2025–26 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2025–26 Southern Counties East Football League season is the 60th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League (known for sponsorship reasons for the second consecutive season as the Presence & Co. Southern Counties East League).[1] For the tenth season the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 respectively of the English football league system.

Premier Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2025–26
2026–27 →

The Premier Division comprised nineteen clubs: sixteen had been members the previous season (remaining after the promotion of Faversham Town and VCD Athletic to the Isthmian League South East Division and the relegation of Lydd Town and Lordswood to Division One); they were joined by three additional clubs:

Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Whitstable Town (T) 29 23 4 2 71 31 +40 73 Promotion to the Isthmian League
2 Fisher 28 15 7 6 62 33 +29 52 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Bearsted 29 13 10 6 62 44 +18 49
4 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 29 13 8 8 60 36 +24 47
5 Rusthall 26 13 6 7 55 42 +13 45
6 Hollands & Blair 29 14 2 13 38 43 −5 44
7 Erith & Belvedere 31 12 7 12 48 46 +2 43
8 Sutton Athletic 29 11 10 8 42 40 +2 43
9 Punjab United 28 11 8 9 53 51 +2 41
10 Phoenix Sports 28 10 10 8 54 43 +11 40
11 Snodland Town 28 11 7 10 52 52 0 40
12 Corinthian 31 9 9 13 58 75 −17 36
13 Holmesdale 29 11 3 15 48 71 −23 36
14 Kennington 29 10 5 14 40 48 −8 35
15 Chislehurst Glebe 30 9 7 14 47 55 −8 34
16 Tunbridge Wells 26 9 4 13 39 48 −9 31
17 Faversham Strike Force 28 8 5 15 47 59 −12 29
18 Hythe Town 28 5 4 19 35 65 −30 19 Relegation to Division One[2]
19 Stansfeld 27 4 4 19 31 60 −29 16
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. 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
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away BEA CHG COR E&B FAV FIS H&B HLM HYT KEN LAR PHO PUN RUS SNO STA SUT TUN WHI
Bearsted 1–4 4–1 4–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–1
Chislehurst Glebe 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 5–1 5–2 2–3 1–2 3–1 3–3 0–0 0–2
Corinthian 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–4 2–2 2–2
Erith & Belvedere 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Faversham Strike Force 1–4 2–5 1–2 3–3 2–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–2
Fisher 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 4–2 1–0 3–2 5–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 5–0 1–2 1–2
Hollands & Blair 0–2 2–0 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–3
Holmesdale 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 0–5 3–4 4–2 2–1 0–3 4–2 1–1 1–4 6–2 2–1 1–2
Hythe Town 2–3 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–4 3–3 2–3 4–0 0–0 0–3 1–2
Kennington 1–4 2–1 5–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–3
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 7–0 5–0 1–0 1–2 3–4 1–1 5–2 3–0 3–0 1–2
Phoenix Sports 3–2 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–0 2–4 4–0 2–4 4–1 1–1 1–4 0–1
Punjab United 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–1
Rusthall 4–2 3–1 7–0 2–1 4–0 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 5–1 2–0
Snodland Town 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 7–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–5
Stansfeld 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 5–2 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–2
Sutton Athletic 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–1
Tunbridge Wells 3–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–2
Whitstable Town 4–2 6–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 0–2 3–3 4–0 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. 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.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the Premier Division clubs (Greater London)
Locations of the Premier Division clubs (Kent)
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Bearsted Otham Honey Lane 1,000
Chislehurst Glebe Chislehurst Foxbury Avenue 1,200
Corinthian Longfield Gay Dawn Farm 2,000
Erith & Belvedere Welling Park View Road (groundshare with Welling United) 4,000
Faversham Strike Force Faversham The Belmont Ground (groundshare with Whitstable Town) 3,000
Fisher Rotherhithe St Paul's Sports Ground 2,500
Hollands & Blair Gillingham Star Meadow 1,000
Holmesdale Bromley Oakley Road
Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000
Kennington Kennington The Homelands (groundshare with Ashford United) 3,200
Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers Larkfield Larkfield & New Hythe Sports Club 3,000
Phoenix Sports Barnehurst Phoenix Sports Ground 2,000
Punjab United Gravesend Elite Venue 600
Rusthall Rusthall The Jockey Farm Stadium 1,500
Snodland Town Snodland Potyns Sports Ground 1,000
Stansfeld Eltham Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley Paper Mills) 1,550
Sutton Athletic Hextable Lower Road
Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells Culverden Stadium 3,750
Whitstable Town Whitstable The Belmont Ground 3,000

First Division

Southern Counties East
Football League
First Division
Season2025–26
2026–27 →

The First Division comprised eighteen clubs: thirteen had been members the previous season (remaining after the promotion of Faversham Strike Force to the Premier Division and of Soul Tower Hamlets to the Essex Senior Football League, the transfer after appeal of Clapton Community back to the Eastern Counties League Division One South[3] and the relegation of Meridian VP and the voluntary relegation of Canterbury City[4] both to the Kent County League); they were joined by five additional clubs:

First Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SE Dons 27 20 5 2 67 24 +43 65 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 AFC Greenwich Borough 24 19 2 3 76 16 +60 59 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Rochester United 25 19 2 4 61 26 +35 59
4 Croydon 27 15 4 8 66 35 +31 49
5 Lordswood 25 13 6 6 48 35 +13 45
6 FC Elmstead 25 12 4 9 46 39 +7 40
7 Greenways 25 11 4 10 36 33 +3 37
8 Staplehurst Monarchs 23 9 7 7 34 31 +3 34
9 Sheppey Sports 27 9 7 11 52 55 −3 34
10 Halls Athletic 27 10 2 15 43 54 −11 32
11 Tooting Bec 25 7 10 8 40 28 +12 31
12 Bridon Ropes 26 6 8 12 33 52 −19 26
13 Lydd Town 27 7 5 15 38 76 −38 26
14 Banstead Athletic 26 7 4 15 27 66 −39 25
15 Lewisham Borough 26 6 6 14 25 43 −18 24
16 Sporting Club Thamesmead 26 4 11 11 42 50 −8 23 Possible relegation to
the Kent County League
17 Welling Town 26 5 4 17 26 64 −38 19
18 Chessington & Hook United 21 3 3 15 26 59 −33 12
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: The FA Full-Time; Tables: P&Co First 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

Results table

Home \ Away AGB BAN BRI CHE CRO ELM GWY HAL LEW LOR LYD ROC SCT SED SHE STM TOO WEL
AFC Greenwich Borough 5–0 5–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 7–0
Banstead Athletic 0–8 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–6 2–4 1–1 3–3 1–4 0–2 1–0
Bridon Ropes 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–5 4–3
Chessington & Hook United 1–3 2–5 2–6 0–3 0–0 0–2 4–1
Croydon 4–0 0–0 11–0 1–3 6–0 3–2 6–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–3
FC Elmstead 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–4 2–1 2–0 5–0 4–2 2–3 2–1 0–3 3–0
Greenways 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0
Halls Athletic 2–4 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–2 0–3 3–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 2–1 1–5 0–1
Lewisham Borough 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–5 0–3 3–0 2–1 0–1
Lordswood 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–9 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–2
Lydd Town 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–4 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–3 0–5 1–3 3–1 0–5 4–1
Rochester United 3–0 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0
Sporting Club Thamesmead 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–4 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–3 1–1
SE Dons 2–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–2
Sheppey Sports 0–8 2–0 3–1 8–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–4 8–1 4–0 0–0 2–4 1–1
Staplehurst Monarchs 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Tooting Bec 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–0
Welling Town 0–3 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–5 3–1 2–2 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: FA Full-Time Grid; FWP SCEFL Results
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.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the Division One clubs (Greater London)
Locations of the Division One clubs (Kent)
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Greenwich Borough Greenwich Oakley Road (groundshare with Holmesdale)
Banstead Athletic Tadworth Merland Rise 1,500
Bridon Ropes Charlton Meridian Sports & Social Club
Chessington & Hook United Chessington Chalky Lane 3,000
Croydon Croydon Croydon Arena 8,000
FC Elmstead Hextable Lower Road (groundshare with Sutton Athletic)
Greenways Gravesend Rochester United Sports Ground (groundshare with Rochester United) 1,000
Halls Athletic Dartford Princes Park (groundshare with Dartford) 4,100
Lewisham Borough Catford Ladywell Arena
Lordswood Lordswoood Martyn Grove 600
Lydd Town Lydd The Lindsey Field 1,000
Rochester United Strood Rochester United Sports Ground 1,000
SE Dons Chatham The Bauvill Stadium (groundshare with Chatham Town) 5,000
Sheppey Sports Isle of Sheppey Holm Park (groundshare with Sheppey United) 1,530
Sporting Club Thamesmead Thamesmead Bayliss Avenue (groundshare with Erith Town) 800
Staplehurst Monarchs Staplehurst Jubilee Sports Ground 1,000
Tooting Bec Tooting Bec High Road (groundshare with Chipstead) 2,000
Welling Town Welling Erith Leisure Centre

League Challenge Cup

The 2025–26 SCEFL Challenge Cup (known for sponsorship reasons as the Presence & Co. SCEFL Challenge Cup) was contested by all 37 clubs from both the Premier and First divisions (indicated by '(PD)' and '(FD)' respectively in the results listings below).

First round

The first round was contested by ten teams over five ties with the remaining 27 teams receiving a bye to the next round.

Tie Home team (division) Score Away team (division)
1 Chislehurst Glebe (PD) 3–4 Erith & Belvedere (PD)
2 Faversham Strike Force (PD) 4–2 Sheppey Sports (FD)
3 Fisher (PD) 4–0 Bridon Ropes (FD)
4 Halls Athletic (FD) 0–0 (4–3 p) Sutton Athletic (PD)
5 Punjab United (PD) 0–3 Holmesdale (PD)

Second round

The second round comprised sixteen ties featuring the 32 teams remaining in the competition.

Tie Home team (division) Score Away team (division)
1 AFC Greenwich Borough (FD) 2–0 Holmesdale (PD)
2 Banstead Athletic (FD) 0–2 Tunbridge Wells (PD)
3 Chessington & Hook United (FD) 1–0 Croydon (FD)
4 Corinthian (PD) 3–3 (1–3 p) Snodland Town (PD)
5 Faversham Strike Force (PD) 2–1 Rochester United (FD)
6 Fisher (PD) 6–0 Welling Town (FD)
7 Greenways (FD) 0–2 FC Elmstead (FD)
8 Halls Athletic (FD) 0–2 Stansfeld (PD)
9 Hollands & Blair (PD) 3–0 Lydd Town (FD)
10 Kennington (PD) 2–3 SE Dons (FD)
11 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (PD) 2–0 Lordswood (FD)
12 Lewisham Borough (FD) 1–1 (1–4 p) Phoenix Sports (PD)
13 Sporting Club Thamesmead (FD) 3–4 Rusthall (PD)
14 Staplehurst Monarchs (FD) 0–4 Hythe Town (PD)
15 Tooting Bec (FD) 0–3 Erith & Belvedere (PD)
16 Whitstable Town (PD) 2–3 Bearsted (PD)

Third round

The third round comprises eight ties featuring the 16 teams remaining in the competition, twelve from the Premier Division and four from the First Division.

Tie Home team (division) Score Away team (division)
1 Bearsted (PD) 1–1 (4–2 p) Hollands & Blair (PD)
2 Erith & Belvedere (PD) 3–3 (2–4 p) Tunbridge Wells (PD)
3 FC Elmstead (FD) 0–2 AFC Greenwich Borough (FD)
4 Hythe Town (PD) 0–0 (9–8 p) Snodland Town (PD)
5 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (PD) 2–2 (4–1 p) Faversham Strike Force (PD)
6 Rusthall (PD) 6–0 Chessington & Hook United (FD)
7 SE Dons (FD) 1–4 Fisher (PD)
8 Stansfeld (PD) 2–3 Phoenix Sports (PD)

Quarter-finals

The third round comprises four ties featuring the 8 teams remaining in the competition, seven from the Premier Division and one from the First Division.

Tie Home team (division) Score Away team (division)
1 AFC Greenwich Borough (FD) 3–2 Phoenix Sports (PD)
2 Bearsted (PD) 3–2 Hythe Town (PD)
3 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (PD) 3–1 Fisher (PD)
4 Rusthall (PD) 4–3 Tunbridge Wells (PD)

Semi-finals

Tie Home team (division) Score Away team (division)
1 AFC Greenwich Borough (FD) 3–4 Bearsted (PD)
2 Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers (PD) 1–2 Rusthall (PD)

Final

3 April 2026 (2026-04-03) Bearsted (PD) v Rusthall (PD) Chislehurst
13:00 BST Stadium: Cray Wanderers F.C. (Flamingo Park)

source: "Presence & Co. SCEFL Challenge Cup: 2025–26". SCEFL. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

Division One Cup

The 2025–26 SCEFL Division One Cup, a supplementary competition for teams in Division One, was contested by the eighteen clubs of the division. The competition was organised on a knock-out tie basis.

First round

Four clubs to compete in two first round ties, with byes for the other 14 clubs.

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Lewisham Borough 3–1 AFC Greenwich Borough
2 Lordswood 1–1 (4–3 p) Lydd Town

Second round

Sixteen clubs to compete in eight second round ties.

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Banstead Athletic 0–1 Chessington & Hook United
2 Bridon Ropes 2–0 Welling Town
3 Croydon 0–1 Tooting Bec
4 FC Elmstead 0–2 Halls Athletic
5 Lewisham Borough 2–1 Sporting Club Thamesmead
6 Lordswood 4–2 SE Dons
7 Rochester United 0–2 Greenways
8 Sheppey Sports 0–5 Staplehurst Monarchs

Quarter-finals

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Chessington & Hook United 0–1 Lewisham Borough
2 Lordswood 3–3 (4–3 p) Halls Athletic
3 Staplehurst Monarchs 1–1 (4–3 p) Greenways
4 Tooting Bec 3–0 Bridon Ropes

Semi-finals

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Lewisham Borough v Tooting Bec
2 Lordswood 2–0 Staplehurst Monarchs

Final

9 May 2026 (2026-05-09) Lordswood v Chislehurst
13:00 BST Stadium: Cray Wanderers F.C. (Flamingo Park)

source: "SCEFL Division One Cup: 2025–26". SCEFL. Retrieved 18 March 2026.

References

  1. ^ "Southern Counties East Football League agrees two-year sponsorship deal with Tunbridge Wells-based Presence & Co". Kent Online. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Promotion and Relegation Guidelines 2025/2026". scefl.com. Southern Counties East Football League. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Clapton CFC Men's First Team's lateral move appeal is successful". www.claptoncfc.co.uk. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  4. ^ Max Chesson (30 March 2025). "Canterbury City FC confirms it has resigned from the Southern Counties East Football League Division One". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  5. ^ "AFC Greenwich Borough Launches as Entry Into Step Six of Non-league Football Is Confirmed". AFC Greenwich Borough. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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