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1961–62 Sussex County Football League

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Sussex County Football League
Season1961–62
ChampionsWhitehawk

The 1961–62 Sussex County Football League season was the 37th in the history of the competition.[1][2]

Division 1 increased to seventeen teams with Hastings Rangers being promoted from Division 2, Haywards Heath also joined Division 1 from leaving the Metropolitan League. Division 2 was remained at sixteen teams again, from which the winner would be promoted into Division 1. LEC Sports left Division 2 and were replaced by Selsey.

Division One

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

League table

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Division One
Season1961–62
ChampionsWhitehawk
RelegatedOld Varndeanians
Matches played272
Goals scored1,280 (4.71 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Whitehawk 32 24 3 5 127 49 2.592 51
2 Chichester City 32 23 3 6 132 60 2.200 49
3 Lewes 32 17 8 7 86 53 1.623 42
4 Bognor Regis Town 32 16 8 8 81 54 1.500 40
5 Rye United 32 17 5 10 78 70 1.114 39
6 Newhaven 32 12 10 10 70 88 0.795 34
7 Littlehampton Town 32 13 6 13 66 85 0.776 32
8 Haywards Heath 32 13 5 14 75 78 0.962 31
9 Arundel 32 12 6 14 68 70 0.971 30
10 APV Athletic 32 13 4 15 74 84 0.881 30
11 Wigmore Athletic 32 12 5 15 61 87 0.701 29
12 Lancing 32 11 6 15 77 78 0.987 28
13 East Grinstead 32 11 6 15 65 68 0.956 28
14 Hastings Rangers 32 8 8 16 68 85 0.800 24
15 Bexhill Town Athletic 32 10 1 21 67 94 0.713 21
16 Sidley United 32 8 4 20 52 93 0.559 20
17 Old Varndeanians 32 5 6 21 33 84 0.393 16 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

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The division featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

League table

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Division Two
Season1961–62
ChampionsShoreham
PromotedShoreham
Matches played240
Goals scored1,242 (5.18 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shoreham 30 27 1 2 138 32 4.313 55 Promoted to Division One
2 Selsey 30 25 1 4 123 52 2.365 51
3 Battle Rangers 30 23 3 4 128 43 2.977 49
4 Horsham YMCA 30 19 5 6 85 67 1.269 43
5 Southwick 30 19 3 8 124 58 2.138 41
6 Three Bridges United 30 14 5 11 82 77 1.065 33
7 Burgess Hill 30 14 2 14 72 71 1.014 30
8 Seaford Town 30 13 3 14 81 85 0.953 29
9 Brighton Old Grammarians 30 12 3 15 78 85 0.918 27
10 Goldstone 30 8 9 13 61 84 0.726 25
11 Uckfield Town 30 8 7 15 61 96 0.635 23
12 Brighton North End 30 8 5 17 54 71 0.761 21
13 Hailsham Town 30 9 3 18 36 76 0.474 21 Left the league
14 Portslade 30 4 5 21 37 120 0.308 13
15 Hastings & St Leonards 30 4 4 22 37 102 0.363 12
16 Moulsecoomb Rovers 30 1 5 24 45 123 0.366 7
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

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  1. ^ "Sussex County Football League 1960–1980". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.