# 2022–23 Southern Combination Football League

The 2022–23 Southern Combination Football League season was the 98th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9, 10 and 11 (steps 5 and 6, and county feeder) of the English football league system.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 12 May.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Broadbridge Heath (C, P) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 93 | 33 | +60 | 87 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 84 | Qualified for inter-step play-off |
| 3 | Newhaven | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 119 | 41 | +78 | 81 | |
| 4 | Eastbourne United | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 72 | |
| 5 | Steyning Town | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 71 | |
| 6 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 70 | |
| 7 | Bexhill United | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 69 | |
| 8 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 68 | |
| 9 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 66 | |
| 10 | Hassocks | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 63 | |
| 11 | Little Common | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 61 | |
| 12 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 46 | |
| 13 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 85 | −28 | 35 | |
| 14 | Lingfield | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 58 | 86 | −28 | 34 | |
| 15 | Loxwood | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 59 | 101 | −42 | 34 | |
| 16 | AFC Uckfield Town | 38 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 47 | 83 | −36 | 33 | |
| 17 | AFC Varndeanians | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 53 | 90 | −37 | 33 | |
| 18 | Saltdean United | 38 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 108 | −75 | 28 | |
| 19 | Alfold (R) | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 47 | 101 | −54 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Roffey (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 47 | 122 | −75 | 21 | Relegated to Division One |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | VAR | ALF | BEX | BBH | CDG | CRO | EBT | EBU | HSK | HYM | LIN | LCM | LOX | MID | NEW | PAT | ROF | SDU | STT |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| AFC Varndeanians | 4–3 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 7–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Alfold | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Bexhill United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 8–0 | 2–0 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Crowborough Athletic | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Eastbourne Town | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Eastbourne United | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hassocks | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Horsham YMCA | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Lingfield | 0–3 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Little Common | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 8–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Loxwood | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Newhaven | 6–1 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 | | 3–2 | 11–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Roffey | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Saltdean United | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 0–6 |
| Steyning Town | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | |

### 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 | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| AFC Varndeanians | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Alfold | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L |
| Bexhill United | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Broadbridge Heath | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Crowborough Athletic | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W |
| Eastbourne Town | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L |
| Eastbourne United Association | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D |
| Hassocks | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Horsham YMCA | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Lingfield | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Little Common | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W |
| Loxwood | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D |
| Newhaven | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W |
| Roffey | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W |
| Saltdean United | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D |
| Steyning Town | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Philip Johnson | Hassocks | 24 |
| 2 | Jack Langford | Steyning Town (previously Bexhill United) | 22 |
| 3 | Alfie Rogers | Newhaven | 21 |
| 4 | Lucas Franzen-Jones | Newhaven | 20 |
| 5 | Sam Clements | Crawley Down Gatwick | 18 |
| 6 | Evan Archibald | Bexhill United | 17 |
| 6 | Liam Benson | Hassocks | 17 |
| 6 | Lee Robinson | Newhaven | 17 |
| 9 | Lewis Hole | Little Common | 16 |
| 9 | Thomas Tolfrey | Horsham YMCA | 16 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AFC Varndeanians | Brighton (Withdean) | Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity) | 8,850 |
| AFC Uckfield Town | Framfield | The Oaks | 600 |
| Alfold | Alfold Crossways | Alfold Recreation Ground | 1,000 |
| Bexhill United | Bexhill-on-Sea | The Polegrove | 1,000 |
| Broadbridge Heath | Broadbridge Heath | Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre | 1,000 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | Crawley Down | The Haven Centre | 1,000 |
| Crowborough Athletic | Crowborough | Crowborough Community Stadium | 2,000 |
| Eastbourne Town | Eastbourne | The Saffrons | 4,500 |
| Eastbourne United Association | Eastbourne | The Oval | 1,200 |
| Hassocks | Hassocks | The Beacon | 1,000 |
| Horsham YMCA | Horsham | Gorings Mead | 1,500 |
| Lingfield | Lingfield | The Sports Pavilion | 2,000 |
| Little Common | Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common) | Little Common Recreation Ground | 1,200 |
| Loxwood | Loxwood | Plaistow Road | 1,000 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | Easebourne | Rotherfield | 1,000 |
| Newhaven | Newhaven | The Trafalgar Ground | 3,000 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | Peacehaven | The Sports Park | 3,000 |
| Roffey | Horsham (Roffey) | Bartholomew Way | 1,000 |
| Saltdean United | Brighton (Saltdean) | Hill Park | 1,000 |
| Steyning Town | Steyning | The Shooting Field | 2,000 |

