1976–77 Sussex County Football League
# 1976–77 Sussex County Football League

The 1976–77 Sussex County Football League season was the 52nd 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 three new clubs:

* Eastbourne Town, transferred from the Athenian League
* Peacehaven & Telscombe, promoted from Division Two
* Selsey, promoted from Division Two

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eastbourne Town | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 2.429 | 44 | |
| 2 | Southwick | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 25 | 1.800 | 41 | |
| 3 | Burgess Hill Town | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 28 | 2.036 | 37 | |
| 4 | Horsham YMCA | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 35 | 1.343 | 34 | |
| 5 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 58 | 49 | 1.184 | 34 | |
| 6 | Haywards Heath | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 40 | 1.125 | 34 | |
| 7 | Ringmer | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 1.025 | 31 | |
| 8 | Littlehampton Town | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 42 | 1.024 | 31 | |
| 9 | Bexhill Town | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 46 | 0.870 | 29 | |
| 10 | Wigmore Athletic | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 56 | 0.857 | 28 | |
| 11 | Rye United | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 39 | 44 | 0.886 | 26 | |
| 12 | East Grinstead | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 0.857 | 26 | |
| 13 | Chichester City | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 47 | 0.851 | 26 | |
| 14 | Selsey | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 57 | 0.596 | 25 | |
| 15 | Three Bridges | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 55 | 0.582 | 18 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 16 | Whitehawk | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 40 | 68 | 0.588 | 16 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

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

* Arundel, relegated from Division One
* Newhaven, relegated from Division One
* Storrington, joined from the West Sussex League

Also, Hastings & St Leonards changed name to Hastings Town.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shoreham | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 30 | 2.067 | 40 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Arundel | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 2.130 | 39 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Steyning | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 32 | 2.031 | 37 | |
| 4 | Hailsham Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 43 | 1.395 | 31 | |
| 5 | Storrington | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 1.083 | 28 | |
| 6 | Newhaven | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 42 | 1.024 | 27 | |
| 7 | Sidley United | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 39 | 1.128 | 26 | |
| 8 | Lancing | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 33 | 0.970 | 25 | |
| 9 | Pagham | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 0.955 | 24 | |
| 10 | Portfield | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 0.816 | 24 | |
| 11 | Wick | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 0.756 | 20 | |
| 12 | Hastings Town | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 0.745 | 15 | |
| 13 | Crowborough Athletic | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 67 | 0.328 | 14 | |
| 14 | Seaford Town | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 67 | 0.403 | 10 | |

* ↑ Hastings Town were deducted two points.
* ↑ Seaford Town were deducted two points.
