2014–15 Sussex County Football League

Sussex County Football League

Season	2014–15
← 2013–14 2015–16 Southern Combination →

The 2014–15 Sussex County Football League season was the 89th in the history of Sussex County Football League, a football competition in England playing at levels 9 - 11 in the English league pyramid.

This is the last season under the current name as the league changed its name to the Southern Combination Football League starting in the 2015-16 season.^[1]

Division One

Sussex County Football League

Champions	Littlehampton Town
Promoted	Dorking Wanderers
Relegated	Ringmer Crawley Down Gatwick Selsey

The league featured 20 teams, along with five new teams:

• Broadbridge Heath, promoted from Division Two.
• Crawley Down Gatwick, relegated from Isthmian League Division One South.
• Eastbourne Town, relegated from Isthmian League Division One South.
• Eastbourne United Association, promoted from Division Two.
• Loxwood, promoted from Division Two.

Littlehampton Town have won the league but cannot be promoted after not applying for the Isthmian League, due to the ground not passing the grading test for Step 4.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Littlehampton Town (C)	38	25	9	4	122	51	+71	84
2	Dorking Wanderers (P)	38	26	5	7	101	51	+50	83	Promoted to the Isthmian League Division One South
3	Pagham	38	24	7	7	77	41	+36	79
4	Eastbourne Town	38	21	9	8	96	44	+52	72
5	Horsham YMCA	38	21	5	12	100	57	+43	68
6	Loxwood	38	18	14	6	82	52	+30	68
7	Newhaven	38	18	10	10	84	56	+28	64
8	Lancing	38	15	10	13	68	69	−1	55
9	Broadbridge Heath	38	15	7	16	63	60	+3	52
10	Arundel	38	15	10	13	59	59	0	052^*
11	East Preston	38	14	10	14	59	68	−9	52
12	Eastbourne United	38	13	12	13	67	53	+14	51
13	St Francis Rangers	38	13	8	17	67	70	−3	47
14	Chichester City	38	11	12	15	42	61	−19	45
15	Hassocks	38	11	11	16	68	78	−10	44
16	Shoreham	38	12	7	19	58	65	−7	43
17	Hailsham Town	38	11	4	23	82	108	−26	37
18	Ringmer (R)	38	9	7	22	58	120	−62	34	Relegation to Division Two
19	Crawley Down Gatwick (R)	38	3	4	31	34	110	−76	13
20	Selsey (R)	38	2	5	31	42	153	−111	11

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

ARU

BRH

CHI

CDG

DOW

EPR

EST

EUA

HAI

HAS

HYM

LAN

LIT

LOX

NEW

PAG

RIN

SEL

SHO

STF

Arundel

2–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–6

0–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

5–1

5–1

3–0

3–0

Broadbridge Heath

0–1

1–1

3–0

0–1

1–0

0–3

0–2

4–1

1–2

2–0

0–2

0–3

0–2

1–2

0–2

1–1

5–0

1–4

1–3

Chichester City

1–0

2–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–4

0–0

0–0

3–4

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–2

2–1

3–1

1–1

3–2

Crawley Down Gatwick

2–2

0–5

0–1

0–3

2–4

0–3

3–2

2–5

1–2

0–4

1–4

1–6

1–2

1–2

0–3

0–1

4–0

0–0

0–4

Dorking Wanderers

3–1

1–1

2–1

5–2

1–0

3–0

1–1

6–0

3–0

2–1

5–0

2–2

1–0

3–3

2–4

6–2

6–0

2–1

5–2

East Preston

0–2

1–0

3–3

3–2

1–6

1–4

1–4

3–2

2–2

3–2

2–0

1–7

2–2

3–2

0–1

2–5

0–0

1–1

2–0

Eastbourne Town

3–2

1–2

2–2

6–1

3–3

4–0

1–0

3–0

2–2

2–3

3–1

1–3

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

5–0

4–0

0–1

Eastbourne United

0–0

0–2

1–2

7–1

1–0

1–3

0–0

3–1

1–2

1–0

3–1

3–0

0–3

1–1

1–0

2–4

6–0

2–0

1–3

Hailsham Town

7–2

3–5

3–4

4–2

2–5

1–3

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

1–3

2–2

4–4

2–3

1–4

3–1

4–0

4–2

2–3

Hassocks

1–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–3

0–4

1–3

3–3

3–1

2–5

1–1

1–6

1–1

2–3

1–2

3–1

6–1

2–0

1–1

Horsham YMCA

2–3

1–2

4–2

1–0

4–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

11–0

3–3

2–2

2–1

0–7

1–0

1–0

3–1

7–0

6–3

1–2

Lancing

4–0

3–0

1–1

0–0

3–7

5–1

2–3

2–1

2–6

3–0

1–1

2–5

3–1

1–3

2–2

1–4

3–3

1–0

0–0

Littlehampton Town

5–1

3–3

4–0

2–0

6–2

0–0

1–4

3–1

3–2

6–1

3–2

5–1

5–1

3–3

1–0

5–1

2–0

4–0

2–1

Loxwood

1–1

0–1

2–0

4–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

3–3

2–2

3–1

4–1

3–4

3–2

Newhaven

1–0

2–2

3–0

1–0

3–0

0–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

3–2

2–3

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–2

4–3

8–2

0–1

3–1

Pagham

1–1

0–2

4–0

2–1

0–1

^2

1–2

1–0

3–1

4–2

3–2

0–0

3–3

2–2

1–0

8–0

3–1

2–1

4–2

Ringmer

3–1

3–5

0–1

4–2

1–2

2–1

1–8

1–5

2–2

4–3

0–7

0–0

0–6

0–2

0–8

0–3

1–7

1–1

2–2

Selsey

1–4

3–3

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–4

1–7

3–3

3–4

0–6

1–5

1–3

1–4

1–5

1–7

2–4

1–3

1–3

1–2

Shoreham

2–4

2–2

2–0

5–1

2–1

1–3

2–0

2–2

0–1

0–3

1–3

1–2

1–3

0–2

4–0

0–1

4–1

3–0

3–0

St Francis Rangers

1–3

2–3

2–1

5–0

0–1

2–2

1–5

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–4

0–2

3–3

1–2

1–0

0–2

1–1

8–0

1–1

Updated to games played on 25 April 2015.
Source: ^[4]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Home win was awarded.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

Sussex County Football League

Champions	Worthing United
Promoted	Worthing United AFC Uckfield Town Wick & Barnham United
Relegated	Rustington Westfield

The league featured 15 teams, along with one new team:

• Worthing United, relegated from Division One.
• A.F.C. Uckfield and Uckfield Town merged to form A.F.C. Uckfield Town.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worthing United (C) (P)	28	24	0	4	86	28	+58	72	Promotion to Division One
2	AFC Uckfield Town (P)	28	17	7	4	58	26	+32	58
3	Wick & Barnham United (P)	28	17	7	4	62	35	+27	58
4	Oakwood	28	16	4	8	78	46	+32	52
5	Mile Oak	28	15	6	7	53	28	+25	51
6	Bexhill United	28	14	7	7	47	34	+13	49
7	Little Common	28	14	3	11	54	50	+4	45
8	Midhurst & Easebourne	28	11	5	12	53	68	−15	38
9	Haywards Heath Town	28	11	3	14	38	53	−15	36
10	Steyning Town	28	10	3	15	44	48	−4	33
11	Rustington (R)	28	9	3	16	47	62	−15	30	Relegation to Division Three
12	Westfield (R)	28	7	8	13	48	61	−13	29
13	Saltdean United	28	8	4	16	36	60	−24	28
14	Storrington	28	4	5	19	41	80	−39	17
15	Seaford Town	28	0	1	27	16	82	−66	1	Reprieved from relegation

Updated to games played on 18 April 2015.
Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AFU

BEX

HWH

LIC

M&E

MIO

OAK

RUS

SAL

SEA

STE

STO

WES

W&B

WOR

AFC Uckfield

0–0

3–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

1–2

3–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

5–1

4–1

1–1

2–1

Bexhill United

1–1

1–1

1–0

4–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–3

4–0

2–1

3–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

Haywards Heath Town

0–3

0–0

4–3

1–4

0–4

4–1

0–4

3–0

2–0

0–3

3–1

3–0

0–3

0–2

Little Common

0–2

2–1

2–1

4–2

2–1

2–1

2–5

3–1

3–0

3–2

5–0

1–1

4–0

1–5

Midhurst & Easebourne

2–4

3–1

1–0

4–4

0–4

3–3

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–3

1–0

3–2

3–3

1–7

Mile Oak

1–1

1–2

0–0

2–0

2–1

2–4

2–0

3–1

6–0

2–0

0–2

1–1

1–3

1–3

Oakwood

2–3

1–4

4–1

1–1

2–0

1–3

4–1

1–2

8–1

4–0

7–1

4–3

5–1

1–3

Rustington

0–3

2–3

1–3

2–1

1–1

2–3

0–4

7–0

4–2

1–2

2–2

2–1

1–3

0–7

Saltdean United

1–4

2–1

0–1

1–2

2–2

0–3

0–2

0–2

2–1

1–1

4–2

2–2

0–1

1–2

Seaford Town

0–1

0–2

0–2

0–1

2–4

0–4

0–6

1–2

0–2

0–2

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–2

Steyning Town

3–0

0–3

4–1

2–3

2–0

0–2

0–1

3–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

0–1

0–2

1–4

Storrington

1–5

3–3

2–4

1–2

3–4

0–0

2–3

2–3

2–3

1–0

2–2

1–3

0–2

1–2

Westfield

1–1

0–1

1–2

2–1

3–2

0–1

2–3

2–2

1–1

4–2

4–2

3–4

0–3

2–4

Wick & Barnham United

0–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

4–0

2–2

2–2

2–0

0–4

4–0

5–1

5–2

3–3

3–0

Worthing United

1–0

4–0

4–1

3–0

3–0

1–2

3–0

2–1

3–1

4–3

3–2

4–0

6–2

3–1

Updated to games played on 18 April 2015.
Source: scfl.org.uk
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Three

Sussex County Football League

Champions	Southwick
Promoted	Southwick Sidlesham Langney Wanderers

The league featured 11 teams, including two new teams:

• Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion.
• Bosham, champions of the West Sussex League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Southwick (C) (P)	20	15	2	3	46	16	+30	47	Promotion to Division Two
2	Sidlesham (P)	20	14	4	2	53	17	+36	46
3	Langney Wanderers (P)	20	14	1	5	63	28	+35	43
4	Bosham	20	12	2	6	51	24	+27	035^*
5	Ifield	20	11	1	8	51	38	+13	031^*
6	Billingshurst	20	9	2	9	58	46	+12	29
7	Rottingdean Village	20	8	2	10	39	37	+2	26
8	Roffey	20	6	5	9	39	37	+2	23
9	Burgess Hill & Hurst Albion	20	5	4	11	26	44	−18	19
10	Ferring	20	2	3	15	24	75	−51	9
11	Clymping	20	1	0	19	16	104	−88	3

Updated to games played on 18 April 2015.
Source: scfl.org.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^* Bosham and Ifield were deducted 3 points each for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. Press Release - 2015/16 scfl.org.uk, retrieved 25 April 2015
2. Littlehampton Town -ground grading and promotion
3. Tables at scfl.org.uk
4. Matrix at scfl.org.uk

External links

• Sussex County Football League