2021–22 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League Division Two
Season	2021–22
Dates	14 August 2021 – 16 April 2022
Champions	Rustington
Matches played	156
Goals scored	638 (4.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josh Irish (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Charlwood 14–1 Brighton Electricity; (15 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Brighton Electricity 0–8 Copthorne; (9 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Charlwood 14–1 Brighton Electricity; (15 January 2022)
Longest winning run	8 matches ; Rustington
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches ; Jarvis Brook
Longest losing run	16 matches ; Worthing Town
Highest attendance	130 ; Bosham 2–2 Brighton Electricity; (4 September 2021)
Lowest attendance	4 ; Rottingdean Village 1–0 Ferring; (2 October 2021)
Total attendance	7079
Average attendance	45.4
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Southern Combination League
Division One
Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 – 30 April 2022
Champions	Roffey
Promoted	Roffey; Midhurst & Easebourne
Relegated	Storrington
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,102 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joshua Neathey (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Dorking Wanderers Reserves 11–1 Storrington; (18 September 2021)
Biggest away win	Storrington 0–6 Midhurst & Easebourne; (28 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Dorking Wanderers Reserves 11–1 Storrington; (18 September 2021)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Midhurst & Easebourne; Roffey
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Shoreham
Longest losing run	10 matches; Storrington
Highest attendance	325 ; Selsey 2–0 Godalming Town; (16 April 2022)
Lowest attendance	10 ; Mile Oak 1–1 Oakwood; (2 October 2021)
Total attendance	21,669
Average attendance	70.8
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Southern Combination League
Premier Division
Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 – 30 April 2022
Champions	Littlehampton Town
Promoted	Littlehampton Town
Relegated	East Preston
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,305 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joseph Benn (39 goals)
Biggest home win	Peacehaven & Telscombe 10–0 Loxwood; (6 November 2021)
Biggest away win	East Preston 1–12 Littlehampton Town; (11 January 2022)
Highest scoring	Crawley Down Gatwick 11–2 East Preston; (26 March 2022)
Longest winning run	11 matches ; Saltdean United
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches ; Bexhill United
Longest losing run	14 matches ; East Preston
Highest attendance	1092 ; Littlehampon Town 2–0 Bexhill United; (23 April 2022)
Lowest attendance	25 ; AFC Varndeanians 1–4 Horsham YMCA; (13 November 2021)
Total attendance	46,684
Average attendance	122.9
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Southern Combination Football League season was the 97th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.^[1]

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 18 May.^[2]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[3]^[4] a number of promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and three clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Littlehampton Town	38	29	4	5	130	48	+82	91	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Saltdean United	38	27	6	5	104	31	+73	87	Retented at Step 5^[a]
3	Newhaven	38	23	11	4	94	36	+58	80	Qualified for inter-step play-off^[b]
4	Bexhill United	38	22	11	5	83	39	+44	77
5	Eastbourne United	38	20	7	11	75	45	+30	67
6	Eastbourne Town	38	20	7	11	74	45	+29	67
7	Broadbridge Heath	38	19	6	13	71	47	+24	63
8	Peacehaven & Telscombe	38	17	9	12	72	46	+26	60
9	Pagham	38	18	5	15	63	59	+4	59	Transferred to the Wessex League
10	Little Common	38	14	10	14	65	64	+1	52
11	Crawley Down Gatwick	38	15	6	17	83	67	+16	51
12	Lingfield	38	14	4	20	58	73	−15	46
13	Horsham YMCA	38	11	8	19	44	73	−29	41
14	AFC Uckfield Town	38	8	15	15	32	44	−12	39
15	Alfold	38	11	6	21	44	72	−28	39
16	Hassocks	38	9	11	18	46	75	−29	38
17	Steyning Town	38	9	9	20	41	92	−51	36
18	AFC Varndeanians	38	8	8	22	58	89	−31	32
19	Loxwood	38	8	5	25	37	99	−62	29	Reprieved from relegation^[c]
20	East Preston	38	1	6	31	31	161	−130	9	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^[9]
Notes:

