2022–23 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League Division Two
Season	2022–23
Dates	20 August 2022 – 1 May 2023
Champions	Jarvis Brook
Promoted	Copthorne
Matches played	182
Goals scored	789 (4.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chris Darwin (27 goals)
Biggest home win	St Francis Rangers 7–0 Brighton Electricity; (20 August 2022)
Biggest away win	Rustington 0–7 Copthorne; (24 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Worthing Town 4–9 St Francis Rangers; (10 December 2022)
Longest winning run	13 matches ; Jarvis Brook
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches ; Jarvis Brook
Longest losing run	10 matches ; Upper Beeding
Highest attendance	182 ; Worthing Town 4–4 Rustington; (29 August 2022)
Lowest attendance	10 ; Brighton Electricity 0–0 Worthing Town; (29 October 2022)
Total attendance	9,971
Average attendance	58.3
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Southern Combination League
Division One
Season	2022–23
Dates	7 August 2022 – 7 May 2023
Champions	Shoreham
Promoted	Shoreham; Epsom & Ewell
Relegated	Forest Row; Montpelier Villa; Hailsham Town
Matches played	272
Goals scored	852 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Heath (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Shoreham 8–2 Billingshurst; (8 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Montpelier Villa 0–5 Chessington & Hook United; (6 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Arundel 7–4 Chessington & Hook United; (13 April 2023)
Longest winning run	8 matches; Epsom & Ewell
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches; Shoreham
Longest losing run	9 matches; Forest Row
Highest attendance	512 ; Shoreham 1–0 Montpelier Villa; (22 April 2023)
Lowest attendance	11 ; Oakwood 0–1 Dorking Wanderers B; (13 September 2022)
Total attendance	23,537
Average attendance	86.5
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Southern Combination League
Premier Division
Season	2022–23
Dates	30 July 2022 – 29 April 2023
Champions	Broadbridge Heath
Promoted	Broadbridge Heath
Relegated	Alfold; Roffey
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,288 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Phillip Johnson (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Newhaven 11–0 Roffey; (18 February 2023)
Biggest away win	Saltdean United 0–7 Newhaven; (2 January 2023)
Highest scoring	Newhaven 11–0 Roffey; (18 February 2023)
Longest winning run	11 matches ; Crawley Down Gatwick
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches ; Broadbridge Heath
Longest losing run	13 matches ; AFC Varndeanians; Roffey
Highest attendance	739 ; Newhaven 3–2 Peacehaven & Telscombe; (26 December 2022)
Lowest attendance	27 ; Lingfield 0–3 AFC Varndeanians; (12 October 2022)
Total attendance	47,827
Average attendance	125.8
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Southern Combination Football League season was the 98th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9, 10 and 11 (steps 5 and 6, and county feeder) of the English football league system.^[1]

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 12 May.^[2]

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season

Team changes

To the Premier Division

Promoted from Division One

Transferred from the Southern Counties East League

Crowborough Athletic

From the Premier Division

Transferred to the Wessex League Premier Division

Pagham

Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division

Littlehampton Town

Relegated to Division One

East Preston

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Broadbridge Heath (C, P)	38	27	6	5	93	33	+60	87	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Crawley Down Gatwick	38	27	3	8	76	32	+44	84	Qualified for inter-step play-off
3	Newhaven	38	25	6	7	119	41	+78	81
4	Eastbourne United	38	20	12	6	59	32	+27	72
5	Steyning Town	38	21	8	9	78	44	+34	71
6	Crowborough Athletic	38	21	7	10	68	44	+24	70
7	Bexhill United	38	22	3	13	68	48	+20	69
8	Peacehaven & Telscombe	38	21	5	12	71	42	+29	68
9	Eastbourne Town	38	19	9	10	58	32	+26	66
10	Hassocks	38	19	6	13	73	47	+26	63
11	Little Common	38	18	7	13	73	53	+20	61
12	Horsham YMCA	38	13	7	18	51	64	−13	46
13	Midhurst & Easebourne	38	9	8	21	57	85	−28	35
14	Lingfield	38	10	4	24	58	86	−28	34
15	Loxwood	38	9	7	22	59	101	−42	34
16	AFC Uckfield Town	38	10	3	25	47	83	−36	33
17	AFC Varndeanians	38	9	6	23	53	90	−37	33
18	Saltdean United	38	8	4	26	33	108	−75	28
19	Alfold (R)	38	5	7	26	47	101	−54	22	Relegated to Division One
20	Roffey (R)	38	5	6	27	47	122	−75	21	Relegated to Division One

Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Sutton Common Rovers	2–0	Crawley Down Gatwick	Whyteleafe
15:00		Report		Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 164

Results table

Home \ Away	UCK	VAR	ALF	BEX	BBH	CDG	CRO	EBT	EBU	HSK	HYM	LIN	LCM	LOX	MID	NEW	PAT	ROF	SDU	STT
AFC Uckfield Town		4–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–4	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–3	1–0	0–5	0–1	3–1	2–3	3–2
AFC Varndeanians	4–3		1–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	6–2	7–4	0–3	0–2	3–3	2–3	2–2
Alfold	0–0	0–1		0–3	1–1	0–5	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–5	2–4	7–3	3–1	3–3
Bexhill United	1–0	1–0	4–1		0–1	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	6–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	0–2
Broadbridge Heath	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1		5–0	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	8–0	2–0
Crawley Down Gatwick	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	2–4		1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
Crowborough Athletic	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	4–1	4–0
Eastbourne Town	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1
Eastbourne United	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–3	4–1	2–0	1–1
Hassocks	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	1–2	4–1	0–0		4–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–4	2–2	0–0	7–0	5–1	2–3
Horsham YMCA	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–4		1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–0
Lingfield	0–3	0–3	5–0	1–4	0–4	1–2	3–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–3		0–1	5–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	5–2	1–0	0–2
Little Common	2–1	6–1	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2		1–1	4–1	0–3	2–1	8–2	1–1	2–0
Loxwood	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–3		0–2	1–6	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–4
Midhurst & Easebourne	2–2	2–3	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–4	3–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–3		2–3	3–0	0–4	0–0	1–1
Newhaven	6–1	7–0	6–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	5–0		3–2	11–0	5–0	1–4
Peacehaven & Telscombe	0–4	1–0	4–0	4–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	5–0	2–0	4–0		7–0	1–0	0–2
Roffey	4–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	3–3	1–5	0–6	3–1		1–2	0–1
Saltdean United	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–6	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–1	0–5	2–1	1–3	0–7	0–3	0–2		0–6
Steyning Town	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–3	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–0

Source: SCFL Fixture Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
AFC Uckfield Town	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L
AFC Varndeanians	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Alfold	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L
Bexhill United	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W
Broadbridge Heath	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W
Crawley Down Gatwick	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W
Crowborough Athletic	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W
Eastbourne Town	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	L
Eastbourne United Association	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D
Hassocks	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W
Horsham YMCA	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
Lingfield	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Little Common	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Loxwood	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L
Midhurst & Easebourne	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D
Newhaven	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	W
Roffey	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Peacehaven & Telscombe	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W
Saltdean United	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D
Steyning Town	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Premier Division
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Philip Johnson	Hassocks	24
2	Jack Langford	Steyning Town (previously Bexhill United)	22
3	Alfie Rogers	Newhaven	21
4	Lucas Franzen-Jones	Newhaven	20
5	Sam Clements	Crawley Down Gatwick	18
6	Evan Archibald	Bexhill United	17
	Liam Benson	Hassocks
	Lee Robinson	Newhaven
9	Lewis Hole	Little Common	16
9	Thomas Tolfrey	Horsham YMCA	16

