# 2024–25 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2024–25 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 59th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, and the ninth year the competition will have two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It is also known as Presence & Co. Southern Counties East League for sponsorship reasons.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised eighteen teams from the previous season, along with two new clubs after Deal Town and Erith Town were promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division and Welling Town were relegated to Division One.
The two clubs joining the division were:
* Erith & Belvedere - Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
* Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers - Promoted from Division One

### Premier Division table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VCD Athletic | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 70 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Faversham Town | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 77 | 25 | +52 | 69 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Fisher | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 54 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Rusthall | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Punjab United | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 54 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Whitstable Town | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 50 | |
| 7 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 44 | |
| 8 | Glebe | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 44 | |
| 9 | Erith & Belvedere | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 42 | |
| 10 | Holmesdale | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 42 | |
| 11 | Corinthian | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 39 | |
| 12 | Sutton Athletic | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 36 | |
| 13 | Bearsted | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 36 | |
| 14 | Kennington | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 33 | |
| 15 | Hollands & Blair | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 32 | |
| 16 | Tunbridge Wells | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 31 | |
| 17 | Stansfeld | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 31 | |
| 18 | Snodland Town | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 29 | |
| 19 | Lordswood | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 23 | Relegation to Division One |
| 20 | Lydd Town | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 23 | Relegation to Division One |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BEA | COR | ERI | FAV | FIS | GLB | H&B | HOL | KEN | LAR | LOR | LYD | PUN | RUS | SNT | STA | SUT | TUN | VCD | WHI |
| Bearsted | — | 3–2 | | 1–5 | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | | 0–2 |
| Corinthian | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | |
| Erith & Belvedere | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Faversham Town | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 8–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Fisher | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Glebe | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Hollands & Blair | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–4 |
| Holmesdale | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 5–5 | 2–2 |
| Kennington | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Lordswood | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | | 0–2 | |
| Lydd Town | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 |
| Punjab United | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Rusthall | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Snodland Town | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Stansfeld | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | | 6–6 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Sutton Athletic | 2–2 | 0–3 | | | | 3–6 | 2–1 | | | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–3 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1–2 | | | | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | 1–2 | | — | | 0–2 |
| VCD Athletic | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Whitstable Town | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — |

## Division One

Division One consisted of eighteen teams, increased from sixteen the previous season. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were AFC Whyteleafe and Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers who were promoted to the Combined Counties Premier Division South and SCEFL Premier Division respectively.
The four new teams that joined the division were:
* Clapton Community - Transferred from Eastern Counties League Division One South
* Halls Athletic - Promoted from Kent County League
* Soul Tower Hamlets - Transferred from Eastern Counties League Division One South
* Welling Town - Relegated from Premier Division
Clapton were initially transferred across from the Eastern Counties League Division One South, before withdrawing from the league on 18 June 2024, resulting in a reprieve for Greenways.

### Division One table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 54 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Faversham Strike Force | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Canterbury City | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 50 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Croydon | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Soul Tower Hamlets | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Sheppey Sports | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 44 | |
| 7 | Clapton Community | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Bridon Ropes | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Rochester United | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 37 | |
| 10 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 35 | |
| 11 | Tooting Bec | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 34 | |
| 12 | FC Elmstead | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 34 | |
| 13 | Staplehurst Monarchs | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 32 | |
| 14 | Lewisham Borough | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 31 | |
| 15 | Halls Athletic | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Greenways | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 24 | Relegation to the Kent County League |
| 17 | Welling Town | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 70 | −41 | 17 | Relegation to the Kent County League |
| 18 | Meridian VP (R) | 27 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 62 | −48 | 3 | Relegation to the Kent County League |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BRI | CAN | CLC | CRO | FAV | ELM | FHP (FHP) | GRE | HAL | LEW | MER | ROC | SCT | SHE | STH | STM | TOO | WEL |
| Bridon Ropes | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 |
| Canterbury City | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Clapton Community | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | |
| Croydon | 1–0 | | 4–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Faversham Strike Force | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| FC Elmstead | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | | 4–1 |
| Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Greenways | 3–1 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | | | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 |
| Halls Athletic | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Lewisham Borough | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | | 2–1 |
| Meridian VP | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Rochester United | | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | | | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Sporting Club Thamesmead | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | — | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Sheppey Sports | 2–2 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 3–4 | 0–2 | | | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Soul Tower Hamlets | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 4–3 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Staplehurst Monarchs | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Tooting Bec | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | |
| Welling Town | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |

## League Challenge Cup

The 2024–25 SCEFL Challenge Cup was contested by all 38 clubs from both the Premier and First divisions (indicated by '(PD)' and '(FD)' respectively in the results listings below).
Defending champions Erith Town were unable to defend their title following their promotion to the Isthmian League South East Division.

### First round

All 38 clubs across the two divisions were entered into the first-round draw where there would be just six ties.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Canterbury City (FD) | 2–1 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (PD) |
| 2 | Lydd Town (PD) | 4–0 | Sheppey Sports (FD) |
| 3 | Clapton Community (FD) | 1–3 | Bridon Ropes (FD) |
| 4 | Forest Hill Park (FD) | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Tunbridge Wells (PD) |
| 5 | Tooting Bec (FD) | 3–3 (4–5 p) | Greenways (FD) |
| 6 | Fisher (PD) | 4–0 | FC Elmstead (FD) |

### Second round

The second round saw the remaining 26 teams face the six winners from the previous round.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Kennington (PD) | 1–1 (8–7 p) | Hollands & Blair (PD) |
| 2 | Punjab United (PD) | 4–1 | SC Thamesmead (FD) |
| 3 | Soul Tower Hamlets (FD) | 1–3 | Glebe (PD) |
| 4 | Sutton Athletic (PD) | 2–1 | Stansfeld (PD) |
| 5 | Bearsted (PD) | 1–2 | Lordswood (PD) |
| 6 | Faversham Town (PD) | 2–0 | Faversham Strike Force (FD) |
| 7 | Greenways (FD) | 2–0 | Fisher (PD) |
| 8 | Rusthall (PD) | 8–0 | Meridian VP (FD) |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 9 | Snodland Town (PD) | 2–0 | Canterbury City (FD) |
| 10 | Staplehurst Monarchs (FD) | 1–0 | Whitstable Town (PD) |
| 11 | Bridon Ropes (FD) | 0–0 (5–6 p) | Croydon (FD) |
| 12 | Erith & Belvedere (PD) | 2–1 | Lewisham Borough (FD) |
| 13 | Forest Hill Park (FD) | 2–1 | Welling Town (FD) |
| 14 | Halls Athletic (FD) | 1–2 | Holmesdale (PD) |
| 15 | Lydd Town (PD) | 0–8 | Rochester United (FD) |
| 16 | VCD Athletic (PD) | 2–1 | Corinthian (PD) |

### Third round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Lordswood (PD) | 0–2 | Snodland Town (PD) |
| 2 | Kennington (PD) | 3–5 | Rochester United (FD) |
| 3 | Faversham Town (PD) | 4–1 | Staplehurst Monarchs (FD) |
| 4 | Holmesdale (PD) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | Rusthall (PD) |
| 5 | Greenways (FD) | 1–6 | Sutton Athletic (PD) |
| 6 | Croydon (FD) | 0–1 | Punjab United (PD) |
| 7 | Glebe (PD) | 1–2 | VCD Athletic (PD) |
| 8 | Erith & Belvedere (PD) | 0–2 | Forest Hill Park (FD) |

### Quarter-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Snodland Town (PD) | 3–2 | Faversham Town (PD) |
| 2 | Rochester United (FD) | 1–2 | Punjab United (PD) |
| 3 | Sutton Athletic (PD) | 2–1 | VCD Athletic (PD) |
| 4 | Forest Hill Park (FD) | 2–1 | Holmesdale (PD) |

### Semi-finals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) |
| 1 | Forest Hill Park (FD) | 2–1 | Punjab United (PD) |
| 2 | Snodland Town (PD) | 3–1 | Sutton Athletic (PD) |