^ Saltdean United failed to meet ground grading standards and were not promoted.^[5]
^ Contested an inter-step play-off match as one of the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest points per game (PPG) from Step 5 at the end of the 2021–22 season against one of the nine runners-up with the most PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner stayed at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser remained at Step 5.^[6]^[7]
^ Loxwood were reprieved as one of 12 clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.^[8]

Inter-step play-off

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)	Lancing	2–1	Newhaven	Lancing
15:00	52' 56' Modou Jammeh	Report	47' Lee Robinson	Stadium: Culver Road Attendance: 702

Results table

Home \ Away	UCK	VAR	ALF	BEX	BBH	CDG	EPR	EBT	EBU	HSK	HYM	LIN	LCM	LIT	LOX	NEW	PAG	PAT	SDU	STT
AFC Uckfield Town		4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–6	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1
AFC Varndeanians	1–1		1–2	0–2	2–4	2–2	7–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–4	3–4	3–0	4–6	2–1	1–4	2–3	2–3	0–1	2–3
Alfold	2–0	1–1		2–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	2–5	0–6	3–1
Bexhill United	1–1	4–1	2–1		3–2	2–2	6–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Broadbridge Heath	1–0	3–0	8–0	1–1		0–1	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	5–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–0
Crawley Down Gatwick	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–2		11–2	0–2	4–2	1–3	9–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–4	5–0	0–1	0–2	8–0
East Preston	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–7	0–3	0–4		0–9	1–5	4–1	0–1	1–7	1–3	1–12	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–6	2–3	0–5
Eastbourne Town	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–0		0–1	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–0
Eastbourne United Association	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–0		1–0	2–1	7–0	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3
Hassocks	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–4	1–5	0–0	5–2	1–2	0–3		1–2	1–1	0–3	2–6	0–0	0–5	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Horsham YMCA	1–2	0–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–3	0–2	2–4	1–0		2–6	1–1	1–4	2–0	1–4	2–1	2–0	0–4	2–2
Lingfield	1–0	1–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	0–6	1–2	1–1		1–2	1–6	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–2
Little Common	0–0	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	7–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–3		0–4	0–4	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–2	2–1
Littlehampton Town	1–0	5–0	3–2	2–0	3–2	5–2	3–0	3–3	4–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	4–2		3–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–4	8–0
Loxwood	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–5	1–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–3	0–2		1–10	2–5	0–1	0–6	2–3
Newhaven	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	5–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	4–2		3–0	3–3	2–2	3–0
Pagham	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	6–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–4	2–3	1–0	0–4		2–2	1–0	0–1
Peacehaven & Telscombe	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–4	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	10–0	2–2	0–2		3–0	2–1
Saltdean United	3–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	5–0	3–0	9–0	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	2–0		5–2
Steyning Town	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–5	0–5	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–7	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–6	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–6

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
AFC Uckfield Town	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L
AFC Varndeanians	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D
Alfold	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L
Bexhill United	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L
Broadbridge Heath	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W
Crawley Down Gatwick	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L
East Preston	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Eastbourne Town	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W
Eastbourne United Association	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D
Hassocks	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	W
Horsham YMCA	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D
Lingfield	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D
Little Common	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D
Littlehampton Town	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Loxwood	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W
Newhaven	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W
Pagham	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Peacehaven & Telscombe	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D
Saltdean United	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D
Steyning Town	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joseph Benn	Littlehampton Town	39
2	Charlie Pitcher	Crawley Down Gatwick	30
3	George Gaskin	Littlehampton Town	28
3	Jack Shonk	Bexhill United	28
5	Evan Archibald	Bexhill United	24
	Jack Langford	Pagham
	Alfie Rogers	Newhaven
	Max Thompson	Eastbourne United
9	Rob Clarke	Steyning Town	22
10	Lewis Hole	Little Common	21