Stadia and locations

2022–23 Southern Combination Football League is located in South-east England

Eastbourne United Association

Midhurst & Easebourne

Newhaven

Peacehaven & Telscombe

Roffey

Saltdean United

Steyning Town

Map showing the location of teams in the Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850
AFC Uckfield Town	Framfield	The Oaks	600
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	1,000
Bexhill United	Bexhill-on-Sea	The Polegrove	1,000
Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre	1,000
Crawley Down Gatwick	Crawley Down	The Haven Centre	1,000
Crowborough Athletic	Crowborough	Crowborough Community Stadium	2,000
Eastbourne Town	Eastbourne	The Saffrons	4,500
Eastbourne United Association	Eastbourne	The Oval	1,200
Hassocks	Hassocks	The Beacon	1,000
Horsham YMCA	Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,500
Lingfield	Lingfield	The Sports Pavilion	2,000
Little Common	Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common)	Little Common Recreation Ground	1,200
Loxwood	Loxwood	Plaistow Road	1,000
Midhurst & Easebourne	Easebourne	Rotherfield	1,000
Newhaven	Newhaven	The Trafalgar Ground	3,000
Peacehaven & Telscombe	Peacehaven	The Sports Park	3,000
Roffey	Horsham (Roffey)	Bartholomew Way	1,000
Saltdean United	Brighton (Saltdean)	Hill Park	1,000
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	2,000

Division One

Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season

Team changes

To Division One

Transferred from Southern Counties East League

Chessington & Hook United

Relegated from the Premier Division

East Preston

From Division One

Promoted to the Premier Division

Relegated to Division Two

Storrington

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Shoreham (C, P)	32	21	8	3	79	31	+48	71	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Epsom & Ewell (O, P)	32	20	5	7	68	41	+27	65	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Combined Counties League Premier Division South
3	Dorking Wanderers B	32	19	6	7	59	31	+28	63	Ineligible for promotion^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Wick	32	19	5	8	59	39	+20	62	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Godalming Town	32	18	7	7	62	34	+28	61
6	Selsey	32	16	8	8	57	37	+20	56
7	Arundel	32	14	9	9	71	51	+20	51
8	Billingshurst	32	12	5	15	52	71	−19	41
9	Seaford Town	32	11	7	14	43	47	−4	40
10	Chessington & Hook United	32	9	8	15	47	48	−1	35
11	Worthing United	32	10	5	17	39	51	−12	35
12	Mile Oak	32	8	10	14	40	59	−19	34
13	East Preston	32	9	5	18	38	60	−22	32
14	Oakwood	32	9	5	18	36	49	−13	31^{[lower-alpha 2]}
15	Montpelier Villa	32	8	5	19	32	67	−35	29	Reprieved from relegation
16	Forest Row	32	8	5	19	39	76	−37	29	Reprieved from relegation
17	Hailsham Town (R)	32	6	7	19	31	60	−29	25	Relegated to Division Two

Source: The FA Full-Time Division 1 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Dorking Wanderers B are not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides cannot compete above Step 6.
↑ Deducted 1 point.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Epsom & Ewell	0 (6)

6	Selsey	0 (5)
			2	Epsom & Ewell	2

			4	Wick	1
4	Wick	2

5	Godalming Town	1

Semi-finals

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Epsom & Ewell	0–0 (6–5 p)	Selsey	Leatherhead
15:00		Report		Stadium: Fetcham Grove

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Wick	2–1	Godalming Town	Littlehampton (Wick)
15:00		Report		Stadium: Crabtree Park

Final

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)	Epsom & Ewell	2–1	Wick	Leatherhead
15:00	31' 80' Jaevon Dyer		64' Sam Conolly	Stadium: Fetcham Grove Attendance: 384

