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.^[1]

The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023.^[2] 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.^[3]

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from Division One Shoreham Transferred from Wessex Football League Premier Division Pagham Relegated from the Isthmian League South East Division Haywards Heath Town

From the Premier Division Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division Broadbridge Heath Relegated to Division One Alfold Roffey

League table

Southern Combination League
Premier Division

Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 5 May 2024
Champions	Steyning Town
Promoted	Steyning Town Eastbourne Town
Relegated	AFC Uckfield Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,330 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oli Lesley (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Steyning Town 10–1 AFC Uckfield Town (27 April 2024)
Biggest away win	AFC Uckfield Town 1–8 Crawley Down Gatwick (30 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Steyning Town 10–1 AFC Uckfield Town (27 April 2024)
Longest winning run	9 matches Eastbourne Town
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Newhaven
Longest losing run	11 matches Saltdean United
Highest attendance	884 Peacehaven & Telscombe 1–3 Newhaven (26 December 2023)
Lowest attendance	34 Pagham 1–3 Steyning Town (23 January 2024)
Total attendance	60,750
Average attendance	162.0
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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
5	Hassocks	38	24	6	8	87	42	+45	78
6	Eastbourne United Association	38	20	12	6	67	40	+27	72
7	Haywards Heath Town	38	23	6	9	90	45	+45	69[a]
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[b]
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

Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Haywards Heath Town deducted 6 points for ineligible player.
2. Bexhill deducted 3 points for ineligible player.

Play-offs

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

Semi-finals

Eastbourne Town v Hassocks

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Eastbourne Town	2–0	Hassocks	Eastbourne
19:45	31' 45' James Hull	Report		Stadium: The Saffrons Attendance: 604 Referee: Tazlim Ali

Crowborough Athletic v Newhaven

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Crowborough Athletic	1–1 (4–5 p)	Newhaven	Crowborough
19:45	31' William Puffette	Report	22' Robbie Keith	Stadium: Alderbrook Attendance: 543 Referee: Simon Faires

Final

Eastbourne Town v Newhaven

5 May 2024 (2024-05-05)	Eastbourne Town	2-0	Newhaven	Eastbourne
15:00	83' Ollie Davies 85' James Stone	Report		Stadium: The Saffrons Attendance: 1131 Referee: Greig Walker

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

Source: SCFL Fixture Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Premier Division
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
	Daniel Simmonds	Pagham
6	Jack Shonk	Bexhill United	22
7	Thomas Chalaye	Steyning Town	18
	Harry Shooman	Steyning Town
	Hayden Skerry	Haywards Heath Town
10	Liam Benson	Haywards Heath Town (previously Hassocks)	16

Stadia and locations

AFC Uckfield Town

AFC Vardeanians

Bexhill United

Crawley Down Gatwick

Crowborough Athletic

Eastbourne Town

Eastbourne United Association

Hassocks

Haywards Heath Town

Horsham YMCA

Lingfield

Little Common

Loxwood

Midhurst & Easebourne

Newhaven

Pagham

Peacehaven & Telscombe

Saltdean United

Shoreham

Steyning Town

Map showing the location of teams in the Premier Division

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

Team changes

To Division One Promoted from Division Two Copthorne Relegated from the Premier Division Alfold Roffey Relegated from the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South Banstead Athletic

From Division One Promoted to the Premier Division Shoreham Promoted to the Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South Epsom & Ewell Relegated to Division Two Hailsham Town

League table

Southern Combination League
Division One

Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 –
Champions	Roffey
Promoted	Roffey Wick
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,176 (3.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tyler Capon (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Dorking Wanderers B 7–0 Forest Row (9 March 2024)
Biggest away win	East Preston 0–7 Roffey (2 September 2023)
Highest scoring	Montpelier Villa 7–4 Copthorne (13 January 2024)
Longest winning run	10 matches Roffey
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Roffey Wick
Longest losing run	17 matches Oakwood
Highest attendance	327 Selsey 2–2 Roffey (28 October 2023)
Lowest attendance	10 Oakwood 1–2 East Preston (11 November 2023)
Total attendance	22,297
Average attendance	75.3
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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[a]
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
7	Chessington & Hook United	34	15	12	7	66	54	+12	57
8	Arundel	34	16	7	11	62	47	+15	52[b]
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

Source: The FA Full-Time Division 1 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Dorking Wanderers B are not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides cannot compete above Step 6.
2. Deducted 3 points - ineligible player.