Stadia and locations

AFC Uckfield Town

AFC Vardeanians

Alfold

Bexhill United

Broadbridge Heath

Crawley Down Gatwick

East Preston

Eastbourne Town

Eastbourne United AFC

Hassocks

Horsham YMCA

Lingfield

Littlehampton Town

Loxwood

Newhaven

Pagham

Peacehaven & Telscombe

Saltdean United

Steyning Town

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Map showing the location of teams in the Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
AFC Varndeanians	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity)	8,850	1929
AFC Uckfield Town	Framfield	The Oaks	600	2014
Alfold	Alfold Crossways	Alfold Recreation Ground	1,000	1923
Bexhill United	Bexhill-on-Sea	The Polegrove	1,000	2002
Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath	Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre	1,000	1919
Crawley Down Gatwick	Crawley Down	The Haven Centre	1,000	1993
East Preston	Littlehampton (East Preston)	The Lashmar (groundshare with Littlehampton United)	1,000	1966
Eastbourne Town	Eastbourne	The Saffrons	4,500	1881
Eastbourne United	Eastbourne	The Oval	1,200	2003
Hassocks	Hassocks	The Beacon	1,000	1902
Horsham YMCA	Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,500	1898
Lingfield	Lingfield	The Sports Pavilion	2,000	1893
Little Common	Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common)	The Oval (groundshare with Eastbourne United) until 12 December 2021	1,200	1966
Little Common	Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common)	Little Common Recreation Ground from 12 December 2021	1,000	1966
Littlehampton Town	Littlehampton	St Flora Sportsfield	4,000	1896
Loxwood	Loxwood	Plaistow Road	1,000	1920
Newhaven	Newhaven	The Trafalgar Ground	3,000	1889
Pagham	Pagham	Nyetimber Lane	1,500	1903
Peacehaven & Telscombe	Peacehaven	The Sports Park	3,000	1923
Saltdean United	Brighton (Saltdean)	Hill Park	1,000	1966
Steyning Town	Steyning	The Shooting Field	2,000	1892

Division One

Division One increased to 18 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Dorking Wanderers reserves, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
Epsom & Ewell, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
Forest Row, promoted from the Mid Sussex Football League
Godalming Town, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
Montpelier Villa, promoted from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Roffey	34	23	6	5	85	44	+41	75	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Midhurst & Easebourne	34	22	4	8	87	43	+44	70	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3	Dorking Wanderers reserves	34	22	3	9	84	45	+39	69	Ineligible for promotion^[a]
4	Seaford Town	34	20	7	7	69	41	+28	67	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Shoreham	34	18	11	5	76	58	+18	65
6	Epsom & Ewell	34	20	4	10	93	47	+46	64
7	Godalming Town	34	16	10	8	57	46	+11	58
8	Selsey	34	17	4	13	50	47	+3	55
9	Montpelier Villa	34	13	6	15	75	76	−1	45
10	Wick	34	12	8	14	50	53	−3	44
11	Forest Row	34	12	8	14	65	75	−10	44
12	Billingshurst	34	11	7	16	68	79	−11	40
13	Mile Oak	34	10	7	17	53	69	−16	37
14	Worthing United	34	10	6	18	33	62	−29	36
15	Oakwood	34	6	9	19	38	66	−28	27
16	Hailsham Town	34	7	6	21	41	72	−31	27	Reprieved from relegation^[b]
17	Arundel	34	4	8	22	49	89	−40	20	Reprieved from relegation^[b]
18	Storrington	34	4	4	26	29	90	−61	16	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^[9]
Notes:

^ Dorking Wanderers reserves were not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides could not compete above Step 6.
^ All third-from-bottom sides at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.^[10]

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Midhurst & Easebourne	2

6	Epsom & Ewell	1
			2	Midhurst & Easebourne	1

			5	Shoreham	0
4	Seaford Town	0

5	Shoreham	2

Semi-finals

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)	Midhurst & Easebourne	2–1	Epsom & Ewell	Easebourne
15:00		Report		Stadium: The Rotherfield

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)	Seaford Town	0–2	Shoreham	Seaford
15:00		Report		Stadium: The Crouch

Final

7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)	Midhurst & Easebourne	1–0	Shoreham	Easebourne
15:00	74' Bedford			Stadium: The Rotherfield