Results table

Home \ Away	ARU	BIL	CHU	DOR	EPR	EPS	FOR	GOD	HAI	MOK	MON	OAK	SEA	SEL	SHO	WIC	WOR
Arundel		3–0	7–4	1–0	7–2	5–1	5–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–4	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–3
Billingshurst	2–1		2–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–3	2–5
Chessington & Hook United	0–0	4–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Dorking Wanderers B	4–2	1–2	2–0		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0
East Preston	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2		1–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–1
Epsom & Ewell	3–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–2		5–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	6–1	1–3
Forest Row	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–1	0–2		0–5	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–2
Godalming Town	2–2	5–1	0–2	2–1	5–1	1–3	4–1		0–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Hailsham Town	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–1		3–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–6	2–2	1–2
Mile Oak	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–2		2–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–5	0–4	1–0
Montpelier Villa	1–1	2–0	0–5	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	2–1	3–1		0–3	1–4	0–4	0–4	1–2	2–1
Oakwood	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	0–5	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–3	0–2	1–3	0–1	2–0
Seaford Town	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	0–2	0–1
Selsey	1–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1
Shoreham	1–1	8–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2		3–0	1–1
Wick	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	0–1	2–6		2–0
Worthing United	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–3

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division One
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Arundel	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W
Billingshurst	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L
Chessington & Hook United	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W
Dorking Wanderers B	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
East Preston	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L
Epsom & Ewell	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W
Forest Row	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L
Godalming Town	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Hailsham Town	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Mile Oak	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D
Montpelier Villa	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L
Oakwood	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L
Seaford Town	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Selsey	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W
Shoreham	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Wick	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W
Worthing United	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division One
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Heath	Shoreham	24
2	Shane Brazil	Selsey	19
3	Harry Russell	Arundel	14
4	Marcus Richmond	Shoreham	13
5	Zachary Harris	Wick	12
6	David Crouch	Wick	11
6	Ramon Santos	Montpelier Villa	11
8	Ben Aubrey	Dorking Wanderers B	10
	Athan Smith-Joseph	Epsom & Ewell
	Jaevon Dyer	Epsom & Ewell

Stadia and locations

Arundel

Billingshurst

Chessington & Hook United

Map showing the location of teams in Division 1

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arundel	Arundel	Mill Road	2,200
Billingshurst	Billingshurst	Jubilee Fields	—
Chessington & Hook United	Chessington	Chalky Lane	3,000
Dorking Wanderers B	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000
East Preston	Littlehampton (East Preston)	The Lashmar	1,000
Epsom & Ewell	Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead)	3,400
Forest Row	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood)	—
Godalming Town	Godalming	Bill Kyte Stadium	3,000
Hailsham Town	Hailsham	The Beaconsfield	2,000
Mile Oak	Brighton (Mile Oak)	Mile Oak Recreation Ground	—
Montpelier Villa	Lancing	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing)	1,500
Oakwood	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane	—
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—
Shoreham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Middle Road	2,000
Wick	Littlehampton (Wick)	Crabtree Park	2,000
Worthing United	Worthing (Broadwater)	The Robert Albon Memorial Ground	1,504

Division Two

Division Two remained at 14 teams.

Team changes

To Division Two

Promoted from West Sussex Football League

Capel

Relegated from Division One

Storrington

From Division Two

Left the league

Littlehampton United

Promotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Jarvis Brook (C)	26	21	2	3	80	18	+62	65
2	Copthorne (P)	26	16	4	6	73	44	+29	52	Promoted to Division One
3	Capel	26	16	2	8	88	53	+35	50
4	Storrington	26	14	5	7	72	36	+36	47
5	Bosham	26	14	4	8	58	50	+8	46
6	Southwater	26	13	5	8	57	51	+6	44
7	Ferring	26	12	5	9	52	48	+4	41
8	St Francis Rangers	26	10	6	10	61	48	+13	36
9	Charlwood	26	11	2	13	53	49	+4	35	Resigned from League
10	Rustington	26	8	4	14	42	75	−33	28
11	Rottingdean Village	26	8	2	16	37	58	−21	26
12	Worthing Town	26	7	4	15	57	86	−29	25
13	Upper Beeding	26	4	5	17	32	82	−50	17
14	Brighton Electricity	26	2	2	22	27	91	−64	8

