Combined Counties Football League
The Combined Counties Football League is a regional men's football league in south-eastern England with members in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Jersey, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and the western half of Greater London, featuring a number of semi-professional clubs. It is sponsored by Cherry Red Records and is officially known as the Cherry Red Records Combined Counties Football League.
| Founded | 1922 |
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| Country | England |
| Other club(s) from | Jersey |
| Divisions | 3 (plus 4 reserve and development divisions) |
| Number of teams | 62 (plus 36 others, including reserve and development teams) |
| Level on pyramid | Levels 9–10 |
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| Promotion to | Level 8 Southern League Division One Central Isthmian League Division One South Central or South East |
| Relegation to | Middlesex County League Surrey Premier County Football League Hampshire Premier League Thames Valley Premier Football League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Premier Challenge Cup Division One Challenge Cup Development Cup Youth Cup Grant McLellan Youth Cup Division Two Cup Women's Challenge Cup |
| Current champions | Premier Division North: Ascot United Premier Division South: Raynes Park Vale Division One: Sandhurst Town (2022–23) |
| Website | Official website |
| Current: 2023–24 Combined Counties Football League | |
It was founded in 1922 as the Surrey Senior League and was renamed in 1978 to the Combined Counties League. Initially, the league was a single division, but it consists now of 62 teams in three divisions: Premier Division North, Premier Division South and Division One. The league also has a new Division Two of nine teams, many being reserve and development teams, six teams competing in an Under-23 Development Division, known as the John Bennett Development Division, and 20 Under-18 teams split across North and South divisions, known as the Tony Ford Under-18 Youth Divisions. These four leagues are outside the National League System.
The Premier Divisions North and South are two of sixteen recognised leagues to form the ninth level of the English football league system (known as Step 5 of the National League System), and Division One is one of seventeen recognised leagues at level 10 (known as Step 6 of the National League System). The Combined Counties Football League is a feeder to the Isthmian League and the Southern League.