Results table

Home \ Away	ARU	BIL	DOR	EPS	FOR	GOD	HAI	MDE	MOK	MON	OAK	ROF	SEA	SEL	SHO	STO	WIC	WOR
Arundel		1–2	1–2	1–4	2–3	1–1	3–3	0–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–3	2–4	5–0	0–0	4–1
Billingshurst	3–1		0–3	4–3	1–2	5–1	3–0	0–3	2–4	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–5	1–5	5–0
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	2–1	2–1		3–0	6–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	7–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–4	11–1	1–2	4–0
Epsom & Ewell	6–2	5–1	1–2		2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	7–1	4–0	6–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	8–0	1–1	3–2	0–1
Forest Row	4–3	1–1	2–3	0–3		5–1	2–2	3–5	3–1	5–3	0–1	4–3	1–7	0–2	0–3	6–1	0–0	2–0
Godalming Town	7–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–1		1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Hailsham Town	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3		0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	0–1	3–4	4–3	0–1	2–1
Midhurst & Easebourne	2–2	1–1	6–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	4–1		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	6–1
Mile Oak	2–2	5–0	0–5	3–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–4	4–3	0–2
Montpelier Villa	2–1	5–2	2–3	5–4	1–2	4–0	3–0	3–1	3–4		7–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–3	4–1	1–2	1–1
Oakwood	4–0	5–3	1–5	2–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–2		1–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	6–5
Roffey	2–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	8–2	3–1		2–0	2–1	5–3	1–2	6–2	5–1
Seaford Town	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	5–4	3–2	2–1	0–4	4–0	2–1	4–1	0–1		2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
Selsey	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–5	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–1		1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0
Shoreham	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–4	1–1	4–1	4–3	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	3–2		2–0	3–1	0–0
Storrington	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–6	0–1	1–6	0–5	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3		1–2	0–1
Wick	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0		2–2
Worthing United	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	4–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–1

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL 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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Arundel	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Billingshurst	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Epsom & Ewell	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L
Forest Row	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W
Godalming Town	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D
Hailsham Town	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L
Midhurst & Easebourne	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Mile Oak	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W
Montpelier Villa	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W
Oakwood	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L
Roffey	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D
Seaford Town	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Selsey	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Shoreham	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Storrington	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Wick	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	L
Worthing United	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 1
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joshua Neathey	Roffey	33
2	Jamie Byatt	Epsom & Ewell	28
2	Callum Connor	Seaford Town	28
4	Tom Underwood	Forest Row	26
5	Maxwell Leitch	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	24
6	Luke Miller	Epsom & Ewell	19
7	Conan Torpey	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	17
8	Marcus Bedford	Midhurst & Easebourne	16
	Conor Bull	Wick
	Marcus Richmond	Montpelier Villa

Stadia and locations

Arundel

Billingshurst

Dorking Wanderers Reserves

Epsom & Ewell

Forest Row

Godalming Town

Hailsham Town

Midhurst & Easebourne

Mile Oak

Montpelier Villa

Oakwood

Roffey

Seaford Town

Selsey

Shoreham

Storrington

Wick

Worthing United

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Map showing the location of teams in Division One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Arundel	Arundel	Mill Road	2,200	1889
Billingshurst	Billingshurst	Jubilee Fields	—	1891
Dorking Wanderers Reserves	Dorking	Meadowbank	3,000	2015
Epsom & Ewell	Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead)	3,400	1918
Forest Row	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood)	—	1892
Godalming Town	Godalming	Bill Kyte Stadium	3,000	1950
Hailsham Town	Hailsham	The Beaconsfield	2,000	1885
Midhurst & Easebourne	Easebourne	Rotherfield	—	1946
Mile Oak	Brighton (Mile Oak)	Mile Oak Recreation Ground	—	1960
Montpelier Villa	Lancing	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing)	1,500	1991
Oakwood	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Tinsley Lane	—	1962
Roffey	Horsham (Roffey)	Bartholomew Way	—	1901
Seaford Town	Seaford	The Crouch	—	1888
Selsey	Selsey	Bunn Leisure Stadium	—	1903
Shoreham	Shoreham-by-Sea	Middle Road	2,000	1892
Storrington	Storrington	The Recreation Ground, Storrington	—	1883
Wick	Littlehampton (Wick)	Crabtree Park	2,000	1892
Worthing United	Worthing (Broadwater)	The Robert Albon Memorial Ground	1,504	1988

