1983–84 Sussex County Football League

The 1983–84 Sussex County Football League season was the 59th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England. It also was the first season for the league to consist of three divisions.^[1][2]

Division One

Sussex County Football League
Division One

Season	1983–84
Champions	Whitehawk
Relegated	Pagham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	771 (3.21 per match)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

• Horsham YMCA
• Lancing

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Whitehawk	30	23	5	2	77	19	+58	74
2	Littlehampton Town	30	22	5	3	92	32	+60	71
3	Steyning Town	30	20	6	4	62	27	+35	66
4	Southwick	30	18	9	3	67	22	+45	63	Transferred to the Combined Counties League
5	Three Bridges	30	16	4	10	59	45	+14	52
6	Hastings Town	30	13	7	10	52	34	+18	46
7	Peacehaven & Telscombe	30	12	7	11	50	37	+13	43
8	Ringmer	30	10	5	15	38	52	−14	35
9	Hailsham Town	30	10	3	17	35	65	−30	33
10	Eastbourne Town	30	8	8	14	33	43	−10	32
11	Horsham YMCA	30	10	2	18	43	65	−22	32
12	Midhurst & Easebourne	30	8	8	14	36	77	−41	32
13	Lancing	30	8	6	16	41	62	−21	30
14	Wick	30	6	8	16	31	57	−26	26
15	Burgess Hill Town	30	4	9	17	29	56	−27	21
16	Pagham	30	4	4	22	26	78	−52	16	Relegated to Division Two

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

Division Two

Sussex County Football League
Division Two

Season	1983–84
Champions	Portfield
Promoted	Portfield Arundel
Relegated	Crowborough Athletic
Matches played	240
Goals scored	779 (3.25 per match)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Arundel, relegated from Division One
• Chichester City, relegated from Division One
• Lingfield, transferred from the Combined Counties League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portfield	30	23	6	1	71	21	+50	75	Promoted to Division One
2	Arundel	30	20	6	4	72	27	+45	66
3	Hassocks	30	18	5	7	66	38	+28	59
4	Wigmore Athletic	30	17	8	5	57	33	+24	59
5	Bexhill Town	30	17	7	6	65	31	+34	58
6	Chichester City	30	15	4	11	54	39	+15	49
7	Haywards Heath	30	12	12	6	53	33	+20	48
8	East Grinstead	30	10	9	11	39	41	−2	39
9	Lingfield	30	10	8	12	47	42	+5	38
10	Sidley United	30	9	6	15	52	58	−6	33
11	Albion United	30	9	6	15	47	68	−21	33
12	Selsey	30	6	10	14	41	56	−15	28
13	Storrington	30	6	10	14	39	54	−15	28
14	Newhaven	30	7	5	18	31	58	−27	26
15	Shoreham	30	2	8	20	23	83	−60	14
16	Crowborough Athletic	30	1	6	23	22	97	−75	9	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	1983–84
Champions	East Preston
Promoted	Franklands Village Ferring
Matches played	156
Goals scored	483 (3.1 per match)
1984–85 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Preston	24	15	6	3	38	15	+23	51
2	Franklands Village	24	13	11	0	48	19	+29	50	Promoted to Division Two
3	Ferring	24	13	8	3	53	15	+38	47
4	Bosham	24	11	5	8	50	38	+12	38
5	Langney Sports	24	10	8	6	43	36	+7	38
6	Westdene	24	10	4	10	42	32	+10	34
7	Broadbridge Heath	24	9	7	8	36	31	+5	34
8	Seaford Town	24	9	5	10	32	40	−8	32
9	Midway	24	10	1	13	40	35	+5	31
10	Hurstpierpoint	24	6	7	11	27	46	−19	25
11	Eastbourne Rangers	24	7	2	15	31	52	−21	23
12	Lower Bevendean	24	3	5	16	24	61	−37	14	Resigned from the league
13	St Francis Hospital	24	3	5	16	19	63	−44	14

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

References

1. "Sussex County Football League 1980–1993". Non League Matters.
2. "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.