The 2016–17
Southern Combination Football League
The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a association football, football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London, South West London, Engl ...
season was the 92nd in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...
.
Premier Division
Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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Crawley Down Gatwick, promoted from Division One
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Haywards Heath Town, promoted from Division One
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Peacehaven & Telscombe, relegated from the
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...
Also, Wick & Barnham reverted to their original name of Wick.
Haywards Heath Town, Horsham YMCA, Pagham and Shoreham applied for promotion to Step 4 for 2017–18. While Haywards Heath Town won the league, they were subsequently charged by the FA for playing a suspended player. On 22 May, it was announced that Haywards Heath had 9 points deducted, which would hand the title and promotion to Shoreham. Haywards Heath's appeal was ultimately dismissed on 15 June, therefore Shoreham's championship and promotion were confirmed.
League table
Results table
Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
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AFC Varndeanians, promoted from Division Two
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Billingshurst
Billingshurst is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village lies on the A29 road (the Roman Stane Street) at its crossroads with the A272, south-west of Horsham and north-east of Pulboro ...
, promoted from Division Two
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East Preston, relegated from the Premier Division
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St Francis Rangers, relegated from the Premier Division
*Little Common could not be promoted as arranging a groundshare with another club in order to secure promotion was not allowed. This resulted in a reprieve for AFC Uckfield Town.
League table
Results table
Division Two
Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
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Jarvis Brook
Jarvis Brook is a village between Crowborough and Rotherfield in the Borough of Wealden East Sussex.
Located around the centre of the village are numerous individual businesses, the Darwin House retirement home, a Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom ...
, promoted from the
Mid-Sussex League
*Lancing United, promoted from the
West Sussex League
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Sidlesham, demoted from Division One
*Worthing Town Leisure, promoted from the
Brighton, Worthing & District League, and a merger between Worthing Town F.C. and Worthing Leisure F.C.
A.F.C. Roffey Club withdrew from the league in August 2016 without playing a match.
Promotion from this division depends on ground grading, and neither Bosham nor Jarvis Brook had the required grading. This resulted in reprieves for AFC Varndeanians and St Francis Rangers from Division One.
References
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