2021–22 Southern Combination Football League
# 2021–22 Southern Combination Football League

The 2021–22 Southern Combination Football League season was the 97th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system.

The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 18 May.

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

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and three clubs, promoted from Division One:

* AFC Varndeanians
* Bexhill United
* Littlehampton Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Littlehampton Town | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 130 | 48 | +82 | 91 | Promoted to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Saltdean United | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 104 | 31 | +73 | 87 | Retented at Step 5 |
| 3 | Newhaven | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 94 | 36 | +58 | 80 | Qualified for inter-step play-off |
| 4 | Bexhill United | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 83 | 39 | +44 | 77 | |
| 5 | Eastbourne United | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 67 | |
| 6 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 67 | |
| 7 | Broadbridge Heath | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 71 | 47 | +24 | 63 | |
| 8 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 60 | |
| 9 | Pagham | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 59 | Transferred to the Wessex League |
| 10 | Little Common | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 52 | |
| 11 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 83 | 67 | +16 | 51 | |
| 12 | Lingfield | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 46 | |
| 13 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 73 | −29 | 41 | |
| 14 | AFC Uckfield Town | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 39 | |
| 15 | Alfold | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 44 | 72 | −28 | 39 | |
| 16 | Hassocks | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 38 | |
| 17 | Steyning Town | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 92 | −51 | 36 | |
| 18 | AFC Varndeanians | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 58 | 89 | −31 | 32 | |
| 19 | Loxwood | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 99 | −62 | 29 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 20 | East Preston | 38 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 161 | −130 | 9 | Relegated to Division One |

* ↑ Saltdean United failed to meet ground grading standards and were not promoted.
* ↑ Contested an inter-step play-off match as one of the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest points per game (PPG) from Step 5 at the end of the 2021–22 season against one of the nine runners-up with the most PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner stayed at Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser remained at Step 5.
* ↑ Loxwood were reprieved as one of 12 clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | UCK | VAR | ALF | BEX | BBH | CDG | EPR | EBT | EBU | HSK | HYM | LIN | LCM | LIT | LOX | NEW | PAG | PAT | SDU | STT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Uckfield Town | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| AFC Varndeanians | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–6 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Alfold | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–6 | 3–1 |
| Bexhill United | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Broadbridge Heath | 1–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 11–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 8–0 |
| East Preston | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–4 | | 0–9 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 1–3 | 1–12 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–5 |
| Eastbourne Town | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Eastbourne United Association | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Hassocks | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Horsham YMCA | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Lingfield | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Little Common | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Littlehampton Town | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 8–0 |
| Loxwood | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | | 1–10 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 2–3 |
| Newhaven | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Pagham | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 10–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Saltdean United | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 5–2 |
| Steyning Town | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–6 | |

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Uckfield Town | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | L |
| AFC Varndeanians | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Alfold | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Bexhill United | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L |
| Broadbridge Heath | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| East Preston | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Eastbourne Town | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W |
| Eastbourne United Association | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Hassocks | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W |
| Horsham YMCA | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D |
| Lingfield | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D |
| Little Common | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D |
| Littlehampton Town | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Loxwood | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W |
| Newhaven | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Pagham | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Saltdean United | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Steyning Town | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joseph Benn | Littlehampton Town | 39 |
| 2 | Charlie Pitcher | Crawley Down Gatwick | 30 |
| 3 | George Gaskin | Littlehampton Town | 28 |
| 3 | Jack Shonk | Bexhill United | 28 |
| 5 | Evan Archibald | Bexhill United | 24 |
| 5 | Jack Langford | Pagham | 24 |
| 5 | Alfie Rogers | Newhaven | 24 |
| 5 | Max Thompson | Eastbourne United | 24 |
| 9 | Rob Clarke | Steyning Town | 22 |
| 10 | Lewis Hole | Little Common | 21 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Founded |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Varndeanians | Brighton (Withdean) | Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity) | 8,850 | 1929 |
| AFC Uckfield Town | Framfield | The Oaks | 600 | 2014 |
| Alfold | Alfold Crossways | Alfold Recreation Ground | 1,000 | 1923 |
| Bexhill United | Bexhill-on-Sea | The Polegrove | 1,000 | 2002 |
| Broadbridge Heath | Broadbridge Heath | Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre | 1,000 | 1919 |
| Crawley Down Gatwick | Crawley Down | The Haven Centre | 1,000 | 1993 |
| East Preston | Littlehampton (East Preston) | The Lashmar (groundshare with Littlehampton United) | 1,000 | 1966 |
| Eastbourne Town | Eastbourne | The Saffrons | 4,500 | 1881 |
| Eastbourne United | Eastbourne | The Oval | 1,200 | 2003 |
| Hassocks | Hassocks | The Beacon | 1,000 | 1902 |
| Horsham YMCA | Horsham | Gorings Mead | 1,500 | 1898 |
| Lingfield | Lingfield | The Sports Pavilion | 2,000 | 1893 |
| Little Common | Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common) | The Oval (groundshare with Eastbourne United) until 12 December 2021 | 1,200 | 1966 |
| Little Common | Bexhill-on-Sea (Little Common) | Little Common Recreation Ground from 12 December 2021 | 1,000 | 1966 |
| Littlehampton Town | Littlehampton | St Flora Sportsfield | 4,000 | 1896 |
| Loxwood | Loxwood | Plaistow Road | 1,000 | 1920 |
| Newhaven | Newhaven | The Trafalgar Ground | 3,000 | 1889 |
| Pagham | Pagham | Nyetimber Lane | 1,500 | 1903 |
| Peacehaven & Telscombe | Peacehaven | The Sports Park | 3,000 | 1923 |
| Saltdean United | Brighton (Saltdean) | Hill Park | 1,000 | 1966 |
| Steyning Town | Steyning | The Shooting Field | 2,000 | 1892 |

