1959–60 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Season	1959–60
Champions	Chichester City
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Sussex County Football League season was the 35th in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Division 1 remained at sixteen teams and Sidley United was promoted from Division 2. Division 2 was decreased to fifteen teams, as Cuckfield and Hove Town left the league but Horsham YMCA joining, from which the winner would be promoted into Division 1.

Division One

The division featured 16 clubs, 15 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

Sidley United, promoted from last season's Division Two

League table

Division One
Season	1959–60
Champions	Chichester City
Relegated	Southwick
Matches played	240
Goals scored	989 (4.12 per match)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chichester City	30	23	3	4	108	44	2.455	49
2	Rye United	30	21	2	7	74	40	1.850	44
3	APV Athletic	30	17	6	7	79	48	1.646	40
4	Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys	30	16	5	9	72	63	1.143	37
5	Lancing	30	13	8	9	63	53	1.189	34
6	Bexhill Town Athletic	30	15	4	11	75	65	1.154	34
7	Wigmore Athletic	30	13	4	13	58	56	1.036	30
8	Newhaven	30	11	5	14	51	64	0.797	27
9	Arundel	30	10	6	14	62	59	1.051	26
10	Lewes	30	7	10	13	52	77	0.675	24
11	Sidley United	30	9	6	15	51	83	0.614	24
12	East Grinstead	30	9	5	16	51	61	0.836	23
13	Bognor Regis Town	30	7	9	14	43	59	0.729	23
14	Littlehampton Town	30	8	7	15	49	70	0.700	23
15	Shoreham	30	8	5	17	53	69	0.768	21
16	Southwick	30	8	5	17	48	78	0.615	21	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 15 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

Horsham YMCA

League table

Division Two
Season	1959–60
Champions	Old Varndeanians
Promoted	Old Varndeanians
Matches played	210
Goals scored	1,055 (5.02 per match)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Old Varndeanians	28	22	1	5	94	29	3.241	45	Promoted to Division One
2	Hastings & St Leonards	28	17	5	6	79	39	2.026	39
3	Three Bridges United	28	18	1	9	80	50	1.600	37
4	Seaford Town	28	18	1	9	106	71	1.493	37
5	Battle Rangers	28	15	5	8	72	61	1.180	35
6	Brighton Old Grammarians	28	15	4	9	79	61	1.295	34
7	Hastings Rangers	28	13	5	10	63	72	0.875	31
8	Uckfield Town	28	12	4	12	71	75	0.947	28
9	Brighton North End	28	11	3	14	67	77	0.870	25
10	Moulsecoomb Rovers	28	11	3	14	69	84	0.821	25
11	Burgess Hill	28	8	5	15	55	67	0.821	21
12	Horsham YMCA	28	8	4	16	54	78	0.692	20
13	Portslade	28	8	3	17	61	100	0.610	19
14	Hailsham	28	7	2	19	61	101	0.604	16
15	Goldstone	28	1	6	21	44	90	0.489	8

References

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

v t e Southern Combination League
2023–24 Premier Division	AFC Uckfield Town AFC Varndeanians Bexhill United Crawley Down Gatwick Crowborough Athletic Eastbourne Town Eastbourne United Association Hassocks Haywards Heath Town Horsham YMCA Lingfield Little Common Loxwood Midhurst & Easebourne Newhaven Pagham Peacehaven & Telscombe Saltdean United Shoreham Steyning Town
2023–24 Division One	Alfold Arundel Banstead Athletic Billingshurst Chessington & Hook United Copthorne Dorking Wanderers Reserves East Preston Forest Row Godalming Town Mile Oak Montpelier Villa Oakwood Roffey Seaford Town Selsey Wick Worthing United
2023–24 Division Two	Bosham Brighton Electricity Capel Charlwood Ferring Hailsham Town Jarvis Brook Rottingdean Village Rustington Southwater St Francis Rangers Storrington Upper Beeding Worthing Town
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