1981–82 Sussex County Football League

The 1981–82 Sussex County Football League season was the 57th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1][2]

Division One

Sussex County Football League
Division One

Season	1981–82
Champions	Peacehaven & Telscombe
Relegated	Horsham YMCA Shoreham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	716 (2.98 per match)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

• Hailsham Town
• Whitehawk

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peacehaven & Telscombe	30	22	6	2	66	20	3.300	48[lower-alpha 1]
2	Littlehampton Town	30	17	8	5	67	32	2.094	42
3	Burgess Hill Town	30	14	10	6	58	48	1.208	38
4	Steyning Town	30	16	5	9	65	37	1.757	37
5	Pagham	30	13	9	8	49	36	1.361	35
6	Three Bridges	30	13	9	8	40	38	1.053	35
7	Arundel	30	10	11	9	40	36	1.111	31
8	Hastings Town	30	11	6	13	39	40	0.975	28
9	Chichester City	30	8	12	10	40	47	0.851	28
10	Hailsham Town	30	8	11	11	45	58	0.776	27
11	Ringmer	30	11	5	14	36	52	0.692	27
12	Southwick	30	9	10	11	39	37	1.054	26[lower-alpha 2]
13	Eastbourne Town	30	11	3	16	38	43	0.884	25
14	Whitehawk	30	7	8	15	38	54	0.704	22
15	Horsham YMCA	30	3	10	17	19	50	0.380	16	Relegated to Division Two
16	Shoreham	30	2	7	21	37	88	0.420	11

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Notes:

1. Peacehaven & Telscombe were deducted two points.
2. Southwick were deducted two points.

Division Two

Sussex County Football League
Division Two

Season	1981–82
Champions	Wick
Promoted	Wick Midhurst & Easebourne
Matches played	240
Goals scored	712 (2.97 per match)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

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

• Bexhill Town, relegated from Division One
• Hassocks, joined from the Brighton, Hove & District League
• Midhurst & Easebourne, joined from the West Sussex League
• Portfield, relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wick	30	25	3	2	94	15	6.267	53	Promoted to Division One
2	Midhurst & Easebourne	30	18	8	4	60	37	1.622	44
3	Portfield	30	18	5	7	48	25	1.920	41
4	Bexhill Town	30	17	6	7	46	32	1.438	40
5	Sidley United	30	15	10	5	46	36	1.278	40
6	Haywards Heath	30	10	13	7	47	32	1.469	33
7	Rye United	30	12	8	10	41	37	1.108	32
8	East Grinstead	30	9	12	9	41	34	1.206	30
9	Lancing	30	11	6	13	54	44	1.227	28
10	Newhaven	30	10	7	13	37	53	0.698	27
11	Crowborough Athletic	30	11	4	15	32	44	0.727	26
12	Hassocks	30	9	5	16	47	58	0.810	23
13	Storrington	30	6	8	16	32	52	0.615	20
14	Wigmore Athletic	30	6	7	17	33	60	0.550	19
15	Selsey	30	7	0	23	33	71	0.465	14
16	Albion United	30	2	6	22	21	82	0.256	10

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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 29 January 2019.