title: 2018–19 Southern Counties East Football League
text: # 2018–19 Southern Counties East Football League
  
  The 2018–19 Southern Counties East Football League season was the 53rd in the history of the Southern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England, and the third year the competition has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One.
  
  The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by the FA on 25 May. These are subject to ratification by the league at its AGM on 23 June.
  
  ## Premier Division
  
  The Premier Division consisted of 17 clubs from the previous season along with three new clubs, promoted from Division One:
  
  * Fisher
  * K Sports
  * Punjab United
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cray Valley Paper Mills | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 108 | 36 | +72 | 91 | Promoted to the Isthmian League South East Division |
  | 2 | Corinthian | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 95 | 39 | +56 | 90 | |
  | 3 | Fisher | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 31 | +46 | 85 | |
  | 4 | Chatham Town | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 98 | 44 | +54 | 79 | |
  | 5 | Beckenham Town | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 66 | |
  | 6 | Erith Town | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 62 | |
  | 7 | Sheppey United | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 77 | 69 | +8 | 60 | |
  | 8 | Glebe | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 56 | |
  | 9 | Canterbury City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 55 | |
  | 10 | Lordswood | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 55 | |
  | 11 | Deal Town | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 55 | |
  | 12 | K Sports | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 58 | 81 | −23 | 49 | |
  | 13 | Crowborough Athletic | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 81 | −28 | 48 | |
  | 14 | Bearsted | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 76 | −19 | 47 | |
  | 15 | AFC Croydon Athletic | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 45 | |
  | 16 | Tunbridge Wells | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 62 | 80 | −18 | 37 | |
  | 17 | Punjab United | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 71 | −16 | 35 | |
  | 18 | Hollands & Blair | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 52 | 78 | −26 | 32 | |
  | 19 | Rusthall | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 36 | 94 | −58 | 23 | Relegated to Division One |
  | 20 | Croydon | 38 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 36 | 101 | −65 | 11 | Relegated to Division One |
  
  * 1 2 Bearstead were awarded a win, with no goals scored, in a cancelled game against Canterbury City.
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ACA | BEA | BEC | CAN | CHA | COR | CVP | CRW | CRD | DEA | ERI | FIS | GLB | H&B | KSP | LOR | PUN | RUS | SHE | TUN |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | AFC Croydon Athletic | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
  | Bearsted | 1–3 | | 2–3 | HW | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
  | Beckenham Town | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
  | Canterbury City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
  | Chatham Town | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 5–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
  | Corinthian | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 |
  | Cray Valley Paper Mills | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
  | Crowborough Athletic | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
  | Croydon | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
  | Deal Town | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
  | Erith Town | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
  | Fisher | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
  | Glebe | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
  | Hollands & Blair | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
  | K Sports | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
  | Lordswood | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 |
  | Punjab United | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–6 |
  | Rusthall | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 1–9 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 1–3 |
  | Sheppey United | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 |
  | Tunbridge Wells | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
  
  * ↑ Match awarded, home win
  
  ## Division One
  
  Division One consisted of 14 clubs from the previous season along with four new clubs:
  
  * Rochester United, relegated from the Premier Division
  * Greenways, promoted from the Kent County League
  * Kennington, promoted from the Kent County League
  * Welling Town, joined from Kent County League Division Two West
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Welling Town | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 88 | 41 | +47 | 78 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
  | 2 | Erith & Belvedere | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 46 | +57 | 77 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
  | 3 | Kennington | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 87 | 41 | +46 | 74 | |
  | 4 | Bridon Ropes | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 94 | 52 | +42 | 69 | |
  | 5 | Sutton Athletic | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 44 | +37 | 64 | |
  | 6 | Holmesdale | 34 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 53 | |
  | 7 | Forest Hill Park | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 52 | |
  | 8 | Stansfeld | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 48 | |
  | 9 | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 43 | |
  | 10 | Greenways | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 65 | 88 | −23 | 40 | |
  | 11 | Lewisham Borough | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 61 | 78 | −17 | 39 | |
  | 12 | Lydd Town | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 99 | −34 | 38 | |
  | 13 | FC Elmstead | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 37 | |
  | 14 | Kent Football United | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 36 | |
  | 15 | Snodland Town | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 81 | −26 | 35 | |
  | 16 | Phoenix Sports reserves | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 48 | 86 | −38 | 29 | Resigned from the league |
  | 17 | Rochester United | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 89 | −41 | 28 | |
  | 18 | Meridian VP | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 31 | 96 | −65 | 24 | |
  
  * ↑ 9 of the 19 runners-up at Step 6 were to be promoted to Step 5.
  * 1 2 Rochester United were awarded a win, with no goals scored, following a postponed game against Sporting Club Thamesmead.
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BRI | E&B | ELM | FHP | GRE | HOL | KEN | KFU | LEW | LYD | MER | PSR | ROC | SNT | SCT | STN | SUT | WEL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bridon Ropes | | 1–4 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
  | Erith & Belvedere | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 |
  | FC Elmstead | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
  | Forest Hill Park | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Greenways | 1–4 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 |
  | Holmesdale | 4–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
  | Kennington | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
  | Kent Football United | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
  | Lewisham Borough | 0–1 | 1–6 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 |
  | Lydd Town | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–5 | | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
  | Meridian VP | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–7 | 1–1 |
  | Phoenix Sports Reserves | 4–6 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 |
  | Rochester United | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | HW | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–6 |
  | Snodland Town | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
  | Sporting Club Thamesmead | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 4–3 | | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
  | Stansfeld | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
  | Sutton Athletic | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 |
  | Welling Town | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
  
  * ↑ Match awarded, home win
  