1961–62 Sussex County Football League

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

Sussex County Football League

Season	1961–62
Champions	Whitehawk
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

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

• Hastings Rangers, promoted from last season's Division Two
• Haywards Heath, joined from Metropolitan League

League table

Division One

Season	1961–62
Champions	Whitehawk
Relegated	Old Varndeanians
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,280 (4.71 per match)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

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

• Shoreham, relegated from last season's Division One
• Selsey

League table

Division Two

Season	1961–62
Champions	Shoreham
Promoted	Shoreham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,242 (5.18 per match)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

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.