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2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League

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Season
  
2016–17

The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 50th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England. It is the first year the competition has had two divisions, having merged with the Kent Invicta Football League.

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Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs.

The following two clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

  • Greenwich Borough – promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
  • Holmesdale – relegated to the newly created Division One
  • The following three clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

  • Bearsted – promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League
  • Sheppey United – promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League
  • Whitstable Town – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
  • Promotion criteria

    To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

    1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
    2. Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
    3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
    4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

    The following seven teams have achieved criterion one:

  • AFC Croydon Athletic
  • Corinthian
  • Crowborough Athletic
  • Hollands & Blair
  • Sevenoaks Town
  • Sheppey United
  • Whitstable Town
  • Results

    Updated to games played on 18 February 2017.
    Source: [1]
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top scorers

    Correct as of 16 February 2017

    Division One

    Before the start of the season Kent Invicta Football League merged with Southern Counties East League and became Division One.

    The league consisted of 19 clubs: 17 clubs from previous Kent Invicta League season and two new clubs:

  • Holmesdale – relegated from the Premier Division
  • Snodland Town – promoted from Kent County League Premier Division
  • The following two clubs changed their names:

  • APM Contrast was renamed K Sports
  • Seven Acre & Sidcup was renamed Sporting Club Thamesmead
  • Results

    Updated to games played on 22 February 2017.
    Source: [2]
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top scorers

    Correct as of 16 February 2017

    References

    2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League Wikipedia