Division Two

Division Two consisted of 14 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season, and one new club:

Southwater, transferred from the West Sussex Football League

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
1	Rustington	24	21	0	3	68	23	+45	63
2	Jarvis Brook	24	17	4	3	60	19	+41	55
3	Charlwood	24	14	6	4	76	30	+46	48
4	Copthorne	24	15	3	6	72	31	+41	48
5	Littlehampton United	24	11	3	10	45	44	+1	36	Resigned from the league
6	St Francis Rangers	24	11	2	11	38	40	−2	35
7	Rottingdean Village	24	10	3	11	42	40	+2	33
8	Upper Beeding	24	10	2	12	48	37	+11	32
9	Ferring	24	10	1	13	52	36	+16	31
10	Southwater	24	8	5	11	46	48	−2	29
11	Bosham	24	9	2	13	43	54	−11	29
12	Brighton Electricity	24	2	1	21	26	121	−95	7
13	Worthing Town	24	2	0	22	22	115	−93	6
14	TD Shipley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

^ TD Shipley resigned from the league on 27 August 2021 and their playing record of P2 W2 D0 L0 GF12 GA1 Pts6 was expunged.^[11]

Results table

Home \ Away	BOS	BRE	CHA	COP	FER	JAR	LIT	ROT	RUS	SOU	STF	UBD	WOR
Bosham		4–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	4–2	1–3	1–5	3–2	0–1	2–1	5–2
Brighton Electricity	0–4		1–6	0–8	1–5	1–2	1–7	1–4	1–7	5–3	0–4	1–4	2–3
Charlwood	2–1	14–1		6–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	5–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	9–2
Copthorne	2–2	6–1	3–3		3–1	2–2	3–0	H/W^[a]	3–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	12–0
Ferring	2–0	8–0	3–2	0–1		0–2	4–0	3–1	A/W^[b]	2–3	3–2	0–1	7–0
Jarvis Brook	7–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0		3–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	H/W^[c]
Littlehampton United	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3		1–2	0–1	2–4	3–2	1–4	4–1
Rottingdean Village	2–3	3–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–4	4–1		0–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	8–1
Rustington	2–1	10–0	2–1	5–2	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–1		4–0	H/W^[d]	1–0	5–0
Southwater	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–3		1–3	2–0	7–0
St Francis Rangers	2–2	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–4	2–2		1–0	5–0
Upper Beeding	3–1	8–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–2	0–1		3–0
Worthing Town	3–4	1–4	0–4	0–6	3–2	1–5	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–5	2–4	2–8

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

^ Copthorne v Rottingdean Village (12 March 2022) was declared a home walkover after Rottingdean Village forfeited the match.
^ Ferring v Rustington (14 August 2021) was declared a away walkover after Ferring couldn't raise a team
^ Jarvis Brook v Worthing Town (2 October 2021) was declared a away walkover after Worthing Town forfeited the match.
^ Rustington v St Francis Rangers (22 January 2022) was declared a home walkover after St Francis Rangers forfeited the match.

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
Bosham	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
Brighton Electricity	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Charlwood	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W
Copthorne	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L
Ferring	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L
Jarvis Brook	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W
Littlehampton United	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D
Rottingdean Village	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L
Rustington	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Southwater	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L
St Francis Rangers	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	W
Upper Beeding	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L
Worthing Town	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josh Irish	Rustington	22
2	Oscar Weddell	Copthorne	21
2	Kristian Harding	Upper Beeding	20
4	Daniel Sullivan	Copthorne	15
5	Harry Gardner	Ferring	13
6	Liam Edwards	Jarvis Brook	12
7	Kieron Howard	Rustington	11
7	Donnachadh Street	Charlwood	11
9	Pete Bailey	Littlehampton United	10
9	Ben Lewis	Southwater	10

Stadia and locations

Bosham

Brighton Electricity

Charlwood

Copthorne

Ferring

Jarvis Brook

Littlehampton United

Rottingdean

Upper Beeding

Southwater

St Francis Rangers

Worthing Town

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Map showing the location of teams in Division Two

