Sussex County Football Association
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| Formation | 1882 |
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| Purpose | Football association |
| Headquarters | Culver Road |
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Region served | Sussex |
Chief executive | Ken Benham |
Chairman | Mathew Major |
President | Les Kempster |
| Website |
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The Sussex County Football Association, also simply known as Sussex County FA or Sussex FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Sussex, England. The Sussex County FA was founded in September 1882[1] and run a number of County Cup competitions at various levels for teams all across the county.
History
Founded in September 1882, the Sussex County FA was founded by several football clubs including Burgess Hill, Chichester City and Horsham. The 1882/83 season saw the Sussex FA create the Sussex Senior Cup, which was won for the first time by Brighton Rangers. Whilst the main aim of county football associations was to ensure clubs had lots of matches to play, a secondary aim was to help organise the recreation of schoolchildren.[2] The Sussex County FA was formed at the time when parents in Sussex were pressing local schools to introduce games on Saturdays, with the intention of keeping children out of mischief.[2]
County Leagues
The Sussex County League is the highest level league in Sussex with the Division One winners being promoted to the Isthmian League or the Southern League. Although there are three divisions in the county league, there are four feeder leagues; East Sussex, West Sussex, Mid Sussex and Brighton Worthing & District.
In addition there are also Sunday leagues and Youth leagues.
| League | 2007–08 Winners |
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| Sussex County League Division One | Crowborough Athletic |
| Sussex County League Division Two | East Grinstead Town |
| Sussex County League Division Three | Loxwood |
County Cups
| Competition | 2007–08 Holders |
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| Sussex Senior Challenge Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves |
| Sussex Intermediate Cup | Bexhill United |
| Sussex Junior Cup | Roffey |
| RUR Charity Cup | Three Bridges |
| Sussex Sunday Challenge Cup | Millhouse |
| Sussex Sunday Challenge Trophy | Reaburn Rangers |
| Sussex Women's Challenge Cup | Brighton & Hove Albion WFC |
| Sussex Women's Challenge Trophy | Seahaven Harriers Ladies |
Youth Representative Squad
The Squad that was selected against London FA on 9 October 2011 at AFC Hornchurch
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Benjamin Allan | 0 | 0 |  Pagham Colts FC
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| 2 | DF | Lewis Blaney | 2 | 0 | Horsham Youth FC
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| 3 | DF | Robert Burley | 1 | 0 | Crawley Down Youth FC
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| 4 | DF | Terry Carlin | 2 | 0 | Crawley Down Youth FC
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| 5 | DF | Ben Collier | 1 | 0 | Horsham Youth FC
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| 6 | MF | Davi Guimaraes | 2 | 0 | Bourne Sports FC
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| 7 | MF | Connor Cushing | 4 | 1 | Royal United FC
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| 8 | MF | Charlie Dennis | 1 | 0 | Arundel Colts FC
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| 9 | MF | James Fergany | 2 | 0 | Hawks Youth FC
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| 10 | MF | Greg Gander | 1 | 0 | Horsham Youth FC
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| 11 | FW | Liam Lancaster | 1 | 0 | Bourne Sports FC
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| 12 | FW | Jarryd Gilbertson | 2 | 0 | Arundel Colts FC
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| 13 | FW | Matt Neocleous | 1 | 0 | Arundel Colts FC
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| 14 | FW | Curtis Poole | 1 | 0 | Pagham Colts FC |
References
- ↑ Harvey, Adrian (2005). Football: The First Hundred Years: The Untold Story. Abingdon: Routledge.
- 1 2 Harvey, Adrian (2013). Football: The First Hundred Years: The Untold Story. Routledge. p. 210.
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