1980–81 Sussex County Football League

The 1980–81 Sussex County Football League season was the 56th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One[]

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	1980–81
Champions	Pagham
Relegated	Portfield Bexhill Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	684 (2.85 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pagham	30	18	9	3	52	22	2.364	45
2	Peacehaven & Telscombe	30	16	10	4	53	28	1.893	42
3	Steyning Town	30	15	10	5	61	37	1.649	40
4	Hastings Town	30	14	8	8	64	35	1.829	36
5	Southwick	30	10	13	7	42	35	1.200	33
6	Burgess Hill Town	30	9	14	7	37	29	1.276	32
7	Three Bridges	30	12	7	11	44	39	1.128	31
8	Arundel	30	11	7	12	34	27	1.259	29
9	Shoreham	30	9	10	11	40	50	0.800	28
10	Chichester City	30	8	11	11	47	47	1.000	27
11	Littlehampton Town	30	10	7	13	42	43	0.977	27
12	Ringmer	30	9	9	12	45	54	0.833	27
13	Eastbourne Town	30	10	6	14	36	41	0.878	26
14	Horsham YMCA	30	8	9	13	35	55	0.636	25
15	Portfield	30	5	9	16	29	68	0.426	19	Relegated to Division Two
16	Bexhill Town	30	5	3	22	23	74	0.311	13	Relegated to Division Two

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division Two[]

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	1980–81
Champions	Whitehawk
Promoted	Whitehawk Hailsham Town
Matches played	182
Goals scored	547 (3.01 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs relegated from Division One:

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Whitehawk	26	19	3	4	57	22	2.591	41	Promoted to Division One
2	Hailsham Town	26	17	5	4	56	21	2.667	39	Promoted to Division One
3	Wick	26	17	3	6	69	32	2.156	37
4	Haywards Heath	26	11	7	8	40	28	1.429	29
5	East Grinstead	26	11	7	8	34	35	0.971	29
6	Wigmore Athletic	26	8	9	9	47	47	1.000	25
7	Sidley United	26	9	6	11	33	30	1.100	24
8	Storrington	26	10	4	12	31	36	0.861	24
9	Newhaven	26	9	4	13	44	56	0.786	22
10	Lancing	26	8	6	12	28	48	0.583	22
11	Rye United	26	6	9	11	26	37	0.703	21
12	Crowborough Athletic	26	8	4	14	35	50	0.700	20
13	Selsey	26	5	6	15	22	41	0.537	16
14	Albion United	26	5	5	16	25	64	0.391	15

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

References[]

^ "Sussex County Football League 1960–1980". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

v t Southern Combination League
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
2021–22 Division Two	Bosham Brighton Electricity Charlwood Copthorne Ferring Jarvis Brook Littlehampton United Rottingdean Village Rustington St Francis Rangers Southwater TD Shipley Upper Beeding Worthing Town
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

1980–81 in English football

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National teams

Ron Greenwood
Home Championship
1982 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) (level 8 only) (, ) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) (, ) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Stoke City
Second Division	Cardiff City Chelsea West Ham United
Third Division	Blackpool Brentford Burnley Carlisle United Chester Colchester United Huddersfield Town Newport County
Fourth Division	Bradford City Mansfield Town Port Vale Rochdale