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Bosham	Bosham	Walton Lane	—	1901
Brighton Electricity	Brighton (Withdean)	Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians)	8,850	—
Charlwood	Charlwood	Glovers Road^{[citation needed]}	—	1901
Copthorne	Copthorne	King Georges Field	—	2004
Ferring	Ferring	The Glebelands	—	1952
Jarvis Brook	Crowborough	Limekiln	—	1888
Littlehampton United	Littlehampton	The Lashmar (groundshare with East Preston	1,000	1947
Rottingdean Village	Brighton (Rottingdean)	Rottingdean Sports Centre	—	—
Rustington	Rustington	Rustington Recreation Ground	—	1903
Southwater	Southwater	Southwater Sports Club	—	1958
St Francis Rangers	Haywards Heath	Colwell Ground	1000	2002
Upper Beeding	Upper Beeding	Memorial Playing Field	—	—
Worthing Town	Worthing	Palatine Park	—	1995

Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup

Source: 2021-22 Peter Bentley Challenge Cup

First round

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)	Midhurst & Easebourne	5–2	Oakwood	Easebourne
19:45	Kieran Carter 8' Harry Giles 23' Robert Tambling 31' William Essai 65' James Liddiard 84'	Report	Sam Cane	Stadium: The Rotherfield Attendance: 42

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)	Worthing United	1–7	Montpelier Villa	Worthing
19:45	Craig Nagle 10'	Report	Marcus Richmond 10' 33' Michael Lloyd 14' Harley Damaria 48' 60' Mitchell Ford 57' Ryan Walton 84'	Stadium: Robert Albon Memorial Ground Attendance: 55

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)	Hailsham Town	0–4	Shoreham	Hailsham
19:30		Report	Ramon Santos 10' 89' Paschal Nwamadi 61' Johnathan Lansdale 65'	Stadium: Beaconsfield Attendance: 72

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)	Forest Row	2–1	Epsom & Ewell	Crawley
19:45	Gillan Williams 89' George Holah 90+2'	Report	Josh Uzun 19'	Stadium: Tinsley Lane Attendance: 57

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)	Billingshurst	1–2	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	Billingshurst
19:45	Archie Goddard 75'	Report	Joshua Alder 19' Reece Tierney 26'	Stadium: Jubilee Fields Attendance: 54

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)	Selsey	0–2	Wick	Selsey
19:45		Report	David Crouch Ben Gray	Stadium: High Street Ground Attendance: 113

Second round

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Seaford Town	1-1 (5–4 p)	AFC Uckfield Town	Seaford
19:30	Alexander Saunders 15'	Report	Morgan Vale 15'	Stadium: The Crouch Attendance: 98

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Newhaven	2-1	AFC Varndeanians	Newhaven
19:45	Charlie Bennett 14' Robert Malila 90'	Report	Charlie Smith 60'	Stadium: Fort Road Attendance: 55

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Midhurst & Easebourne	2-3	Crawley Down Gatwick	Easebourne
19:45	Marcus Bedford 7' Charlie Cooper 30'	Report	Nicholas Sullivan 2' Oli Leslie 16' Joshua Brown 87'	Stadium: The Rotherfield Attendance: 118

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Steyning Town	2-0	Montpelier Villa	Steyning
19:45	Josh Bradley 50' Bobby Bennett 72'	Report		Stadium: The Shooting Field Attendance: 78

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Little Common	0-0 (3–4 p)	Shoreham	Eastbourne
19:45		Report		Stadium: The Oval Attendance: 68

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Broadbridge Heath	2-1	Lingfield	Broadbridge Heath
19:45	Charlie Parmiter 73' Ben Cooksley 85'	Report	Sam Clements	Stadium: High Wood Hill Sports Ground Attendance: 77

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Godalming Town	6-3	Forest Row	Godalming
19:45	Cameron Edwin 10' 49' 70' Samuel Boultwood 51' James Frudd 90'	Report	Tom Underwood 55' Matthew Burroughs 60' 64'	Stadium: Bill Kyte Stadium Attendance: 62