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results table

Home \ Away	BOS	BRE	CAP	CHA	COP	FER	JAR	ROT	RUS	SOU	STF	STO	UBD	WOR
Bosham		5–3	1–4	3–0	2–1	6–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–3
Brighton Electricity	0–1		1–6	H/W	2–4	2–4	0–4	0–2	5–0	0–3	0–4	0–5	0–1	0–0
Capel	5–2	3–0		0–1	2–3	7–3	3–2	0–0	8–1	5–1	5–4	2–5	4–4	8–2
Charlwood	1–3	2–0	1–5		3–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	8–0	2–2	0–2	0–6	4–0	4–1
Copthorne	5–0	3–2	1–3	3–2		1–1	0–3	3–0	3–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–1
Ferring	3–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–4		0–1	4–0	3–0	2–3	4–4	1–0	2–0	1–2
Jarvis Brook	2–0	7–2	3–2	5–0	7–1	0–0		7–0	1–4	4–0	5–0	3–0	7–3	4–0
Rottingdean Village	0–4	7–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–0		1–2	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	3–0
Rustington	1–2	2–1	1–5	1–1	0–7	5–2	1–0	4–1		1–1	0–0	1–4	2–3	4–3
Southwater	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	2–4	1–2	0–1	2–1	4–2		1–1	5–2	8–1	5–3
St Francis Rangers	6–0	7–0	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–4	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–3		1–5	2–2	2–1
Storrington	2–6	6–0	4–0	2–3	1–1	3–1	2–3	4–0	0–1	3–0	0–0		3–1	6–1
Upper Beeding	0–3	3–3	0–4	1–5	0–6	0–0	0–1	2–5	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–3		0–6
Worthing Town	3–0	6–1	3–2	4–7	2–4	1–1	1–4	1–4	4–4	1–3	4–9	1–1	3–1

Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Bosham	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D
Brighton Electricity	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L
Capel	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
Charlwood	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W
Copthorne	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D
Ferring	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W
Jarvis Brook	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W
Rottingdean Village	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L
Rustington	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L
Southwater	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W
St Francis Rangers	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D
Storrington	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Upper Beeding	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W
Worthing Town	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chris Darwin	Rustington	27
2	Stephen Smith	Jarvis Brook	24
3	Lewis Rustell	Bosham	23
4	Toby Funnell	Copthorne	22
4	Lloyd Jermy	Capel	22
6	Ben Lewis	Southwater	20
6	Jordan Suter	Storrington	20
8	Sean Culley	Storrington (previously Worthing Town)	18
9	Daniel Sullivan	Copthorne	17
10	George Cumming	Capel	15

Stadia and locations

Bosham

Brighton Electricity

Capel

Charlwood

Copthorne

Ferring

Jarvis Brook

Rottingdean Village

Upper Beeding

Rustington

Southwater

Storrington

St Francis Rangers

Worthing Town

Map showing the location of teams in Division 2

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bosham	Bosham	Walton Lane	—
Brighton Electricity	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians)	8,850
Capel	Capel	Newdigate Road	—
Charlwood	Charlwood	Glovers Road	—
Copthorne	Copthorne	Camping World Community Stadium (groundshare with Horsham)	1,300
Ferring	Ferring	The Glebelands	—
Jarvis Brook	Crowborough	Limekiln	—
Rottingdean Village	Brighton (Rottingdean)	Rottingdean Sports Centre	—
Rustington	Rustington	Rustington Recreation Ground	—
Southwater	Southwater	Southwater Sports Club	—
St Francis Rangers	Haywards Heath	Colwell Ground	1000
Storrington	Storrington	The Recreation Ground, Storrington	—
Upper Beeding	Upper Beeding	Memorial Playing Field	—
Worthing Town	Worthing	Palatine Park	—

Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup

Source: 2022–23 Peter Bentley League Cup

First round

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)	Arundel	2–4	Montpelier Villa	Arundel
19:45	Stephen Herbert 11' Liam Brady 87'	Report	21' 48' 57' 69'	Stadium: Mill Road

