# 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2016–17 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 51st in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and is the first year the competition has two divisions, having merged with the Kent Invicta Football League.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season Southern Counties East Football League along with three new clubs:
* Bearsted, promoted as winners of the Kent Invicta League
* Sheppey United, promoted as runners-up in the Kent Invicta League
* Whitstable Town, relegated from the Isthmian League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ashford United | 38 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 119 | 39 | +80 | 92 | Promoted to the Isthmian League South Division |
| 2 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 96 | 36 | +60 | 90 | |
| 3 | Sevenoaks Town | 38 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 84 | |
| 4 | Cray Valley Paper Mills | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 91 | 57 | +34 | 75 | |
| 5 | Whitstable Town | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 69 | |
| 6 | Sheppey United | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 68 | |
| 7 | AFC Croydon Athletic | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 75 | 62 | +13 | 65 | |
| 8 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 62 | |
| 9 | Canterbury City | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 58 | |
| 10 | Corinthian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 52 | |
| 11 | Croydon | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 83 | −17 | 48 | |
| 12 | Bearsted | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 47 | |
| 13 | Deal Town | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 66 | 74 | −8 | 46 | |
| 14 | Rochester United | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 79 | −32 | 37 | |
| 15 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 37 | |
| 16 | Lordswood | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 54 | 101 | −47 | 34 | |
| 17 | Erith Town | 38 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 50 | 116 | −66 | 31 | |
| 18 | Beckenham Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 29 | |
| 19 | Fisher | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 50 | 86 | −36 | 28 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Erith & Belvedere | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 47 | 94 | −47 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |

#### Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
* Have applied to be considered for promotion by 30 November 2016
* Pass a ground grading examination by 31 March 2017
* Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
* Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following eight teams achieved criterion one:
* AFC Croydon Athletic
* Ashford United (missed application deadline but successfully appealed)
* Corinthian
* Crowborough Athletic
* Hollands & Blair
* Sevenoaks Town
* Sheppey United
* Whitstable Town

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ASH | BEA | BEC | CAN | COR | CVP | CRW | CRD | DEA | E&B | ERI | FIS | H&B | LOR | ROC | SEV | SHE | TUN | WHT |
| AFC Croydon Athletic | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Ashford United | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Bearsted | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Beckenham Town | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Canterbury City | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Corinthian | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 |
| Cray Valley Paper Mills | 3–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Crowborough Athletic | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Croydon | 0–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Deal Town | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 5–2 | | 6–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Erith & Belvedere | 0–2 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Erith Town | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–7 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 |
| Fisher | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 10–1 | | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Hollands & Blair | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Lordswood | 3–3 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Rochester United | 3–3 | 0–8 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Sevenoaks Town | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Sheppey United | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–5 | | 1–0 |
| Whitstable Town | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Warren Mfula | AFC Croydon Athletic | 40 |
| 2 | Shaun Welford | Ashford United | 34 |
| 3 | James McDonald | Hollands & Blair | 25 |
| 3 | Jeff Duah-Kessie | Croydon | 25 |
| 5 | Byron Walker | Sevenoaks Town | 22 |
| 6 | Rory Hill | Ashford United | 20 |
| 6 | Zac Attwood | Crowborough Athletic | 20 |

## Division One

Before the start of the season Kent Invicta Football League merged with Southern Counties East League and became Division One.
Division One consisted of 17 clubs from the previous Kent Invicta League season along with two new clubs:
* Holmesdale, relegated from the Premier Division
* Snodland Town, promoted from Kent County League Premier Division
Also, two clubs changed their names:
* APM Contrast was renamed K Sports
* Seven Acre & Sidcup was renamed Sporting Club Thamesmead

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Glebe | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 102 | 24 | +78 | 92 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Rusthall | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 93 | 34 | +59 | 80 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Sutton Athletic | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 122 | 50 | +72 | 74 | |
| 4 | Kent Football United | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 74 | |
| 5 | K Sports | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 97 | 63 | +34 | 68 | |
| 6 | Holmesdale | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 63 | |
| 7 | Bridon Ropes | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 55 | |
| 8 | Snodland Town | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 59 | 73 | −14 | 51 | |
| 9 | Lydd Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 44 | |
| 11 | FC Elmstead | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Forest Hill Park | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 43 | |
| 13 | Phoenix Sports Reserves | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 65 | 93 | −28 | 43 | |
| 14 | Orpington | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 40 | Resigned to the Kent County League |
| 15 | Eltham Palace | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 82 | −17 | 39 | |
| 16 | Gravesham Borough | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 84 | −22 | 32 | |
| 17 | Meridian VP | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 29 | |
| 18 | Crockenhill | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 91 | −54 | 26 | |
| 19 | Lewisham Borough | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 45 | 113 | −68 | 18 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRI | CRO | ELT | ELM | FHP | GLB | GRB | HOL | KSP | KFU | LEW | LYD | MER | ORP | PSR | RUS | SNT | SCT | SUT |
| Bridon Ropes | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 0–6 |
| Crockenhill | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Eltham Palace | 1–1 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–5 |
| FC Elmstead | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–6 |
| Forest Hill Park | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–6 |
| Glebe | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Gravesham Borough | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Holmesdale | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 8–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 |
| K Sports | 1–1 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–5 |
| Kent Football United | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Lewisham Borough | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–7 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–7 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| Lydd Town | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 3–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Meridian VP | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Orpington | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Phoenix Sports Reserves | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–5 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 |
| Rusthall | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–3 |
| Snodland Town | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–6 |
| Sporting Club Thamesmead | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Sutton Athletic | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2–2 | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Arlie Desanges | Sutton Athletic | 34 |
| 2 | Caine Smith | K Sports | 32 |
| 3 | Ryan Golding | Glebe | 27 |
| 4 | David Sherwood | Snodland Town | 23 |
| 5 | Josh Patrick | SC Thamesmead | 22 |
| 6 | Jonny Murray | Sutton Athletic/Glebe | 21 |