2003–04 Sussex County Football League

The 2003–04 Sussex County Football League season was the 79th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1][2]

Division One

Sussex County Football League
Division One

Season	2003–04
Champions	Chichester City United
Relegated	Selsey Shoreham
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1,099 (3.21 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

• Clubs promoted from Division Two:
  • East Grinstead Town
  • Eastbourne Town
  • Rye & Iden United
• Plus:
  • St Leonards, relegated from the Southern League

St Leonards resigned from the league January 2004 and their playing record of P21 W7 D4 L10 GF32 GA35 P25 was expunged.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chichester City United	36	23	8	5	87	40	+47	77
2	Rye & Iden United	36	20	11	5	75	37	+38	71
3	East Preston	36	22	5	9	72	36	+36	71
4	Three Bridges	36	20	10	6	63	34	+29	70
5	Eastbourne Town	36	21	3	12	85	53	+32	66
6	Arundel	36	18	7	11	77	61	+16	61
7	Hassocks	36	16	11	9	74	54	+20	59
8	Whitehawk	36	17	8	11	59	48	+11	59
9	East Grinstead Town	36	17	4	15	64	60	+4	55
10	Ringmer	36	14	11	11	54	54	0	53
11	Redhill	36	13	7	16	53	50	+3	46
12	Hailsham Town	36	13	7	16	55	58	−3	46
13	Horsham YMCA	36	11	9	16	55	62	−7	42
14	Southwick	36	10	11	15	39	51	−12	41
15	Sidlesham	36	10	8	18	50	71	−21	38
16	Sidley United	36	10	8	18	42	63	−21	38
17	Pagham	36	6	10	20	30	55	−25	28
18	Selsey	36	5	5	26	35	94	−59	20	Relegated to Division Two
19	Shoreham	36	2	5	29	30	118	−88	11
20	St Leonards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

Division Two

Sussex County Football League
Division Two

Season	2003–04
Champions	Littlehampton Town
Promoted	Littlehampton Town Worthing United Eastbourne United Association
Relegated	Haywards Heath Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,013 (3.31 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

• Clubs relegated from Division One:
  • Littlehampton Town
  • Peacehaven & Telscombe
  • Wick
• Clubs promoted from Division Three:
  • Haywards Heath Town
  • Midhurst & Easebourne
• Plus:
  • Eastbourne United Association, formed as merger of Eastbourne United and Shinewater Association

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Littlehampton Town	34	23	7	4	89	29	+60	76	Promoted to Division One
2	Worthing United	34	21	6	7	74	32	+42	69
3	Eastbourne United Association	34	18	12	4	78	39	+39	66
4	Wick	34	17	8	9	57	38	+19	59
5	Oakwood	34	18	4	12	77	50	+27	58
6	Midhurst & Easebourne	34	18	4	12	75	50	+25	58
7	Mile Oak	34	17	6	11	56	49	+7	57
8	Steyning Town	34	16	9	9	39	35	+4	57
9	Westfield	34	16	5	13	70	63	+7	53
10	Broadbridge Heath	34	15	5	14	51	54	−3	50
11	Crawley Down	34	14	5	15	51	48	+3	47
12	Peacehaven & Telscombe	34	14	4	16	54	52	+2	46
13	Saltdean United	34	11	7	16	52	56	−4	40
14	Wealden	34	12	4	18	43	64	−21	40
15	Seaford	34	10	8	16	55	51	+4	38
16	Pease Pottage Village	34	5	5	24	43	121	−78	20
17	Lancing	34	4	4	26	26	89	−63	16
18	Haywards Heath Town	34	3	5	26	23	93	−70	14	Relegated to Division Three

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

Division Three

Sussex County Football League
Division Three

Season	2003–04
Champions	Crowborough Athletic
Promoted	Crowborough Athletic St Francis Rangers
Matches played	182
Goals scored	702 (3.86 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Division Three featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

• Wadhurst United, joined from the East Sussex League

Also, Ifield merged with Edwards Sports to form Ifield Edwards.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crowborough Athletic	26	21	1	4	91	27	+64	64	Promoted to Division Two
2	St Francis Rangers	26	17	2	7	69	41	+28	53
3	Ifield Edwards	26	16	4	6	71	39	+32	52
4	Wadhurst United	26	15	5	6	58	35	+23	50
5	Storrington	26	14	5	7	55	37	+18	47
6	Franklands Village	26	12	5	9	50	30	+20	41	Resigned to the Mid-Sussex League
7	Uckfield Town	26	12	2	12	47	53	−6	38
8	Lingfield	26	10	5	11	46	43	+3	35
9	Hurstpierpoint	26	9	5	12	42	52	−10	32
10	Bosham	26	10	2	14	43	55	−12	32
11	Forest	26	9	2	15	41	56	−15	29
12	Bexhill United	26	8	4	14	38	54	−16	28
13	Newhaven	26	6	2	18	40	60	−20	20
14	Upper Beeding	26	0	2	24	11	120	−109	2

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

References

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 6 February 2019.