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The 1996–97 Sussex County Football League season was the 72nd in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.[1][2]

Division One

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Burgess Hill Town 38 28 4 6 105 46 +59 88
2 Wick 38 23 7 8 102 44 +58 76
3 Peacehaven & Telscombe 38 22 8 8 75 41 +34 74
4 Saltdean United 38 20 6 12 66 42 +24 66
5 Ringmer 38 19 5 14 62 53 +9 62
6 Langney Sports 38 16 10 12 72 56 +16 58
7 Eastbourne Town 38 17 6 15 59 51 +8 57
8 Horsham YMCA 38 14 9 15 58 53 +5 51
9 Hassocks 38 14 8 16 47 53 −6 50
10 Pagham 38 14 7 17 59 67 −8 49
11 Shoreham 38 14 6 18 62 66 −4 48
12 Arundel 38 12 11 15 66 78 −12 47
13 Hailsham Town 38 11 13 14 66 67 −1 46
14 Portfield 38 13 6 19 61 81 −20 45
15 Selsey 38 13 6 19 49 70 −21 45
16 Mile Oak 38 12 9 17 47 74 −27 45
17 Whitehawk 38 14 3 21 46 80 −34 45
18 Three Bridges 38 12 8 18 53 69 −16 44 Relegated to Division Two
19 Oakwood 38 11 9 18 48 69 −21 42
20 Southwick 38 7 7 24 44 87 −43 28
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Littlehampton Town 34 24 4 6 95 31 +64 76 Promoted to Division One
2 Chichester City 34 22 3 9 69 35 +34 69
3 Redhill 34 20 7 7 88 42 +46 67
4 Sidley United 34 18 10 6 80 38 +42 64
5 Eastbourne United 34 18 9 7 75 43 +32 63
6 East Preston 34 18 5 11 79 48 +31 59
7 Withdean 34 17 8 9 70 46 +24 59
8 Worthing United 34 16 10 8 83 51 +32 58
9 East Grinstead 34 16 2 16 49 56 −7 50
10 Crawley Down Village 34 14 7 13 63 63 0 49
11 Bexhill Town 34 14 5 15 65 72 −7 47
12 Newhaven 34 13 7 14 67 62 +5 46
13 Midhurst & Easebourne 34 10 6 18 57 91 −34 36
14 Crowborough Athletic 34 10 5 19 46 81 −35 35
15 Lancing 34 8 6 20 45 73 −28 30
16 Broadbridge Heath 34 8 3 23 46 98 −52 27
17 Bosham 34 6 2 26 46 107 −61 20 Relegated to Division Three
18 Steyning Town 34 3 3 28 32 118 −86 12
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Three

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sidlesham 30 23 5 2 91 24 +67 74 Promoted to Division Two
2 Shinewater Association 30 22 6 2 77 24 +53 72
3 Franklands Village 30 17 6 7 69 43 +26 57
4 Ansty Rangers 30 12 11 7 55 47 +8 47
5 Hurstpierpoint 30 14 5 11 57 51 +6 47
6 Lingfield 30 13 7 10 57 37 +20 46
7 Sun Alliance 30 13 4 13 55 66 −11 43
8 Buxted 30 12 6 12 42 41 +1 42
9 Storrington 30 11 7 12 47 57 −10 40
10 St Francis Hospital 30 10 7 13 50 59 −9 37
11 Uckfield Town 30 11 4 15 55 65 −10 37
12 Thomson Athletic 30 9 7 14 46 58 −12 34 Resigned from the league
13 Ifield 30 9 4 17 44 64 −20 31
14 Forest 30 6 8 16 31 54 −23 26
15 Haywards Heath Town 30 7 5 18 34 65 −31 26
16 Seaford Town 30 1 8 21 25 80 −55 11 Relegated to the East Sussex League
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "Sussex County Football League 1993–2003". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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