2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League season was 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
PromotedCorinthian

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

On account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in England, the season was curtailed on 27 February along with all other leagues from Steps 3–6.[2] The scheduled restructuring of non-League football took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties Leagues at Step 5 for 2021–22, along with an additional division in the Northern Premier League at Step 4.[3] Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[3] As a result, three SCEL clubs were moved to the new Combined Counties Premier Division South.

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Chatham Town1110016018+4230
2Corinthian (P)1110013816+2230Promotion to the Isthmian League South East Division[a]
3Tunbridge Wells128222414+1026
4Sheppey United98102814+1425
5Beckenham Town137333318+1524Transfer to the Combined Counties League
6Balham126331813+521
7Hollands & Blair116321512+321
8Erith Town126242620+620
9Glebe125252322+117
10Deal Town114431411+316
11Bearsted135172839−1116
12Fisher114341515015
13Welling Town114161825−713
14Punjab United124172029−913
15Crowborough Athletic113351420−612
16Canterbury City123181734−1710
17Erith & Belvedere112361823−59
18AFC Croydon Athletic122371427−139Transfer to the Combined Counties League
19Lordswood132291329−168
20K Sports111461018−87
21Tower Hamlets1302111746−292
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[4]
(P) Promoted
Notes:

Results table

Home \ AwayACABALBEABECCANCHACORCRWDEAERBERTFISGLBH&BKSPLORPUNSHETOWTUNWEL
AFC Croydon Athletic2–10–03–02–41–12–30–2
Balham5–20–02–12–12–11–2
Bearsted2–52–22–52–52–1
Beckenham Town3–41–53–12–12–23–03–0
Canterbury City2–70–20–21–22–13–21–2
Chatham Town8–36–05–06–12–3
Corinthian4–22–14–22–13–46–2
Crowborough Athletic
Deal Town0–20–02–05–21–32–1
Erith & Belvedere1–22–23–03–41–51–2
Erith Town2–03–60–02–45–04–0
Fisher0–10–02–03–23–11–3
Glebe1–21–10–43–22–03–2
Hollands & Blair0–02–10–02–0
K Sports1–10–20–11–11–12–1
Lordswood0–02–41–24–30–50–3
Punjab United4–02–10–71–35–01–2
Sheppey United3–23–24–11–02–0
Tower Hamlets0–35–51–31–12–3
Tunbridge Wells1–04–02–12–02–2
Welling Town1–40–41–2
Source: FA Full-Time 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 comprised the same 17 teams which were still competing when the previous season's competition was aborted.

Division One table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Sporting Club Thamesmead87012410+1421
2Kennington (P)6600273+2418Promotion to the Premier Division[a]
3Rochester United7520166+1017
4Holmesdale (P)6501209+1115Promotion to the Premier Division[a]
5Rusthall (P)85032114+715
6Greenways74031312+112
7Croydon73221719−211
8Snodland Town7313916−710
9Kent Football United8224814−68
10Stansfeld6213181807
11Lydd Town52121415−17
12Forest Hill Park7214913−47
13Sutton Athletic72141119−87
14Lewisham Borough713369−36
15FC Elmstead81161023−134
16Bridon Ropes7025516−112
17Meridian VP7016618−121
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[4]
(P) Promoted
Notes:

References