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 28 21 5 2 90 33 +57 68 Promotion to Step 4
2 Haywards Heath Town 24 21 2 1 77 13 +64 65 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Guernsey 26 20 0 6 90 50 +40 60
4 Horsham YM 26 18 2 6 70 34 +36 56
5 Peacehaven & Telscombe 26 18 2 6 56 23 +33 56
6 Newhaven 28 16 3 9 62 61 +1 51
7 Pagham 25 14 5 6 53 28 +25 47
8 Eastbourne United 25 13 4 8 60 26 +34 43
9 Bexhill United 27 13 3 11 56 52 +4 42
10 Forest Row 27 12 2 13 55 54 +1 38
11 Roffey 25 10 5 10 45 53 −8 35
12 Seaford Town 26 9 4 13 50 62 −12 31
13 Little Common 26 8 4 14 32 52 −20 28
14 Wick 27 8 2 17 33 63 −30 26
15 Lingfield 24 5 3 16 29 61 −32 18
16 Midhurst & Easebourne 22 4 5 13 30 52 −22 17
17 AFC Varndeanians 27 4 4 19 24 62 −38 16
18 Crawley Down Gatwick 23 4 3 16 35 54 −19 15
19 Lancing 25 4 3 18 29 85 −56 15 Relegation to step 6
20 Shoreham 27 4 1 22 40 98 −58 13
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 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


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 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–4 1–5 2–0 1–2 1–2
Bexhill United 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–5 2–1 6–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 1–2
Crawley Down Gatwick 1–2 1–1 2–6 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 2–3
Eastbourne United 0–1 8–3 1–0 4–2 9–0 1–0 0–1 5–3 0–0 3–0 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 0–2 2–1 3–5
Guernsey 2–1 3–0 2–3 4–2 4–1 4–1 7–1 2–4 8–0 5–3 4–1
Haywards Heath Town 4–1 1–0 6–1 3–0 7–0 6–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0
Horsham YM 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 10–2 1–6 5–0
Lancing 1–0 2–7 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–7
Lingfield 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–5 1–2 0–3
Little Common 4–3 2–0 0–3 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–1
Midhurst & Easebourne 1–3 0–4 0–3 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–3 5–5 3–1 3–0
Newhaven 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–5 0–4 6–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 2–3
Pagham 1–0 2–2 0–1 6–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–0
Peacehaven & Telscombe 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 1–1
Roffey 4–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 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 5–1
Shoreham 1–4 2–0 1–3 6–7 0–4 3–4 1–2 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–5 1–4
Steyning Town 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 4–0
Wick 2–3 2–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2026. Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
AFC VarndeaniansDLLWLLLWLLLLLLLLLLDDDWLLL
Bexhill UnitedDWWWWLLDWWLWLLWLWWDLWLWL
Crawley Down GatwickLDDLLWLLLWWWLLLLLLLDL
Eastbourne United AssociationLLDLWLLDDWLWWLWWWWWDWLW
Forest RowWWWWLWWWDWWLLLLWLLDLWWLL
GuernseyWWWLWLWWLWWLLWWWWWLWWWW
Haywards Heath TownWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLWWDWD
Horsham YMWWWLWWWLWLLWWWWWDLWLDWWW
LancingLLLDLLLLLWLLWLLLWDWDLLLL
LingfieldDLDLLLWLLLWLLWLLLDLWLL
Little CommonLLLWWWLLDWLLLWWLLLLWWDDD
Midhurst & EasebourneDLLLDLWLWWDLDLLLLLLL
NewhavenWDWWWWWLLWLLLWWWLWWDWLDWL
PaghamWDWLWLWDWWWLWWLLDWDWDW
Peacehaven & TelscombeDWLLWWLDWWWWWWWLLDWWWWWW
RoffeyLWLWWWDWLDLDWLDWLWWDWLL
Seaford TownLLDLLLWWLLWLWWWLWWDLLDD
ShorehamWWLWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Steyning TownWDWWDWLDWWWWWWWWWWWWDDWWW
WickLLLLLLWLWWLLWLDWWLLLWLLWD
Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2026. Source: [3]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top scorers

As of 15 January 2026
Rank Player Club Goals[4]
1 Sam Murray Guernsey 19
2 Stan Bridgman Steyning Town 16
3 Dion Jarivs Steyning Town 15
4 Dylan Walter Peacehaven & Telscombe (Formerly Shoreham) 13
5 Lee Robinson Newhaven 11
Frankie Spiteri Wick (Formerly Lancing)
Jack Shonk Bexhill United
8 Pacey Bean Forest Row (Formerly Newhaven) 10
Tom Chalaye Haywards Heath
Joshua Irish Wick
Oli Leslie Crawley Down Gatwick

Stadia and locations


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 21 13 7 1 38 17 +21 46 Promotion to Step 5
2 Worthing United 24 14 3 7 49 26 +23 45 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Arundel 21 13 2 6 49 36 +13 41
4 Infinity 23 12 4 7 55 36 +19 40
5 Billingshurst 21 11 6 4 63 32 +31 39
6 AFC Walcountians 22 11 5 6 57 34 +23 38
7 Selsey 23 10 6 7 36 31 +5 36
8 Reigate Priory 22 11 1 10 57 32 +25 34
9 East Preston 22 9 5 8 41 38 +3 32
10 Jarvis Brook 22 8 8 6 36 36 0 32
11 Mile Oak 25 10 2 13 37 45 −8 32
12 Ringmer 22 9 5 8 34 46 −12 29[a]
13 Dorking Wanderers B 25 7 6 12 39 42 −3 27
14 Loxwood 21 7 5 9 34 39 −5 26
15 Saltdean United 23 6 6 11 42 37 +5 24
16 Oakwood 20 5 7 8 33 42 −9 22 Possible relegation to a feeder league
17 AFC Uckfield Town 20 2 4 14 13 70 −57 10
18 Copthorne 23 1 0 22 27 101 −74 3
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 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
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 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 2–1 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 1–7 2–6 1–3 0–5 0–9 4–1 0–4 1–3 1–2 4–6
Dorking Wanderers B 3–0 4–4 10–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–4
East Preston 2–1 5–0 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 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
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 0–3
Mile Oak 3–0 2–2 0–4 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2
Oakwood 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 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
Ringmer 3–0 1–3 3–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 4–2 3–2 0–3 1–5
Saltdean United 8–0 1–1 7–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3
Selsey 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–5 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2
Worthing United 4–0 2–3 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 7–1 0–2 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2026. Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

As of 10 January 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Marley Ambler Mile Oak 19
2 Zion Mcleod East Preston 16
3 Lee Peacock Reigate Priory 14
4 Lewis Beebee Saltdean United 13
Chike Ejezie AFC Walcountians
Thomas Tierney Infinity
7 Sam Bull Reigate Priory 12
Max Davies Selsey
Jacob Sewell AFC Walcountians
Mark Soares Godalming Town
William Street Reigate Priory


Stadia and locations

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 Hailsham Town 18 15 2 1 73 14 +59 47
2 TD Shipley 16 15 0 1 50 15 +35 45
3 Chichester City B 18 13 3 2 66 17 +49 42
4 Rustington 16 12 3 1 64 15 +49 39
5 Southwater 17 9 5 3 44 19 +25 32
6 Alfold 18 9 2 7 52 36 +16 29
7 Upper Beeding 19 8 4 7 38 38 0 28
8 Capel 17 8 1 8 39 45 −6 25
9 Ferring 17 7 1 9 45 47 −2 22
10 ASC Brighton Rangers 17 6 3 8 38 39 −1 21
11 Storrington 18 4 5 9 31 51 −20 17
12 Brighton Electricity 20 4 3 13 28 70 −42 15
13 Bosham 21 2 4 15 16 60 −44 10
14 Rudgwick 19 2 2 15 22 58 −36 8
15 Worthing Town 21 1 4 16 25 107 −82 7
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 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 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 4–2 8–1
Bosham 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–5 1–5 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0
Brighton Electricity 3–2 1–4 0–3 4–3 0–5 1–3
Capel 3–0 2–1 0–4 4–1 1–3 0–2 6–2 2–1
Chichester City B 1–1 2–1 7–0
Ferring 4–5 3–2 4–0 4–1 0–2 2–6 1–7 2–3 4–2
Hailsham Town 4–0 1–3 4–0 2–0 7–1 2–1 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 9–0 7–3 2–2 3–1 2–1
Southwater 3–0 2–0 8–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1
Storrington 2–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 1–5 2–2
TD Shipley 1–0 2–0 6–0 8–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1
Upper Beeding 1–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1
Worthing Town 1–8 3–3 1–6 2–4 1–4 0–11 1–0 1–7 2–7 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2026. Source: SCFL Fixtures and Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

As of 16 January 2026
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Adam Campbell-Stone TD Shipley 17
2 Zain Beg Southwater 14
3 Luke Longhurst Capel 13
Joe Sadler Ferring
5 Josh Hall Chichester City B 12
Antoine Sharpe ASC Brighton Rangers
7 Matthew Wilson Rustington 10
8 Zachary Brown Rudgwick 9
Joshua Castle Chichester City B
Joey Pout Hailsham Town
Dieron Munorrah Alfold

Stadia and locations

2025–26 Southern Combination Football League is located in South-east England
Brighton Electricity
Brighton Electricity
Capel
Capel
Ferring
Ferring
Upper Beeding
Upper Beeding
Southwater
Southwater
TD Shipley
TD Shipley
Worthing Town
Worthing Town
Rudgwick
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.