The Southern Counties East Football League will meet later this week to discuss the proposed spring cup competition.

Clubs in the Premier Division and Division 1 of the league have been asked whether they would be interested in taking part in a knockout tournament following the curtailment of their 2020/21 league campaign.

There were 28 clubs who have registered their interest in taking part but most will only want to play if supporters can be admitted. Discussions are currently taking place between the government and the Football Association with regards to fans watching sport at non-elite level.

A board meeting of the SCEFL is expected to take place on Thursday.

A league update said: “Following the recent survey sent out to all member clubs regarding a supplementary cup competition, we are pleased to say that 37 out of the 38 clubs responded and of those 28 are keen to take part.

“The next board meeting is to be held on Thursday, March 11, where we will discuss this, and the more detailed feedback we received from member clubs.

“Holding this supplementary competition is obviously still subject to the continued improvements around Covid infection rates and further DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) and FA guidance on the return of spectators to our games.”

The SCEFL season was put on hold at the end of October, when Kent was suffering higher than average rates of Covid infections and placed in the top tier of restrictions. Non-elite football was then suspended and the leagues at steps three to six eventually declared null and void.

Any new competition played must get FA approval and be concluded by the end of May.

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