2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League
# 2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2021–22 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 56th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the sixth year the competition had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the English football league system.

The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021, and were subject to appeal. The allocations were confirmed on 19 June at the league's annual general meeting, conducted remotely.

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 17 clubs from the previous season after its competition was abandoned, along with three new clubs, all promoted from Division One:

* Holmesdale
* Kennington
* Rusthall

### Premier Division table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sheppey United (C, P) | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 104 | 25 | +79 | 102 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Chatham Town (P) | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 122 | 20 | +102 | 100 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 3 | Glebe | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 92 | 34 | +58 | 81 | |
| 4 | Deal Town | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 46 | +33 | 74 | |
| 5 | Kennington | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 78 | 61 | +17 | 70 | |
| 6 | Erith & Belvedere | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 71 | +9 | 64 | |
| 7 | Erith Town | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 56 | +12 | 62 | |
| 8 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 57 | |
| 9 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 53 | Transfer to the Southern Combination League |
| 10 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 54 | |
| 11 | Bearsted | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 51 | |
| 12 | Holmesdale | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 48 | |
| 13 | Fisher | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 45 | |
| 14 | Punjab United | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 76 | −18 | 41 | |
| 15 | Welling Town | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 55 | 81 | −26 | 43 | |
| 16 | Canterbury City | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 81 | −38 | 37 | |
| 17 | K Sports | 38 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 63 | 96 | −33 | 33 | |
| 18 | Rusthall | 38 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 40 | 94 | −54 | 24 | |
| 19 | Lordswood | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 40 | 107 | −67 | 24 | Reprieve from relegation |
| 20 | Tower Hamlets (R) | 38 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 34 | 119 | −85 | 12 | Relegation to the Eastern Counties League |

* ↑ Reprieved as one of twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom in Step 5.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BEA | CAN | CHA | CRW | DEA | ERB | ERT | FIS | GLB | H&B | HOL | KSP | KEN | LOR | PUN | RUS | SHE | TOW | TUN | WEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bearsted | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Canterbury City | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Chatham Town | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 7–0 | 10–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Crowborough Athletic | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Deal Town | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Erith & Belvedere | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Erith Town | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Fisher | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Glebe | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hollands & Blair | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Holmesdale | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 |
| K Sports | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| Kennington | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Lordswood | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 3–5 |
| Punjab United | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Rusthall | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sheppey United | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–10 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | — | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 5–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Welling Town | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | — |

## Division One

Division One comprised the 14 teams which competed when the previous season's competition was aborted, along with six new clubs:

* Promoted from the Kent County League
   * Faversham Strike Force
   * Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers
   * Staplehurst Monarchs
* Transferred from the Combined Counties League
   * Chessington & Hook United
   * Tooting Bec
   * Westside

### Division One table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stansfeld (C, P) | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Sutton Athletic (O, P) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 102 | 63 | +39 | 79 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 47 | +34 | 76 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Snodland Town | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 85 | 43 | +42 | 71 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Tooting Bec | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 67 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Bridon Ropes | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 89 | 53 | +36 | 65 | |
| 7 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 60 | |
| 8 | Croydon | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 60 | |
| 9 | Lewisham Borough | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 54 | |
| 10 | Rochester United | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 53 | |
| 11 | FC Elmstead | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 47 | |
| 12 | Greenways | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 79 | 82 | −3 | 45 | |
| 13 | Faversham Strike Force | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 86 | −23 | 45 | |
| 14 | Kent Football United | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 57 | 80 | −23 | 44 | |
| 15 | Lydd Town | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 63 | 91 | −28 | 44 | |
| 16 | Westside | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 70 | 81 | −11 | 40 | Transfer to the Combined Counties League |
| 17 | Staplehurst Monarchs | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 49 | 78 | −29 | 36 | |
| 18 | Meridian VP | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 34 | Reprieve from relegation |
| 19 | Forest Hill Park | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 27 | Reprieve from relegation |
| 20 | Chessington & Hook United | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 39 | 98 | −59 | 27 | Transfer to the Southern Combination League |

* ↑ All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.
* ↑ Chessington and Hook United had their relegation reprieved.

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Sutton Athletic | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Tooting Bec | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Tooting Bec | 0 | 2 | Sutton Athletic | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 1 |
| 3 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 1 | 3 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 1 |
| 4 | Snodland Town | 0 | | | |
