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
Inter-step play-off
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Joseph Benn Littlehampton Town 39 2 Charlie Pitcher Crawley Down Gatwick30 3 George Gaskin Littlehampton Town 28 Jack Shonk Bexhill United 5 Evan Archibald Bexhill United 24 Jack Langford Pagham Alfie Rogers Newhaven Max Thompson Eastbourne United 9 Rob Clarke Steyning Town22 10 Lewis Hole Little Common 21
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity FoundedAFC Varndeanians Brighton Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity) 8,850 1929AFC Uckfield Town Framfield The Oaks 600 2014Alfold Alfold Crossways Alfold Recreation Ground 1,000 1923Bexhill United Bexhill-on-Sea The Polegrove 1,000 2002Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre 1,000 1919Crawley Down Gatwick Crawley Down The Haven Centre 1,000 1993East Preston Littlehampton The Lashmar (groundshare with Littlehampton United) 1,000 1966Eastbourne Town Eastbourne The Saffrons 4,500 1881Eastbourne United Eastbourne The Oval 1,200 2003Hassocks Hassocks The Beacon 1,000 1902Horsham YMCA Horsham Gorings Mead 1,500 1898Lingfield Lingfield The Sports Pavilion 2,000 1893Little Common Bexhill-on-Sea The Oval (groundshare with Eastbourne United) until 12 December 2021 1,200 1966Little Common Recreation Ground from 12 December 2021 1,000Littlehampton Town Littlehampton St Flora Sportsfield 4,000 1896Loxwood Loxwood Plaistow Road 1,000 1920Newhaven Newhaven The Trafalgar Ground 3,000 1889Pagham Pagham Nyetimber Lane 1,500 1903Peacehaven & Telscombe Peacehaven The Sports Park 3,000 1923Saltdean United Brighton Hill Park 1,000 1966Steyning 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
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Joshua Neathey Roffey 33 2 Jamie Byatt Epsom & Ewell 28 Callum Connor Seaford Town 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 Conor Bull Wick Marcus Richmond Montpelier Villa
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity FoundedArundel Arundel Mill Road 2,200 1889Billingshurst 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 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 Recreation Ground — 1960 Montpelier Villa Lancing Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing) 1,500 1991 Oakwood Crawley Tinsley Lane — 1962 Roffey Horsham Bartholomew Way — 1901Seaford Town Seaford The Crouch — 1888 Selsey Selsey Bunn Leisure Stadium — 1903 Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea Middle Road 2,000 1892Storrington Storrington The Recreation Ground, Storrington — 1883 Wick Littlehampton Crabtree Park 2,000 1892 Worthing United Worthing 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
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 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 Donnachadh Street Charlwood 9 Pete Bailey Littlehampton United 10 Ben Lewis Southwater
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity FoundedBosham Bosham Walton Lane — 1901Brighton Electricity Brighton Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) 8,850 —Charlwood Charlwood Glovers Road — 1901Copthorne Copthorne King Georges Field — 2004Ferring Ferring The Glebelands — 1952Jarvis Brook Crowborough Limekiln — 1888Littlehampton United Littlehampton The Lashmar (groundshare with East Preston 1,000 1947Rottingdean Village Brighton Rottingdean Sports Centre — —Rustington Rustington Rustington Recreation Ground — 1903 Southwater Southwater Southwater Sports Club — 1958St Francis Rangers Haywards Heath Colwell Ground 1000 2002Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Memorial Playing Field — —Worthing Town Worthing Palatine Park — 1995
Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup Source: 2021-22 Peter Bentley Challenge Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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