Little Common started brightly against home side Bexhill United with a goal from Louis Walker which was then cancelled out by a goal from James Stone for Bexhill Utd just before half time. The second half was nearly finished when Aaron Cook scored a late winner to give Bexhill United a 2-1 victory.

There were no fixtures in the Premier Division of the Southern Combination Football League for the New Years Eve Saturday of Week 23 so the next full set of fixtures were on the Bank Holiday Monday of Week 24 with morning kick-offs. Now in the second half of the season, both Crawley Down Gatwick and Broadbridge Heath were playing for the number one spot and then promotion to the Isthmian Football League. At the moment the "Anvils" have a four point lead but the Bears" have a game in hand.

Bexhill United had a tough challenge when they travelled to the "Oval" to play Eastbourne United AFC as both clubs were chasing to finish near the top of the division. The first half ended goalless but with plenty of chances with lots to play for in the second half. Early in the second half Eastbourne Utd AFC took the lead when a lovely cross from Ridwan Euba was collected by Bailo Camara for a rare headed goal. A valiant effort by a depleted "Pirates" team could not deny Eastbourne Utd AFC a 1-0 victory who stay in sixth place in the division

Broadbridge Heath had a comfortable 5-0 victory over Midhurst and Easebourne. There was one goal in the first half by James Chesworth followed by second half goals from Charlie Parmitter, Alex Barbary, Ryan Brackpool and Sean Terry. Making his first start for the "Bears", Adrian Britton was named Man of the Match.

With supporters many deep at the barriers, Eastbourne Town were named "Kings of Eastbourne" and coloured the Town blue. However Louis Veneti put Eastbourne United AFC into the lead early in the first half and it took some time for the home side to equalise with a goal by Leon Grieg. In the second half substitute Fletcher Holman scored what turned out to be the winning goal to give Eastbourne Town a 2-1 victory. Man of the Match for Eastbourne Town was named as Leon Grieg.

Hassocks took the lead after only one minute in their game at home to Steyning Town when Leon Benson robbed the defence of the ball and scored. Later in the first half Harvey Blake smashed home a rebound to double the lead. Steyning Town fought back in the second half with quick scoring opportunities taken by Callum Edward and Jack Langford. In added time a goalmouth scramble after a Jack Barnes' corner led to the winning goal going to Steyning Town scored by Jack Barnes directly from the corner. Steyning Town fought back from going behind to gain a dramatic 3-2 victory.

Lingfield took on the division Leaders Crawley Down Gatwick and led at half time with a goal by Ferguson Ward. Early in the second half, two quick goals by Sam Clements who converted a penalty and a header by Guy Harding gave Crawley Town Gatwick a hard fought 2-1 victory. Both teams had a player sent off, David Heaton for a straight red for Lingfield in the first half and then very late in the second half Mark Pullen received a red card for a second yellow card for Crawley Down Gatwick.

Two teams fighting against relegation clashed with a 2-2 draw being the final score. Alfold travelled down the road to play Loxwood and they went behind early in the first half when Luca Page scored for Loxwood. Alfold then drew level with a goal by Charlie Martin to be all square at half time. Loxwood again took an early lead in the second half with a goal from Kaiden Hummerston only for Shay Matthews to equalise for Alfold in the last few minutes. Callum McAlister was named as the Man of the Match for Alfold.

Callum Edwards opened the scoring for Peacehaven and Telscombe by scoring from close range as they visited Newhaven at "Trafalgar Road". After this early shock the "Dockers" settled and Jack Meeres levelled the score with a header with Alfie Rogers then putting them into the lead at half time with a goal scored into an empty goal. Later in the second half Robin Deen scored to equalise with a goal from an uncleared corner only for Alfie Rogers to score the winning goal from close range. The Man of the Match for Newhaven was selected as midfielder Ryan Blunt.

In front of their largest crowd of the season so far Roffey arrived at the Herbert Direct Stadium still looking to achieve their first win of the season playing home side Horsham YMCA. Just before half time Roffey took the lead when a pass from captain Tiago Andrade found George Cousins who stroked the ball into the goal. Early in the second half YMCA equalised when Archie Goddard beat the off-side trap but his shot rebounded from the goal post but he made no mistake with his second shot. A little later Ashley Dugdale scored from a Dan Evans pass but was ruled out for off-side. So the game ended in a 1-1 draw with possibly both Horsham YMCA and Roffey a little disappointed in not gaining a win. Roffey FC named Jack Stafford their Man of the Match.

A massive crowd awaited AFC Uckfield Town as they travelled to play Crowborough Athletic at the Community Stadium. Crowborough Athletic started the proceedings before the game by presenting a trophy to legend Tom Boddy for starting his 501 game for the club. The game then got underway but it was late in the first half before the home side took the lead with a goal scored by Ollie Hyland. Then straight from the restart Lucas Murrain collected a low cross from Tom Pearson and stabbed the ball into the goal to double the lead. In the final minutes the "Crows" had John Sinclair sent off for two yellow cards but that did not stop them ending the game with a 2-0 win from two clinical movements and adding three points to their total.