1989–90 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Division Three
Season	1989–90
Champions	Worthing United
Promoted	Worthing United; Sidley United
Matches played	182
Goals scored	607 (3.34 per match)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	1989–90
Champions	Bexhill Town
Promoted	Bexhill Town; Oakwood
Relegated	Ferring; Storrington
Matches played	240
Goals scored	741 (3.09 per match)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	1989–90
Champions	Wick
Relegated	Lancing; Redhill
Matches played	306
Goals scored	911 (2.98 per match)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Sussex County Football League season was the 65th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One[edit]

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

Also, Haywards Heath changed name to Haywards Heath Town.

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wick	34	25	4	5	88	30	+58	79
2	Littlehampton Town	34	24	4	6	65	22	+43	76
3	Langney Sports	34	20	6	8	63	33	+30	66
4	Burgess Hill Town	34	18	8	8	68	38	+30	62
5	Peacehaven & Telscombe	34	15	8	11	44	33	+11	53
6	Whitehawk	34	16	4	14	45	41	+4	52
7	Three Bridges	34	13	12	9	61	38	+23	51
8	Pagham	34	15	6	13	53	46	+7	51
9	Shoreham	34	14	5	15	58	65	−7	47
10	Ringmer	34	11	8	15	48	64	−16	41
11	Seaford Town	34	12	4	18	43	58	−15	40
12	Haywards Heath Town	34	11	7	16	47	69	−22	40
13	Hailsham Town	34	9	11	14	41	54	−13	38
14	Selsey	34	9	9	16	45	63	−18	36
15	Eastbourne Town	34	9	8	17	42	58	−16	35
16	Arundel	34	9	7	18	33	56	−23	34
17	Lancing	34	8	9	17	43	68	−25	33	Relegated to Division Two
18	Redhill	34	6	4	24	24	75	−51	22	Relegated to Division Two

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

Division Two[edit]

Division Two featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Oakwood
- Portfield
Clubs promoted from Division Three:
- Franklands Village
- Saltdean United
- Stamco

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bexhill Town	30	22	3	5	76	20	+56	69	Promoted to Division One
2	Oakwood	30	20	3	7	74	27	+47	60^[a]	Promoted to Division One
3	Chichester City	30	18	3	9	57	26	+31	57
4	Portfield	30	17	5	8	49	36	+13	56
5	Horsham YMCA	30	16	3	11	42	31	+11	51
6	Stamco	30	15	4	11	60	38	+22	49
7	Crowborough Athletic	30	15	4	11	38	36	+2	49
8	Saltdean United	30	13	7	10	42	45	−3	46
9	Broadbridge Heath	30	13	4	13	55	53	+2	43
10	Franklands Village	30	10	8	12	52	52	0	38
11	Newhaven	30	9	8	13	36	40	−4	35
12	Midhurst & Easebourne	30	9	6	15	42	45	−3	33
13	Bosham	30	7	8	15	33	59	−26	29
14	Little Common Albion	30	7	8	15	34	62	−28	29
15	Ferring	30	4	6	20	32	80	−48	18	Relegated to Division Three
16	Storrington	30	2	6	22	19	91	−72	12	Relegated to Division Three

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

^ Oakwood were deducted three points.

Division Three[edit]

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

Buxted
East Grinstead, relegated from Division Two
Town Mead
Withdean

Also, Falcons changed name to Rottingdean.

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worthing United	26	20	4	2	82	29	+53	64	Promoted to Division Two
2	Sidley United	26	15	3	8	62	36	+26	48	Promoted to Division Two
3	Mile Oak	26	13	8	5	69	49	+20	47
4	Hassocks	26	12	8	6	43	26	+17	44
5	East Grinstead	26	11	7	8	33	31	+2	40
6	Hurstpierpoint	26	11	6	9	44	39	+5	39
7	Rottingdean	26	9	7	10	50	45	+5	34
8	East Preston	26	9	5	12	45	48	−3	32
9	Forest	26	7	11	8	36	40	−4	32
10	Leftovers Sports Club	26	7	7	12	29	51	−22	28
11	Town Mead	26	6	8	12	24	46	−22	26	Resigned from the league
12	Buxted	26	5	9	12	41	55	−14	24
13	Ifield	26	5	7	14	24	63	−39	22
14	Withdean	26	4	6	16	25	49	−24	18

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

References[edit]

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

[table_hth_oak0.1391462763488-3] Oakwood were deducted three points.

[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 1 February 2019.

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