1962–63 Sussex County Football League

April 2022 Sussex County Football League 1962–63 Season Abandoned 1961–62 1963–64 The 1962–63 Sussex County Football League season was the 38th in the history of the competition.Sussex County Football League 1960–1980 https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1SthB/Susx60.html Non League MattersSCFL Historic League Tables http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/viewpage.html?view=newspage06 Southern Combination Football League 2019-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20190119110936/http://www.scfl.org.uk/pages/viewpage.html?view=newspage06 2019-01-19 dead This season was abandoned during the winter of 1962–63, when atrocious weather across the country led to postponements of football matches. This was difficult situation in the Sussex County League as some teams had completed with 21 or 22 games whilst others only completed 13 or 14 times. The league was then abandoned and an emergency competition was set up. Below are the league tables then the league was abandoned. Division One The division featured 17 clubs, 16 which competed in the last season, along with one new club: Shoreham, promoted from last season's Division Two League table Division One 1962–63 Season Abandoned Season Abandoned 1961–62 1963–64 main WDL Division 1 5 QR y y 2 lws Lewes whi Whitehawk bex Bexhill Town Athletic apv A P V Athletic chi Chichester City hhe Haywards Heath lit Littlehampton Town egr East Grinstead lac Lancing rye Rye United nvn Newhaven sid Sidley United wig Wigmore Athletic bog Bognor Regis Town sho Shoreham aru Arundel hgr Hastings Rangers 13 5 0 62 15 11 2 8 59 41 9 2 3 37 15 9 2 8 49 47 7 5 2 41 24 7 4 6 43 34 7 3 8 49 49 8 1 8 29 39 7 3 11 38 61 6 4 5 33 31 7 2 5 33 32 5 5 6 24 27 5 5 8 37 50 6 2 5 31 28 6 2 11 30 38 4 0 11 26 43 2 3 14 31 78 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. complete Non-League Matters Division Two The division featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs: Old Varndeanians, relegated from last season's Division One Hellingly Hospital Division Two 1962–63 Season Abandoned Season Abandoned 1961–62 1963–64 League table main WDL Division 2 5 QR y y 2 sea Seaford Town sel Selsey hym Horsham YMCA swk Southwick bat Battle Rangers tbd Three Bridges United old Old Varndeanians uck Uckfield Town hsl Hastings & St Leonards bne Brighton North End mcr Moulsecoomb Rovers btg Brighton Old Grammarians bug Burgess Hill hel Hellingly Hospital pld Portslade god Goldstone 17 1 1 104 31 14 1 1 84 11 12 2 2 82 38 12 0 2 63 20 9 2 6 64 42 8 3 6 49 36 8 2 8 44 47 7 2 6 34 41 7 1 7 41 46 7 0 10 55 56 6 2 6 34 38 6 1 9 38 58 4 2 12 31 58 3 1 18 31 106 2 2 13 22 74 1 0 16 24 98 #FFCCCC Left the league R R R 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. complete Non-League Matters Emergency competition The emergency competition, the clubs were placed into 8 groups, four with Division 1 clubs and 4 with Division 2 clubs. The plan was for teams to play both home and away games within their group to decide the winners, who then continued in the knock-out stage. This worked for groups A to F but groups G and H were unable to all play games, and would not have affected which club finished top of each group. Group A main WDL Group A QR y y 2 chi Chichester City bog Bognor Regis Town lit Littlehampton Town aru Arundel 5 0 1 24 11 3 1 2 22 15 3 0 3 17 14 0 1 5 9 32 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group B main WDL Group B QR y y 2 sho Shoreham whi Whitehawk wig Wigmore Athletic lac Lancing 4 1 1 21 12 3 1 2 20 16 2 1 3 18 29 1 1 4 20 22 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group C main WDL Group C QR y y 2 lws Lewes hhe Haywards Heath nvn Newhaven apv APV Athletic egr East Grinstead 7 1 0 29 8 5 1 2 27 18 4 1 3 24 23 1 2 5 18 23 0 1 7 8 34 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group D main WDL Group D QR y y 2 bex Bexhill Town Athletic sid Sidley rye Rye United hgr Hastings Rangers 5 1 0 21 7 3 1 2 14 10 1 3 2 12 14 0 1 5 12 28 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group E main WDL Group E QR y y 2 sel Selsey swk Southwick gol Goldstone pld Portslade 5 1 0 33 6 2 2 2 19 11 1 2 3 7 24 1 1 4 8 26 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group F main WDL Group F QR y y 2 brg Brighton Old Grammarians old Old Varndeanians mcr Molsecoomb Rovers bne Brighton North End 4 1 1 17 9 3 1 2 16 16 3 0 3 15 21 1 0 5 14 16 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group G main WDL Group G QR y y 2 hrh Horsham YMCA tbd Three Bridges United bug Burgess Hill Town uck Uckfield Town 3 3 0 16 4 2 1 2 13 8 2 1 2 5 11 1 1 4 4 15 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Group H main WDL Group H QR y y 2 sef Seaford Town hsl Hastings & St Leonards hel Hellingly Hospital bat Battle Rangers 4 0 0 19 5 2 1 3 21 16 1 1 2 9 19 0 2 2 6 15 #ACE1AF Qualified C #F08080 #eee5de Left the League 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. complete Non-League Matters Knock-out stage Source: Non-League Matters N8 white-space:nowrap no high yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Selsey 5 Chichester City 3 Bexhill Town Athletic 3 Brighton Old Grammarians 0 Horsham YMCA 5 Seaford Town 1 Lewes 0 Shoreham 4 Selsey 3 Bexhill Town Athletic 2 Horsham YMCA 2 Shoreham 3 Selsey 2 Shoreham 7 References 1962-63 9