2021–22 Combined Counties Football League

The 2021–22 Combined Counties Football League season (known as the 2021–22 Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided for the first time into three divisions: the Premier North, the Premier South and the First.

Combined Counties Football League

Season	2021–22
Champions	Beckenham Town Hanworth Villa
Promoted	Beckenham Town Hanworth Villa Southall Walton & Hersham
Relegated	Chalvey Sports
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The constitution was announced on 18 May 2021.^[1]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[2][3] a number of promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.

Premier Division North

The new Premier Division North consists of 18 clubs. Seven of these participated in the old Premier Division last season, and were joined by 11 new clubs:

• Four transferred from the Hellenic League Premier Division:
  • Burnham
  • Reading City
  • Virginia Water
  • Windsor
• Three transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division:
  • Edgware Town
  • North Greenford United
  • Wembley
• One transferred from the Wessex League Premier Division:
  • Tadley Calleva
• Two promoted from the Hellenic League Division One East:
  • Holyport
  • Wokingham & Emmbrook
• One promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One:
  • St Panteleimon

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hanworth Villa (C, P)	34	30	4	0	90	14	+76	94	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Southall (P)	34	25	4	5	85	28	+57	79[lower-alpha 1]
3	Egham Town	34	20	9	5	58	29	+29	69
4	Abbey Rangers	34	22	2	10	72	45	+27	68	Transferred to the Premier Division South
5	North Greenford United	34	19	4	11	100	60	+40	61
6	Ascot United	34	16	10	8	66	49	+17	58
7	Windsor	34	13	8	13	60	59	+1	47
8	Edgware Town	34	13	7	14	68	60	+8	46
9	Reading City	34	12	8	14	63	68	−5	44
10	Tadley Calleva	34	12	6	16	66	71	−5	42	Transferred to the Premier Division South
11	Spelthorne Sports	34	12	5	17	46	54	−8	41
12	St Panteleimon	34	11	5	18	60	69	−9	38	Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League
13	Burnham	34	9	7	18	51	95	−44	34
14	Wembley	34	9	6	19	49	73	−24	33
15	Virginia Water	34	9	5	20	43	70	−27	32
16	Wokingham & Emmbrook	34	7	8	19	41	63	−22	29
17	Holyport	34	7	4	23	33	74	−41	25	Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
18	CB Hounslow United (R)	34	7	4	23	25	95	−70	25	Relegated to Division One

Source: CCL Prem Div North Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Southall were promoted as they were one of ten runners-up at Step 5 promoted on a PPG (points per game) basis.
2. Holyport were one of the twelve clubs with the most PPG (points per game) out of 16 second-bottom clubs at Step 5, and were reprieved from relegation.^[4]

Stadia and locations

Abbey Rangers

Ascot United

Burnham

Holyport

Reading City

Tadley Calleva

Windsor / Virginia Water

Wokingham & Emmbrook

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Combined Counties League Premier Division North, on a map of Berkshire

Hanworth Villa

CB Hounslow United

Edgware Town

Egham
Town

North Greenford United

Southall

Spelthorne Sports

St Panteleimon

Wembley

Greater London Premier Division North clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abbey Rangers	Addlestone	Addlestone Moor	1,000
Ascot United	Ascot	Ascot Racecourse	1,150
Burnham	Burnham	The 1878 Stadium	2,500
CB Hounslow United	Hounslow	Green Lane	2,100
Edgware Town	Kingsbury	Silver Jubilee Park	1,990
Egham Town	Egham	Runnymede Stadium	5,500
Hanworth Villa	Hanworth	Rectory Meadow	1,000
Holyport	Maidenhead	Summerleaze Village	1,000
North Greenford United	Greenford	Berkeley Fields	2,000
Reading City	Reading	Rivermoor Stadium	2,000
Southall	Stanwell	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Spelthorne Sports	Ashford	Spelthorne Sports Club	1,000
St. Panteleimon	Enfield	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium[lower-alpha 1]	2,500
Tadley Calleva	Tadley	Barlows Park	1,000
Virginia Water	Windsor	Stag Meadow[lower-alpha 2]	4,500
Wembley	Wembley	Vale Farm	2,450
Windsor	Windsor	Stag Meadow	4,500
Wokingham & Emmbrook	Wokingham	Lowther Road	1,000

1. Groundshare with Enfield Town
2. Groundshare with Windsor

Premier Division South

The new Premier Division South consists of 20 clubs. Twelve of these participated in the old Premier Division last season, and were joined by eight new clubs:

• Three transferred from the Southern Counties East League Premier Division:
  • AFC Croydon Athletic
  • Balham
  • Beckenham Town
• One transferred from the Southern Combination League Premier Division:
  • Horley Town
• One transferred from the Wessex League Premier Division:
  • Fleet Town
• Three promoted from the Combined Counties League Division One:
  • Farnham Town
  • Jersey Bulls
  • Walton & Hersham

