# 2023–24 Southern Combination Football League

The 2023–24 Southern Combination Football League season was the 99th 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 constitution was announced on 15 May 2023. Starting this season, the Premier Division (Step 5) in the league promotes two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaced the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there was only one club relegated from the division.

## 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 | Steyning Town (C, P) | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 119 | 36 | +83 | 88 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Eastbourne Town (O, P) | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 82 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Isthmian League |
| 3 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 36 | +45 | 81 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Newhaven | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 99 | 55 | +44 | 79 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Hassocks | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 42 | +45 | 78 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Eastbourne United Association | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 72 | |
| 7 | Haywards Heath Town | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 90 | 45 | +45 | 69 | |
| 8 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 61 | |
| 9 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 86 | 63 | +23 | 60 | |
| 10 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 75 | 74 | +1 | 59 | |
| 11 | Lingfield | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 47 | |
| 12 | Little Common | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 63 | 82 | −19 | 46 | |
| 13 | Pagham | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 44 | |
| 14 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 42 | |
| 15 | Shoreham | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 94 | −41 | 36 | |
| 16 | Loxwood | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 87 | −41 | 30 | |
| 17 | AFC Varndeanians | 38 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 32 | 95 | −63 | 25 | |
| 18 | Bexhill United | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 57 | 89 | −32 | 24 | |
| 19 | Saltdean United | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 44 | 94 | −50 | 23 | |
| 20 | AFC Uckfield Town (R) | 38 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 127 | −93 | 14 | Relegation to Division One |
* ↑ Haywards Heath Town deducted 6 points for ineligible player.
* ↑ Bexhill deducted 3 points for ineligible player.

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Eastbourne Town | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Hassocks | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Hassocks | 0 | 2 | Eastbourne Town | 2 |
| | | | 4 | Newhaven | 0 |
| 3 | Crowborough Athletic | 1(4) | 4 | Newhaven | 0 |
| 4 | Newhaven | 1(5) | | | |

#### Final
### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | VAR | BEX | CDG | CRO | EBT | EBU | HHT | HSK | HYM | LIN | LCM | LOX | MID | NEW | PAG | PAT | SDU | SHO | STT |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 0–6 | 0–7 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| AFC Varndeanians | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Bexhill United | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Crowborough Athletic | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Eastbourne Town | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Eastbourne United Association | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Haywards Heath Town | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 |
| Hassocks | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Horsham YMCA | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Lingfield | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–6 |
| Little Common | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–3 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Loxwood | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 7–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 0–5 |
| Newhaven | 6–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 0–4 |
| Pagham | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Saltdean United | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Shoreham | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 |
| Steyning Town | 10–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | |

### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| AFC Uckfield Town | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| AFC Varndeanians | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Bexhill United | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L |
| Crowborough Athletic | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Eastbourne Town | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Eastbourne United Association | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W |
| Hassocks | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Haywards Heath Town | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Horsham YMCA | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Lingfield | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Little Common | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Loxwood | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Newhaven | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L |
| Pagham | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| Saltdean United | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Shoreham | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L |
| Steyning Town | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Oli Lesley | Crawley Down Gatwick | 29 |
| 2 | Alfie Rogers | Newhaven | 27 |
| 3 | Lewis Rustell | Midhurst & Easebourne | 25 |
| 4 | Callum Barlow | Eastbourne United Association | 24 |
| 4 | Daniel Simmonds | Pagham | 24 |
| 6 | Jack Shonk | Bexhill United | 22 |
| 7 | Thomas Chalaye | Steyning Town | 18 |
| 7 | Harry Shooman | Steyning Town | 18 |
| 7 | Hayden Skerry | Haywards Heath Town | 18 |
| 10 | Liam Benson | Haywards Heath Town (previously Hassocks) | 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 |
| Bexhill United | Bexhill-on-Sea | The Polegrove | 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 |
| Haywards Heath Town | Haywards Heath | Hanbury Park | 2,000 |
| Horsham YMCA | Horsham | Gorings Mead | 1,500 |
| Lingfield | Horley | The New Defence (groundshare with Horley Town) | 1,800 |
| 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 |
| Pagham | Pagham | Nyetimber Lane | 1,500 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | Peacehaven | The Sports Park | 3,000 |
| Saltdean United | Brighton (Saltdean) | Hill Park | 1,000 |
| Shoreham | Shoreham-by-Sea | Middle Road | 2,000 |
| Steyning Town | Steyning | The Shooting Field | 2,000 |

## Division One

Division One was increased to 18 clubs from 17, 14 of which competed from the previous season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Roffey (C, P) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 110 | 30 | +80 | 79 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Seaford Town | 34 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 96 | 54 | +42 | 68 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 3 | Dorking Wanderers B | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 82 | 41 | +41 | 65 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 4 | Wick (O, P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 78 | 54 | +24 | 63 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to Premier Division |
| 5 | Worthing United | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 62 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Selsey | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 59 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Chessington & Hook United | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 57 | |
| 8 | Arundel | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 52 | |
| 9 | Godalming Town | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Montpelier Villa | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 74 | −7 | 42 | |
| 11 | Copthorne | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 70 | 109 | −39 | 37 | |
| 12 | Billingshurst | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 70 | 83 | −13 | 36 | |
| 13 | Banstead Athletic | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 35 | |
| 14 | Forest Row | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 58 | 85 | −27 | 33 | |
| 15 | Alfold | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 51 | 92 | −41 | 33 | |
| 16 | Mile Oak | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 48 | 81 | −33 | 31 | |
| 17 | East Preston | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 47 | 90 | −43 | 28 | |
| 18 | Oakwood | 34 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 26 | Reprieved from relegation |
* ↑ Dorking Wanderers B are not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides cannot compete above Step 6.
* ↑ Deducted 3 points - ineligible player.

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Seaford Town | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Selsey | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Selsey | 1 | 2 | Seaford Town | 3(4) |
| | | | 4 | Wick | 3(5) |
| 4 | Wick | 3(4) | 4 | Wick | 3(5) |
| 5 | Worthing United | 3(3) | | | |

#### Final
### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALF | ARU | BAN | BIL | CHU | COP | DOR | EPR | FOR | GOD | MOK | MON | OAK | ROF | SEA | SEL | WIC | WOR |
| Alfold | | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Arundel | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Banstead Athletic | 1–1 | 3–4 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Billingshurst | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
| Chessington & Hook United | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 4–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Copthorne | 2–2 | 2–7 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 |
| Dorking Wanderers B | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| East Preston | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 5–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Forest Row | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| Godalming Town | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Mile Oak | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| Montpelier Villa | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Oakwood | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Roffey | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Seaford Town | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Selsey | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Wick | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 1–3 |
| Worthing United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |

### 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 |
| Alfold | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L |
| Arundel | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L |
| Banstead Athletic | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L |
| Billingshurst | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Chessington & Hook United | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Copthorne | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W |
| Dorking Wanderers B | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| East Preston | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Forest Row | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Godalming Town | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | L |
| Mile Oak | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Montpelier Villa | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D |
| Oakwood | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Roffey | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W |
| Seaford Town | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Selsey | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Wick | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D |
| Worthing United | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | W |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tyler Capon | Seaford Town | 34 |
| 2 | Devon Jordan Fender | Roffey | 25 |
| 2 | Joshua Irish | Wick | 25 |
| 4 | David Peter Crouch | Wick | 24 |
| 5 | Maurice Black | Chessington & Hook United | 21 |
| 6 | Oliver Rawlins | Dorking Wanderers B | 19 |
| 7 | Callum Connor | Seaford Town | 17 |
| 7 | George Cousins | Roffey | 17 |
| 7 | Lui Edwards | Banstead Athletic | 17 |
| 10 | Sam Bull | Arundel (previously Copthorne) | 15 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alfold | Alfold Crossways | Alfold Recreation Ground | 1,000 |
| Arundel | Arundel | Mill Road | 2,200 |
| Banstead Athletic | Tadworth | Merland Rise | 1,500 |
| Billingshurst | Billingshurst | Jubilee Fields | — |
| Chessington & Hook United | Chessington | Chalky Lane | 3,000 |
| Copthorne | Copthorne | Camping World Community Stadium (groundshare with Horsham) | 1,300 |
| Dorking Wanderers B | Dorking | Meadowbank | 3,000 |
| East Preston | Littlehampton (East Preston) | The Lashmar | 1,000 |
| Forest Row | Crawley (Three Bridges) | Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood) | — |
| Godalming Town | Godalming | Bill Kyte Stadium | 3,000 |
| 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 | — |
| Roffey | Horsham (Roffey) | Bartholomew Way | 1,000 |
| Seaford Town | Seaford | The Crouch | — |
| Selsey | Selsey | Bunn Leisure Stadium | — |
| Wick | Littlehampton (Wick) | Crabtree Park | 2,000 |
| Worthing United | Worthing (Broadwater) | The Robert Albon Memorial Ground | 1,504 |

## Division Two

Division Two reduced by one to 13 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 |
| 1 | Storrington (C, P) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 56 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Bosham | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 45 | |
| 3 | Ferring | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 43 | |
| 4 | Jarvis Brook | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 40 | |
| 5 | Hailsham Town | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 39 | |
| 6 | Rustington | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 35 | |
| 7 | Southwater | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 31 | |
| 8 | Capel | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 30 | |
| 9 | St Francis Rangers | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 22 | |
| 10 | Upper Beeding | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 17 | |
| 11 | Brighton Electricity | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 102 | −86 | 8 | |
| 12 | Rottingdean Village | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 66 | −46 | 6 | Resigned from the league |

