2008–09 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Division Three
Season	2008–09
Champions	Clymping
Promoted	Clymping; Little Common
Matches played	182
Goals scored	657 (3.61 per match)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	2008–09
Champions	Peacehaven & Telscombe
Promoted	Peacehaven & Telscombe; Mile Oak; Crawley Down
Relegated	Bexhill United; Sidlesham
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,054 (3.44 per match)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	2008–09
Champions	Eastbourne United Association
Promoted	Horsham YMCA
Relegated	East Preston; Oakwood; Worthing United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,285 (3.38 per match)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Sussex County Football League season was the 84th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

East Grinstead Town, promoted from Division Two
Horsham YMCA, relegated from the Isthmian League
Lingfield, promoted from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastbourne United Association	38	23	6	9	79	37	+42	75
2	Arundel	38	21	10	7	96	53	+43	73
3	Horsham YMCA	38	23	4	11	72	53	+19	73	Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
4	Wick	38	21	8	9	77	60	+17	71
5	Three Bridges	38	20	7	11	75	51	+24	67
6	Shoreham	38	18	11	9	63	45	+18	65
7	Redhill	38	16	13	9	70	43	+27	61
8	Lingfield	38	14	15	9	62	51	+11	57
9	Selsey	38	14	9	15	59	48	+11	51
10	Pagham	38	13	9	16	51	59	−8	48
11	St Francis Rangers	38	13	8	17	64	65	−1	47
12	Whitehawk	38	13	8	17	62	64	−2	47
13	Chichester City United	38	19	5	14	74	70	+4	43^[a]
14	Hailsham Town	38	12	7	19	54	92	−38	43
15	Ringmer	38	19	5	14	86	60	+26	42^[b]
16	Hassocks	38	10	10	18	49	61	−12	40
17	East Grinstead Town	38	8	9	21	54	84	−30	33
18	East Preston	38	9	5	24	53	85	−32	32	Relegated to Division Two
19	Oakwood	38	8	5	25	43	97	−54	29
20	Worthing United	38	4	10	24	42	107	−65	22

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Chichester City United were deducted 19 points.
^ Ringmer were deducted 20 points.

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Rye United
- Sidley United
Clubs promoted from Division Three:
- Bexhill United
- Loxwood

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peacehaven & Telscombe	34	25	5	4	104	31	+73	80	Promoted to Division One
2	Mile Oak	34	24	3	7	92	35	+57	75
3	Crawley Down	34	19	10	5	77	33	+44	67
4	Rustington	34	20	4	10	66	39	+27	64
5	Westfield	34	17	8	9	57	46	+11	59
6	Rye United	34	16	8	10	66	45	+21	56
7	Seaford Town	34	16	5	13	61	56	+5	56^[a]
8	Sidley United	34	12	9	13	49	57	−8	45
9	Lancing	34	12	6	16	55	65	−10	42
10	Loxwood	34	11	8	15	44	49	−5	41
11	Southwick	34	12	5	17	58	71	−13	41
12	Storrington	34	12	5	17	43	58	−15	41
13	Steyning Town	34	12	6	16	42	67	−25	39^[b]
14	Littlehampton Town	34	9	10	15	65	82	−17	37
15	Wealden	34	10	6	18	57	69	−12	36
16	Midhurst & Easebourne	34	9	6	19	46	74	−28	33
17	Bexhill United	34	8	6	20	45	67	−22	30	Relegated to Division Three
18	Sidlesham	34	3	8	23	27	110	−83	17	Relegated to Division Three

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Seaford Town were awarded three points.
^ Steyning Town were deducted three points.

Division Three

Division Three featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

Broadbridge Heath, relegated from Division Two
Clymping, joined from the West Sussex League
Pease Pottage Village, relegated from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Clymping	26	19	3	4	70	29	+41	60	Promoted to Division Two
2	Little Common	26	18	3	5	66	37	+29	57	Promoted to Division Two
3	Haywards Heath Town	26	17	4	5	57	20	+37	55
4	Newhaven	26	15	6	5	64	40	+24	51
5	Dorking Wanderers	26	15	2	9	70	45	+25	47
6	Forest	26	11	7	8	40	33	+7	40
7	Saltdean United	26	10	6	10	32	42	−10	36
8	Uckfield Town	26	10	4	12	47	48	−1	34
9	Broadbridge Heath	26	8	3	15	41	57	−16	27
10	Bosham	26	7	5	14	35	53	−18	26
11	Rottingdean Village	26	5	10	11	31	48	−17	25
12	Ifield Edwards	26	6	6	14	39	54	−15	24
13	Hurstpierpoint	26	4	4	18	35	75	−40	16
14	Pease Pottage Village	26	4	3	19	30	76	−46	15

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

^ "Sussex County Football League 2003–2012". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

[table_hth_cch0.082871962377276-3] Chichester City United were deducted 19 points.

[table_hth_rin0.082871962377276-4] Ringmer were deducted 20 points.

[table_hth_sef0.67500333240023-5] Seaford Town were awarded three points.

[table_hth_ste0.67500333240023-6] Steyning Town were deducted three points.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 2003–2012". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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