1939–40 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League

Season	1930–40
Champions	Worthing
Matches played	182
Goals scored	605 (3.32 per match)
← 1938–39 1945–46 →

The 1939–40 Sussex County Football League season was the 20th in the history of the competition.^[1][2]

Due to the Second World War, a war-time emergency competition was announced and 16 teams were placed into two separate leagues, 8 teams in the Eastern Division and 8 in the Western Division. With the winners of each league playing in a play-off to decide the overall winner.

Clubs

The league featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

• Hastings & St Leonards
• Eastbourne

Eastern Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hastings & St Leonards	14	8	2	4	46	21	2.190	18	Division champions and then left the League
2	Haywards Heath	14	8	1	5	49	35	1.400	17
3	Newhaven	14	6	4	4	32	26	1.231	16
4	East Grinstead	14	5	5	4	40	32	1.250	15
5	Bexhill	14	6	1	7	20	41	0.488	13	Left the League
6	Eastbourne	14	4	4	6	30	35	0.857	12
7	Lewes	14	5	1	8	35	53	0.660	11
8	Eastbourne Comrades	14	4	2	8	29	38	0.763	10	Left the League

Source: Sussex County league - Historic League Tables
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.

Western Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worthing	14	11	1	2	58	26	2.231	23	Division champions
2	Bognor Regis	14	10	0	4	47	26	1.808	20
3	Horsham	14	9	1	4	55	27	2.037	19
4	Southwick	14	8	1	5	48	37	1.297	17
5	Littlehampton Town	14	7	0	7	41	40	1.025	14
6	Hove	14	5	1	8	27	62	0.435	11
7	Shoreham	14	2	1	11	33	52	0.635	5
8	Chichester	14	1	1	12	15	54	0.278	3	Left the League

Source: Sussex County league - Historic League Tables
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.

Play-off Final

Worthing 1 — 0 Hastings & St Leonards
Source= Sussex County league - Historic League Tables

References

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 21 January 2019.