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)	Billingshurst	1–4	Chessington & Hook United	Billingshurst
19:45	Nick Tilley 58'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Fields Attendance: 72

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)	Hailsham Town	3–0	Mile Oak	Hailsham
19:30	Connor Martin 49' 80' Connor Townsend 88'	Report		Stadium: Beaconsfield Attendance: 113

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)	Oakwood	1–2	Forest Row	Crawley
19:45	Ashley Hollom 70'	Report	Ross Jones 32' 72'	Stadium: Oakwood Sports and Social Club Attendance: 50

9 August 2022 (2022-08-09)	Selsey	2–3	Wick	Selsey
19:45	Evan Harris 25' Corey Burns 57'	Report	Ryan Barratt 49' David Crouch 62' Joshua Irish 85'	Stadium: High Street Ground

Second round

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	AFC Uckfield Town	1–3	Bexhill United	Uckfield
19:30	Omar Abbas	Report	Jamie Thoroughgood 28' 64' Hayden Beaconsfield 72'	Stadium: The Oaks Attendance: 63

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Alfold	0–5	Horsham YMCA	Alfold
19:45		Report	Joshua Tuck 13' Harry Law 40' Joshua Neathey 66' Stanley Berry 72'	Stadium: Alfold Recreation Ground Attendance: 51

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Broadbridge Heath	4–0	Midhurst & Easebourne	Broadbridge Heath
19:45	Ben Cooksley 21' Lewis Croal 24' 68' Mason Doughty 50'	Report		Stadium: Countryside Stadium Attendance: 40

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Chessington & Hook United	1–4	Steyning Town	Chessington
19:45	Warren Lyn	Report	Dominic Johnson-Fisher 5' 65' Nathan Da Costa 47' Josh Bradley 90+4'	Stadium: Chalky Lane Attendance: 93

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Crawley Down Gatwick	2–3	Epsom & Ewell	Crawley Down
19:30	Michael Wood 59' Rhys White 80'	Report	Bradley Peters 5' Josh Owen 47' Ricardo Fernandes 65'	Stadium: Haven Field Attendance: 53

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Eastbourne United	6–0	Seaford Town	Eastbourne
19:45	Max Thompson 8' 20' 45' Arron Hopkinson 26' Jack Samways 81'	Report		Stadium: The Oval Attendance: 85

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Forest Row	0–5	Lingfield	Crawley
19:45		Report	Richard Wetton David Vetterlein Cameron Dobell	Stadium: Oakwood Sports and Social Club Attendance: 42

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Godalming Town	0-1	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	Godalming
19:45		Report	Jack Saunders 37'	Stadium: The Bill Kyte Stadium Attendance: 52

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Hailsham Town	2–3	Crowborough Athletic	Hailsham
19:45	George Whitley 34' Kane Edwards 75'	Report	Dilan Nlendi 23' 54' Harry London 31'	Stadium: The Beaconsfield Attendance: 164

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Hassocks	0–2	AFC Varndeanians	Hassocks
19:45		Report	Alexander Rainford 46' Finley Bigg 54'	Stadium: The Beacon Attendance: 148

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Little Common	1–5	Newhaven	Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common)
19:30	James Miriam-Batchelor 90'	Report	Lucas Franzen-Jones 7' 11' 40' Tom Underwood 16'	Stadium: Little Common Recreation Ground Attendance: 86

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Loxwood	3–0	Roffey	Loxwood
19:45	Devon Fender 10' 35' 75'	Report		Stadium: Plaistow Road Attendance: 53

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Peacehaven & Telscombe	7–1	Eastbourne Town	Peacehaven
19:45	Max Hollobone 14' Callum Edwards 28' 40' 69' Robin Deen 43' Curtis Ford 60' Harry Docherty 80'	Report	Tyler Capon	Stadium: Centenary Park Attendance: 188

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Saltdean United	4–1	Shoreham	Saltdean
19:45	Lucas Tyrell 21' Lewis Heasman 60' 85'	Report		Stadium: Hill Park Attendance: 84