### Results table

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

### Top scorers

    As of 04 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ashley Harris | Bosham | 20 |
| 2 | Chris Darwin | Rustington | 15 |
| 3 | Matthew Wilson | Storrington | 14 |
| 4 | Matthew Hards | Storrington | 12 |
| 5 | Alfred Barnes | St Francis Rangers | 11 |
| 6 | Sean Culley | Rustington | 10 |
| 6 | Toby Hewett | Bosham | 10 |
| | Luke Brodie | Southwater | 10 |
| | Harry Gardner | Ferring | 10 |
| | Shaun Kenward | Ferring | 10 |

### 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 | — |
| Ferring | Ferring | The Glebelands | — |
| Hailsham Town | Hailsham | The Beaconsfield | 2,000 |
| 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 | — |

## Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup

The 2023–24 SCFL Peter Bentley Challenge Cup saw Newhaven enter the competition as defending champions, having defeated Crowborough Athletic in the previous season's final.

### Calendar

| Round | Dates | Matches | Clubs |
| First round | 15 August | 6 | 38 → 32 |
| Second round | 19 August to 10 October | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Third round | 21 October to 6 March | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 13 February to 16 April | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 24 April to 7 May | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 11 May | 1 | 2 → 1 |

### First round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | Alfold (FD) | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Forest Row (FD) | 47 |
| 2 | Selsey (FD) | 2–1 | Worthing United (FD) | 108 |
| 3 | Godalming Town (FD) | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Chessington & Hook United (FD) | 129 |
| 4 | Oakwood (FD) | 4–0 | Copthorne (FD) | 45 |
| 5 | East Preston (FD) | 1–6 | Arundel (FD) | 47 |
| 6 | Billingshurst (FD) | 1–2 | Mile Oak (FD) | 51 |

### Second round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | Saltdean United (PD) | 1–2 | AFC Uckfield Town (PD) | 87 |
| 2 | Steyning Town (PD) | 5–1 | Lingfield (FD) | 82 |
| 3 | Newhaven (PD) | 3–0 | Eastbourne Town (PD) | 224 |
| 4 | Shoreham (PD) | 0–2 | Pagham (PD) | |
| 5 | Loxwood (PD) | 3–4 | Midhurst & Easebourne (PD) | 55 |
| 6 | Alfold (FD) | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Dorking Wanderers B (FD) | 46 |
| 7 | Selsey (FD) | 1–5 | Hassocks (PD) | 121 |
| 8 | Wick (FD) | 1–3 | Haywards Heath Town (PD) | 79 |
| 9 | Seaford Town (FD) | 3–2 | Eastbourne United Association (PD) | 74 |
| 10 | Crowborough Athletic (PD) | 0–0 (4-2 p) | Peacehaven & Telscombe (PD) | |
| 11 | Horsham YMCA (PD) | 0–2 | Crawley Down Gatwick (PD) | 61 |
| 12 | Little Common (PD) | 3–2 | Bexhill United (PD) | 273 |
| 13 | Chessington & Hook United (FD) | 2–0 | Oakwood (FD) | 81 |
| 14 | Arundel (FD) | 3–2 | AFC Varndeanians (PD) | 52 |
| 15 | Mile Oak (FD) | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Montpelier Villa (FD) | 40 |
| 16 | Bansteas Athletic (FD) | 0–3 | Roffey (FD) | 21 |

### Third round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | AFC Uckfield Town (PD) | 0–6 | Steyning Town (PD) | 76 |
| 2 | Newhaven (PD) | 6–0 | Pagham (PD) | 102 |
| 3 | Midhurst & Easebourne (PD) | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Dorking Wanderers B (FD) | 41 |
| 4 | Hassocks (PD) | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Haywards Heath Town (PD) | 202 |
| 5 | Seaford Town (FD) | 1–4 | Crowborough Athletic (PD) | |
| 6 | Crawley Down Gatwick (PD) | 1–2 | Little Common (PD) | 38 |
| 7 | Chessington & Hook United (FD) | H–W | Arundel (FD) | |
| 8 | Mile Oak (FD) | 1–4 | Roffey (FD) | 60 |

### Quarter-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | Steyning Town (PD) | 3–1 | Newhaven (PD) | 162 |
| 2 | Midhurst & Easebourne (PD) | 0–2 | Haywards Heath Town (PD) | 106 |
| 3 | Crowborough Athletic (PD) | 2–0 | Little Common (PD) | 223 |
| 4 | Chessington & Hook United (FD) | 1–0 | Roffey (FD) | 56 |
* Haywards Heath fielded an illegible player and were expelled from the competition.

### Semi-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | Steyning Town (PD) | 5-0 | Midhurst & Easebourne (PD) | |
| 2 | Crowborough Athletic (PD) | 6–2 | Chessington & Hook United (FD) | |