2015–16 Southern Combination Football League

The 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League season was the 91st in the history of the competition (the first since it changed name from the Sussex County Football League), a football league in England. This is also the first season in which all divisions were renamed after league restructuring.

Premier Division

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Southern Combination
Premier Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsHorsham
PromotedHorsham
RelegatedEast Preston
St Francis Rangers
Matches played380
Goals scored1,585 (4.17 per match)

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division One last season, along with four new clubs:

Six clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: Eastbourne Town, Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Lancing, Loxwood and Newhaven.[1]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Horsham 38 31 4 3 131 22 +109 97 Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
2 Eastbourne Town 38 27 5 6 107 42 +65 86
3 Newhaven 38 25 3 10 120 39 +81 78
4 Lancing 38 24 5 9 98 46 +52 77
5 Chichester City 38 23 5 10 99 46 +53 74
6 Pagham 38 23 4 11 94 49 +45 73
7 Horsham YMCA 38 22 5 11 105 62 +43 71
8 Loxwood 38 22 5 11 95 60 +35 71
9 Broadbridge Heath 38 19 6 13 75 57 +18 63
10 Eastbourne United 38 19 6 13 81 72 +9 63
11 Littlehampton Town 38 19 3 16 103 76 +27 60
12 Arundel 38 16 8 14 88 68 +20 56
13 Hassocks 38 13 9 16 59 66 −7 47[a]
14 Worthing United 38 12 6 20 68 83 −15 42
15 AFC Uckfield Town 38 8 9 21 62 91 −29 33
16 Wick & Barnham United 38 10 2 26 55 105 −50 32
17 Shoreham 38 8 5 25 53 94 −41 29
18 Hailsham Town 38 4 6 28 47 149 −102 18[b]
19 East Preston 38 3 3 32 35 144 −109 12 Relegated to Division One
20 St Francis Rangers 38 1 3 34 10 214 −204 6
Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Hassocks were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Hailsham Town reprieved from relegation.

Results table

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Home \ Away UCK ARU BBH CCH EPR EBT EBU HAI HSK HOR HYM LAN LIT LOX NEW PAG SHO STF WIC WRU
AFC Uckfield Town 2–2 1–1 0–6 8–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–5 2–4 1–3 2–1 3–3 1–7 0–4 1–1 6–0 4–0 0–0
Arundel 3–0 3–4 0–0 4–0 2–3 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–4 1–4 4–2 9–0 2–1 3–3
Broadbridge Heath 4–0 4–0 5–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 5–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0
Chichester City 0–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 7–1 5–0 6–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 8–0 2–1 2–0
East Preston 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–6 0–2 0–5 1–8 3–0 3–0 0–4 0–0
Eastbourne Town 5–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 10–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 6–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 5–0 5–0 2–4 4–0
Eastbourne United Association 4–3 1–2 4–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 4–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 5–0 5–0 2–1
Hailsham Town 2–2 2–2 1–4 3–5 4–3 0–3 2–3 4–4 0–3 0–5 0–5 3–4 1–4 1–4 0–1 1–6 1–1 1–6 2–6
Hassocks 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 4–0 2–3 1–1 6–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–2
Horsham 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 7–0 4–5 1–1 11–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 5–0 7–0 1–0
Horsham YMCA 5–3 4–2 2–2 1–2 5–4 0–4 5–1 7–1 4–1 0–4 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–3 4–0 7–0 2–0 3–1
Lancing 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–1 8–0 4–0 2–4 5–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 4–1 0–4 0–3 0–0 2–0 8–0 6–1 4–1
Littlehampton Town 3–2 1–4 1–3 0–4 5–0 1–0 2–2 6–1 0–1 1–5 3–4 1–7 2–2 1–2 3–2 6–1 8–1 3–1 5–1
Loxwood 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 4–1 1–2 5–4 4–0 5–3 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 5–0 5–1 2–1
Newhaven 2–1 4–2 1–2 2–3 10–0 2–3 6–1 10–0 4–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 10–1 2–1 6–1
Pagham 5–2 0–4 4–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 6–0 4–2 2–3
Shoreham 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 4–1 0–2 3–4 0–4 1–1 0–5 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–6 2–0 2–3 8–0 4–1 1–3
St Francis Rangers 1–4 0–8 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–9 0–6 1–2 0–6 0–11 0–15 0–3 0–10 0–3 0–4 0–11 0–5 0–3 0–8
Wick & Barnham United 1–4 0–3 0–3 1–4 4–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–6 2–8 0–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4
Worthing United 3–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 5–3 1–7 0–1 6–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–8 0–1 4–0 3–3 2–3
Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

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Southern Combination
Division One
Season2015–16
ChampionsHaywards Heath Town
PromotedHaywards Heath Town
Crawley Down Gatwick
Matches played272
Goals scored1,075 (3.95 per match)

Division One featured ten clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Two last season, along with seven new clubs.

