West Sussex Football League

The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England. It was formed in 1896. The League has 10 divisions of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Southern Combination League Division Two. Membership is not limited to clubs from West Sussex. Currently the league also includes teams from Surrey and Hampshire though these are from places that are close to the county boundaries.

Cup Competitions[]

The West Sussex Football League operates one pre-season opener, three league cups and five charity cup competitions.

Walter Rossiter Memorial Trophy[]

The pre-season opening match of the season is the Walter Rossiter Trophy which is contested between the previous season's league winner and Centenary Cup winners. The current holder is West Chiltington FC.

League Cups[]

The league's main cup is the Centenary Cup which includes teams from the league's top three tiers, from the Premier Division to Division 2. The current holder of the cup is Horsham Trinity FC.

The league's two other cups are the Tony Kopp Cup for the northern section of Divisions 3, 4 and 5 and the Bareham Trophy for the southern sections of the same lower divisions. The current holder of the Tony Kopp Cup is AFC Gatwick and the holder of the Bareham Trophy is Barnham Trojans FC.

Charity Cups[]

The remaining competitions within the league are the charity cups, these operate laterally across the northern and southern section of each division. These cups are:

Competition	Qualifying Divisions	2019 Winner
Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup	Premier Division and Division 1	Capel FC
Chichester Charity Cup	Division 2 North and South	Storrington Community FC Reserves
Division 3 Charity Cup	Division 3 North and South	Barnham Trojans FC
Division 4 Charity Cup	Division 4 North and South	Selsey FC Reserves
Division 5 Charity Cup	Division 5 North and South	Slinfold FC Reserves

2018-19 members[]

Premier Division[]

Championship North[]

Championship South[]

Division Two North[]

Division Two South[]

Division Three North[]

Division Three South[]

Division Four North[]

Division Four South[]

Division Five North[]

Division Five South[]

Past divisional champions[]

The league ran 11 divisions up until 2015 when Division 5 Central was dropped. In 2016, Division One was split into North and South to increase back to 11 divisions.

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division One North	Division One South	Division Two North	Division 2 South	Division Three North	Division Three South	Division Four North	Division Four South	Division Five North	Division Five Central	Division Five South
2018/19	West Chiltington		Steyning Town Reserves	Nyetimber Pirates Reserves	Cowfold Reserves	Watersfield	Southwater Royals	Barnham Trojans	TD Shipley Reserves	Fernhurst Sports	Slinfold Reserves		The Unicorn Reserves
2017/18	Nyetimber Pirates		Capel	Angmering	Westcott 1935	Lavant Reserves	Horley AFC	Yapton Reserves	Southwater Royals	Boxgrove	Brockham		Del United
2016/17	Nyetimber Pirates		Ashington Rover	Angmering Seniors	Border Wanderers	The Unicorn	Westcott 1935	Nyetimber Pirates Reserves	Rowfant Village	Watersfield	Capel Reserves		Lancing United Thirds
2015/16	Lancing United	Hunston Community Club			Ashington Rovers	Angmering Seniors	Horsham Crusaders	Worthing Borough	Thakeham Village	Elmer	Ewhurst Reserves		Tangmere
2014/15	Ockley	Petworth			Wisborough Green	Newtown Villa Reserves	Ewhurst	The Crown	Capel	Ajax Trees	Border Wanderers Reserves	Watersfield	Worthing Borough
2013/14	Bosham	Predators			AFC Roffey Club Reserves	Stedham United	Horsham Trinity	Angmering Seniors	FC Amberley	Coal Exchange	Capel Reserves	West Chiltington Reserves	The Unicorn
2012/13	Cowfold	Wittering United			Ockley	Newtown Villa Reserves	AFC Roffey Club Reserves	The Vardar VIP	Border Wanderers	Hammer United	Faygate United Thirds	FC Amberley	The Crown

External links[]

Official site