1981–82 Sussex County Football League
# 1981–82 Sussex County Football League

The 1981–82 Sussex County Football League season was the 57th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.

## Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

* Hailsham Town
* Whitehawk

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 20 | 3.300 | 48 | |
| 2 | Littlehampton Town | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 2.094 | 42 | |
| 3 | Burgess Hill Town | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 38 | |
| 4 | Steyning Town | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 37 | 1.757 | 37 | |
| 5 | Pagham | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 1.361 | 35 | |
| 6 | Three Bridges | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 38 | 1.053 | 35 | |
| 7 | Arundel | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 1.111 | 31 | |
| 8 | Hastings Town | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 40 | 0.975 | 28 | |
| 9 | Chichester City | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 47 | 0.851 | 28 | |
| 10 | Hailsham Town | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 27 | |
| 11 | Ringmer | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 0.692 | 27 | |
| 12 | Southwick | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 1.054 | 26 | |
| 13 | Eastbourne Town | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 43 | 0.884 | 25 | |
| 14 | Whitehawk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 54 | 0.704 | 22 | |
| 15 | Horsham YMCA | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 50 | 0.380 | 16 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 16 | Shoreham | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 88 | 0.420 | 11 | Relegated to Division Two |

* ↑ Peacehaven & Telscombe were deducted two points.
* ↑ Southwick were deducted two points.

## Division Two

Division Two featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

* Bexhill Town, relegated from Division One
* Hassocks, joined from the Brighton, Hove & District League
* Midhurst & Easebourne, joined from the West Sussex League
* Portfield, relegated from Division One

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wick | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 15 | 6.267 | 53 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 37 | 1.622 | 44 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Portfield | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 25 | 1.920 | 41 | |
| 4 | Bexhill Town | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 1.438 | 40 | |
| 5 | Sidley United | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 1.278 | 40 | |
| 6 | Haywards Heath | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 1.469 | 33 | |
| 7 | Rye United | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 1.108 | 32 | |
| 8 | East Grinstead | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 1.206 | 30 | |
| 9 | Lancing | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 44 | 1.227 | 28 | |
| 10 | Newhaven | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 53 | 0.698 | 27 | |
| 11 | Crowborough Athletic | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 0.727 | 26 | |
| 12 | Hassocks | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 58 | 0.810 | 23 | |
| 13 | Storrington | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | 0.615 | 20 | |
| 14 | Wigmore Athletic | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 60 | 0.550 | 19 | |
| 15 | Selsey | 30 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 33 | 71 | 0.465 | 14 | |
| 16 | Albion United | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 82 | 0.256 | 10 | |
