2015–16 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2015–16 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 50th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League (the 3rd since it was renamed from the Kent Football League), a football competition in England. At the end of the season, the league merged with the Kent Invicta League with the latter becoming the lower division of the merged league.[1]

League table

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Season2015–16
ChampionsGreenwich Borough
PromotedGreenwich Borough
RelegatedHolmesdale
Matches played342
Goals scored1,246 (3.64 per match)

The league consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with two new clubs:

Six clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: AFC Croydon Athletic, Ashford United, Beckenham Town, Corinthian, Greenwich Borough and Hollands & Blair.[2]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Greenwich Borough 36 26 7 3 121 50 +71 85 Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
2 Hollands & Blair 36 22 7 7 108 40 +68 73
3 Ashford United 36 23 7 6 95 46 +49 66[a]
4 Lordswood 36 15 14 7 62 44 +18 59
5 Sevenoaks Town 36 16 10 10 61 50 +11 58
6 Corinthian 36 15 11 10 73 61 +12 56
7 Crowborough Athletic 36 14 9 13 65 77 −12 51
8 Canterbury City 36 15 5 16 64 59 +5 50
9 Deal Town 36 15 5 16 76 73 +3 50
10 Cray Valley Paper Mills 36 14 8 14 57 58 −1 50
11 AFC Croydon Athletic 36 13 7 16 58 64 −6 46
12 Beckenham Town 36 11 11 14 68 93 −25 44
13 Erith Town 36 12 7 17 53 73 −20 43
14 Tunbridge Wells 36 11 6 19 57 61 −4 39
15 Rochester United 36 10 9 17 43 77 −34 39
16 Erith & Belvedere 36 10 8 18 54 66 −12 38
17 Fisher 36 10 7 19 40 79 −39 37
18 Croydon 36 9 8 19 46 61 −15 35
19 Holmesdale 36 4 8 24 45 114 −69 20 Relegated to Division One
Source: SCEFL table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ashford United deducted ten points following receivers being called in.[3]

Results

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Home \ Away ACA ASH BEC CAN COR CVP CRW CRD DEA E&B ERI FIS GRE H&B HOL LOR ROC SEV TUN
AFC Croydon Athletic 1–2 2–6 0–1 1–2 3–4 4–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–6 0–4 5–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–2
Ashford United 3–4 6–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 5–3 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1
Beckenham Town 3–3 3–3 5–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–4 0–4 1–5 0–2 1–3 2–2 2–1
Canterbury City 0–1 0–2 6–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–6 1–2 3–4 2–3 6–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–0
Corinthian 5–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–3 5–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1
Cray Valley Paper Mills 1–1 0–5 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–5 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–3 3–1 0–0 4–1 0–0
Crowborough Athletic 1–0 1–1 3–5 0–4 2–2 4–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–4 0–6 6–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–1
Croydon 1–2 0–4 7–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–4 1–0
Deal Town 2–0 2–6 1–3 0–3 1–6 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 7–0 4–1 4–3 0–3 5–0 4–4 4–1 2–2 4–1
Erith & Belvedere 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 7–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–2
Erith Town 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–3 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–7 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1
Fisher 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–5 2–5 3–6 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–3
Greenwich Borough 2–0 4–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 5–1 4–3 4–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 4–4 7–0 1–3 5–0 4–0 1–1
Hollands & Blair 1–0 0–1 6–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 6–0 4–0 6–1 0–0 7–0 3–3 7–2 1–1 2–0
Holmesdale 5–2 2–3 2–4 0–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 4–7 0–6 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–7
Lordswood 2–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–2
Rochester United 1–1 0–7 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 3–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–4
Sevenoaks Town 0–1 3–3 7–1 3–2 2–3 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0
Tunbridge Wells 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–4 2–0 4–3 2–3 1–2 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Correct as of 30 April 2016

Rank Player Club Goals
1 James McDonald Hollands & Blair 32
2 Mohamed Eisa Greenwich Borough 31
3 Shaun Welford Ashford United 30
4 Paul Booth Ashford United 21
5 Michael Power Greenwich Borough 20
Josh Biddlecombe Crowborough Athletic
7 Rene Rivera Deal Town 18
Raheem Sterling-Parker AFC Croydon Athletic
Connor Coyne Deal Town

References

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  1. ^ "Rusthall light up Jockey Farm".
  2. ^ "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ "United hit by 10-point deduction". 12 March 2016.