Southern Counties East League
Season2020–21
PromotedCorinthian

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.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Chatham Town 11 10 0 1 60 18 +42 30
2 Corinthian (P) 11 10 0 1 38 16 +22 30 Promotion to the Isthmian League South East Division[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 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
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 14 20 −6 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 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
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
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:
  1. ↑ Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.[3]

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 —
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Sporting Club Thamesmead 8 7 0 1 24 10 +14 21
2 Kennington (P) 6 6 0 0 27 3 +24 18 Promotion to the Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
3 Rochester United 7 5 2 0 16 6 +10 17
4 Holmesdale (P) 6 5 0 1 20 9 +11 15 Promotion to the Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
5 Rusthall (P) 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
17 Meridian VP 7 0 1 6 6 18 −12 1
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:
  1. 1 2 Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "League Season over at Steps 3 to 6". scefl.com. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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