Relegation from this division was not implemented for this season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Haywards Heath Town 32 30 0 2 123 23 +100 90 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Crawley Down Gatwick 32 24 2 6 88 50 +38 74
3 Oakwood 32 19 3 10 89 64 +25 60
4 Storrington 32 18 4 10 68 45 +23 58
5 Southwick 32 17 5 10 75 54 +21 56
6 Mile Oak 32 17 4 11 61 52 +9 55
7 Little Common 32 16 2 14 75 61 +14 50
8 Lingfield 32 15 3 14 76 66 +10 48
9 Langney Wanderers 32 14 5 13 73 55 +18 47
10 Steyning Town 32 14 3 15 56 63 −7 45
11 Sidlesham 32 14 1 17 54 72 −18 43 Demoted to Division Two
12 Ringmer 32 10 7 15 47 68 −21 37
13 Selsey 32 9 4 19 53 88 −35 31
14 Bexhill United 32 8 5 19 48 74 −26 29
15 Midhurst & Easebourne 32 7 7 18 37 64 −27 28
16 Seaford Town 32 5 4 23 22 67 −45 19
17 Saltdean United 32 2 7 23 30 109 −79 13
Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results table

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Home \ Away BEX CDG HHE LAW LIN LIT MID MIL OAK RIN SDU SEA SEL SID SOU STE STO
Bexhill United 1–2 1–5 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–4 0–1 1–5 6–1 2–1
Crawley Down Gatwick 3–1 2–1 3–0 6–4 5–2 2–1 5–1 5–3 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 5–3 0–0 3–2 2–0
Haywards Heath Town 4–1 4–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 5–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 12–0 5–0 8–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 4–0
Langney Wanderers 3–0 3–2 0–4 2–3 3–1 H/W 4–2 2–3 2–0 5–0 7–0 5–0 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–0
Lingfield 4–2 4–1 1–4 5–2 3–0 6–0 1–3 1–4 4–4 7–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–4
Little Common 3–1 2–3 3–0 3–2 5–1 3–1 2–1 4–4 4–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 4–2 3–5 0–1 0–2
Midhurst & Easebourne 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–6 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 0–4 2–3 0–1
Mile Oak 2–1 0–3 0–4 1–3 3–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 6–2 4–1 3–0 0–0
Oakwood 7–2 2–3 1–3 5–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 0–3 5–0 6–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 3–3 4–2 1–5
Ringmer 2–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 3–2
Saltdean United 1–3 1–2 1–6 1–1 0–3 0–10 3–2 1–3 1–5 0–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–4 2–2 1–5
Seaford Town 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 1–3
Selsey 2–0 2–1 1–6 5–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–5 5–3 H/W 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–5
Sidlesham 7–1 3–5 0–1 0–2 0–6 1–6 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 H/W 1–1 4–1 4–1 3–1 2–0
Southwick 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 5–4 0–3 4–1 7–1
Steyning Town 2–4 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–4 6–0 3–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–2
Storrington 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 3–2 4–0 0–0 4–0 0–4 5–1 5–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–0
Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

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Southern Combination
Division Two
Season2016–17
ChampionsAFC Varndeanians
PromotedAFC Varndeanians
Billingshurst
RelegatedHurstpierpoint
Matches played240
Goals scored1,004 (4.18 per match)

Division Two featured eight clubs which competed in the Sussex County League Division Three last season, along with eight new clubs.

In addition, Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion split and reverted to their original names of Hurstpierpoint (remaining in this league) and Burgess Hill Albion (joining the Mid Sussex League), while Ifield changed its name to Ifield Galaxy.

Promotion and relegation to and from this division was irregular, due to ground grading issues and other league constitution aspects.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AFC Varndeanians 30 22 4 4 91 26 +65 70 Promoted to Division One
2 Roffey 30 20 4 6 101 37 +64 64
3 Cowfold 30 19 6 5 81 34 +47 63
4 Rottingdean Village 30 19 6 5 71 32 +39 63
5 Billingshurst 30 19 5 6 73 35 +38 62 Promoted to Division One
6 Bosham 30 18 5 7 70 27 +43 59
7 Upper Beeding 30 14 10 6 70 39 +31 52
8 Montpelier Villa 30 15 2 13 70 61 +9 47
9 Rustington 30 11 7 12 68 64 +4 40
10 Westfield 30 11 5 14 58 69 −11 38
11 Ferring 30 9 4 17 54 77 −23 31
12 Clymping 30 7 4 19 57 96 −39 25
13 Alfold 30 5 8 17 41 75 −34 23
14 Ifield Galaxy 30 7 1 22 41 108 −67 22 Resigned from the league
15 A.F.C. Roffey Club 30 3 4 23 34 95 −61 13
16 Hurstpierpoint 30 2 3 25 24 129 −105 9 Resigned from the league
Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.