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Worthing United	2–2 (4–1 p)	Preston	Worthing
19:45	Billy White 5' Bradley Hunt 45+2'	Report	Alfie Moss 21' Sean Culley 73'	Stadium: Robert Albon Memorial Ground Attendance: 64

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06)	Wick	3–0	Montpelier Villa	Wick, West Sussex
19:45	James Thurgar 6' Zachary Matthew Harris 63' Ryan Barratt 83'	Report		Stadium: Crabtree Park Attendance: 26

Third round

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)	AFC Varndeanians	1–4	Loxwood	Brighton
20:00	11' Alexander Rainford	Report	55' 75' Clyde Jacques 65' Devon Fender 85' Jay Popham	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 55

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)	Eastbourne United	3–0	Wick	Eastbourne
19:45	3' Mason Creese 10' Max Thompson 45+1' Alfie Headland	Report		Stadium: The Oval Attendance: 85

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)	Epsom & Ewell	2–4	Broadbridge Heath	Leatherhead
19:30	18' Athan Smith-Joseph 85' Gideo Acheampong	Report	4' Jack Frankland 65' Kyle Sim 68' Lewis Croal 71' Ben Cooksley	Stadium: Fetcham Grove Attendance: 62

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)	Horsham YMCA	1–3	Dorking Wanderers B	Horsham
19:30	41' Stanley Berry	Report	10' Conan Torpey 41' Ben Aubrey 82' Sekou Toure	Stadium: Gorings Mead Attendance: 74

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)	Lingfield	0–4	Crowborough Athletic	Lingfield, Surrey
19:45		Report	41' 70' Joao Andrade 62' Harry London 74' Lucas Murrain	Stadium: Godstone Road Attendance: 52

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Newhaven	1–1 (3–2 p)	Bexhill United	Newhaven
19:45		Report		Stadium: Fort Road

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Saltdean United	0–6	Peacehaven & Telscombe	Saltdean
19:45		Report		Stadium: Hill Park

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)	Steyning Town	4–1	Worthing United	Steyning
19:45	2' Josh Bradley 10' Nathan Da Costa 82' 90+2' Dominic Johnson-Fisher	Report	30' Ryan Warr	Stadium: The Shooting Field Attendance: 82

Quarter-final

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14)	Broadbridge Heath	1–2	Newhaven	Broadbridge Heath
19:45	9' Louis Evans	Report	51' Charlie Bennett 61' Jack Meeres	Stadium: Countryside Stadium

28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)	Crowborough Athletic	1–0	Steyning Town	Crowborough
19:30	34' Harry Forster	Report		Stadium: Alderbrook

21 February 2023 (2023-02-21)	Loxwood	2–0	Dorking Wanderers B	Loxwood
19:45	10' Charley Gibson 90' Zain Beg	Report		Stadium: Plaistow Road

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14)	Peacehaven & Telscombe	2–1	Eastbourne United	Peacehaven
19:45	67' Ross Barclay 88' Callum Edwards	Report	24' Ryan McBride	Stadium: Centenary Park

Semi-final

21 March 2023 (2023-03-21)	Loxwood	0–2	Newhaven	Steyning
19:45		Report	6' Ian Robinson 17' Jack Meeres	Stadium: The Shooting Field Attendance: 116 Referee: Daniel Jeffery

22 March 2023 (2023-03-22)	Peacehaven & Telscombe	0–2	Crowborough Athletic	Newhaven
19:45		Report	62' Jacob Lambert 90+9' Harry Forster	Stadium: Fort Road Attendance: 142 Referee: David Spain

Final

1 May 2023 (2023-05-01)	Newhaven	2–1	Crowborough Athletic	Hassocks
13:00	60' Lukas Franzen-Jones 75' Charlie Bennett	Report	90+4'	Stadium: The Beacon Attendance: 476 Referee: Greig Walker

References

↑ "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
↑ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at steps 3-6". The FA. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
1 2 "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

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[scfl-1] "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.

[2] "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at steps 3-6". The FA. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

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