| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Corinthian |
2021–22 → | |
The2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 55th in the history of theSouthern Counties East Football League, afootball competition in England, and the fifth year the competition has had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in theEnglish football league system.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July,[1] and were subject to appeal.
On account of the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic in England, the season was curtailed on 27 February along with all other leagues from Steps 3–6.[2] The scheduled restructuring of non-League football took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties Leagues at Step 5 for 2021–22, along with an additional division in theNorthern Premier League at Step 4.[3] Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[3] As a result, three SCEL clubs were moved to the new Combined Counties Premier Division South.
The Premier Division comprised 21 teams, two more than the number which were still playing at the time of the abandonment of the previous season's competition:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chatham Town | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 30 | |
| 2 | Corinthian(P) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 30 | Promotion to theIsthmian League South East Division[a] |
| 3 | Tunbridge Wells | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 26 | |
| 4 | Sheppey United | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 25 | |
| 5 | Beckenham Town | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 24 | Transfer to theCombined Counties League |
| 6 | Balham | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Hollands & Blair | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Erith Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Glebe | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 17 | |
| 10 | Deal Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 16 | |
| 11 | Bearsted | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 16 | |
| 12 | Fisher | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | Welling Town | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 13 | |
| 14 | Punjab United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 13 | |
| 15 | Crowborough Athletic | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 12 | |
| 16 | Canterbury City | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 10 | |
| 17 | Erith & Belvedere | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 9 | |
| 18 | AFC Croydon Athletic | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 9 | Transfer to theCombined Counties League |
| 19 | Lordswood | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 8 | |
| 20 | K Sports | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 7 | |
| 21 | Tower Hamlets | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | ACA | BAL | BEA | BEC | CAN | CHA | COR | CRW | DEA | ERB | ERT | FIS | GLB | H&B | KSP | LOR | PUN | SHE | TOW | TUN | WEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Croydon Athletic | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |||||||||||||
| Balham | — | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bearsted | — | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Beckenham Town | 3–4 | — | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||
| Canterbury City | — | 2–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |||||||||||||
| Chatham Town | 8–3 | — | 6–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||
| Corinthian | 4–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 6–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Crowborough Athletic | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deal Town | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Erith & Belvedere | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–5 | — | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Erith Town | 2–0 | 3–6 | — | 0–0 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fisher | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Glebe | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hollands & Blair | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| K Sports | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lordswood | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — | 0–5 | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Punjab United | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 5–0 | — | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sheppey United | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tower Hamlets | 0–3 | 5–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tunbridge Wells | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | |||||||||||||||
| Welling Town | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — |
Division One comprised the same 17 teams which were still competing when the previous season's competition was aborted.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 21 | |
| 2 | Kennington(P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 18 | Promotion to thePremier Division[a] |
| 3 | Rochester United | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 17 | |
| 4 | Holmesdale(P) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 15 | Promotion to thePremier Division[a] |
| 5 | Rusthall(P) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 15 | |
| 6 | Greenways | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | |
| 7 | Croydon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 11 | |
| 8 | Snodland Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | |
| 9 | Kent Football United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | |
| 10 | Stansfeld | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | |
| 11 | Lydd Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 7 | |
| 12 | Forest Hill Park | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | |
| 13 | Sutton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 7 | |
| 14 | Lewisham Borough | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 15 | FC Elmstead | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 4 | |
| 16 | Bridon Ropes | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |
| 17 | Meridian VP | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 |