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The 2019–20 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 54th in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the fourth year the competition had two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[1] These were subject to appeal, and the Southern Counties East's constitution was ratified at the league's AGM on 22 June.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[2] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[3]

Premier Division

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
Season2019–20
Matches played251
Goals scored913 (3.64 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Beckenham Town 27 19 3 5 61 30 +31 60
2 Corinthian 26 18 4 4 71 32 +39 58
3 Chatham Town 28 17 5 6 68 35 +33 56
4 Sheppey United 27 16 7 4 80 34 +46 55
5 Tunbridge Wells 23 15 1 7 57 38 +19 46
6 Hollands & Blair 28 11 9 8 56 37 +19 42
7 Bearsted 25 11 4 10 68 52 +16 37
8 Canterbury City 25 9 8 8 41 38 +3 35
9 Welling Town 27 9 7 11 42 50 −8 34
10 Erith Town 26 9 6 11 38 41 −3 33
11 Deal Town 24 9 5 10 37 40 −3 32
12 Fisher 26 8 8 10 32 37 −5 32
13 Lordswood 26 9 5 12 36 43 −7 32
14 Glebe 22 8 5 9 41 39 +2 29
15 K Sports 31 8 5 18 45 71 −26 29
16 Punjab United 28 6 6 16 36 51 −15 24
17 AFC Croydon Athletic 27 7 3 17 37 70 −33 24
18 Crowborough Athletic 28 6 5 17 32 82 −50 23
19 Erith & Belvedere 28 4 8 16 35 93 −58 20
20 Greenwich Borough 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded, record expunged[a]
Source: FA Full-time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Greenwich Borough resigned in January. All results rescinded.[4]

Division One

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Southern Counties East
Football League
Division One
Season2019–20
Matches played214
Goals scored830 (3.88 per match)

Division One consisted of 15 clubs from the previous season along with two new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kennington 26 17 4 5 73 35 +38 55
2 Rusthall 25 17 3 5 72 33 +39 54
3 Holmesdale 24 15 6 3 53 17 +36 51
4 Sporting Club Thamesmead 26 13 6 7 60 33 +27 45
5 Rochester United 23 14 3 6 54 33 +21 45
6 FC Elmstead 24 13 6 5 48 34 +14 45
7 Stansfeld 24 13 6 5 40 31 +9 45
8 Croydon 24 12 3 9 51 39 +12 39
9 Greenways 26 11 4 11 73 64 +9 37
10 Lewisham Borough 26 11 4 11 51 58 −7 37
11 Sutton Athletic 25 9 6 10 53 43 +10 33
12 Forest Hill Park 26 9 5 12 41 48 −7 32
13 Bridon Ropes 27 7 2 18 53 73 −20 23
14 Lydd Town 26 6 4 16 40 70 −30 22
15 Meridian VP 26 4 6 16 24 68 −44 18
16 Snodland Town 24 3 5 16 22 63 −41 14
17 Kent Football United 26 1 5 20 22 88 −66 8
Source: FA Full-time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [5]

References

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  1. ^ "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Greenwich Borough quit Southern Counties East Football League". The Non-League Paper. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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