1997–98 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Division Three
Season	1997–98
Champions	Lingfield
Promoted	Lingfield; Storrington
Relegated	Bosham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	851 (3.55 per match)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	1997–98
Champions	East Preston
Promoted	East Preston; Eastbourne United; Broadbridge Heath
Relegated	Midhurst & Easebourne; Bexhill Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,138 (3.72 per match)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Burgess Hill Town
Relegated	Mile Oak; Peacehaven & Telscombe; Arundel
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,287 (3.39 per match)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Sussex County Football League season was the 73rd in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burgess Hill Town	38	29	5	4	105	34	+71	92
2	Littlehampton Town	38	27	6	5	102	45	+57	87
3	Wick	38	23	7	8	81	39	+42	76
4	Langney Sports	38	23	5	10	77	46	+31	74
5	Redhill	38	21	5	12	85	38	+47	68
6	Saltdean United	38	20	6	12	76	67	+9	66
7	Ringmer	38	16	10	12	67	59	+8	58
8	Selsey	38	14	12	12	60	51	+9	54
9	Pagham	38	14	12	12	41	42	−1	54
10	Shoreham	38	16	6	16	55	58	−3	54
11	Whitehawk	38	12	12	14	50	54	−4	48
12	Hassocks	38	11	11	16	53	62	−9	44
13	Horsham YMCA	38	13	5	20	72	83	−11	44
14	Eastbourne Town	38	12	7	19	54	73	−19	43
15	Portfield	38	11	8	19	58	85	−27	41
16	Chichester City	38	10	9	19	62	76	−14	39
17	Hailsham Town	38	12	1	25	60	96	−36	37
18	Mile Oak	38	8	10	20	45	71	−26	34	Relegated to Division Two
19	Peacehaven & Telscombe	38	7	8	23	40	88	−48	29
20	Arundel	38	6	5	27	44	120	−76	23

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
Clubs promoted from Division Three:
- Shinewater Association
- Sidlesham

Also, East Grinstead changed name to East Grinstead Town.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Preston	34	25	5	4	113	42	+71	80	Promoted to Division One
2	Eastbourne United	34	21	6	7	82	36	+46	69
3	Broadbridge Heath	34	20	3	11	72	46	+26	63
4	Sidley United	34	18	9	7	68	42	+26	63
5	Sidlesham	34	17	9	8	72	49	+23	60
6	Shinewater Association	34	17	5	12	62	50	+12	56
7	Three Bridges	34	16	6	12	63	52	+11	54
8	Southwick	34	16	6	12	70	64	+6	54
9	Worthing United	34	13	7	14	68	68	0	46
10	East Grinstead Town	34	13	6	15	51	51	0	45
11	Crawley Down Village	34	12	8	14	56	68	−12	44
12	Crowborough Athletic	34	12	6	16	53	65	−12	42
13	Lancing	34	12	4	18	57	84	−27	40
14	Oakwood	34	10	9	15	70	60	+10	39
15	Withdean	34	9	8	17	52	75	−23	35
16	Newhaven	34	7	9	18	40	80	−40	30
17	Midhurst & Easebourne	34	8	4	22	47	115	−68	28	Relegated to Division Three
18	Bexhill Town	34	4	2	28	42	91	−49	14	Relegated to Division Three

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Three

Division Three featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

Bosham, relegated from Division Two
Oving Social Club
Steyning Town, relegated from Division Two
Westfield, joined from the East Sussex League

Also, Sun Alliance changed name to Royal Sun Alliance.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lingfield	30	19	8	3	70	24	+46	65	Promoted to Division Two
2	Storrington	30	19	7	4	70	32	+38	64	Promoted to Division Two
3	Oving Social Club	30	18	7	5	75	41	+34	61
4	Westfield	30	14	8	8	75	55	+20	50
5	St Francis Hospital	30	14	6	10	59	52	+7	48
6	Uckfield Town	30	13	7	10	54	35	+19	46
7	Franklands Village	30	12	8	10	59	51	+8	44
8	Hurstpierpoint	30	11	11	8	53	50	+3	44
9	Ifield	30	11	9	10	58	49	+9	42
10	Ansty Rangers	30	12	6	12	61	60	+1	42
11	Buxted	30	11	4	15	39	54	−15	37
12	Royal & Sun Alliance	30	8	7	15	54	72	−18	31
13	Steyning Town	30	9	4	17	36	58	−22	31
14	Haywards Heath Town	30	5	8	17	36	64	−28	23
15	Forest	30	4	10	16	25	59	−34	22
16	Bosham	30	2	6	22	27	95	−68	12	Relegated to the West Sussex League

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

^ "Sussex County Football League 1993–2003". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 1993–2003". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

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