1979–80 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	1979–80
Champions	Hastings Town
Promoted	Hastings Town; Three Bridges
Matches played	182
Goals scored	553 (3.04 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	1979–80
Champions	Chichester City
Relegated	Haywards Heath; Rye United
Matches played	240
Goals scored	734 (3.06 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Sussex County Football League season was the 55th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One

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

Also, Steyning changed name to Steyning Town.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chichester City	30	21	5	4	66	30	2.200	47
2	Southwick	30	19	7	4	63	25	2.520	45
3	Burgess Hill Town	30	18	6	6	65	37	1.757	42
4	Pagham	30	15	9	6	52	31	1.677	39
5	Eastbourne Town	30	13	9	8	50	37	1.351	35
6	Littlehampton Town	30	13	8	9	39	34	1.147	34
7	Steyning Town	30	12	8	10	59	41	1.439	32
8	Shoreham	30	13	8	9	48	37	1.297	32^[a]
9	Horsham YMCA	30	13	5	12	46	38	1.211	31
10	Ringmer	30	13	4	13	51	36	1.417	30
11	Arundel	30	9	10	11	42	41	1.024	28
12	Peacehaven & Telscombe	30	10	7	13	40	54	0.741	27
13	Bexhill Town	30	7	4	19	30	76	0.395	18
14	Portfield	30	6	4	20	37	69	0.536	16
15	Haywards Heath	30	4	7	19	24	54	0.444	15	Relegated to Division Two
16	Rye United	30	2	3	25	22	94	0.234	7	Relegated to Division Two

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Notes:

^ Shoreham were deducted two points.

Division Two

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hastings Town	26	18	4	4	68	22	3.091	40	Promoted to Division One
2	Three Bridges	26	17	5	4	59	16	3.688	39	Promoted to Division One
3	Hailsham Town	26	16	7	3	52	27	1.926	39
4	Wick	26	14	4	8	44	27	1.630	32
5	Newhaven	26	11	7	8	39	34	1.147	29
6	Crowborough Athletic	26	10	7	9	39	35	1.114	27
7	East Grinstead	26	11	4	11	34	39	0.872	26
8	Whitehawk	26	8	9	9	37	40	0.925	25
9	Storrington	26	11	3	12	41	48	0.854	25
10	Lancing	26	8	5	13	34	38	0.895	21
11	Sidley United	26	7	4	15	38	69	0.551	18
12	Albion United	26	5	7	14	19	43	0.442	17
13	Selsey	26	4	6	16	22	54	0.407	14
14	Wigmore Athletic	26	4	4	18	27	61	0.443	12

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

References

^ "Sussex County Football League 1960–1980". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[table_hth_sho0.8796310414931-3] Shoreham were deducted two points.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 1960–1980". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

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