2017–18 Combined Counties Football League
The 2017–18 Combined Counties Football League season (known as the 2017–18 Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
The constitution was announced on 26 May 2017.[1]
Premier Division
[edit]Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Westfield |
Promoted | Westfield Bedfont Sports |
Relegated | Godalming Town Epsom & Ewell Farnham Town |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,605 (3.47 per match) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The Premier Division was reduced from 23 to 22 clubs, and featured four new teams after the promotion of Hartley Wintney to the Southern League, the transfer of Windsor to the Hellenic League, and the relegation of Badshot Lea, Bedfont & Feltham and Raynes Park Vale to the First Division:
- Balham, promoted as third-placed club in Division One.
- Banstead Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One.
- Godalming Town, relegated from Isthmian League.
- Redhill, promoted as runners-up in Division One.
With the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, thirteen runners-up were promoted.
Teams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Westfield | 42 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 145 | 43 | +102 | 106 | Promoted to the Isthmian League South Central Division |
2 | Bedfont Sports | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 104 | 58 | +46 | 93 | |
3 | Sutton Common Rovers | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 87 | |
4 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 89 | 52 | +37 | 84 | |
5 | Balham | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 84 | 63 | +21 | 75 | |
6 | Redhill | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 65 | |
7 | Camberley Town | 42 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 65 | |
8 | Knaphill | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 63 | |
9 | CB Hounslow United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 77 | 66 | +11 | 60 | |
10 | Spelthorne Sports | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 59 | |
11 | Hanworth Villa | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 77 | −7 | 58 | |
12 | Guildford City | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 74 | 88 | −14 | 56 | |
13 | North Greenford United | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 75 | 76 | −1 | 55 | Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League |
14 | Horley Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 87 | −29 | 53 | |
15 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 66 | 83 | −17 | 49 | |
16 | Colliers Wood United | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 47 | |
17 | Abbey Rangers | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 47 | |
18 | A.F.C. Hayes | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 46 | |
19 | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 94 | −40 | 42 | |
20 | Godalming Town | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 55 | 102 | −47 | 32 | Relegated to Division One |
21 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 105 | −60 | 27 | |
22 | Farnham Town | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 49 | 98 | −49 | 25 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division One
[edit]Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Worcester Park |
Promoted | Cobham Badshot Lea Raynes Park Vale |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,498 (4.38 per match) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
Division One was increased from 18 to 19 clubs, and featured six new teams after Balham, Banstead Athletic and Redhill were promoted to the Premier Division, and Dorking and Epsom Athletic left the league:
- Badshot Lea, relegated from the Premier Division.
- Bedfont & Feltham, relegated from the Premier Division.
- FC Deportivo Galicia, promoted from the Middlesex County League.
- Fleet Spurs, transferred from the Wessex League
- Kensington Borough, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League.
- Raynes Park Vale, relegated from the Premier Division.
- Reserve sides are not eligible for promotion to Step 5.
Step 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, and three clubs in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Worcester Park | 36 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 142 | 50 | +92 | 91 | Demoted to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League |
2 | Cobham | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 108 | 44 | +64 | 79 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
3 | Badshot Lea | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 120 | 64 | +56 | 79 | |
4 | Sheerwater | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 110 | 61 | +49 | 77 | |
5 | Raynes Park Vale | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 94 | 48 | +46 | 75 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
6 | Staines Lammas | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 88 | 57 | +31 | 71 | Demoted to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League |
7 | Frimley Green | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 92 | 54 | +38 | 64 | |
8 | AC London | 36 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 75 | 58 | +17 | 58 | |
9 | Eversley & California | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 95 | 84 | +11 | 53[a] | |
10 | Ash United | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 64 | 78 | −14 | 53 | |
11 | Farleigh Rovers | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 87 | −15 | 47[b] | Demoted to the Surrey Elite Intermediate League |
12 | FC Deportivo Galicia | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 60 | 79 | −19 | 41 | |
13 | Chessington & Hook United | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 82 | 105 | −23 | 37 | |
14 | South Park Reserves | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 97 | −48 | 32 | Resigned at the end of the season |
15 | Kensington Borough | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 54 | 99 | −45 | 30 | |
16 | Fleet Spurs | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 59 | 104 | −45 | 26 | |
17 | Bedfont & Feltham | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 52 | 97 | −45 | 25 | |
18 | Cove | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 42 | 98 | −56 | 22 | |
19 | Bagshot | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 40 | 134 | −94 | 17 |
There were six unplayed matches:[2] AC London v FC Deportivo Galicia (awarded to FC Deportivo Galicia as AC London could not raise a team) AC London v South Park Reserves (awarded to South Park Reserves as AC London were suspended) Farleigh Rovers v Bagshot (awarded to Farleigh Rovers as Bagshot could not raise a team) Kensington Borough v Ash United (awarded to Ash United as Kensington Borough could not raise a team) Staines Lammas v Chessington & Hook United (awarded to Staines Lammas as Chessington & Hook United could not raise a team) South Park Reserves v FC Deportivo Galicia (awarded to FC Deportivo Galicia as South Park Reserves were unable to provide a ground)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
References
[edit]- ^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Combined Counties League Final Table". CCFL. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
External links
[edit]- Combined Counties League Official Site Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine