2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 55th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the fifth year the competition has had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the English football league system.

Southern Counties East League
Season2020–21

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July,[1] and are subject to appeal.

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprises 21 teams, two more than the number which were still playing at the time of the abandonment of the previous season's competition:

Premier Division table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chatham Town 11 10 0 1 60 18 +42 30 Promotion to Step 4
2 Corinthian 11 10 0 1 38 16 +22 30 Possible promotion to Step 4[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tunbridge Wells 12 8 2 2 24 14 +10 26
4 Sheppey United 9 8 1 0 28 14 +14 25
5 Beckenham Town 13 7 3 3 33 18 +15 24
6 Balham 12 6 3 3 18 13 +5 21
7 Hollands & Blair 11 6 3 2 15 12 +3 21
8 Erith Town 12 6 2 4 26 20 +6 20
9 Glebe 12 5 2 5 23 22 +1 17
10 Deal Town 11 4 4 3 14 11 +3 16
11 Bearsted 13 5 1 7 28 39 −11 16
12 Fisher 11 4 3 4 15 15 0 15
13 Welling Town 11 4 1 6 18 25 −7 13
14 Punjab United 12 4 1 7 20 29 −9 13
15 Crowborough Athletic 11 3 3 5 15 20 −5 12
16 Canterbury City 12 3 1 8 17 34 −17 10
17 Erith & Belvedere 11 2 3 6 18 23 −5 9
18 AFC Croydon Athletic 12 2 3 7 14 27 −13 9
19 Lordswood 13 2 2 9 13 29 −16 8
20 K Sports 11 1 4 6 10 18 −8 7
21 Tower Hamlets 13 0 2 11 17 46 −29 2 Possible relegation to Step 6[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: 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 [3]
Notes:
  1. The 2nd-placed clubs from each of the Step 5 divisions (excluding those from the three northernmost divisions) will be ranked by their points-per-game (PPG) ratio. The four 2nd-placed clubs with the highest PPG will be automatically promoted to Step 4. The remaining seven 2nd-placed clubs will enter a play-off against one of the bottom-placed clubs from Step 4, with the winner entering Step 4 for 2021–22, and the loser entering Step 5.[2]
  2. The 14 bottom-placed clubs from each of the Step 5 divisions will be ranked by their points-per-game (PPG) ratio. The two bottom-placed clubs with the highest PPG will be reprieved from relegation. The remaining 12 bottom-placed clubs will be relegated to Step 6.[2]

Results table
Home \ Away ACA BAL BEA BEC CAN CHA COR CRW DEA ERB ERT FIS GLB H&B KSP LOR PUN SHE TOW TUN WEL
AFC Croydon Athletic — 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–4 1–1 2–3 0–2
Balham — 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2
Bearsted — 2–5 2–2 2–5 2–5 2–1
Beckenham Town 3–4 — 1–5 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0
Canterbury City — 2–7 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2
Chatham Town 8–3 — 6–0 5–0 6–1 2–3
Corinthian 4–2 — 2–1 4–2 2–1 3–4 6–2
Crowborough Athletic —
Deal Town 0–2 — 0–0 2–0 5–2 1–3 2–1
Erith & Belvedere 1–2 2–2 3–0 3–4 1–5 — 1–2
Erith Town 2–0 3–6 — 0–0 2–4 5–0 4–0
Fisher 0–1 0–0 2–0 — 3–2 3–1 1–3
Glebe 1–2 1–1 — 0–4 3–2 2–0 3–2
Hollands & Blair 0–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–0
K Sports 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–1
Lordswood 0–0 2–4 1–2 4–3 — 0–5 0–3
Punjab United 4–0 2–1 0–7 1–3 5–0 — 1–2
Sheppey United 3–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 — 2–0
Tower Hamlets 0–3 5–5 1–3 1–1 — 2–3
Tunbridge Wells 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 — 2–2
Welling Town 1–4 0–4 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on match played 31 October 2020. Source: National League Results 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

Division One comprises the same 17 teams which were still competing when the previous season's competition was aborted.

Division One table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sporting Club Thamesmead 8 7 0 1 24 10 +14 21 Promotion to Step 5
2 Kennington 6 6 0 0 27 3 +24 18
3 Rochester United 7 5 2 0 16 6 +10 17
4 Holmesdale 6 5 0 1 20 9 +11 15
5 Rusthall 8 5 0 3 21 14 +7 15
6 Greenways 7 4 0 3 13 12 +1 12
7 Croydon 7 3 2 2 17 19 −2 11
8 Snodland Town 7 3 1 3 9 16 −7 10
9 Kent Football United 8 2 2 4 8 14 −6 8
10 Stansfeld 6 2 1 3 18 18 0 7
11 Lydd Town 5 2 1 2 14 15 −1 7
12 Forest Hill Park 7 2 1 4 9 13 −4 7
13 Sutton Athletic 7 2 1 4 11 19 −8 7
14 Lewisham Borough 7 1 3 3 6 9 −3 6
15 FC Elmstead 8 1 1 6 10 23 −13 4
16 Bridon Ropes 7 0 2 5 5 16 −11 2 Possible relegation to Step 7
17 Meridian VP 7 0 1 6 6 18 −12 1
Updated to match(es) played on match played 31 October 2020. Source: 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 [3]

References
  1. "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 23 National League System Regulations Section 5.2". The FA. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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