1959–60 Sussex County Football League
Football league season
Season | 1959–60 |
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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
Football league season
Season | 1959–60 |
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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.
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:
League table
Football league season
Season | 1959–60 |
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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 |
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.
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.
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