2025–26 Southern Combination Football League

The 2025–26 Southern Combination Football League season is the 101st 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 by The Football Association on 15 May 2025.[2]

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 15 of which competed in the previous season

Team changes

League table

Southern Combination League
Premier Division
Season2025–26
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 30 August 2025.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Steyning Town 31 24 5 2 100 36 +64 77 Promotion to Step 4
2 Haywards Heath Town 30 24 2 4 97 26 +71 74 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Guernsey 30 23 0 7 103 59 +44 69
4 Horsham YM 31 22 2 7 83 35 +48 68
5 Peacehaven & Telscombe 31 21 4 6 66 27 +39 67
6 Pagham 31 17 6 8 64 38 +26 57
7 Newhaven 32 18 3 11 72 67 +5 57
8 Eastbourne United 31 17 5 9 72 34 +38 56
9 Bexhill United 31 15 3 13 67 61 +6 48
10 Roffey 30 12 6 12 53 60 −7 42
11 Forest Row 31 12 4 15 62 66 −4 40
12 Seaford Town 30 10 5 15 54 71 −17 35
13 Little Common 31 9 5 17 36 67 −31 32
14 Crawley Down Gatwick 31 7 6 18 51 71 −20 27
15 Wick 31 9 3 19 38 72 −34 27[a]
16 Midhurst & Easebourne 30 5 10 15 39 59 −20 25
17 Lingfield 32 6 6 20 45 83 −38 24
18 AFC Varndeanians 31 4 7 20 26 65 −39 19
19 Lancing 30 5 3 22 33 94 −61 18 Relegation to step 6
20 Shoreham 31 5 1 25 42 112 −70 16
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: SCFL Premier Division Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
Notes:
  1. ^ On 30 January 2026, Wick were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.


Results table

Home \ Away VAR BEX CDG EBU FOR GUE HHT HYM LAN LIN LCM MID NEW PAG PAT ROF SEA SHO STT WIC
AFC Varndeanians 2–3 0–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–4 1–5 2–0 1–2 1–2
Bexhill United 0–0 4–1 2–2 3–2 0–4 1–5 2–1 6–0 5–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2
Crawley Down Gatwick 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–6 2–3 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–3
Eastbourne United 0–1 8–3 1–0 4–2 1–0 9–0 1–0 0–1 5–3 0–0 3–0 5–0 7–0 0–1 3–1
Forest Row 4–0 4–1 5–3 1–0 6–2 1–5 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–4 1–5 0–2 2–5 2–1 3–5
Guernsey 2–1 3–2 7–2 3–0 3–1 2–3 4–2 4–1 4–1 7–1 2–4 8–0 5–3 7–3 3–2 4–1
Haywards Heath Town 3–4 4–1 1–0 3–0 6–1 3–0 7–0 6–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 9–0 4–0
Horsham YM 2–2 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 4–1 10–2 1–6 5–0
Lancing 1–0 2–7 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–4 0–3 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–7
Lingfield 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–2 2–1 3–4 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–5 1–1 0–5 2–3 1–2 0–3
Little Common 4–3 2–0 0–3 2–2 4–2 0–6 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–5 1–1
Midhurst & Easebourne 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–4 0–3 2–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 5–5 4–0 3–1 3–0
Newhaven 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–5 0–4 3–0 6–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–3 4–0
Pagham 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–1 1–2 1–5 6–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0
Peacehaven & Telscombe 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 5–1
Roffey 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 0–4 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0
Seaford Town 6–0 0–2 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–4 4–2 2–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–4 1–3
Shoreham 1–4 2–0 1–3 6–7 0–4 0–2 1–0 3–4 1–2 3–3 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–5 1–4
Steyning Town 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 4–0 4–1 7–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 4–0 8–0
Wick 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
AFC VarndeaniansDLLWLLLWLLLLLLLLLLDDDWLLLLWDLDD
Bexhill UnitedDWWWWLLDWWLWLLWLWWDLWLWLWLLWWLL
Crawley Down GatwickLDDLLWLLLWWWLLLLLLLDLLLWDDWWDL
Eastbourne United AssociationLLDLWLLDDWLWWLWWWWWDWLWWWDWWWWL
Forest RowWWWWLWWWDWWLLLLWLLDLWWLLLLLLDLD
GuernseyWWWLWLWWLWWLLWWWWWLWWWWWWWLWWW
Haywards Heath TownWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLWWDWDWLLWLWW
Horsham YMWWWLWWWLWLLWWWWWDLWLDWWWWWWLWWW
LancingLLLDLLLLLWLLWLLLWDWDLLLLLLLLLW
LingfieldDLDLLLWLLLWLLWLLLDLWLLWLLDLDWDLL
Little CommonLLLWWWLLDWLLLWWLLLLWWDDDLLWLLDL
Midhurst & EasebourneDLLLDLWLWWDLDLLLLLLLDWDDWDDDLL
NewhavenWDWWWWWLLWLLLWWWLWWDWLDWLWLWLWLW
PaghamWDWLWLWDWWWLWWLLDWDWDWWWLDLWLWW
Peacehaven & TelscombeDWLLWWLDWWWWWWWLLDWWWWWWWWWWDDW
RoffeyLWLWWWDWLDLDWLDWLWWDWLLLLLWWDL
Seaford TownLLDLLLWWLLWLWWWLWWDLLDDLLWWLDL
ShorehamWWLWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDWLWLLL
Steyning TownWDWWDWLDWWWWWWWWWWWWDDWWWLWWWWW
WickLLLLLLWLWWLLWLDWWLLLWLLWDLLLLDL
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: [3]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