## Division One

Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shoreham (C, P) | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 71 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Epsom & Ewell (O, P) | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 65 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Combined Counties League Premier Division South |
| 3 | Dorking Wanderers B | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 63 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 4 | Wick | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 62 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Godalming Town | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 61 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Selsey | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 56 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Arundel | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 51 | |
| 8 | Billingshurst | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 41 | |
| 9 | Seaford Town | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 | |
| 10 | Chessington & Hook United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Worthing United | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 | |
| 12 | Mile Oak | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | East Preston | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 32 | |
| 14 | Oakwood | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Montpelier Villa | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 29 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 16 | Forest Row | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 39 | 76 | −37 | 29 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 17 | Hailsham Town (R) | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 25 | Relegated to Division Two |
* ↑ Dorking Wanderers B are not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides cannot compete above Step 6.
* ↑ Deducted 1 point.

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Epsom & Ewell | 0 (6) | | | |
| 6 | Selsey | 0 (5) | | | |
| 6 | Selsey | 0 (5) | 2 | Epsom & Ewell | 2 |
| | | | 4 | Wick | 1 |
| 4 | Wick | 2 | 4 | Wick | 1 |
| 5 | Godalming Town | 1 | | | |

#### Final
### Results table

| Home \ Away | ARU | BIL | CHU | DOR | EPR | EPS | FOR | GOD | HAI | MOK | MON | OAK | SEA | SEL | SHO | WIC | WOR |
| Arundel | | 3–0 | 7–4 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 |
| Billingshurst | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 |
| Chessington & Hook United | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Dorking Wanderers B | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| East Preston | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Epsom & Ewell | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Forest Row | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Godalming Town | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hailsham Town | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Mile Oak | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Montpelier Villa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Oakwood | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Seaford Town | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Selsey | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Shoreham | 1–1 | 8–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Wick | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–6 | | 2–0 |
| Worthing United | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |

### 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 |
| Arundel | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W |
| Billingshurst | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| Chessington & Hook United | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W |
| Dorking Wanderers B | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D |
| East Preston | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Epsom & Ewell | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | W |
| Forest Row | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Godalming Town | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Hailsham Town | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Mile Oak | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | D |
| Montpelier Villa | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L |
| Oakwood | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Seaford Town | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Selsey | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W |
| Shoreham | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Wick | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W |
| Worthing United | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Harry Heath | Shoreham | 24 |
| 2 | Shane Brazil | Selsey | 19 |
| 3 | Harry Russell | Arundel | 14 |
| 4 | Marcus Richmond | Shoreham | 13 |
| 5 | Zachary Harris | Wick | 12 |
| 6 | David Crouch | Wick | 11 |
| 6 | Ramon Santos | Montpelier Villa | 11 |
| 8 | Ben Aubrey | Dorking Wanderers B | 10 |
| 8 | Athan Smith-Joseph | Epsom & Ewell | 10 |
| 8 | Jaevon Dyer | Epsom & Ewell | 10 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arundel | Arundel | Mill Road | 2,200 |
| Billingshurst | Billingshurst | Jubilee Fields | — |
| Chessington & Hook United | Chessington | Chalky Lane | 3,000 |
| Dorking Wanderers B | Dorking | Meadowbank | 3,000 |
| East Preston | Littlehampton (East Preston) | The Lashmar | 1,000 |
| Epsom & Ewell | Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead) | 3,400 |
| Forest Row | Crawley (Three Bridges) | Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood) | — |
| Godalming Town | Godalming | Bill Kyte Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hailsham Town | Hailsham | The Beaconsfield | 2,000 |
| Mile Oak | Brighton (Mile Oak) | Mile Oak Recreation Ground | — |
| Montpelier Villa | Lancing | Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing) | 1,500 |
| Oakwood | Crawley (Three Bridges) | Tinsley Lane | — |
| Seaford Town | Seaford | The Crouch | — |
| Selsey | Selsey | Bunn Leisure Stadium | — |
| Shoreham | Shoreham-by-Sea | Middle Road | 2,000 |
| Wick | Littlehampton (Wick) | Crabtree Park | 2,000 |
| Worthing United | Worthing (Broadwater) | The Robert Albon Memorial Ground | 1,504 |

## Division Two

Division Two remained at 14 teams.

### Team changes

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 | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Jarvis Brook (C) | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 18 | +62 | 65 | |
| 2 | Copthorne (P) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 52 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Capel | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 88 | 53 | +35 | 50 | |
| 4 | Storrington | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 47 | |
| 5 | Bosham | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 46 | |
| 6 | Southwater | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | Ferring | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 41 | |
| 8 | St Francis Rangers | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 36 | |
| 9 | Charlwood | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 35 | Resigned from League |
| 10 | Rustington | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 75 | −33 | 28 | |
| 11 | Rottingdean Village | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 26 | |
| 12 | Worthing Town | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 57 | 86 | −29 | 25 | |
| 13 | Upper Beeding | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 82 | −50 | 17 | |
| 14 | Brighton Electricity | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 27 | 91 | −64 | 8 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOS | BRE | CAP | CHA | COP | FER | JAR | ROT | RUS | SOU | STF | STO | UBD | WOR |
| Bosham | | 5–3 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Brighton Electricity | 0–1 | | 1–6 | H/W | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Capel | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 4–4 | 8–2 |
| Charlwood | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Copthorne | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| Ferring | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Jarvis Brook | 2–0 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | | 7–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 7–3 | 4–0 |
| Rottingdean Village | 0–4 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Rustington | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 |
| Southwater | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 5–3 |
| St Francis Rangers | 6–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Storrington | 2–6 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| Upper Beeding | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 0–6 |
| Worthing Town | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–7 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 4–9 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |

### 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 |
| Bosham | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D |
| Brighton Electricity | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Capel | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Charlwood | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Copthorne | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D |
| Ferring | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W |
| Jarvis Brook | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W |
| Rottingdean Village | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L |
| Rustington | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Southwater | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| St Francis Rangers | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D |
| Storrington | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Upper Beeding | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W |
| Worthing Town | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Chris Darwin | Rustington | 27 |
| 2 | Stephen Smith | Jarvis Brook | 24 |
| 3 | Lewis Rustell | Bosham | 23 |
| 4 | Toby Funnell | Copthorne | 22 |
| 4 | Lloyd Jermy | Capel | 22 |
| 6 | Ben Lewis | Southwater | 20 |
| 6 | Jordan Suter | Storrington | 20 |
| 8 | Sean Culley | Storrington (previously Worthing Town) | 18 |
| 9 | Daniel Sullivan | Copthorne | 17 |
| 10 | George Cumming | Capel | 15 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bosham | Bosham | Walton Lane | — |
| Brighton Electricity | Brighton (Withdean) | Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) | 8,850 |
| Capel | Capel | Newdigate Road | — |
| Charlwood | Charlwood | Glovers Road | — |
| Copthorne | Copthorne | Camping World Community Stadium (groundshare with Horsham) | 1,300 |
| Ferring | Ferring | The Glebelands | — |
| Jarvis Brook | Crowborough | Limekiln | — |
| Rottingdean Village | Brighton (Rottingdean) | Rottingdean Sports Centre | — |
| Rustington | Rustington | Rustington Recreation Ground | — |
| Southwater | Southwater | Southwater Sports Club | — |
| St Francis Rangers | Haywards Heath | Colwell Ground | 1000 |
| Storrington | Storrington | The Recreation Ground, Storrington | — |
| Upper Beeding | Upper Beeding | Memorial Playing Field | — |
| Worthing Town | Worthing | Palatine Park | — |

## Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup

Source: 2022–23 Peter Bentley League Cup