1955–56 Sussex County Football League

Division Two
Season	1955–56
Champions	Rye United
Promoted	Rye United
Matches played	182
Goals scored	955 (5.25 per match)
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Division One
Season	1955–56
Champions	Eastbourne United
Relegated	Three Bridges United
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,275 (4.69 per match)
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

Sussex County Football League
Season	1955–56
Champions	Eastbourne United
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 Sussex County Football League season was the 31st in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2]

Division 1 still remained at seventeen teams with Three Bridges United being promoted from Division 2. Division 2 now featured fourteen teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.

Division One

The division featured 17 clubs, 16 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

Three Bridges United, promoted from last season's Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastbourne United	32	23	6	3	114	50	2.280	52	Joined Metropolitan League
2	Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys	32	21	5	6	97	46	2.109	47
3	Bognor Regis Town	32	20	3	9	113	57	1.982	43
4	Lewes	30	19	3	8	89	55	1.618	41
5	Chichester City	32	17	6	9	102	57	1.789	40
6	Arundel	32	15	8	9	84	67	1.254	38
7	Hove White Rovers	32	16	5	11	79	66	1.197	37
8	Southwick	32	14	5	13	66	70	0.943	33
9	Newhaven	32	14	4	14	72	64	1.125	32
10	Littlehampton Town	32	12	8	12	75	68	1.103	32
11	East Grinstead	32	10	7	15	68	96	0.708	27
12	Bexhill Town Athletic	32	11	4	17	67	83	0.807	26
13	Lancing Athletic	32	11	4	17	70	87	0.805	26
14	Brighton Old Grammarians	32	9	7	16	43	77	0.558	25
15	Shoreham	32	7	4	21	59	106	0.557	18
16	Wigmore Athletic	32	6	4	22	42	100	0.420	16
17	Three Bridges United	32	4	1	27	35	126	0.278	9	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 14 clubs, 10 which competed in the last season, along with four new clubs:

Crawley, relegated from last season's Division One
Battle Rangers
Hailsham
Uckfield Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rye United	26	22	1	3	111	45	2.467	45	Promoted to Division One
2	Crawley	26	20	2	4	96	28	3.429	42	Joined Metropolitan League
3	APV Athletic	26	17	2	7	62	43	1.442	36
4	Hastings Rangers	26	16	1	9	73	43	1.698	33
5	Sidley United	26	13	4	9	64	69	0.928	30
6	Hastings & St Leonards	26	13	2	11	85	78	1.090	28
7	Hailsham	26	11	4	11	72	77	0.935	26
8	Goldstone	26	11	3	12	55	60	0.917	25
9	Uckfield Town	26	10	3	13	60	73	0.822	23
10	Battle Rangers	26	8	3	15	65	74	0.878	19
11	Moulsecoomb Rovers	26	7	3	16	57	79	0.722	17
12	Chichester United	26	7	2	17	57	99	0.576	16
13	Seaford Town	26	5	4	17	46	91	0.505	14
14	Cuckfield	26	5	0	21	52	96	0.542	10

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 1920–1960". 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 1920–1960". 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	1955–56
Champions	Eastbourne United
Relegated	Three Bridges United
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,275 (4.69 per match)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →