2015–16 Southern Combination Football League

Southern Combination League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Horsham
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The 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League season is the 90th in the history of the competition (the first since it changed name from the Sussex County Football League), a football league in England. This is also the first season in which all divisions were renamed after league restructuring.

Premier Division

Southern Combination Premier Division

Champions	Horsham
Promoted	Horsham
Relegated	East Preston St Francis Rangers

The Premier Division (formerly Division One) consists of 20 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Crawley Down Gatwick, Ringmer and Selsey were relegated to Division One, and Dorking Wanderers were promoted to Isthmian League Division One South.

Four new clubs joined the division:

• A.F.C. Uckfield Town – promoted from the old Division Two
• Horsham – relegated from Isthmian League Division One South
• Wick & Barnham United – promoted from the old Division Two
• Worthing United – promoted from the old Division Two

Six clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: Eastbourne Town, Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Lancing, Loxwood and Newhaven.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Horsham (C) (P)	38	31	4	3	131	22	+109	97	Promotion to 2016–17 Step 4 Division
2	Eastbourne Town	38	27	5	6	107	42	+65	86
3	Newhaven	38	25	3	10	120	39	+81	78
4	Lancing	38	24	5	9	98	46	+52	77
5	Chichester City	38	23	5	10	99	46	+53	74
6	Pagham	38	23	4	11	94	49	+45	73
7	Horsham YMCA	38	22	5	11	105	62	+43	71
8	Loxwood	38	22	5	11	95	60	+35	71
9	Broadbridge Heath	38	19	6	13	75	57	+18	63
10	Eastbourne United Association	38	19	6	13	81	72	+9	63
11	Littlehampton Town	38	19	3	16	103	76	+27	60
12	Arundel	38	16	8	14	88	68	+20	56
13	Hassocks	38	13	9	16	59	66	−7	047‡
14	Worthing United	38	12	6	20	68	83	−15	42
15	AFC Uckfield Town	38	8	9	21	62	91	−29	33
16	Wick & Barnham United	38	10	2	26	55	105	−50	32
17	Shoreham	38	8	5	25	53	94	−41	29
18	Hailsham Town	38	4	6	28	47	149	−102	018†
19	East Preston (R)	38	3	3	32	35	144	−109	12	Relegation to Division One
20	St Francis Rangers (R)	38	1	3	34	10	214	−204	6

Updated to games played on 13:29, 24 April 2016 (UTC).
Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^‡ Hassocks were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player.
^† Hailsham Town reprieved from relegation.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division One

Southern Combination Division One

Champions	Haywards Heath Town
Promoted	Haywards Heath Town Crawley Down Gatwick

Division One (formerly Division Two) consists of 17 clubs, increased from 15 after A.F.C. Uckfield Town, Wick & Barnham United and Worthing United were promoted to the Premier Division, and Rustington and Westfield were relegated to Division Two.

Seven clubs joined the division:

• Crawley Down Gatwick – relegated from the old Division One
• Langney Wanderers – promoted from the old Division Three
• Lingfield – transferred from the Southern Counties East League
• Ringmer – relegated from the old Division One
• Selsey – relegated from the old Division One
• Sidlesham – promoted from the old Division Three
• Southwick – promoted from the old Division Three

Relegation from this division was not implemented for this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Haywards Heath Town (C) (P)	32	30	0	2	123	23	+100	90	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Crawley Down Gatwick (P)	32	24	2	6	88	50	+38	74
3	Oakwood	32	19	3	10	89	64	+25	60
4	Storrington	32	18	4	10	68	45	+23	58
5	Southwick	32	17	5	10	75	54	+21	56
6	Mile Oak	32	17	4	11	61	52	+9	55
7	Little Common	32	16	2	14	75	61	+14	50
8	Lingfield	32	15	3	14	76	66	+10	48
9	Langney Wanderers	32	14	5	13	73	55	+18	47
10	Steyning Town	32	14	3	15	56	63	−7	45
11	Sidlesham	32	14	1	17	54	72	−18	43	Demoted to Division Two
12	Ringmer	32	10	7	15	47	68	−21	37
13	Selsey	32	9	4	19	53	88	−35	31
14	Bexhill United	32	8	5	19	48	74	−26	29
15	Midhurst & Easebourne	32	7	7	18	37	64	−27	28
16	Seaford Town	32	5	4	23	22	67	−45	19
17	Saltdean United	32	2	7	23	30	109	−79	13

Updated to games played on 22:38, 10 May 2016 (UTC).
Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division Two

Southern Combination Division Two

Champions	AFC Varndeanians
Promoted	AFC Varndeanians Billingshurst
Relegated	Hurstpierpoint

Division Two (formerly Division Three) consists of 16 clubs, increased from 11 after Langney Wanderers, Sidlesham and Southwick were promoted to Division One.

Eight clubs joined the division:

• A.F.C. Roffey Club – joining from West Sussex League Division One
• A.F.C. Varndeanians – formerly known as Old Varndeanians, promoted from the Mid-Sussex League Premier Division
• Alfold – joining from West Sussex League Division One
• Cowfold – promoted from the West Sussex League Premier Division
• Montpelier Villa – promoted from the Mid-Sussex League Premier Division
• Rustington – relegated from the old Division Two (ground issues)
• Westfield – relegated from the old Division Two (ground issues)
• Upper Beeding – promoted from the West Sussex League Premier Division

In addition, Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion split and reverted to their original names of Hurstpierpoint (remaining in this league) and Burgess Hill Albion (joining the Mid Sussex League), while Ifield changed its name to Ifield Galaxy.

Promotion and relegation to and from this division was irregular, due to ground grading issues and other league constitution aspects.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Varndeanians (C) (P)	30	22	4	4	91	26	+65	70	Promotion to Division One
2	Roffey	30	20	4	6	101	37	+64	64
3	Cowfold	30	19	6	5	81	34	+47	63
4	Rottingdean Village	30	19	6	5	71	32	+39	63
5	Billingshurst (P)	30	19	5	6	73	35	+38	62	Promotion to Division One
6	Bosham	30	18	5	7	70	27	+43	59
7	Upper Beeding	30	14	10	6	70	39	+31	52
8	Montpelier Villa	30	15	2	13	70	61	+9	47
9	Rustington	30	11	7	12	68	64	+4	40
10	Westfield	30	11	5	14	58	69	−11	38
11	Ferring	30	9	4	17	54	77	−23	31	Left at the end of the season
12	Clymping	30	7	4	19	57	96	−39	25
13	Alfold	30	5	8	17	41	75	−34	23
14	Ifield Galaxy	30	7	1	22	41	108	−67	22	Left at the end of the season
15	AFC Roffey Club	30	3	4	23	34	95	−61	13
16	Hurstpierpoint (R)	30	2	3	25	24	129	−105	9	Relegation to Level 12

Updated to games played on 22:37, 10 May 2016 (UTC).
Source: http://scfl.org.uk/pages/tables.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.