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.[1]

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 17 May 2024.[2]

Premier Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2024–25
2025–26 →

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:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Faversham Town 22 16 5 1 63 18 +45 53 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Fisher 25 14 4 7 44 28 +16 46 Qualification for the play-offs
3 VCD Athletic 21 13 6 2 45 25 +20 45
4 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 24 11 5 8 45 36 +9 38
5 Punjab United 22 10 5 7 28 34 −6 35
6 Corinthian 21 9 6 6 44 33 +11 33
7 Glebe 21 9 6 6 41 34 +7 33
8 Holmesdale 24 8 9 7 42 43 −1 33
9 Erith & Belvedere 22 9 5 8 30 32 −2 32
10 Rusthall 21 9 4 8 43 42 +1 31
11 Whitstable Town 20 8 3 9 37 35 +2 27
12 Sutton Athletic 19 6 8 5 32 32 0 26
13 Kennington 25 6 8 11 27 42 −15 26
14 Tunbridge Wells 18 7 4 7 27 26 +1 25
15 Snodland Town 22 6 6 10 36 47 −11 24
16 Hollands & Blair 25 6 5 14 38 51 −13 23
17 Stansfeld 24 7 2 15 29 51 −22 23
18 Bearsted 19 6 2 11 29 39 −10 20
19 Lordswood 20 5 3 12 31 41 −10 18 Relegation to Division One
20 Lydd Town 21 3 4 14 26 48 −22 13
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

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 — 1–5 0–1 5–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–4 1–1
Corinthian 2–0 — 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–1
Erith & Belvedere 3–0 — 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0
Faversham Town 2–1 2–2 4–0 — 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 8–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–3
Fisher 2–0 1–3 — 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1
Glebe 3–0 — 4–0 1–3 3–1 4–0 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 3–0 2–0 5–1 1–4 2–4
Holmesdale 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 — 2–2 1–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 1–2 5–5 2–2
Kennington 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–3 0–1 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 — 2–1 2–3 2–3 2–1 0–1
Lordswood 1–2 1–2 0–5 4–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 — 3–4 0–1 0–2
Lydd Town 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–4 2–2 1–2 — 4–1 1–4 0–2 3–0 1–3
Punjab United 0–3 2–4 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2
Rusthall 3–4 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 — 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 0–2
Stansfeld 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–3 2–1 1–4 2–1 6–6 — 0–2 0–1 1–0
Sutton Athletic 2–2 0–3 3–6 2–1 1–1 5–1 — 2–0 3–3
Tunbridge Wells 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 — 0–2
VCD Athletic 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 —
Whitstable Town 2–1 3–3 3–0 0–3 2–3 3–0 1–4 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Division One

Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2024–25
2025–26 →

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.[3]

The four new teams that joined the division were:

Clapton were initially transferred across from the Eastern Counties League Division One South, before withdrawing from the league on 18th June 2024, resulting in a reprieve for Greenways.[4]

Division One table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Canterbury City 23 11 7 5 45 27 +18 40 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) 19 11 4 4 36 25 +11 37 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Soul Tower Hamlets 19 9 8 2 33 25 +8 35
4 Faversham Strike Force 20 9 7 4 36 23 +13 34
5 Croydon 20 10 3 7 32 24 +8 33
6 Rochester United 16 10 2 4 32 16 +16 32
7 Sheppey Sports 20 9 3 8 38 32 +6 30
8 Sporting Club Thamesmead 21 7 9 5 23 19 +4 30
9 Bridon Ropes 19 8 6 5 24 22 +2 30
10 Clapton Community 20 8 5 7 33 31 +2 29
11 Halls Athletic 20 8 1 11 35 41 −6 25
12 Lewisham Borough 15 7 3 5 25 18 +7 24
13 Staplehurst Monarchs 18 7 3 8 23 24 −1 24
14 FC Elmstead 18 7 3 8 29 31 −2 24
15 Tooting Bec 19 5 6 8 26 32 −6 21
16 Greenways 20 6 3 11 33 46 −13 21 Relegation to the Kent County League
17 Welling Town 19 2 3 14 21 50 −29 9
18 Meridian VP 20 0 2 18 10 48 −38 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results

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 0–4 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–2
Canterbury City 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 4–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 3–0
Clapton Community 0–0 — 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1
Croydon 1–0 4–3 — 1–2 1–2 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–1
Faversham Strike Force 0–0 0–0 — 2–2 3–3 3–3 5–1 1–2 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 1–2
Forest Hill Park (SE Dons) 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 — 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Greenways 3–1 1–6 1–3 5–2 2–3 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–3 3–2
Halls Athletic 1–2 0–4 3–1 3–1 3–5 0–2 — 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
Lewisham Borough 1–1 2–1 0–1 — 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Meridian VP 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–2 — 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–2
Rochester United 3–4 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 — 1–0 0–2 2–0
Sporting Club Thamesmead 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 — 0–0 0–0
Sheppey Sports 2–4 2–0 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 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0
Staplehurst Monarchs 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 —
Tooting Bec 2–4 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 3–4 2–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 —
Welling Town 0–2 0–3 3–3 2–4 2–4 0–0 3–4 0–3 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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.

Second round

The second round saw the remaining 26 teams face the six winners from the previous round.

Third round

References

  1. ^ "League unveils new sponsor". Kent Online. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". www.thefa.com. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Football league line-ups confirmed for 2024/25". Kent Online. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Change in the SCEFL as one team replaces another". Clapton Community F.C. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.