2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League
# 2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League

The 2020–21 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 55th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the fifth year the competition has had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at Steps 5 and 6 respectively in the English football league system.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July, and were subject to appeal.

On account of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in England, the season was curtailed on 27 February along with all other leagues from Steps 3–6. The scheduled restructuring of non-League football took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and the United Counties Leagues at Step 5 for 2021–22, along with an additional division in the Northern Premier League at Step 4. Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process. As a result, three SCEL clubs were moved to the new Combined Counties Premier Division South.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division comprised 21 teams, two more than the number which were still playing at the time of the abandonment of the previous season's competition:

* Balham – relocated from the Combined Counties League
* Tower Hamlets – relocated from the Essex Senior League

### Premier Division table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chatham Town | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 30 | |
| 2 | Corinthian (P) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 30 | Promotion to the Isthmian League South East Division |
| 3 | Tunbridge Wells | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 26 | |
| 4 | Sheppey United | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 25 | |
| 5 | Beckenham Town | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 24 | Transfer to the Combined Counties League |
| 6 | Balham | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 21 | Transfer to the Combined Counties League |
| 7 | Hollands & Blair | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Erith Town | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Glebe | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 17 | |
| 10 | Deal Town | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 16 | |
| 11 | Bearsted | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 16 | |
| 12 | Fisher | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| 13 | Welling Town | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 13 | |
| 14 | Punjab United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 13 | |
| 15 | Crowborough Athletic | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 12 | |
| 16 | Canterbury City | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 10 | |
| 17 | Erith & Belvedere | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 9 | |
| 18 | AFC Croydon Athletic | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 9 | Transfer to the Combined Counties League |
| 19 | Lordswood | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 8 | |
| 20 | K Sports | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 7 | |
| 21 | Tower Hamlets | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 2 | |

* ↑ Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ACA | BAL | BEA | BEC | CAN | CHA | COR | CRW | DEA | ERB | ERT | FIS | GLB | H&B | KSP | LOR | PUN | SHE | TOW | TUN | WEL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AFC Croydon Athletic | — | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–4 | | | 1–1 | | 2–3 | | | | 0–2 | | | | | |
| Balham | | — | 5–2 | | | | | | 0–0 | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | | | | | 1–2 |
| Bearsted | | | — | | | 2–5 | | | | | 2–2 | | 2–5 | | | | | 2–5 | 2–1 | | |
| Beckenham Town | | | 3–4 | — | | 1–5 | | | | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | | 3–0 | | | | 3–0 | |
| Canterbury City | | | | | — | 2–7 | 0–2 | | | | | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | | | | 1–2 |
| Chatham Town | 8–3 | | | | | — | | | | | | | | 6–0 | | | 5–0 | | 6–1 | 2–3 | |
| Corinthian | | | 4–2 | | | | — | | 2–1 | | | 4–2 | | | | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 6–2 | | |
| Crowborough Athletic | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deal Town | | | | 0–2 | | | | | — | | | | | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | |
| Erith & Belvedere | | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–5 | | | — | | | | | | | 1–2 | | | | |
| Erith Town | 2–0 | | | | | 3–6 | | | | | — | 0–0 | | | | | | 2–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |
| Fisher | | 0–1 | | | | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | | — | 3–2 | | | | | | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
| Glebe | | | | | | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | | | | — | | 0–4 | 3–2 | | | 2–0 | | 3–2 |
| Hollands & Blair | | | | | | | | | | 0–0 | | | | — | 2–1 | | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| K Sports | 1–1 | | | | | | | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | | | | — | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | |
| Lordswood | | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | | | | | 4–3 | | | | | | — | | | | 0–5 | 0–3 |
| Punjab United | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 0–7 | | | | | | | | | | 1–3 | 5–0 | | — | | | 1–2 | |
| Sheppey United | | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1–0 | | — | | | 2–0 |
| Tower Hamlets | | | | 0–3 | 5–5 | | | | | | | | | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | | — | | 2–3 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 1–0 | | 4–0 | | | | | | | | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | | | — | 2–2 |
| Welling Town | | | 1–4 | | | | 0–4 | | | | 1–2 | | | | | | | | | | — |

## Division One

Division One comprised the same 17 teams which were still competing when the previous season's competition was aborted.

### Division One table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 21 | |
| 2 | Kennington (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 18 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Rochester United | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 17 | |
| 4 | Holmesdale (P) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 15 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 5 | Rusthall (P) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 15 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 6 | Greenways | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 12 | |
| 7 | Croydon | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 11 | |
| 8 | Snodland Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 10 | |
| 9 | Kent Football United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | |
| 10 | Stansfeld | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | |
| 11 | Lydd Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 7 | |
| 12 | Forest Hill Park | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | |
| 13 | Sutton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 7 | |
| 14 | Lewisham Borough | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 15 | FC Elmstead | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 4 | |
| 16 | Bridon Ropes | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |
| 17 | Meridian VP | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 | |

* 1 2 Promoted based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons combined.
