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, and the tenth year the competition will have two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One, at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. For the second consecutive season, the league will be known as Presence & Co. Southern Counties East League for sponsorship reasons.[1]
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 15 May 2025.[2]
Premier Division
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The Premier Division comprises sixteen teams from the previous season, along with three new clubs after Faversham Town and VCD Athletic were promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division and Lydd Town and Lordswood were relegated to Division One.
The three clubs joining the division were:
- Faversham Strike Force – Promoted from Division One
- Hythe Town – Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
- Phoenix Sports – Relegated from Isthmian League South East Division
Premier Division table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearsted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Isthmian League |
| 2 | Corinthian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Erith & Belvedere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Faversham Strike Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Glebe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Hollands & Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Holmesdale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Hythe Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Kennington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Larkfield & New Hythe Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Phoenix Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Punjab United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Rusthall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Snodland Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Stansfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Sutton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Tunbridge Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Whitstable Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Division One |
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
Division One
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
Division One will consist of eighteen teams. Teams that left Division One from the previous season were Faversham Strike Force and Soul Tower Hamlets who were promoted to the Premier Division and the Essex Senior Football League respectively. Meridian VP and Canterbury City, who requested voluntary relegation, were both relegated to the Kent County League.
The five new teams who joined the division were:
- AFC Greenwich Borough – New club
- Banstead Athletic – Transferred from Southern Combination Division One
- Chessington & Hook United – Transferred from Southern Combination Division One
- Lordswood – Relegated from Premier Division
- Lydd Town – Relegated from Premier Division
Clapton Community were initially allocated to remain in Division One, however successfully won their appeal to be transferred back to the Eastern Counties League Division One South.[3]
Division One table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Greenwich Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Banstead Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 3 | Bridon Ropes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Chessington & Hook United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Croydon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | FC Elmstead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Forest Hill Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Greenways | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Halls Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Lewisham Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Lordswood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lydd Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Rochester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Sheppey Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Staplehurst Monarchs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Kent County League |
| 17 | Tooting Bec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Welling Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The FA releases National League System club allocations for Steps 2-6 in 2025-26 term". www.thefa.com. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "Clapton CFC Men's First Team's lateral move appeal is successful". www.claptoncfc.co.uk. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.