As of 19 March 2026
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Sam Murray Guernsey 26
2 Stan Bridgman Steyning Town 25
3 Dion Jarivs Steyning Town 21
Richard Pingling Horsham YM (Formerly Midhurst)
5 Lee Robinson Newhaven 17
Jack Shonk Bexhill United
7 Ross Allen Guernsey 16
Harvey Burgess Forest Row
Josh Irish Pagham
10 Alex Brewer Steyning Town 15
Noel Fisher Horsham YM
Oli Leslie Crawley Down Gatwick
Connor Tighe Peacehaven & Telscombe

Stadia and locations

Map showing the location of teams in the Premier Division


Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Varndeanians Brighton (Withdean) Withdean Stadium 8,850
Bexhill United Bexhill-on-Sea The Polegrove 1,000
Crawley Down Gatwick Crawley Down The Haven Centre 1,000
Eastbourne United Association Eastbourne The Oval 1,200
Forest Row Crawley (Three Bridges) Jubilee Field (groundshare with Three Bridges) 1,500
Guernsey Saint Sampson Victoria Park 5,000
Haywards Heath Town Haywards Heath Hanbury Park 2,000
Horsham YM Horsham Gorings Mead 1,575
Lancing Lancing Culver Road 1,500
Lingfield Lingfield The Sports Pavilion 2,000
Little Common Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common) Little Common Recreation Ground 1,200
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
Roffey Horsham (Roffey) Bartholomew Way 1,000
Seaford Town Seaford The Crouch —
Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea Middle Road 2,000
Steyning Town Steyning The Shooting Field 2,000
Wick Littlehampton (Wick) Crabtree Park 2,000

Division One

Division One decreased from 20 clubs to 18, 11 of which competed from the previous season. Copthorne were reprieved from relegation

Team changes

League table

Southern Combination League
Division One
Season2025–26
2026–27 →

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Godalming Town 26 15 8 3 48 23 +25 53 Promotion to Step 5
2 Infinity 27 16 4 7 72 37 +35 52 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Worthing United 28 16 4 8 55 29 +26 52
4 Reigate Priory 27 15 1 11 67 37 +30 46
5 AFC Walcountians 25 13 5 7 69 39 +30 44
6 Billingshurst 24 12 7 5 67 35 +32 43
7 Arundel 24 13 4 7 53 43 +10 43
8 Jarvis Brook 25 10 8 7 43 41 +2 38
9 Mile Oak 28 12 2 14 42 50 −8 38
10 Selsey 27 10 7 10 41 48 −7 37
11 East Preston 26 9 7 10 46 49 −3 34
12 Saltdean United 26 9 6 11 50 38 +12 33
13 Ringmer 26 9 7 10 40 54 −14 31[a]
14 Dorking Wanderers B 28 7 8 13 44 50 −6 29
15 Loxwood 25 8 5 12 38 50 −12 29
16 Oakwood 26 6 9 11 40 53 −13 27 Possible relegation to a feeder league
17 AFC Uckfield Town 24 4 6 14 29 81 −52 18
18 Copthorne (R) 26 1 0 25 31 118 −87 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. Source: SCFL Division One League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ringmer were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.


