# 2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2022–23 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 57th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the seventh year the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 12 May 2022.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 16 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs after Sheppey United and Chatham Town were promoted to Isthmian League South East Division, Crowborough Athletic's transfer to Southern Combination Football League and Tower Hamlets' relegation to Eastern Counties League Division One South
The four clubs that joined the division were:
* Phoenix Sports - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
* Stansfeld - Promoted from Division One
* Sutton Athletic - Promoted from Division One
* Whitstable Town - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division

### Premier Division table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Erith & Belvedere (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 94 | 43 | +51 | 83 | Promotion to Isthmian League |
| 2 | Phoenix Sports (O, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 81 | Qualification for an inter-step play-off |
| 3 | Deal Town | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 79 | 36 | +43 | 80 | |
| 4 | Erith Town | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 74 | |
| 5 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 63 | |
| 6 | Rusthall | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 58 | |
| 7 | Glebe | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 58 | |
| 8 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Stansfeld | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 53 | |
| 10 | Punjab United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 74 | −2 | 53 | |
| 11 | Fisher | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 52 | |
| 12 | Kennington | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 51 | |
| 13 | Bearsted | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 48 | |
| 14 | Sutton Athletic | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 75 | 83 | −8 | 48 | |
| 15 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 45 | |
| 16 | Lordswood | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 49 | 79 | −30 | 44 | |
| 17 | Holmesdale | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 34 | |
| 18 | Welling Town | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 48 | 91 | −43 | 34 | |
| 19 | Canterbury City (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 97 | −44 | 31 | Relegation to Division One |
| 20 | K Sports (R) | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 54 | 110 | −56 | 22 | Relegation to Division One |

### Play-off

Inter-step play-off

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BEA | CAN | DEA | ERB | ERT | FIS | GLB | H&B | HOL | KSP | KEN | LOR | PHO | PUN | RUS | STA | SUT | TUN | WEL | WHI |
| Bearsted | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Canterbury City | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–8 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 |
| Deal Town | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Erith & Belvedere | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Erith Town | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 |
| Fisher | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Glebe | 3–1 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 |
| Hollands & Blair | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 7–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Holmesdale | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| K Sports | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| Kennington | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–6 |
| Lordswood | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Phoenix Sports | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Punjab United | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–7 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Rusthall | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Stansfeld | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Sutton Athletic | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Welling Town | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| Whitstable Town | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — |

## Division One

Division One consisted of eighteen teams, down from twenty teams in the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Stansfeld and Sutton Athletic who had been promoted to the Premier Division, Chessington & Hook United's relegation was reprieved and transferred to the Southern Combination Football League Division One and Westside who were relocated to the Combined Counties Football League.
The two new teams that joined the division were:
* AFC Whyteleafe - Applied from Surrey South Eastern Combination Intermediate Division One
* Bermondsey Town - Applied from Bromley & South London Football League

### Division One table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Snodland Town (C, P) | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 66 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Tooting Bec | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Lydd Town (O, P) | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 56 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Faversham Strike Force | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 54 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Rochester United | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 52 | |
| 7 | FC Elmstead | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 46 | |
| 8 | AFC Whyteleafe | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 46 | |
| 9 | Bridon Ropes | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Croydon | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Greenways | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 44 | |
| 12 | Lewisham Borough | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 42 | |
| 13 | Staplehurst Monarchs | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 42 | |
| 14 | Forest Hill Park | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 40 | |
| 15 | Meridian VP | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 37 | |
| 16 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 42 | 81 | −39 | 27 | |
| 17 | Bermondsey Town | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 107 | −78 | 10 | Relegated to Kent County League |
| 18 | Kent Football United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Results expunged |
* ↑ Kent Football United withdrew from the league and folded their senior team on 23 August 2022.

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Tooting Bec | 0 (5) | | | |
| 5 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 0 (4) | | | |
| 5 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 0 (4) | 2 | Tooting Bec | 1 (4) |
| | | | 3 | Lydd Town | 1 (5) |
| 3 | Lydd Town | 4 | 3 | Lydd Town | 1 (5) |
| 4 | Faversham Strike Force | 2 | | | |