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Beckenham Town (C, P)	38	29	5	4	107	33	+74	92	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Walton & Hersham (P)	38	28	7	3	93	29	+64	91[lower-alpha 1]
3	Raynes Park Vale	38	26	6	6	100	39	+61	84
4	Jersey Bulls	38	24	9	5	98	34	+64	81
5	Badshot Lea	38	24	9	5	98	47	+51	81
6	Redhill	38	19	9	10	75	46	+29	66
7	Horley Town	38	17	6	15	63	64	−1	57
8	Balham	38	16	5	17	66	54	+12	53
9	Sheerwater	38	16	5	17	71	81	−10	53
10	Farnham Town	38	13	7	18	62	71	−9	46
11	Knaphill	38	10	15	13	57	67	−10	45
12	Camberley Town	38	13	5	20	43	60	−17	44
13	Colliers Wood United	38	12	6	20	46	64	−18	42
14	Cobham	38	10	11	17	49	64	−15	41
15	Guildford City	38	11	7	20	54	85	−31	40
16	Fleet Town	38	12	2	24	59	85	−26	38
17	Frimley Green	38	11	5	22	41	86	−45	38
18	AFC Croydon Athletic	38	8	11	19	49	82	−33	35
19	Banstead Athletic	38	7	7	24	45	91	−46	28	Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
20	Molesey (R)	38	2	7	29	33	127	−94	13	Relegated to Division One

Source: CCL Prem Div South Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Walton & Hersham were promoted as they were one of ten runners-up at Step 5 promoted on a PPG (points per game) basis.
2. Banstead Athletic were one of the twelve clubs with the most PPG (points per game) out of 16 second-bottom clubs at Step 5, and were reprieved from relegation.^[4]

Stadia and locations

Badshot Lea

Banstead Athletic

Camberley Town

Cobham

Farnham Town

Fleet Town

Frimley Green

Guildford City

Horley Town

Jersey Bulls

Knaphill

Molesey

Redhill

Sheerwater

Walton & Hersham

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Combined Counties League Premier Division South, on a map of Surrey

AFC Croydon Athletic / Balham

Beckenham Town

Colliers Wood United

Raynes Park Vale

Greater London Premier Division South clubs

Jersey Bulls

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Combined Counties League Premier Division South, on a map of the Channel Islands

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Croydon Athletic	Thornton Heath	Mayfield Stadium	3,000
Badshot Lea	Wrecclesham	Westfield Lane	1,200
Balham	Thornton Heath	Mayfield Stadium[lower-alpha 1]	3,000
Banstead Athletic	Tadworth	Merland Rise	1,500
Beckenham Town	Beckenham	Eden Park Avenue	4,000
Camberley Town	Camberley	Krooner Park	1,976
Cobham	Cobham	Leg O'Mutton Field	2,000
Colliers Wood United	Wimbledon	Wibbandune Sports Ground	2,000
Farnham Town	Farnham	Memorial Ground	1,500
Fleet Town	Fleet	Calthorpe Park	2,000
Frimley Green	Frimley Green	Recreation Ground	2,000
Guildford City	Guildford	Spectrum Football Ground	1,320
Horley Town	Horley	The New Defence	1,800
Jersey Bulls	Saint Helier	Springfield Stadium	2,000
Knaphill	Knaphill	Redding Way	1,000
Molesey	West Molesey	Walton Road	4,000
Raynes Park Vale	Raynes Park	Prince George's Playing Fields	1,500
Redhill	Redhill	Kiln Brow	2,000
Sheerwater	Sheerwater	Eastwood Centre	600
Walton & Hersham	Walton-on-Thames	Elmbridge Sports Hub	2,500

1. Groundshare with AFC Croydon Athletic

Division One

Division One was increased from 20 to 21 clubs after Farnham Town, Jersey Bulls and Walton & Hersham were promoted to the Premier Division South; Dorking Wanderers Reserves, Epsom & Ewell and Godalming Town were transferred to the Southern Combination; Chessington & Hook United, Tooting Bec and Westside were transferred to the Southern Counties East League; and Ash United and Fleet Spurs were transferred to the Wessex League. The remaining nine clubs were joined by twelve new clubs:

• Five transferred from the Hellenic League Division One East:
  • A.F.C. Aldermaston
  • Chalvey Sports
  • Langley
  • Wallingford Town (after appeal)
  • Woodley United
• Four transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League Division One:
  • Enfield Borough
  • Hillingdon Borough
  • London Lions
  • Rayners Lane
• Two promoted from the Middlesex County League:
  • Hilltop
  • London Samurai Rovers
• One promoted from the Thames Valley Premier League:
  • Berks County

