1955–56 Sussex County Football League

Football league season

Sussex County Football LeagueSeason| 1955–56

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Champions| Eastbourne United

← 1954–55

1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Sussex County Football League season was the 31st in the history of the competition.[1][2]

Division 1 still remained at seventeen teams with Three Bridges United being promoted from Division 2. Division 2 now featured fourteen teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.

## Division One[edit]

The division featured 17 clubs, 16 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

* Three Bridges United, promoted from last season's Division Two

### League table[edit]

Football league season

Division OneSeason| 1955–56

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Champions| Eastbourne United
Relegated| Three Bridges United
Matches played| 272
Goals scored| 1,275 (4.69 per match)

← 1954–55

1956–57 →

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Eastbourne United | 32  | 23  | 6  | 3  | 114  | 50  | 2.280  | 52  | Joined Metropolitan League
2  | Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys | 32  | 21  | 5  | 6  | 97  | 46  | 2.109  | 47  |
3  | Bognor Regis Town | 32  | 20  | 3  | 9  | 113  | 57  | 1.982  | 43
4  | Lewes | 30  | 19  | 3  | 8  | 89  | 55  | 1.618  | 41
5  | Chichester City | 32  | 17  | 6  | 9  | 102  | 57  | 1.789  | 40
6  | Arundel | 32  | 15  | 8  | 9  | 84  | 67  | 1.254  | 38
7  | Hove White Rovers  | 32  | 16  | 5  | 11  | 79  | 66  | 1.197  | 37
8  | Southwick | 32  | 14  | 5  | 13  | 66  | 70  | 0.943  | 33
9  | Newhaven | 32  | 14  | 4  | 14  | 72  | 64  | 1.125  | 32
10  | Littlehampton Town | 32  | 12  | 8  | 12  | 75  | 68  | 1.103  | 32
11  | East Grinstead | 32  | 10  | 7  | 15  | 68  | 96  | 0.708  | 27
12  | Bexhill Town Athletic | 32  | 11  | 4  | 17  | 67  | 83  | 0.807  | 26
13  | Lancing Athletic | 32  | 11  | 4  | 17  | 70  | 87  | 0.805  | 26
14  | Brighton Old Grammarians  | 32  | 9  | 7  | 16  | 43  | 77  | 0.558  | 25
15  | Shoreham | 32  | 7  | 4  | 21  | 59  | 106  | 0.557  | 18
16  | Wigmore Athletic | 32  | 6  | 4  | 22  | 42  | 100  | 0.420  | 16
17  | Three Bridges United | 32  | 4  | 1  | 27  | 35  | 126  | 0.278  | 9  | Relegated to Division Two

Source: Non-League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

## Division Two[edit]

The division featured 14 clubs, 10 which competed in the last season, along with four new clubs:

* Crawley, relegated from last season's Division One
* Battle Rangers
* Hailsham
* Uckfield Town

### League table[edit]

Football league season

Division TwoSeason| 1955–56

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Champions| Rye United
Promoted| Rye United
Matches played| 182
Goals scored| 955 (5.25 per match)

← 1954–55

1956–57 →

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Rye United | 26  | 22  | 1  | 3  | 111  | 45  | 2.467  | 45  | Promoted to Division One
2  | Crawley | 26  | 20  | 2  | 4  | 96  | 28  | 3.429  | 42  | Joined Metropolitan League
3  | APV Athletic  | 26  | 17  | 2  | 7  | 62  | 43  | 1.442  | 36  |
4  | Hastings Rangers  | 26  | 16  | 1  | 9  | 73  | 43  | 1.698  | 33
5  | Sidley United | 26  | 13  | 4  | 9  | 64  | 69  | 0.928  | 30
6  | Hastings & St Leonards | 26  | 13  | 2  | 11  | 85  | 78  | 1.090  | 28
7  | Hailsham | 26  | 11  | 4  | 11  | 72  | 77  | 0.935  | 26
8  | Goldstone  | 26  | 11  | 3  | 12  | 55  | 60  | 0.917  | 25
9  | Uckfield Town | 26  | 10  | 3  | 13  | 60  | 73  | 0.822  | 23
10  | Battle Rangers  | 26  | 8  | 3  | 15  | 65  | 74  | 0.878  | 19
11  | Moulsecoomb Rovers  | 26  | 7  | 3  | 16  | 57  | 79  | 0.722  | 17
12  | Chichester United  | 26  | 7  | 2  | 17  | 57  | 99  | 0.576  | 16
13  | Seaford Town | 26  | 5  | 4  | 17  | 46  | 91  | 0.505  | 14
14  | Cuckfield | 26  | 5  | 0  | 21  | 52  | 96  | 0.542  | 10

Source: Non-League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sussex County Football League 1920–1960". Non League Matters.
2. ^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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2023–24 Premier Division|

* AFC Uckfield Town
* AFC Varndeanians
* Bexhill United
* Crawley Down Gatwick
* Crowborough Athletic
* Eastbourne Town
* Eastbourne United Association
* Hassocks
* Haywards Heath Town
* Horsham YMCA
* Lingfield
* Little Common
* Loxwood
* Midhurst & Easebourne
* Newhaven
* Pagham
* Peacehaven & Telscombe
* Saltdean United
* Shoreham
* Steyning Town

2023–24 Division One|

* Alfold
* Arundel
* Banstead Athletic
* Billingshurst
* Chessington & Hook United
* Copthorne
* Dorking Wanderers Reserves
* East Preston
* Forest Row
* Godalming Town
* Mile Oak
* Montpelier Villa
* Oakwood
* Roffey
* Seaford Town
* Selsey
* Wick
* Worthing United

2023–24 Division Two|

* Bosham
* Brighton Electricity
* Capel
* Charlwood
* Ferring
* Hailsham Town
* Jarvis Brook
* Rottingdean Village
* Rustington
* Southwater
* St Francis Rangers
* Storrington
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* Walter Winterbottom
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First Division|

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* Barnsley
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* Accrington Stanley
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* Aldershot
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* Exeter City
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* Queens Park Rangers
* Reading
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* Southampton
* Southend United
* Swindon Town
* Torquay United
* Walsall
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*[L]: Lost
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