2002–03 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League
Division Three
Season	2002–03
Champions	Midhurst & Easebourne
Promoted	Midhurst & Easebourne; Haywards Heath Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	793 (3.3 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Sussex County Football League
Division Two
Season	2002–03
Champions	Rye & Iden United
Promoted	Rye & Iden United; Eastbourne Town; East Grinstead Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,013 (3.31 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Sussex County Football League
Division One
Season	2002–03
Champions	Burgess Hill Town
Promoted	Burgess Hill Town
Relegated	Peacehaven & Telscombe; Wick; Littlehampton Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,283 (3.38 per match)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Sussex County Football League season was the 78th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.^[1]^[2]

Division One

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burgess Hill Town	38	29	4	5	97	27	+70	91	Promoted to the Southern League Eastern Division
2	Whitehawk	38	22	4	12	79	41	+38	70
3	Horsham YMCA	38	21	6	11	101	51	+50	69
4	Chichester City United	38	20	9	9	79	51	+28	69
5	Sidlesham	38	20	6	12	65	62	+3	66
6	Southwick	38	18	6	14	67	50	+17	60
7	Ringmer	38	17	9	12	55	56	−1	60
8	Hassocks	38	16	8	14	67	65	+2	56
9	Pagham	38	16	7	15	69	52	+17	55
10	East Preston	38	16	6	16	63	66	−3	54
11	Selsey	38	14	11	13	59	44	+15	53
12	Redhill	38	16	5	17	53	62	−9	53
13	Sidley United	38	15	6	17	55	51	+4	51
14	Three Bridges	38	14	7	17	88	83	+5	49
15	Hailsham Town	38	13	8	17	54	60	−6	47
16	Shoreham	38	13	6	19	54	69	−15	45
17	Arundel	38	11	11	16	50	65	−15	44
18	Peacehaven & Telscombe	38	9	5	24	43	95	−52	32	Relegated to Division Two
19	Wick	38	7	5	26	51	123	−72	26
20	Littlehampton Town	38	4	9	25	34	110	−76	21

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

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Eastbourne United
- Saltdean United
Clubs promoted from Division Three:
- Pease Pottage Village
- Steyning Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rye & Iden United	34	27	4	3	77	35	+42	85	Promoted to Division One
2	Eastbourne Town	34	25	7	2	97	28	+69	82
3	East Grinstead Town	34	17	12	5	67	39	+28	63
4	Oakwood	34	17	5	12	70	55	+15	56
5	Saltdean United	34	15	6	13	70	55	+15	51
6	Westfield	34	13	10	11	54	53	+1	49
7	Wealden	34	14	6	14	64	60	+4	48
8	Eastbourne United	34	14	6	14	63	60	+3	48	Merged into Eastbourne United Association
9	Lancing	34	12	11	11	47	49	−2	47
10	Steyning Town	34	13	7	14	47	43	+4	46
11	Shinewater Association	34	13	7	14	46	59	−13	46	Merged into Eastbourne United Association
12	Seaford	34	11	7	16	51	51	0	40
13	Broadbridge Heath	34	11	5	18	54	74	−20	38
14	Worthing United	34	11	5	18	41	64	−23	38
15	Crawley Down	34	9	10	15	43	51	−8	37
16	Mile Oak	34	9	6	19	47	74	−27	33
17	Pease Pottage Village	34	9	4	21	38	79	−41	31
18	Oving	34	5	4	25	37	84	−47	19	Resigned from the league

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

Division Three

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

Bosham, relegated from Division Two
Midhurst & Easebourne, joined from the West Sussex League
St Francis Rangers, formed as merger of St Francis and Ansty Rangers
Storrington, relegated from Division Two

Also, Bexhill Town changed name to Bexhill United.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Midhurst & Easebourne	28	20	4	4	80	26	+54	64	Promoted to Division Two
2	Haywards Heath Town	28	17	9	2	76	31	+45	60	Promoted to Division Two
3	Crowborough Athletic	28	18	4	6	87	32	+55	58
4	Franklands Village	28	14	8	6	48	30	+18	50
5	Ifield	28	13	5	10	47	50	−3	44
6	St Francis Rangers	28	12	7	9	60	52	+8	43
7	Newhaven	28	12	5	11	58	54	+4	41
8	Forest	28	10	6	12	56	55	+1	36
9	Lingfield	28	11	3	14	38	65	−27	36
10	Bexhill United	28	10	5	13	53	56	−3	35
11	Hurstpierpoint	28	8	8	12	37	44	−7	32
12	Storrington	28	9	4	15	53	59	−6	31
13	Upper Beeding	28	5	8	15	31	61	−30	23
14	Bosham	28	6	3	19	30	102	−72	21
15	Uckfield Town	28	5	1	22	39	76	−37	16

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

References

^ "Sussex County Football League 1993–2003". Non League Matters.
^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[1] "Sussex County Football League 1993–2003". Non League Matters.

[2] "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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