The league was renamed on 18 June 1978 when the
Surrey Senior League underwent a metamorphosis to try to attract clubs from outside the county. The expanded league was initially called the
Home Counties League but there was an objection to the title from the Home Counties Conference, which forced the league to change its name. The league had a verbal agreement with the
Surrey County Football Association to revert to a similar title to the former league – the
Surrey Senior Football League. However, this name was later rejected as the Surrey County Football Association intended to reform the Surrey Senior League at a later date. It was first suggested by
the FA that the league should be called the
Corinthian Football League, but this was frowned upon by the
Athenian Football League within which the old Corinthian Football League had been incorporated. The alternative suggestion, the
Combined Counties Football League, was approved for the
1979–80 season. At the end of April 2023, the Combined Counties League announced the formation of the new Division Two (later renamed the Development Division (Saturday)), mostly for reserve teams and under-23 development sides of the league's member clubs, to which the FA granted sanction. It has currently not been granted a step on the football pyramid. ==Promotion rules and cups==