title: 1953–54 Sussex County Football League
text: # 1953–54 Sussex County Football League
  
  The 1953–54 Sussex County Football League season was the 29th in the history of the competition.
  
  Division 1 featured now increased to fifteen teams with Wigmore Athletic being promoted from Division 2. Division 2 featured eleven teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.
  
  ## Division One
  
  The division featured 15 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with one new club, promoted from last season's Division Two:
  
  * Wigmore Athletic
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Newhaven | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 27 | 2.741 | 47 |
  | 2 | Eastbourne United | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 77 | 38 | 2.026 | 38 |
  | 3 | Shoreham | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 49 | 1.367 | 35 |
  | 4 | Littlehampton Town | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 66 | 1.091 | 33 |
  | 5 | East Grinstead | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 65 | 0.892 | 33 |
  | 6 | Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 61 | 1.279 | 30 |
  | 7 | Bognor Regis Town | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 53 | 1.113 | 29 |
  | 8 | Arundel | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 52 | 0.981 | 29 |
  | 9 | Brighton Old Grammarians | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 64 | 1.063 | 26 |
  | 10 | Lancing Athletic | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 59 | 0.966 | 25 |
  | 11 | Crawley | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 55 | 70 | 0.786 | 24 |
  | 12 | Chichester City | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 59 | 0.797 | 22 |
  | 13 | Wigmore Athletic | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 61 | 76 | 0.803 | 21 |
  | 14 | Bexhill Town Athletic | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 49 | 89 | 0.551 | 16 |
  | 15 | Lewes | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 53 | 98 | 0.541 | 12 |
  
  ## Division Two
  
  The division featured 11 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season. Three Bridges added United to the club name.
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hove White Rovers | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 29 | 2.379 | 32 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 2 | Rye United | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 76 | 33 | 2.303 | 29 | |
  | 3 | Cuckfield | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 44 | 1.341 | 27 | |
  | 4 | Hastings Rangers | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 2.032 | 26 | |
  | 5 | Goldstone | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 34 | 1.559 | 23 | |
  | 6 | Three Bridges United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 40 | 1.450 | 23 | |
  | 7 | Sidley United | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 54 | 0.870 | 18 | |
  | 8 | Pulborough | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 77 | 0.675 | 17 | Left the league |
  | 9 | Seaford Town | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 59 | 0.780 | 15 | |
  | 10 | Moulsecoomb Rovers | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 71 | 0.535 | 9 | |
  | 11 | Hastings & St Leonards | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 108 | 0.176 | 1 | |
  