1953–54 Sussex County Football League

Division Two
Season	1953–54
Champions	Hove White Rovers
Promoted	Hove White Rovers
Matches played	110
Goals scored	580 (5.27 per match)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Division One
Season	1953–54
Champions	Newhaven
Matches played	210
Goals scored	926 (4.41 per match)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Sussex County Football League
Season	1953–54
Champions	Newhaven
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Sussex County Football League season was the 29th in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Division 1 featured now increased to fifteen teams with Wigmore Athletic being promoted from Division 2. Division 2 featured eleven teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.

Division One

The division featured 15 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with one new club, promoted from last season's Division Two:

Wigmore Athletic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Newhaven	28	22	3	3	74	27	2.741	47
2	Eastbourne United	28	18	2	8	77	38	2.026	38
3	Shoreham	28	16	3	9	67	49	1.367	35
4	Littlehampton Town	28	14	5	9	72	66	1.091	33
5	East Grinstead	28	15	3	10	58	65	0.892	33
6	Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys	28	13	4	11	78	61	1.279	30
7	Bognor Regis Town	28	13	3	12	59	53	1.113	29
8	Arundel	28	13	3	12	51	52	0.981	29
9	Brighton Old Grammarians	28	11	4	13	68	64	1.063	26
10	Lancing Athletic	28	10	5	13	57	59	0.966	25
11	Crawley	28	11	2	15	55	70	0.786	24
12	Chichester City	28	9	4	15	47	59	0.797	22
13	Wigmore Athletic	28	10	1	17	61	76	0.803	21
14	Bexhill Town Athletic	28	7	2	19	49	89	0.551	16
15	Lewes	28	4	4	20	53	98	0.541	12

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 11 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.
Three Bridges added United to the club name.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hove White Rovers	20	16	0	4	69	29	2.379	32	Promoted to Division One
2	Rye United	20	13	3	4	76	33	2.303	29
3	Cuckfield	20	11	5	4	59	44	1.341	27
4	Hastings Rangers	20	11	4	5	63	31	2.032	26
5	Goldstone	20	9	5	6	53	34	1.559	23
6	Three Bridges United	20	9	5	6	58	40	1.450	23
7	Sidley United	20	8	2	10	47	54	0.870	18
8	Pulborough	20	7	3	10	52	77	0.675	17	Left the league
9	Seaford Town	20	7	1	12	46	59	0.780	15
10	Moulsecoomb Rovers	20	4	1	15	38	71	0.535	9
11	Hastings & St Leonards	20	0	1	19	19	108	0.176	1

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

^ "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.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 1920–1960". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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Season	1953–54
Champions	Newhaven
Matches played	210
Goals scored	926 (4.41 per match)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →