# 2016–17 Southern Combination Football League

The 2016–17 Southern Combination Football League season was the 92nd in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

## Premier Division

Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
* Crawley Down Gatwick, promoted from Division One
* Haywards Heath Town, promoted from Division One
* Peacehaven & Telscombe, relegated from the Isthmian League
Also, Wick & Barnham reverted to their original name of Wick.
Haywards Heath Town, Horsham YMCA, Pagham and Shoreham applied for promotion to Step 4 for 2017–18. While Haywards Heath Town won the league, they were subsequently charged by the FA for playing a suspended player. On 22 May, it was announced that Haywards Heath had 9 points deducted, which would hand the title and promotion to Shoreham. Haywards Heath's appeal was ultimately dismissed on 15 June, therefore Shoreham's championship and promotion were confirmed.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Shoreham | 38 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 110 | 30 | +80 | 92 | Promoted to the Isthmian League South Division |
| 2 | Haywards Heath Town | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 114 | 28 | +86 | 87 | |
| 3 | Chichester City | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 94 | 47 | +47 | 84 | |
| 4 | Pagham | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 93 | 45 | +48 | 72 | |
| 5 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 60 | +25 | 70 | |
| 6 | Loxwood | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 75 | 59 | +16 | 61 | |
| 7 | Eastbourne United | 38 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 59 | |
| 8 | Broadbridge Heath | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 57 | |
| 9 | Newhaven | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 85 | 70 | +15 | 55 | |
| 10 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 54 | |
| 11 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 95 | 86 | +9 | 52 | |
| 12 | Lancing | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 74 | 83 | −9 | 50 | |
| 13 | Hassocks | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 70 | 68 | +2 | 48 | |
| 14 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 78 | −9 | 48 | |
| 15 | Arundel | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 42 | |
| 16 | Littlehampton Town | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 61 | 87 | −26 | 40 | |
| 17 | Worthing United | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 52 | 104 | −52 | 37 | |
| 18 | AFC Uckfield Town | 38 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 49 | 95 | −46 | 35 | |
| 19 | Wick | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 53 | 91 | −38 | 30 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | Hailsham Town | 38 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 32 | 158 | −126 | 8 | Relegated to Division One |
* ↑ Haywards Heath Town were deducted nine points for fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ AFC Uckfield Town were reprieved from relegation.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | ARU | BBH | CCH | CDG | EBT | EBU | HAI | HSK | HHE | HYM | LAN | LIT | LOX | NEW | PAG | PAT | SHO | WIC | WRU |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 3–5 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Arundel | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 1–3 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Chichester City | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 6–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 9–0 |
| Eastbourne Town | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 6–1 |
| Eastbourne United Association | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Hailsham Town | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–8 | 0–8 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Hassocks | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Haywards Heath Town | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| Horsham YMCA | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–7 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 4–1 |
| Lancing | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Littlehampton Town | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Loxwood | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Newhaven | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 6–3 |
| Pagham | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Shoreham | 6–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Wick | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 1–2 |
| Worthing United | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | |

## Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* AFC Varndeanians, promoted from Division Two
* Billingshurst, promoted from Division Two
* East Preston, relegated from the Premier Division
* St Francis Rangers, relegated from the Premier Division
* Little Common could not be promoted as arranging a groundshare with another club in order to secure promotion was not allowed. This resulted in a reprieve for AFC Uckfield Town.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Saltdean United | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 87 | 33 | +54 | 79 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Little Common | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 103 | 49 | +54 | 75 | |
| 3 | East Preston | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 75 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Mile Oak | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 48 | +36 | 69 | |
| 5 | Lingfield | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 87 | 65 | +22 | 63 | |
| 6 | Steyning Town | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 81 | 64 | +17 | 60 | |
| 7 | Selsey | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 69 | +13 | 53 | |
| 8 | Langney Wanderers | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 92 | 87 | +5 | 51 | |
| 9 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bexhill United | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 44 | |
| 11 | Southwick | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 42 | |
| 12 | Storrington | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 36 | |
| 13 | Seaford Town | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 31 | |
| 14 | Oakwood | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 78 | −37 | 31 | |
| 15 | Billingshurst | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 55 | 86 | −31 | 28 | |
| 16 | Ringmer | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 86 | −39 | 28 | |
| 17 | St Francis Rangers | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 85 | −42 | 24 | |
| 18 | AFC Varndeanians | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 94 | −49 | 23 | |
* 1 2 Southwick and Storrington were deducted one point each for fielding an ineligible player.
* 1 2 St Francis Rangers and AFC Varndeanians were reprieved from relegation

### Results table

| Home \ Away | VAR | BEX | BIL | EPR | LAW | LIN | LIT | MID | MIL | OAK | RIN | SDU | SEA | SEL | SOU | STF | STE | STO |
| AFC Vardeanians | | 0–4 | 4–4 | 1–7 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–9 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Bexhill United | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–8 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–6 | 1–2 |
| Billingshurst | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| East Preston | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–5 | 0–1 |
| Langney Wanderers | 1–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Lingfield | 4–1 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 5–2 | | 1–5 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| Little Common | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 6–2 | | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–5 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Mile Oak | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Oakwood | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Ringmer | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Saltdean United | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Seaford Town | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Selsey | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Southwick | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| St Francis Rangers | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Steyning Town | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 9–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 3–1 |
| Storrington | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | |

## Division Two

Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Jarvis Brook, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League
* Lancing United, promoted from the West Sussex League
* Sidlesham, demoted from Division One
* Worthing Town Leisure, promoted from the Brighton, Worthing & District League, and a merger between Worthing Town F.C. and Worthing Leisure F.C.
A.F.C. Roffey Club withdrew from the league in August 2016 without playing a match.
Promotion from this division depends on ground grading, and neither Bosham nor Jarvis Brook had the required grading. This resulted in reprieves for AFC Varndeanians and St Francis Rangers from Division One.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Bosham | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 102 | 24 | +78 | 67 | |
| 2 | Jarvis Brook | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 108 | 42 | +66 | 64 | |
| 3 | Sidlesham | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 28 | +55 | 60 | |
| 4 | Lancing United | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 88 | 45 | +43 | 55 | |
| 5 | Upper Beeding | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 47 | |
| 6 | Westfield | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 46 | |
| 7 | Roffey | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 37 | +36 | 41 | |
| 8 | Cowfold | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 54 | +28 | 41 | |
| 9 | Rottingdean Village | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 37 | |
| 10 | Montpelier Villa | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 32 | |
| 11 | Rustington | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 32 | |
| 12 | Clymping | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 30 | |
| 13 | Worthing Town Leisure | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 72 | −9 | 26 | |
| 14 | Alfold | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 48 | 106 | −58 | 17 | |
| 15 | Ferring | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 300 | −286 | 0 | |
| 16 | A.F.C. Roffey Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |