	81	−39	27
17	Bermondsey Town	32	2	4	26	29	107	−78	10	Relegated to Kent County League
18	Kent Football United^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Results expunged

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^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Kent Football United withdrew from the league and folded their senior team on 23 August 2022.

Play-offs

Semifinals			Final

2	Tooting Bec	0 (5)

5	Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers	0 (4)
			2	Tooting Bec	1 (4)

			3	Lydd Town	1 (5)
3	Lydd Town	4

4	Faversham Strike Force	2

References

^ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at steps 3-6". The FA. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

[table_note_KFU0.96890293013719-3] Kent Football United withdrew from the league and folded their senior team on 23 August 2022.

[1] "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at steps 3-6". The FA. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[Steps_1_to_6_League_Tables-2] "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

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