The Southend Borough Combination is a football

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 competition based around Southend, England

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. It has a total of six divisions. The top division, which is the called the Premier Division, sits at level 13 of the English football league system

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. It is a feeder to the Essex Olympian Football League

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History

The competition was founded in 1920 by G.Somerville as an alternative to the Southend & District League. In the competition's 87 year history, there have only been 5 Chairmen. Current Chairman is Gary White, who is also Secretary of Southend Collegians FC. He replaced Len Forge OBE who emigrated to France in 2004 after giving over 50 years service to the League both as Chairman and Secretary. The current Secretary is Tina Smith, who is also a Group Representative at the Essex County Football Association.

Member clubs 2011-12

• Premier Division

Borough Rovers | Castle Point Gas | Corinthians | Ensign | Leigh Town | Leigh United | Railway Academicals | Rochford Town | Shoebury Town | Weir Sports

• Division One

Cupid's Country Club | Earls Hall United | FC Toro | Heathfield | HDC | Leigh Town Reserves | Sceptre Elite | Southend Collegians | Weir Sports Reserves | Zebra Sports

• Division Two

Ashingdon | BKS Sports | Corinthians Reserves | Elmwood | Leigh Ramblers 'A' | Little Theatre Club | Old Southendian 'A' | Thorpe Athletic | Thundersley United

• Division Three

Ashingdon Reserves | Barnsford Hurricanes | Earls Hall United Reserves | Railway Academicals Reserves | Rochford Town Reserves | Sceptre Elite Reserves | Southend Collegians Reserves | Sporting Hadleigh | Torch | Trinity

• Division Four

Catholic United 'A' | Cupids Country Club Reserves | Leigh Town 'A' | Little Theatre Club Reserves | Old Southendian 'B' | Railway Academicals ‘A’ | Sceptre Elite ‘A’ | Shoebury Town Reserves | Southend Collegians 'A' | Westcliff United

• Division Five

Ashington 'A' | Christchurch | Corinthians ‘A’ | Hamlet Court | Landwick | Old Southendian ‘C’ | Rayford Athletic | Southend Collegians 'B' | Southend Rangers | Westcliif United Reserves