The 2022–23 Southern Combination Football League season was the 98th in the history of the competition, which lies at levels 9, 10 and 11 (steps 5 and 6, and county feeder) of the English football league system.
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by The Football Association on 12 May.
Premier Division The Premier Division comprised 20 clubs from the previous season, 17 of which competed in the previous season
Team changes
To the Premier Division Promoted from Division One Midhurst & Easebourne Roffey
Transferred from the Southern Counties East League Crowborough Athletic
From the Premier Division Transferred to the Wessex League Premier Division Pagham
Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division Littlehampton Town
Relegated to Division One East Preston
League table
Inter-step play-off
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Philip Johnson Hassocks 24 2 Jack Langford Steyning Town (previously Bexhill United) 22 3 Alfie Rogers Newhaven 21 4 Lucas Franzen-Jones Newhaven 20 5 Sam Clements Crawley Down Gatwick 18 6 Evan Archibald Bexhill United 17 Liam Benson Hassocks Lee Robinson Newhaven 9 Lewis Hole Little Common 16 Thomas Tolfrey Horsham YMCA
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityAFC Varndeanians Brighton Withdean Stadium (groundshare with Brighton Electricity) 8,850AFC Uckfield Town Framfield The Oaks 600Alfold Alfold Crossways Alfold Recreation Ground 1,000Bexhill United Bexhill-on-Sea The Polegrove 1,000Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre 1,000Crawley Down Gatwick Crawley Down The Haven Centre 1,000Crowborough Athletic Crowborough Crowborough Community Stadium 2,000Eastbourne Town Eastbourne The Saffrons 4,500Eastbourne United Association Eastbourne The Oval 1,200Hassocks Hassocks The Beacon 1,000Horsham YMCA Horsham Gorings Mead 1,500Lingfield Lingfield The Sports Pavilion 2,000Little Common Bexhill-on-Sea Little Common Recreation Ground 1,200Loxwood Loxwood Plaistow Road 1,000Midhurst & Easebourne Easebourne Rotherfield 1,000Newhaven Newhaven The Trafalgar Ground 3,000Peacehaven & Telscombe Peacehaven The Sports Park 3,000Roffey Horsham Bartholomew Way 1,000Saltdean United Brighton Hill Park 1,000Steyning Town Steyning The Shooting Field 2,000
Division One Division One was reduced to 17 clubs from 18, 15 of which competed from the previous season Team changes
To Division One Transferred from Southern Counties East League Chessington & Hook United
Relegated from the Premier Division East Preston
From Division One Promoted to the Premier Division Midhurst & Easebourne Roffey
Relegated to Division Two Storrington
League table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Harry HeathShoreham 24 2 Shane Brazil Selsey 19 3 Harry Russell Arundel 14 4 Marcus Richmond Shoreham 13 5 Zachary Harris Wick 12 6 David Crouch Wick 11 Ramon Santos Montpelier Villa 8 Ben Aubrey Dorking Wanderers B 10 Athan Smith-Joseph Epsom & Ewell Jaevon Dyer Epsom & Ewell
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityArundel Arundel Mill Road 2,200Billingshurst Billingshurst Jubilee Fields —Chessington & Hook United Chessington Chalky Lane 3,000Dorking Wanderers B Dorking Meadowbank 3,000East Preston Littlehampton The Lashmar 1,000Epsom & Ewell Leatherhead Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead) 3,400Forest Row Crawley Tinsley Lane (groundshare with Oakwood) —Godalming Town Godalming Bill Kyte Stadium 3,000Hailsham Town Hailsham The Beaconsfield 2,000Mile Oak Brighton Mile Oak Recreation Ground —Montpelier Villa Lancing Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing) 1,500Oakwood Crawley Tinsley Lane —Seaford Town Seaford The Crouch —Selsey Selsey Bunn Leisure Stadium —Shoreham Shoreham-by-Sea Middle Road 2,000Wick Littlehampton Crabtree Park 2,000Worthing United Worthing The Robert Albon Memorial Ground 1,504
Division Two Division Two remained at 14 teams. Team changes
To Division Two Promoted from West Sussex Football League Capel
Relegated from Division One Storrington
From Division Two Left the league Littlehampton United
Promotion from this division depended on ground grading as well as league position.
League table
Results table
Results by matchday
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Chris Darwin Rustington 27 2 Stephen Smith Jarvis Brook 24 3 Lewis Rustell Bosham 23 4 Toby Funnell Copthorne 22 Lloyd Jermy Capel 6 Ben Lewis Southwater 20 Jordan Suter Storrington 8 Sean Culley Storrington (previously Worthing Town) 18 9 Daniel Sullivan Copthorne 17 10 George Cumming Capel 15
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityBosham Bosham Walton Lane —Brighton Electricity Brighton Withdean Stadium (groundshare with AFC Varndeanians) 8,850Capel Capel Newdigate Road —Charlwood Charlwood Glovers Road —Copthorne Copthorne Camping World Community Stadium (groundshare with Horsham) 1,300Ferring Ferring The Glebelands —Jarvis Brook Crowborough Limekiln —Rottingdean Village Brighton Rottingdean Sports Centre —Rustington Rustington Rustington Recreation Ground —Southwater Southwater Southwater Sports Club —St Francis Rangers Haywards Heath Colwell Ground 1000Storrington Storrington The Recreation Ground, Storrington —Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Memorial Playing Field —Worthing Town Worthing Palatine Park —
Peter Bentley League Challenge Cup Source: 2022–23 Peter Bentley League Cup First round
Second round
Third round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
References