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2016–17 Southern Combination Football League

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2016–17

The 2016–17 Southern Combination Football League season is the 91st in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

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Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after East Preston and St Francis Rangers were relegated to Division One, and Horsham were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Three clubs joined the division:

  • Crawley Down Gatwick – promoted from Division One
  • Haywards Heath Town – promoted from Division One
  • Peacehaven & Telscombe – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
  • Wick & Barnham reverted to their original name of Wick F.C.

    • Haywards Heath Town, Horsham YMCA, Pagham and Shoreham have applied for promotion to Step 4 for 2017–18.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 14:41, 26 February 2017 (UTC).
    Source:
    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 One

    Division One consists of 18 clubs, increased from 17 the previous season, after Crawley Down Gatwick and Haywards Heath Town were promoted to the Premier Division, and Sidlesham were demoted to Division Two for ground grading reasons.

    Four clubs joined the division:

  • AFC Varndeanians – promoted from Division Two
  • Billingshurst – promoted from Division Two
  • East Preston – relegated from the Premier Division
  • St Francis Rangers – relegated from the Premier Division

    • League table

    Updated to games played on 14:47, 26 February 2017 (UTC).
    Source:
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    ‡ Storrington were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
    (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 consists of 16 clubs, the same as the previous season, after AFC Varndeanians and Billingshurst were promoted to Division One, Hurstpierpoint were relegated, and Ifield Galaxy left the league.

    Four clubs joined the division:

  • Jarvis Brook, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League.
  • Lancing United, promoted from the West Sussex League.
  • Sidlesham, demoted from Division One.
  • Worthing Town Leisure, promoted from the Brighton, Worthing & District League.

    • A.F.C. Roffey Club withdrew from the league in August 2016 without playing a match.

  • Updated to 14:53, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

    • References

    2016–17 Southern Combination Football League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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