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	London Lions (C, P)	40	32	4	4	144	47	+97	100	Promoted to the Premier Division South
2	Hilltop (P)	40	26	6	8	113	59	+54	84[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Wallingford Town (O, P)	40	22	13	5	102	73	+29	79
4	Rayners Lane	40	24	6	10	115	64	+51	78
5	Eversley & California	40	24	3	13	82	52	+30	75
6	Kensington & Ealing Borough	40	23	6	11	81	53	+28	75
7	FC Deportivo Galicia	40	21	9	10	134	85	+49	72
8	Sandhurst Town	40	21	6	13	87	54	+33	69
9	Berks County	40	19	5	16	99	85	+14	62
10	A.F.C. Hayes	40	16	7	17	73	70	+3	55
11	Bedfont & Feltham	40	14	10	16	73	64	+9	52
12	Langley	40	14	9	17	74	78	−4	51
13	British Airways	39	12	11	16	75	76	−1	47[lower-alpha 2]
14	A.F.C. Aldermaston	39	13	5	21	61	111	−50	44
15	Enfield Borough	40	12	5	23	78	93	−15	41	Transferred to the Eastern Counties League
16	Woodley United	40	13	2	25	53	113	−60	41
17	London Samurai Rovers	40	11	5	24	70	111	−41	38
18	Bagshot	40	10	7	23	50	94	−44	37
19	Hillingdon Borough	40	9	7	24	57	82	−25	34	Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 3]
20	Cove	40	8	6	26	57	137	−80	30
21	Chalvey Sports (R)	40	6	6	28	49	126	−77	24[lower-alpha 4]	Relegated to a feeder league

Source: CCL Div One Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Hilltop were promoted to Premier Division North in July 2022 after the withdrawal of Staines Town.
2. The match between British Airways and AFC Aldermaston remained unplayed at the end of the season.
3. All third-from-bottom sides at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation, and a number of second-from-bottom sides, including Cove, were reprieved on a PPG (points per game) basis.^[5]
4. Chalvey Sports elected not to seek a reprieve from relegation from the FA, despite an opportunity to do so.^[6]

Promotion playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	Hilltop	5
	5	Eversley & California	1
						2	Hilltop	(1) 1
						3	Wallingford Town (a.e.t)	(1) 2
	3	Wallingford Town	2
	4	Rayners Lane	0

Stadia and locations

AFC Aldermaston

Bagshot

Berks County

Chalvey Sports

Langley

Cove

Eversley & California

Sandhurst Town

Wallingford Town

Woodley United

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Combined Counties League Division One, on a map of Berkshire

AFC Hayes

Bedfont & Feltham / British Airways

Enfield Borough

Deportivo Galicia

Hillingdon Borough / Hilltop

Kensington & Ealing Borough

London Lions

London Samurai Rovers

Rayners Lane

Greater London Division One clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.F.C. Aldermaston	Thatcham	Waterside Park[lower-alpha 1]	1,500
A.F.C. Hayes	Hayes	Farm Park	2,000
Bagshot	Camberley	Krooner Park[lower-alpha 2]	1,976
Bedfont & Feltham	Bedfont	The Orchard	1,200
Berks County	Binfield	Hill Farm Lane[lower-alpha 3]	4,000
British Airways	Bedfont	The Orchard[lower-alpha 4]	1,200
Chalvey Sports	Burnham	The 1878 Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	2,500
Cove	Cove	Oak Farm	2,500
Enfield Borough	Finchley	The Maurice Rebak Stadium[lower-alpha 6]	1,500
Eversley & California	Eversley	Fox Lane	1,000
FC Deportivo Galicia	Bedfont	Bedfont Recreation Ground[lower-alpha 7]	3,000
Hillingdon Borough	Ruislip	Middlesex Stadium	3,587
Hilltop	Ruislip	Middlesex Stadium[lower-alpha 8]	3,587
Kensington & Ealing Borough	Perivale	Reynolds Field[lower-alpha 9]	3,000
Langley	Slough	Arbour Park[lower-alpha 10]	2,000
London Lions	Arkley	Rowley Lane	1,500
London Samurai Rovers	Hanworth	Rectory Meadow[lower-alpha 11]	1,000
Rayners Lane	Rayners Lane	The Tithe Farm Social Club	1,000
Sandhurst Town	Sandhurst	Bottom Meadow	1,950
Wallingford Town	Wallingford	Hithercroft	1,500
Woodley United	Tilehurst, Reading	Rivermoor Stadium[lower-alpha 12]	2,000

1. Groundshare with Thatcham Town
2. Groundshare with Camberley Town
3. Groundshare with Binfield
4. Groundshare with Bedfont & Feltham
5. Groundshare with Burnham
6. Groundshare with Wingate & Finchley
7. Groundshare with Bedfont Sports
8. Groundshare with Hillingdon Borough
9. Groundshare with Hanwell Town
10. Groundshare with Slough Town
11. Groundshare with Hanworth Villa
12. Groundshare with Reading City

References

1. "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2021–22". The FA. 18 May 2021.
2. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
3. "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
5. "Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
6. "Chalvey Sports look forward to life in Step 7". Football in Bracknell. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

External links

• Combined Counties League Official Site Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine