1945–46 Sussex County Football League
# 1945–46 Sussex County Football League

The 1945–46 Sussex County Football League season was the 21st in the history of the competition.

Teams were placed into two separate leagues, Eastern Division and Western Division. With the winners of each league playing in a play-off to decide the overall winner.

## Clubs

The league featured 17 clubs, 11 which competed in the 1939–40 season, along with six new clubs:

* Crawley
* Bexhill Wanderers
* Brighton & Hove Albion Juniors
* CADM & TC (Eastbourne)
* H.M.S. Peregrine (Ford)
* R.A.F. Tangmere

## Eastern Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haywards Heath | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 13 | 3.923 | 22 | Division champions |
| 2 | East Grinstead | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 2.200 | 20 | |
| 3 | Lewes | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 1.524 | 20 | |
| 4 | Newhaven | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 40 | 0.975 | 17 | |
| 5 | Crawley | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 0.784 | 13 | Left the League |
| 6 | Bexhill Wanderers | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 48 | 0.542 | 10 | Left the League |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion Juniors | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 59 | 0.424 | 6 | Left the League |
| 8 | CADM & TC (Eastbourne) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 0.700 | 4 | Left the League |

## Western Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Worthing | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 15 | 6.400 | 29 | Division champions |
| 2 | Horsham | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 33 | 2.455 | 27 | |
| 3 | H.M.S. Peregrine (Ford) | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 41 | 1.537 | 23 | Left the League |
| 4 | Littlehampton Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 40 | 1.650 | 20 | |
| 5 | Bognor Regis | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 72 | 0.764 | 15 | |
| 6 | Shoreham | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 78 | 0.462 | 12 | |
| 7 | Southwick | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 60 | 0.483 | 9 | |
| 8 | Hove | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 89 | 0.348 | 8 | |
| 9 | R.A.F. Tangmere | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 0.341 | 1 | Left the League |

## Play-off Final

Haywards Heath 1 — 0 Worthing Source= Sussex County league - Historic League Tables

