2024–25 Southern Counties East Football League

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The 2024–25 Southern Counties East Football League season will be the 59th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the ninth 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 17 May 2024.[1]

Premier Division

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2024–25
2025–26

The Premier Division comprised eighteen teams from the previous season, along with two new clubs after Deal Town and Erith Town were promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division and Welling Town were relegated to Division One.

The two clubs joining the division were:

Premier Division table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VCD Athletic 16 11 4 1 30 16 +14 37 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Faversham Town 15 11 3 1 41 10 +31 36 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Fisher 18 10 2 6 32 23 +9 32
4 Punjab United 17 9 4 4 23 22 +1 31
5 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 17 8 3 6 26 21 +5 27
6 Corinthian 16 7 5 4 33 25 +8 26
7 Glebe 15 8 2 5 31 25 +6 26
8 Holmesdale 20 6 8 6 31 33 −2 26
9 Stansfeld 18 7 2 9 26 34 −8 23
10 Erith & Belvedere 15 6 4 5 22 20 +2 22
11 Tunbridge Wells 16 6 3 7 24 24 0 21
12 Sutton Athletic 15 5 5 5 25 26 −1 20
13 Rusthall 17 5 4 8 32 36 −4 19
14 Whitstable Town 15 5 3 7 24 28 −4 18
15 Bearsted 14 5 2 7 22 26 −4 17
16 Kennington 19 4 5 10 19 34 −15 17
17 Snodland Town 17 4 4 9 25 39 −14 16
18 Lordswood 14 4 1 9 20 28 −8 13
19 Hollands & Blair 16 4 1 11 25 36 −11 13 Relegation to Division One
20 Lydd Town 14 3 3 8 20 25 −5 12
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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

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Home \ Away BEA COR ERI FAV FIS GLB H&B HOL KEN LAR LOR LYD PUN RUS SNT STA SUT TUN VCD WHI
Bearsted 1–5 0–1 5–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1
Corinthian 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1
Erith & Belvedere 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0
Faversham Town 2–2 4–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–1
Fisher 1–3 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1
Glebe 3–0 4–0 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–1
Hollands & Blair 2–3 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–4 2–4
Holmesdale 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–2 2–2
Kennington 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 3–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–1
Lordswood 0–5 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–4 0–1 0–2
Lydd Town 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–4 4–1 0–2 3–0 1–3
Punjab United 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2
Rusthall 3–4 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–3
Snodland Town 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–2
Stansfeld 1–2 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 6–6 0–2 0–1 1–0
Sutton Athletic 2–2 0–3 3–6 1–1 5–1 2–0 3–3
Tunbridge Wells 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2
VCD Athletic 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–1
Whitstable Town 2–1 3–3 0–3 1–4 1–2 1–3 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2024–25
2025–26 →

Division One consisted of eighteen teams, increased from sixteen the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were AFC Whyteleafe and Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers who were promoted to the Combined Counties Premier Division South and SCEFL Premier Division respectively.

The four new teams that joined the division were:

Clapton were initially transferred across from the Eastern Counties League Division One South, before withdrawing from the league on 18th June 2024, resulting in a reprieve for Greenways.[2]

Division One table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Croydon 14 10 2 2 27 11 +16 32 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Canterbury City 17 8 6 3 34 19 +15 30 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Faversham Strike Force 14 8 3 3 28 13 +15 27
4 Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) 14 8 3 3 27 20 +7 27
5 Soul Tower Hamlets 13 7 5 1 24 17 +7 26
6 Clapton Community 15 7 4 4 27 22 +5 25
7 Rochester United 13 7 2 4 24 16 +8 23
8 FC Elmstead 14 6 3 5 22 22 0 21
9 Staplehurst Monarchs 14 6 2 6 19 17 +2 20
10 Sporting Club Thamesmead 15 5 5 5 15 16 −1 20
11 Sheppey Sports 12 6 1 5 22 19 +3 19
12 Bridon Ropes 14 5 4 5 15 19 −4 19
13 Lewisham Borough 11 5 1 5 18 13 +5 16
14 Tooting Bec 15 4 4 7 19 24 −5 16
15 Halls Athletic 16 5 0 11 26 37 −11 15
16 Greenways 16 4 3 9 24 37 −13 15 Relegation to the Kent County League
17 Welling Town 15 2 2 11 16 37 −21 8
18 Meridian VP 14 0 0 14 7 35 −28 0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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

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Home \ Away BRI CAN CLC CRO FAV ELM FHP (FHP) GRE HAL LEW MER ROC SCT SHE STH STM TOO WEL
Bridon Ropes 3–2 0–4 2–4 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
Canterbury City 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 3–0
Clapton Community 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Croydon 1–0 4–3 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1
Faversham Strike Force 0–0 0–0 3–3 5–1 1–2 3–0 5–0
FC Elmstead 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Greenways 3–1 1–6 1–3 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–2
Halls Athletic 1–2 0–4 3–1 3–5 0–2 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–2
Lewisham Borough 1–1 0–1 5–0 1–2 2–1
Meridian VP 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Rochester United 3–4 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–0
Sporting Club Thamesmead 0–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Sheppey Sports 2–0 3–4 0–2 3–3 3–1
Soul Tower Hamlets 2–2 1–3 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0
Staplehurst Monarchs 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Tooting Bec 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–4 0–2 0–4 0–2
Welling Town 0–2 3–3 2–4 0–0 3–4 0–3 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 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

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  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". www.thefa.com. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Change in the SCEFL as one team replaces another". Clapton Community F.C. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

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