## Division One

Division One increased to 18 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

* Dorking Wanderers reserves, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
* Epsom & Ewell, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
* Forest Row, promoted from the Mid Sussex Football League
* Godalming Town, transferred from Combined Counties League Division One
* Montpelier Villa, promoted from Division Two

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roffey | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 85 | 44 | +41 | 75 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 70 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Dorking Wanderers reserves | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 84 | 45 | +39 | 69 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 4 | Seaford Town | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 67 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Shoreham | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 58 | +18 | 65 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Epsom & Ewell | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 93 | 47 | +46 | 64 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Godalming Town | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 58 | |
| 8 | Selsey | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 55 | |
| 9 | Montpelier Villa | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 75 | 76 | −1 | 45 | |
| 10 | Wick | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 44 | |
| 11 | Forest Row | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 65 | 75 | −10 | 44 | |
| 12 | Billingshurst | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 40 | |
| 13 | Mile Oak | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 37 | |
| 14 | Worthing United | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 36 | |
| 15 | Oakwood | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 66 | −28 | 27 | |
| 16 | Hailsham Town | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 41 | 72 | −31 | 27 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 17 | Arundel | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 89 | −40 | 20 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 18 | Storrington | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 90 | −61 | 16 | Relegated to Division Two |

* ↑ Dorking Wanderers reserves were not permitted to take part in the play-offs as reserve sides could not compete above Step 6.
* ↑ All third-from-bottom sides at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.

### Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Epsom & Ewell | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Epsom & Ewell | 1 | 2 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 1 |
| | | | 5 | Shoreham | 0 |
| 4 | Seaford Town | 0 | 5 | Shoreham | 0 |
| 5 | Shoreham | 2 | | | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ARU | BIL | DOR | EPS | FOR | GOD | HAI | MDE | MOK | MON | OAK | ROF | SEA | SEL | SHO | STO | WIC | WOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arundel | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Billingshurst | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–0 |
| Dorking Wanderers Reserves | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 11–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Epsom & Ewell | 6–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Forest Row | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Godalming Town | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Hailsham Town | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| Mile Oak | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 |
| Montpelier Villa | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | | 7–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Oakwood | 4–0 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 6–5 |
| Roffey | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 8–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 5–1 |
| Seaford Town | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Selsey | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shoreham | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Storrington | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Wick | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 |
| Worthing United | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Arundel | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Billingshurst | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L |
| Dorking Wanderers Reserves | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Epsom & Ewell | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Forest Row | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W |
| Godalming Town | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D |
| Hailsham Town | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Mile Oak | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W |
| Montpelier Villa | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W |
| Oakwood | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L |
| Roffey | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D |
| Seaford Town | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D |
| Selsey | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Shoreham | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D |
| Storrington | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Wick | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | L |
| Worthing United | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joshua Neathey | Roffey | 33 |
| 2 | Jamie Byatt | Epsom & Ewell | 28 |
| 2 | Callum Connor | Seaford Town | 28 |
| 4 | Tom Underwood | Forest Row | 26 |
| 5 | Maxwell Leitch | Dorking Wanderers Reserves | 24 |
| 6 | Luke Miller | Epsom & Ewell | 19 |
| 7 | Conan Torpey | Dorking Wanderers Reserves | 17 |
| 8 | Marcus Bedford | Midhurst & Easebourne | 16 |
| 8 | Conor Bull | Wick | 16 |
| 8 | Marcus Richmond | Montpelier Villa | 16 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Founded |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Arundel | Arundel | Mill Road | 2,200 | 1889 |
| Billingshurst | Billingshurst | Jubilee Fields | — | 1891 |
| Dorking Wanderers Reserves | Dorking | Meadowbank | 3,000 | 2015 |
| Epsom & Ewell | Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead) | 3,400 | 1918 |
| Forest Row | Crawley (Three Bridges) | Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood) | — | 1892 |
| Godalming Town | Godalming | Bill Kyte Stadium | 3,000 | 1950 |
| Hailsham Town | Hailsham | The Beaconsfield | 2,000 | 1885 |
| Midhurst & Easebourne | Easebourne | Rotherfield | — | 1946 |
| Mile Oak | Brighton (Mile Oak) | Mile Oak Recreation Ground | — | 1960 |
| Montpelier Villa | Lancing | Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing) | 1,500 | 1991 |
| Oakwood | Crawley (Three Bridges) | Tinsley Lane | — | 1962 |
| Roffey | Horsham (Roffey) | Bartholomew Way | — | 1901 |
| Seaford Town | Seaford | The Crouch | — | 1888 |
| Selsey | Selsey | Bunn Leisure Stadium | — | 1903 |
| Shoreham | Shoreham-by-Sea | Middle Road | 2,000 | 1892 |
| Storrington | Storrington | The Recreation Ground, Storrington | — | 1883 |
| Wick | Littlehampton (Wick) | Crabtree Park | 2,000 | 1892 |
| Worthing United | Worthing (Broadwater) | The Robert Albon Memorial Ground | 1,504 | 1988 |

