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1939–40 Sussex County Football League

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Sussex County Football League
Season1930–40
ChampionsWorthing
Matches played182
Goals scored605 (3.32 per match)

The 1939–40 Sussex County Football League season was the 20th in the history of the competition.[1][2]

Due to the Second World War, a war-time emergency competition was announced and 16 teams were placed into two separate leagues, 8 teams in the Eastern Division and 8 in the Western Division. With the winners of each league playing in a play-off to decide the overall winner.

Clubs

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The league featured 16 clubs, 14 which competed in the last season, along with two new clubs:

Eastern Division

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hastings & St Leonards 14 8 2 4 46 21 2.190 18 Division champions and then left the League
2 Haywards Heath 14 8 1 5 49 35 1.400 17
3 Newhaven 14 6 4 4 32 26 1.231 16
4 East Grinstead 14 5 5 4 40 32 1.250 15
5 Bexhill 14 6 1 7 20 41 0.488 13 Left the League
6 Eastbourne 14 4 4 6 30 35 0.857 12
7 Lewes 14 5 1 8 35 53 0.660 11
8 Eastbourne Comrades 14 4 2 8 29 38 0.763 10 Left the League
Source: Sussex County league - Historic League Tables
Rules for classification: 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.

Western Division

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Worthing 14 11 1 2 58 26 2.231 23 Division champions
2 Bognor Regis 14 10 0 4 47 26 1.808 20
3 Horsham 14 9 1 4 55 27 2.037 19
4 Southwick 14 8 1 5 48 37 1.297 17
5 Littlehampton Town 14 7 0 7 41 40 1.025 14
6 Hove 14 5 1 8 27 62 0.435 11
7 Shoreham 14 2 1 11 33 52 0.635 5
8 Chichester 14 1 1 12 15 54 0.278 3 Left the League
Source: Sussex County league - Historic League Tables
Rules for classification: 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.

Play-off Final

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Worthing 1 — 0 Hastings & St Leonards
Source= Sussex County league - Historic League Tables

References

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  1. ^ "Sussex County Football League 1920–1960". Non League Matters.
  2. ^ "SCFL Historic League Tables". Southern Combination Football League. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.