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2015–16 Southern Combination Football League

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Season
  
2015–16

Champions
  
Horsham !Horsham

The 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League season is the 90th 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.

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Premier Division

The Premier Division (formerly Division One) consists of 20 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Crawley Down Gatwick, Ringmer and Selsey were relegated to Division One, and Dorking Wanderers were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Four new clubs joined the division:

  • A.F.C. Uckfield Town – promoted from the old Division Two
  • Horsham – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
  • Wick & Barnham United – promoted from the old Division Two
  • Worthing United – promoted from the old Division Two

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

    League table

    Updated to games played on 13:29, 24 April 2016 (UTC).
    Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    ‡ Hassocks were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
    † Hailsham Town reprieved from relegation.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Division One

    Division One (formerly Division Two) consists of 17 clubs, increased from 15 after A.F.C. Uckfield Town, Wick & Barnham United and Worthing United were promoted to the Premier Division, and Rustington and Westfield were relegated to Division Two.

    Seven clubs joined the division:

  • Crawley Down Gatwick – relegated from the old Division One
  • Langney Wanderers – promoted from the old Division Three
  • Lingfield – transferred from the Southern Counties East League
  • Ringmer – relegated from the old Division One
  • Selsey – relegated from the old Division One
  • Sidlesham – promoted from the old Division Three
  • Southwick – promoted from the old Division Three

    • Relegation from this division was not implemented for this season.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 22:38, 10 May 2016 (UTC).
    Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Division Two

    Division Two (formerly Division Three) consists of 16 clubs, increased from 11 after Langney Wanderers, Sidlesham and Southwick were promoted to Division One.

    Eight clubs joined the division:

  • A.F.C. Roffey Club – joining from West Sussex League Division One
  • AFC Varndeanians – formerly known as Old Varndeanians, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League Premier Division
  • Alfold – joining from West Sussex League Division One
  • Cowfold – promoted from the West Sussex League Premier Division
  • Montpelier Villa – promoted from the Mid-Sussex League Premier Division
  • Rustington – relegated from the old Division Two (ground issues)
  • Westfield – relegated from the old Division Two (ground issues)
  • Upper Beeding – promoted from the West Sussex League Premier Division

    • 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

    Updated to games played on 22:37, 10 May 2016 (UTC).
    Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

    References

    2015–16 Southern Combination Football League Wikipedia
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