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accept clubs from the Surrey Premier at the Combined Counties a much stronger force
expense of the bottom club. with a total of 42 member clubs and now
The 1990s saw the Combined Counties- with two senior divisions.
League get stronger with the acceptance of a Season 2006–07 saw a major restructuring
number of sides from Isthmian and Spartan of the league with a number of new clubs
leagues. Clubs have also been accepted from from the now-defunct Ryman’s second divi-
the old Chiltonian League which no longer sion being accepted and a number of clubs
exists. The new millennium has seen the being relegated from the league.
The Camberley & Yorktown team of 1904–05, one of the founders of the Surrey Senior League. Wiki
league spreading it’s net further and further 2011–12 saw the first non-mainland side
with clubs from Oxon and Sussex joining the join the league when Guernsey were elected
ranks. The Combined Counties is certainly to the 1st Division.
living up to its name. Season 2018–19 witnessed Chertsey Town
For the 2002–03 season, AFC Wimbledon becoming the first-ever CCL team to win the
joined the league. The new club, having only F.A. Vase at Wembley.
been formed a month or two earlier put fresh Season 2019/20 saw the Jersey Bulls join-
life into the league with an enthusiasm never ing the league.
seen before. Wherever they played they set The 2019/20 Season was abandoned due to
new club attendance records bringing much the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020/21 sea-
needed finances to every club. son started in September 2020.
Season 2003–04 saw yet another develop-
ment to the league with the amalgamation
of the Surrey Premier League. This made the