title: 1973–74 Sussex County Football League
text: # 1973–74 Sussex County Football League
  
  The 1973–74 Sussex County Football League season was the 49th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.
  
  ## Division One
  
  Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
  
  * Portfield
  * Shoreham
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Newhaven | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 2.083 | 43 | |
  | 2 | Littlehampton Town | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 24 | 2.208 | 41 | |
  | 3 | Southwick | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 24 | 2.042 | 40 | |
  | 4 | Sidley United | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 34 | 1.412 | 35 | |
  | 5 | Haywards Heath | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 1.206 | 30 | |
  | 6 | Whitehawk | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 42 | 1.024 | 29 | |
  | 7 | Bexhill Town | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 46 | 0.913 | 27 | |
  | 8 | Portfield | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 1.000 | 26 | |
  | 9 | East Grinstead | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 44 | 0.818 | 25 | |
  | 10 | Arundel | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 43 | 0.791 | 25 | |
  | 11 | Chichester City | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 0.810 | 24 | |
  | 12 | Horsham YMCA | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 0.725 | 22 | |
  | 13 | Ringmer | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 0.696 | 22 | |
  | 14 | Shoreham | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 57 | 0.614 | 18 | Relegated to Division Two |
  | 15 | Rye United | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 46 | 0.500 | 13 | Relegated to Division Two |
  
  ## Division Two
  
  Division Two featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, relegated from Division One:
  
  * Burgess Hill Town
  * Three Bridges
  
  ### League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wigmore Athletic | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 27 | 1.704 | 29 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 2 | Three Bridges | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 1.783 | 28 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 3 | Seaford Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 1.652 | 24 | |
  | 4 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 42 | 0.857 | 24 | |
  | 5 | Burgess Hill Town | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 1.333 | 23 | |
  | 6 | Hastings & St Leonards | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 1.233 | 22 | |
  | 7 | Wick | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 0.967 | 16 | |
  | 8 | Pagham | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 0.939 | 16 | |
  | 9 | Lancing | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 0.667 | 15 | |
  | 10 | Selsey | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 0.549 | 12 | |
  | 11 | Steyning | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 0.500 | 11 | |
  