title: 1955–56 Sussex County Football League
text: # 1955–56 Sussex County Football League
  
  The 1955–56 Sussex County Football League season was the 31st in the history of the competition.
  
  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 |
  
  ## 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 | |
  