1960–61 Sussex County Football League

Division Two
Season	1960–61
Champions	Hastings Rangers
Promoted	Hastings Rangers
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,239 (5.16 per match)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Division One
Season	1960–61
Champions	Chichester City
Relegated	Shoreham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,121 (4.67 per match)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Sussex County Football League
Season	1960–61
Champions	Chichester City
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Sussex County Football League season was the 36th in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Division 1 remained at sixteen teams and Old Varndeanians was promoted from Division 2. Division 2 was increased to sixteen teams again, as LEC Sports joined, from which the winner would be promoted into Division 1.

Division One

The division featured 16 clubs, 15 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

Old Varndeanians, promoted from last season's Division Two

Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys changed name to Whitehawk.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chichester City	30	23	3	4	126	51	2.471	49
2	APV Athletic	30	22	2	6	114	49	2.327	46
3	Lewes	30	16	9	5	86	55	1.564	41
4	Rye United	30	18	4	8	82	47	1.745	40
5	Arundel	30	15	5	10	73	55	1.327	35
6	Bognor Regis Town	30	14	6	10	76	57	1.333	34
7	Littlehampton Town	30	12	4	14	70	86	0.814	28
8	Sidley United	30	10	6	14	51	80	0.638	26
9	Old Varndeanians	30	9	7	14	49	64	0.766	25
10	East Grinstead	30	9	7	14	45	59	0.763	25
11	Wigmore Athletic	30	8	8	14	64	76	0.842	24
12	Lancing	30	10	4	16	59	82	0.720	24
13	Bexhill Town Athletic	30	9	4	17	61	85	0.718	22
14	Whitehawk	30	8	5	17	65	76	0.855	21
15	Newhaven	30	7	6	17	50	96	0.521	20
16	Shoreham	30	8	4	18	50	103	0.485	20	Relegated to Division Two

Source: Non-League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Division Two

The division featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

Southwick, relegated from last season's Division One
LEC Sports

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hastings Rangers	30	25	4	1	113	31	3.645	54	Promoted to Division One
2	LEC Sports	30	21	4	5	104	51	2.039	46	Left the league
3	Southwick	30	19	6	5	90	43	2.093	44
4	Uckfield Town	30	18	6	6	83	56	1.482	42
5	Seaford Town	30	14	4	12	97	79	1.228	32
6	Battle Rangers	30	13	5	12	92	80	1.150	31
7	Three Bridges United	30	11	6	13	78	78	1.000	28
8	Brighton Old Grammarians	30	12	4	14	74	79	0.937	28
9	Hastings & St Leonards	30	12	4	14	79	85	0.929	28
10	Brighton North End	30	11	5	14	90	87	1.034	27
11	Burgess Hill	30	9	8	13	57	75	0.760	26
12	Goldstone	30	10	3	17	60	79	0.759	23
13	Horsham YMCA	30	9	3	18	57	104	0.548	21
14	Portslade	30	6	6	18	63	98	0.643	18
15	Hailsham	30	7	3	20	54	103	0.524	17
16	Moulsecoomb Rovers	30	5	5	20	48	111	0.432	15

Source: Non-League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1982–83 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

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 23 January 2019.

[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 23 January 2019.

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Season	1960–61
Champions	Chichester City
Relegated	Shoreham
Matches played	240
Goals scored	1,121 (4.67 per match)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →