SCEFL – PPG Tables

Here are the Points Per Game Tables for the SCEFL Premier and First Divisions.

Could this be the way to solve the season if it is to end early and without resolution?

(Latest Update – 16th March)

Premier Division

Unfortunately an early end to the season would see us miss out on a thrilling title race between the top 5 clubs in the Premier Division but a solution needs to be found and PPG is it. The first 2 places were the main target for the top clubs with the runners-up this campaign also having the chance to join the SCEFL Champions in Step 4. The PPG table hands the title to Corinthian but the good news for the runners-up Beckenham Town is that their average score is also good enough to see them automatically go up. The 4 Step 5 clubs with the best PPG scores across the country would receive that bonus and Becks currently just fit into that scenario. Good news for them but not for Sheppey Utd, Chatham Town and Tunbridge Wells who still had every chance of making it into the top 2 and will now need to look forward to next time when they can give it another go again. This is surely the fairest solution however as Corinthian and Beckenham have been the top sides in the table for most of the year and in the Hoops case would be good consolation for having their Wembley dreams put on hold until the country gets out of this awful situation.
There are no issues to be solved at the bottom of the table as Greenwich Borough fill the only relegation place that was on offer despite them not being around any more and not taking up their place in the Division below for next year.

No	Team	Played	Points	PPG
1	Corinthian	26	58	2.23
2	Beckenham Town	27	60	2.22
3	Sheppey Utd	27	55	2.03
4	Chatham Town	28	56	2.00
5	Tunbridge Wells	23	46	2.00
6	Hollands & Blair	27	42	1.55
7	Bearsted	25	37	1.48
8	Canterbury City	25	35	1.40
9	Deal Town	24	32	1.33
10	Erith Town	26	33	1.269
11	Glebe	22	29	1.260
12	Welling Town	27	34	1.25
13	Fisher	26	32	1.23
14	Lordswood	26	32	1.23
15	K Sports	31	29	0.93
16	AFC Croydon	27	24	0.88
17	Punjab United	28	24	0.85
18	Crowborough Ath	28	23	0.82
19	Erith & Belvedere	28	20	0.71
20	Greenwich Boro	0	0	0

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First Division

The First Division was heading for an exciting climax to the season with 7 teams still battling it out for the 4 promotion places. We will be denied the entertaining finish but here are the results of the table if we use PPG to shape it. Rusthall, Holmesdale, Kennington and Rochester United would go up and to be fair to those sides they have held positions in the top 4 for most of the season but it would be very frustrating for the next 3 teams that would certainly have felt they had a chance to make it had they been able to play on.
The relegation rules state that the bottom 2 teams are liable for relegation. Snodland Town and Kent Football Utd could then go down but with a probable lack of numbers in this Division next season a more fairer option could be to let them fight another day at Step 6 and let them start the next campaign at this level.

No	Team	Played	Points	PPG
1	Rusthall	25	54	2.16
2	Holmesdale	24	51	2.12
3	Kennington	25	52	2.11
4	Rochester Utd	23	45	1.95
5	FC Elmstead	24	45	1.87
6	Stansfeld	24	45	1.87
7	SC Thamesmead	26	45	1.73
8	Croydon	24	39	1.62
9	Greenways	26	37	1.42
10	Lewisham Borough	26	37	1.42
11	Sutton Athletic	25	33	1.32
12	Forest Hill Park	26	32	1.23
13	Bridon Ropes	27	23	0.85
14	Lydd Town	26	22	0.84
15	Meridian VP	26	18	0.69
16	Snodland Town	24	14	0.58
17	Kent Football Utd	26	8	0.30