1951–52 Sussex County Football League

The 1951–52 Sussex County Football League season was the 27th in the history of the competition.[1][2]

Sussex County Football League
Season1951–52
ChampionsShoreham
Matches played210
Goals scored975 (4.64 per match)

League table edit

The league featured 15 clubs, 13 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

Eastbourne Comrades changed name to Eastbourne United.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shoreham 28 16 5 7 79 43 1.837 37
2 Bognor Regis Town 28 15 5 8 71 50 1.420 35
3 Brighton Old Grammarians 28 14 5 9 63 50 1.260 33
4 Haywards Heath 28 12 8 8 68 48 1.417 32 Joined Metropolitan League
5 Southwick 28 13 6 9 70 56 1.250 32
6 Bexhill Town Athletic 28 14 4 10 55 48 1.146 32
7 Lancing Athletic 28 11 8 9 68 56 1.214 30
8 East Grinstead 28 12 5 11 78 73 1.068 29
9 Chichester City 28 13 2 13 76 72 1.056 28
10 Lewes 28 11 5 12 65 76 0.855 27
11 Arundel 28 8 10 10 59 44 1.341 26
12 Eastbourne United 28 9 8 11 51 54 0.944 26
13 Crawley 28 7 7 14 57 89 0.640 21
14 Newhaven 28 5 8 15 53 107 0.495 18
15 Littlehampton Town 28 5 4 19 62 109 0.569 14
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 edit

  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.