1952–53 Sussex County Football League
# 1952–53 Sussex County Football League

The 1952–53 Sussex County Football League season was the 28th in the history of the competition.

The league increased to two Divisions, Division 1 and Division 2. Division 1 featured thirteen of last seasons teams with Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys joining the league. Division 2 featured twelve teams from which the winners would be promoted into Division 1.

## Division One

The division featured 14 clubs, 13 which competed in the last season, along with one new club:

* Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shoreham | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 80 | 45 | 1.778 | 38 |
| 2 | Brighton Old Grammarians | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 | 35 |
| 3 | Whitehawk & Manor Farm Old Boys | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 72 | 49 | 1.469 | 34 |
| 4 | Arundel | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 34 | 1.735 | 33 |
| 5 | Eastbourne United | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 77 | 49 | 1.571 | 30 |
| 6 | Newhaven | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 43 | 1.372 | 28 |
| 7 | Chichester | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 62 | 58 | 1.069 | 28 |
| 8 | Bexhill Town Athletic | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 50 | 0.840 | 27 |
| 9 | Lancing Athletic | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 53 | 1.038 | 26 |
| 10 | Bognor Regis Town | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 68 | 0.985 | 26 |
| 11 | East Grinstead | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | 24 |
| 12 | Lewes | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 75 | 0.627 | 19 |
| 13 | Littlehampton Town | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 44 | 78 | 0.564 | 12 |
| 14 | Crawley | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 112 | 0.268 | 4 |

## Division Two

The division featured 12 clubs.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wigmore Athletic | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 27 | 3.963 | 39 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Goldstone | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 38 | 2.026 | 32 | |
| 3 | Rye United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 44 | 1.341 | 25 | |
| 4 | Hastings Rangers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 50 | 1.200 | 25 | |
| 5 | Cuckfield | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 55 | 1.182 | 25 | |
| 6 | Sidley United | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 61 | 1.180 | 23 | |
| 7 | Hove White Rovers | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 0.841 | 21 | |
| 8 | Seaford Town | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 55 | 0.873 | 19 | |
| 9 | Pulborough | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 80 | 0.800 | 19 | |
| 10 | Three Bridges | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 51 | 86 | 0.593 | 15 | |
| 11 | Moulsecoomb Rovers | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 80 | 0.613 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hastings & St Leonards | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 102 | 0.353 | 10 | |