Results table

Home \ Away UCK WAL ARU BIL COP DOR EPR GOD INF JAR LOX MOK OAK REI RIN SDU SEL WOR
AFC Uckfield Town 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–3 0–9 1–2 1–1 0–1
AFC Walcountians 1–0 2–1 6–1 2–5 0–0 6–2 3–0 5–4 6–2 0–1
Arundel 2–1 1–5 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 4–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–0
Billingshurst 5–0 3–0 8–2 1–1 3–4 2–2 3–3 4–0 5–2 1–2 0–1
Copthorne 3–6 1–7 2–6 1–8 1–3 0–5 0–9 0–5 1–4 4–1 0–4 1–3 1–2 4–6
Dorking Wanderers B 3–0 0–2 4–4 10–2 1–1 0–3 5–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–4
East Preston 2–1 5–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–3
Godalming Town 4–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–1
Infinity 2–4 4–1 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 4–2 1–3 1–1
Jarvis Brook 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Loxwood 7–0 1–7 1–5 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 4–2 3–2 0–3 1–1
Mile Oak 3–0 0–4 2–2 0–4 2–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2
Oakwood 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–4 2–2
Reigate Priory 9–1 3–2 2–3 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1
Ringmer 3–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–2 3–2 0–3 2–1 1–5
Saltdean United 8–0 1–1 3–2 7–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–3
Selsey 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–6 1–0 1–5 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2
Worthing United 4–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 7–1 0–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

As of 28 February 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Marley Ambler Saltdean United (Formerly Mile Oak) 25
2 Zion Mcleod East Preston 19
3 Chike Ejezie AFC Walcountians 16
4 Tayo Adekoya Godalming Town (Formerly Selsey) 15
Lee Peacock Reigate Priory
6 Lewis Beebee Saltdean United 14
Mark Soares Godalming Town
Thomas Tierney Infinity
9 Jacob Sewell AFC Walcountians 13
William Street Reigate Priory


Stadia and locations

Map showing the location of teams in Division 1
Team Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Uckfield Town Framfield The Oaks 600
AFC Walcountians Woodmansterne Walcountians Sports Club
Arundel Arundel Mill Road 2,200
Billingshurst Billingshurst Jubilee Fields —
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
Godalming Town Godalming Bill Kyte Stadium 3,000
Infinity Sidlesham Sidlesham Recreation Ground —
Jarvis Brook Jarvis Brook Jarvis Brook Sports Club —
Loxwood Loxwood Plaistow Road 1,000
Mile Oak Brighton (Mile Oak) Mile Oak Recreation Ground —
Oakwood Crawley (Three Bridges) Tinsley Lane —
Reigate Priory Reigate Park Lane —
Ringmer Ringmer King's Academy Ringmer —
Saltdean United Brighton (Saltdean) Hill Park 1,000
Selsey Selsey Bunn Leisure Stadium —
Worthing United Worthing (Broadwater) The Robert Albon Memorial Ground 1,504

Division Two

Division Two increased to 15 teams[6] after Jarvis Brook were promoted to Division One, and Alfold, Montpelier Villa and Storrington were relegated from Division One. Montpelier Villa resigned from the league, whilst Rudgwick joined from the West Sussex Football League.

Team changes

Southern Combination League Division Two
Season2025–26
2026–27 →

Promotion from this division is dependant on ground grading as well as league position.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rustington 21 17 3 1 82 16 +66 54
2 Chichester City B 22 16 3 3 89 19 +70 51
3 Hailsham Town 19 16 2 1 75 14 +61 50
4 TD Shipley 19 15 2 2 55 22 +33 47
5 Southwater 20 10 7 3 50 23 +27 37
6 Upper Beeding 22 9 5 8 42 47 −5 32
7 Alfold 21 9 4 8 57 45 +12 31
8 ASC Brighton Rangers 21 8 4 9 56 46 +10 28
9 Ferring 19 8 1 10 50 51 −1 25
10 Capel 18 8 1 9 39 53 −14 25
11 Storrington 23 5 6 12 36 71 −35 21
12 Brighton Electricity 24 4 5 15 32 88 −56 17
13 Worthing Town 25 3 4 18 33 115 −82 13
14 Rudgwick 22 3 2 17 27 65 −38 11
15 Bosham 24 2 5 17 18 66 −48 11
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time SCFL Division 2 Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results table

Home \ Away ALF ABR BOS BRE CAP CCB FER HAI RUD RUS SOU STO TDS UBD WOT
Alfold 2–0 7–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 6–1 2–5 5–3 3–1 8–1
ASC Brighton Rangers 2–0 5–4 3–4 0–4 0–2 8–0 3–3 4–2 8–1
Bosham 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–5 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
Brighton Electricity 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–4 0–3 4–3 0–5 3–3 1–3
Capel 3–0 2–1 0–4 4–1 1–3 0–2 6–2 2–1
Chichester City B 12–0 8–0 1–1 2–1 7–0 6–0 7–0
Ferring 4–5 3–2 4–0 4–1 0–2 2–6 2–2 1–7 2–3 4–2
Hailsham Town 4–0 1–3 4–0 2–0 7–1 2–1 2–0 7–0 4–0 2–0 9–0
Rudgwick 2–2 4–1 0–3 0–8 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–3
Rustington 2–1 7–0 9–0 7–3 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Southwater 3–0 2–0 8–0 2–2 3–3 4–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1
Storrington 2–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–5 1–4 2–2
TD Shipley 1–0 2–0 6–0 8–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–2
Upper Beeding 1–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–2 5–0 0–6 2–1
Worthing Town 1–8 3–3 2–3 1–6 2–4 1–4 1–4 0–11 1–0 0–8 1–7 2–7 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2026. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

As of 28 February 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adam Campbell-Stone TD Shipley 23
2 Josh Hall Chichester City B 21
3 Matthew Wilson Rustington 16
4 Zain Beg Southwater 15
5 Joe Sadler Ferring 14
Antoine Sharpe ASC Brighton Rangers
7 Joshua Castle Chichester City B 13
Luke Longhurst Capel
9 Jack Newhouse Rustington 12
10 Zachary Brown Rudgwick 11
Ellis McWilton Worthing Town

Stadia and locations

Brighton Electricity
Capel
Ferring
Upper Beeding
Southwater
TD Shipley
Worthing Town
Rudgwick
Map showing the location of teams in Division 2
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Alfold Alfold Crossways Alfold Recreation Ground 1,000
Bosham Bosham Walton Lane —
Brighton Electricity Brighton (Withdean) Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) 8,850
Capel Capel Newdigate Road —
Chichester City B Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000
Ferring Ferring The Glebelands —
Hailsham Town Hailsham The Beaconsfield 2,000
Rudgwick Rudgwick King George V Playing Fields —
Rustington Rustington Rustington Recreation Ground —
ASC Brighton Rangers Lancing Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing) 1,500
Southwater Southwater Southwater Sports Club —
Storrington Community Storrington The Recreation Ground, Storrington —
TD Shipley Shipley (Dragon's Green) Dragons Green —
Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Memorial Playing Field —
Worthing Town Worthing Palatine Park —

References

  1. ^ "Southern Combination Football League". scfl.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 2-6 in 2025-26 term". TheFA. 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Results|Southern Combination Football League". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Player Stats". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Results|Southern Combination Football League". FA Full-Time. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Div 2 Clubs". The Southern Combination Football League. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Rudgwick FC Make History with Promotion and New First Team Appointment". Rudgwick Football Club. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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