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Arundel	0-2	Pagham	Arundel
19:45		Report	Jamie Carroll 25' Jack Langford 86'	Stadium: Mill Road Attendance: 71

6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)	Mile Oak	1-1 (4–1 p)	Eastbourne Town	Mile Oak
19:30	Harry Furnell 30'	Report	Aaron Capon 83'	Stadium: Mile Oak Recreation Ground Attendance: 45

19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)	Dorking Wanderers Reserves	1–2	Horsham YMCA	Dorking
19:45	Lee Dobbs 70'	Report	Charlie Maguire 25' Mark Pritchard-Cave 90+5'	Stadium: Meadowbank Attendance: 47

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	East Preston	1–2	Littlehampton Town	Littlehampton
19:30	Lewis Broughton 62'	Report	Joseph Benn 41' Scott Packer 45'	Stadium: The Lashmar Attendance: 128

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Peacehaven & Telscombe	2–3	Bexhill United	Peacehaven
19:30	Max Hollobone 53' Tyler Scrafton 85'	Report	Evan Archibald Aaron Cook	Stadium: The Sports Park Attendance: 133

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Storrington	0–3	Wick	Storrington
19:30		Report	Ben Gray 31' Ronald Kardos 60' Conor Bull 75'	Stadium: Storrington Recreation Ground Attendance: 77

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Hassocks	1–5	Roffey	Hassocks
19:45	George Mitchell-Phillips 89'	Report	Josh Mahar 29' 55' Kelvin Lucas 36' 55' Jamie Wanstall 68'	Stadium: The Beacon Attendance: 89

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Saltdean United	3–2	Eastbourne United	Saltdean
19:45	Reece Hallard 52' Trevor McCreadie 77' Joseph Shelley 85'	Report	George Landais 57' Festos Kamara 72'	Stadium: Hill Park Attendance: 57

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)	Alfold	4–2	Loxwood	Alfold
19:45	Ayden Richards 6' Ashley Mutongerwa 60' Martin Smith 65' Sam Lemon 75'	Report	Luke Brodie 22' Tom Frankland 35' Samuel Packham 87'	Stadium: Alfold Recreation Ground Attendance: 91

Third round

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)	Seaford Town	0–4	Newhaven	Seaford
19:45		Report	James Waters 16' 34' * Alfie Rogers 27' * Aaron Winser 69'	Stadium: The Crouch Attendance: 205

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07)	Steyning Town	0–4	Crawley Down Gatwick	Steyning
19:45		Report	Oli Leslie 23' 55' 60' Oliver Moore 35'	Stadium: The Shooting Field Attendance: 58

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)	Shoreham	1–1 (4–3 p)	Broadbridge Heath	Shoreham-by-Sea
19:45	Jordan Stallibrass 39'	Report	Jamie Taylor 36'	Stadium: Middle Road Attendance: 89

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15)	Pagham	1–1 (4–2 p)	Godalming Town	Pagham
19:45	Grant Radmore 38'	Report	James Frudd 90'	Stadium: Nyetimber Lane Attendance: 64

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)	Mile Oak	1–1 (5–4 p)	Horsham YMCA	Mile Oak
19:45	Enzo Benn 30'	Report	Charlie Maguire 85'	Stadium: Mile Oak Recreation Ground Attendance: 40

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)	Littlehampton Town	2–2 (4–3 p)	Bexhill United	Littlehampton
19:45	Lewis Jenkins 10' * Rory Biggs 37'	Report	Jack Shonk	Stadium: The Sportsfield Attendance: 110

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)	Wick	2–1	Roffey	Wick, West Sussex
19:45	David Crouch 75' 85'	Report	Hayden Neathey 89'	Stadium: Crabtree Park Attendance: 35

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	Saltdean United	3–0	Alfold	Saltdean
19:45	Kieron Pamment 3' George Taggart 6' Joseph Shelley 43'	Report		Stadium: Hill Park Attendance: 78

Quarter-finals

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22)	Newhaven	2–0	Crawley Down Gatwick	Newhaven
19:45	Lucas Franzen-Jones 15' (88)	Report		Stadium: Fort Road Attendance: 51