## Division Two

Division Two consisted of 14 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season, and one new club:

* Southwater, transferred from the West Sussex Football League

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

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rustington | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 63 | |
| 2 | Jarvis Brook | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 55 | |
| 3 | Charlwood | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 30 | +46 | 48 | |
| 4 | Copthorne | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 48 | |
| 5 | Littlehampton United | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 36 | Resigned from the league |
| 6 | St Francis Rangers | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 | |
| 7 | Rottingdean Village | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 33 | |
| 8 | Upper Beeding | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 32 | |
| 9 | Ferring | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 31 | |
| 10 | Southwater | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 29 | |
| 11 | Bosham | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 29 | |
| 12 | Brighton Electricity | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 121 | −95 | 7 | |
| 13 | Worthing Town | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 115 | −93 | 6 | |
| 14 | TD Shipley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from the league, record expunged |

* ↑ TD Shipley resigned from the league on 27 August 2021 and their playing record of P2 W2 D0 L0 GF12 GA1 Pts6 was expunged.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOS | BRE | CHA | COP | FER | JAR | LIT | ROT | RUS | SOU | STF | UBD | WOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bosham | | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Brighton Electricity | 0–4 | | 1–6 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–7 | 1–4 | 1–7 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Charlwood | 2–1 | 14–1 | | 6–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 9–2 |
| Copthorne | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | H/W | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 12–0 |
| Ferring | 2–0 | 8–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | A/W | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 7–0 |
| Jarvis Brook | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | H/W |
| Littlehampton United | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
| Rottingdean Village | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 8–1 |
| Rustington | 2–1 | 10–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | H/W | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Southwater | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| St Francis Rangers | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Upper Beeding | 3–1 | 8–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 3–0 |
| Worthing Town | 3–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 2–8 | |

* ↑ Copthorne v Rottingdean Village (12 March 2022) was declared a home walkover after Rottingdean Village forfeited the match.
* ↑ Ferring v Rustington (14 August 2021) was declared a away walkover after Ferring couldn't raise a team
* ↑ Jarvis Brook v Worthing Town (2 October 2021) was declared a away walkover after Worthing Town forfeited the match.
* ↑ Rustington v St Francis Rangers (22 January 2022) was declared a home walkover after St Francis Rangers forfeited the match.

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bosham | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Brighton Electricity | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L |
| Charlwood | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | W |
| Copthorne | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Ferring | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Jarvis Brook | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Littlehampton United | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Rottingdean Village | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Rustington | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Southwater | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L |
| St Francis Rangers | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Upper Beeding | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L |
| Worthing Town | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Josh Irish | Rustington | 22 |
| 2 | Oscar Weddell | Copthorne | 21 |
| 2 | Kristian Harding | Upper Beeding | 20 |
| 4 | Daniel Sullivan | Copthorne | 15 |
| 5 | Harry Gardner | Ferring | 13 |
| 6 | Liam Edwards | Jarvis Brook | 12 |
| 7 | Kieron Howard | Rustington | 11 |
| 7 | Donnachadh Street | Charlwood | 11 |
| 9 | Pete Bailey | Littlehampton United | 10 |
| 9 | Ben Lewis | Southwater | 10 |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Founded |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bosham | Bosham | Walton Lane | — | 1901 |
| Brighton Electricity | Brighton (Withdean) | Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) | 8,850 | — |
| Charlwood | Charlwood | Glovers Road | — | 1901 |
| Copthorne | Copthorne | King Georges Field | — | 2004 |
| Ferring | Ferring | The Glebelands | — | 1952 |
| Jarvis Brook | Crowborough | Limekiln | — | 1888 |
| Littlehampton United | Littlehampton | The Lashmar (groundshare with East Preston | 1,000 | 1947 |
| Rottingdean Village | Brighton (Rottingdean) | Rottingdean Sports Centre | — | — |
| Rustington | Rustington | Rustington Recreation Ground | — | 1903 |
| Southwater | Southwater | Southwater Sports Club | — | 1958 |
| St Francis Rangers | Haywards Heath | Colwell Ground | 1000 | 2002 |
| Upper Beeding | Upper Beeding | Memorial Playing Field | — | — |
| Worthing Town | Worthing | Palatine Park | — | 1995 |

## Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup

Source: 2021-22 Peter Bentley Challenge Cup