Play-offs

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

Semi-finals

Seaford Town v Selsey

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Seaford Town	3–1	Selsey	Seaford
19:30	1' Tyler Capon 11' Callum Connor 57' Ryan Knight	Report	78' Evan Harris	Stadium: The Crouch Referee: Mark Spence

Wick v Worthing United

30 April 2024 (2024-04-30)	Wick	3–3 (4–3 p)	Worthing United	Littlehampton (Wick)
20:00	21' George Bingham 62' Ryan Barratt 90' Joshua Irish	Report	20' Daniel Kingston 22' Liam Appleton 81' Dean Sherwood	Stadium: Crabtree Park Referee: Marc Meeten

Final

Seaford Town v Wick

4 May 2024 (2024-05-04)	Seaford Town	3–3 (4–5 p)	Wick	Seaford
15:00	15' 26' Callum Connor 38' Tyler Capon	Report	5' 60' David Crouch 57' Joshua Irish	Stadium: The Crouch Attendance: 931 Referee: Perry Hart

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

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division One
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division One
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tyler Capon	Seaford Town	34
2	Devon Jordan Fender	Roffey	25
	Joshua Irish	Wick
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
	George Cousins	Roffey
	Lui Edwards	Banstead Athletic
10	Sam Bull	Arundel (previously Copthorne)	15

Stadia and locations

Alfold

Arundel

Banstead Athletic

Billingshurst

Chessington & Hook United

Copthorne

Dorking Wanderers B

East
Preston

Godalming Town

Mile Oak

Montpelier Villa

Oakwood & Forest Row

Roffey

Seaford Town

Selsey

Wick

Worthing United

Map showing the location of teams in Division 1

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

To Division Two Relegated from Division One Hailsham Town

From Division Two Promoted to Division One Copthorne Left League Charlwood Worthing Town (Withdrew from league with effect from 9 September 2023)[5]

Southern Combination League Division Two

Season	2023–24
Dates	19 August 2023 - 04 May 2024
Champions	Storrington
Matches played	262
Goals scored	528 (2.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ashley Harris (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Bosham 9–1 Brighton Electricity (13 January 2024)
Biggest away win	Brighton Electricity 0–9 Storrington (26 August 2023) Brighton Electricity 0–9 Capel (9 September 2023)
Highest scoring	Bosham 9–1 Brighton Electricity (13 January 2024)
Longest winning run	7 matches Storrington
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Bosham
Longest losing run	7 matches Brighton Electricity Rottingdean
Highest attendance	232 Bosham 1–1 Jarvis Brook (28 October 2023)
Lowest attendance	10 Rottingdean Village 1–6 Upper Beeding (25 November 2023)
Total attendance	7,164
Average attendance	64.0
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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

Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Updated to match(es) played on 04 May 2024. Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
	Toby Hewett	Bosham	10
	Luke Brodie	Southwater	10
	Harry Gardner	Ferring
	Shaun Kenward	Ferring	10

Stadia and locations

Bosham

Brighton Electricity

Capel

Ferring

Hailsham Town

Jarvis Brook

Rottingdean Village

Upper Beeding

Rustington

Southwater

Storrington

St Francis Rangers

Map showing the location of teams in Division 2

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)

Final

Steyning Town (PD) v Crowborough Athletic (PD)

11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)	Steyning Town (PD)	2–1	Crowborough Athletic (PD)	Hassocks
15:00	66' Sam Remfry 90+4' Charlie Towning	Report	41' Leo Vowles	Stadium: The Beacon Referee: Simon Faires