22 March 2022 (2022-03-22)	Shoreham	1–1 (3–4 p)	Pagham	Shoreham-by-Sea
	Ramon Santos 45'	Report	Ryan Morey 14'	Stadium: Middle Road Attendance: 57

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)	Mile Oak	0–4	Littlehampton Town	Mile Oak
19:30		Report	Aaron Stenning 20' (o.g.) George Gaskin 34' Lucas Pattendon 55' Thomas Biggs 68'	Stadium: Mile Oak Recreation Ground Attendance: 215

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22)	Wick	1–1 (4–3 p)	Saltdean United	Wick
19:45	Nathan Hawker 87'	Report	Reece Hallard 60'	Stadium: Crabtree Park Attendance: 60

Semi-finals

5 April 2022 (2022-04-05)	Newhaven	3–3 (5–4 p)	Pagham	Steyning
19:30	Alfie Rogers 10' 45' Lucas Franzen-Jones 63'	Report	Joe Clarke Jazz Rance Cal Chalmers	Stadium: The Shooting Field

22 March 2022 (2022-03-22)	Littlehampton Town	1–1 (4–1 p)	Wick	Arundel
19:45	Lucas Pattendon 86'	Report	Ben Gray 63'	Stadium: Mill Road Attendance: 368

Final

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	Newhaven	0–3	Littlehampton Town	Horsham
		Report	7' 70' Gaskin 13' Pattenden	Stadium: Campingworld Community Stadium Attendance: 364

References

^ "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
^ "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed". The Non-League Paper. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "CLUB STATEMENT". Saltdean United. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation". Google Docs.
^ "Step 4/5 Inter-Step Play-Off Fixtures". Southern Football League. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "TD Shipley withdraw from the Southern Combination Football League". Sussex Express. 21 August 2021.

[table_note_res_RET0.15724052822089-6] Saltdean United failed to meet ground grading standards and were not promoted.^[5]

[table_note_res_PPO0.15724052822089-9] Contested an inter-step play-off match as one of the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest points per game (PPG) from Step 5 at the end of the 2021–22 season against one of the nine runners-up with the most PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner stayed at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser remained at Step 5.^[6]^[7]

[table_note_res_REP0.15724052822089-11] Loxwood were reprieved as one of 12 clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.^[8]

[table_note_res_I0.30524321007786-13] Dorking Wanderers reserves were not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides could not compete above Step 6.

[table_note_res_REP0.30524321007786-15] All third-from-bottom sides at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.^[10]

[table_hth_TDS0.10461441525473-17] TD Shipley resigned from the league on 27 August 2021 and their playing record of P2 W2 D0 L0 GF12 GA1 Pts6 was expunged.^[11]

[table_note_1_COP_ROT0.37946427724299-18] Copthorne v Rottingdean Village (12 March 2022) was declared a home walkover after Rottingdean Village forfeited the match.

[table_note_1_FER_RUS0.37946427724299-19] Ferring v Rustington (14 August 2021) was declared a away walkover after Ferring couldn't raise a team

[table_note_1_JAR_WOR0.37946427724299-20] Jarvis Brook v Worthing Town (2 October 2021) was declared a away walkover after Worthing Town forfeited the match.

[table_note_1_RUS_STF0.37946427724299-21] Rustington v St Francis Rangers (22 January 2022) was declared a home walkover after St Francis Rangers forfeited the match.

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

[2] "Provisional Step 5 and 6 club allocations confirmed". The Non-League Paper. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[3] "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[4] "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[sufc_-_CLUB_STATEMENT-5] "CLUB STATEMENT". Saltdean United. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[pro/rel-7] Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation". Google Docs.

[Step_4/5_Inter-Step_Play-Off_Fixtures-8] "Step 4/5 Inter-Step Play-Off Fixtures". Southern Football League. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[10] "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[Steps_1_to_6_League_Tables-12] "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[14] "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[TD_Shipley_withdraw_from_the_Southern_Combination_Football_League-16] "TD Shipley withdraw from the Southern Combination Football League". Sussex Express. 21 August 2021.

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