1954–55 Sussex County Football League

Division Two
Season	1954–55
Champions	Three Bridges United
Promoted	Three Bridges United
Matches played	110
Goals scored	573 (5.21 per match)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Division One
Season	1954–55
Champions	Eastbourne United
Relegated	Crawley
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,189 (4.37 per match)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Sussex County Football League
Season	1954–55
Champions	Eastbourne United
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 Sussex County Football League season was the 30th in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Division 1 featured now increased to seventeen teams with Hove White Rovers being promoted from Division 2 and Southwick re-joining. Division 2 featured eleven teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.

Division One[]

The division featured 17 clubs, 15 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

Hove White Rovers, promoted from last season's Division Two
Southwick, joined from Metropolitan League

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastbourne United	32	19	9	4	103	49	2.102	47
2	Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys	32	22	2	8	106	53	2.000	46
3	East Grinstead	32	18	7	7	95	64	1.484	43
4	Bognor Regis Town	32	17	5	10	71	54	1.315	39
5	Newhaven	32	16	3	13	75	69	1.087	35
6	Chichester City	32	16	1	15	82	83	0.988	33
7	Hove White Rovers	32	13	6	13	66	64	1.031	32
8	Littlehampton Town	32	14	4	14	69	73	0.945	32
9	Brighton Old Grammarians	32	12	8	12	57	63	0.905	32
10	Lewes	32	13	4	15	60	63	0.952	30
11	Shoreham	32	11	5	16	68	82	0.829	27
12	Bexhill Town Athletic	32	11	3	18	66	89	0.742	25
13	Lancing Athletic	32	9	7	16	64	87	0.736	25
14	Southwick	32	8	9	15	49	72	0.681	25
15	Arundel	32	8	9	15	54	83	0.651	25
16	Wigmore Athletic	32	9	6	17	57	71	0.803	24
17	Crawley	32	10	4	18	47	70	0.671	24	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[]

The division featured 11 clubs, 9 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

APV Athletic
Chichester United

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Three Bridges United	20	15	1	4	61	28	2.179	31	Promoted to Division One
2	Hastings Rangers	20	11	8	1	69	30	2.300	30
3	Rye United	20	11	5	4	67	48	1.396	27
4	Sidley United	20	11	2	7	50	34	1.471	24
5	Moulsecoomb Rovers	20	10	3	7	58	51	1.137	23
6	Cuckfield	20	9	4	7	61	49	1.245	22
7	Chichester United	20	9	4	7	58	49	1.184	22
8	Seaford Town	20	5	4	11	38	62	0.613	14
9	Goldstone	20	6	1	13	44	66	0.667	13
10	APV Athletic	20	2	4	14	31	84	0.369	8
11	Hastings & St Leonards	20	2	2	16	36	72	0.500	6

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[]

^ "Sussex County Football League 1920–1960". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 1920–1960". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-23.

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2021–22 Premier Division	AFC Uckfield Town AFC Varndeanians Alfold Bexhill United Broadbridge Heath Crawley Down Gatwick East Preston Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association Hassocks Horsham YMCA Lingfield Little Common Littlehampton Town Loxwood Newhaven Pagham Peacehaven & Telscombe Saltdean United Steyning Town
2021–22 Division One	Arundel Billingshurst Dorking Wanderers Reserves Epsom & Ewell Forest Row Godalming Town Hailsham Town Midhurst & Easebourne Mile Oak Montpelier Villa Oakwood Roffey Seaford Town Selsey Shoreham Storrington Wick Worthing United
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Season	1954–55
Champions	Eastbourne United
Relegated	Crawley
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,189 (4.37 per match)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →