West Sussex Football League

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The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England, formed in 1896.

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Comprising of 78 teams across eight Divisions, of which the highest - the Premier Division - sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Southern Combination League Division Two.

Membership is not limited to clubs from West Sussex, with the league also including teams from neighbouring Surrey and Hampshire, although these are from places that are close to the county boundaries.

Cup Competitions

The West Sussex Football League operates one pre-season opener, three league cups and three charity cup competitions.

Walter Rossiter Memorial Trophy

The pre-season curtain-raiser is the Walter Rossiter Trophy which is contested between the previous season's Premier Division champions and Centenary Cup winners. The current holder is Barns Green.

League Cups

The league's main cup is the Centenary Cup which includes teams from the league's top three tiers - Premier Division, Championship and Division One. The current holders are Boys Club Old Boys.

The league's two other cups are the Tony Kopp Cup for the Northern section of Divisions Two and Three and the Bareham Trophy for the Southern and Central sections of the same divisions. The current holders of the Tony Kopp Cup is Holbrook Olympic, with AFC Fernhurst current holders of the Bareham Trophy.

Charity Cups

The remaining competitions within the league are the charity cups, these operate laterally across the northern and southern section of each division. These cups are:

CompetitionQualifying Divisions2022-23 Winners
Malcolm Simmonds Memorial CupPremier Division, ChampionshipBarnham Trojans
Chichester Charity CupDivision One, Division Two North and SouthDel United
Division Three Charity CupDivision Three North, Central and SouthFerring Reserves

2023–24 members

Premier Division

Barnham Trojans | Barns Green | Billingshurst Reserves | Delunited | Felpham Colts | Harting | Horsham Crusaders | Lavant | Petworth | Rudgwick | TD Shipley | Watersfield

Championship

AFC Fishbourne | Cowfold | Henfield | Hunston Community Club | Stedham United | The Unicorn (Bognor Regis) | Wisborough Green

Division One

Barnham Trojans Reserves | Capel Reserves | East Dean | Ewhurst | Flansham Park Rangers | Goring by Sea C&FC | Holbrook Olympic | Horsham Crusaders Reserves | Rudgwick Reserves | Southwater Royals

Division Two North

Ashhurst United | Billingshurst 3rds | Brockham | Cowfold Reserves | Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors | Horsham Crusaders AFC | Newdigate | Slinfold First | Southwater Reserves | TD Shipley Reserves

Division Two South

Angmering | Beaumont Park | East Preston Development | Ferring Reserves | Fittleworth | Milland | Optimus | Pulborough | Wittering United | Yapton

Division Three North

Ashington Rovers | Holbrook Olympic Reserves | Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors Reserves | Horsham Crusaders Town | Horsham Trinity | Rudgwick Development | Southwater Royals Reserves | Southwater 3rds | TD Shipley 3rds | Westcott (1935)

Division Three South

AFC Fernhurst | Ambassadors | Felpham Colts Reserves | Flansham Park Rangers Reserves | Hunston Community Club Reserves | Queen Head Raiders | Selsey Reserves | Worthing Town Reserves | Yapton Reserves

Division Three Central

Chapel | Fittleworth Reserves | Henfield Reserves | Horsham Crusaders Athletic | Petworth Reserves | Stedham United Reserves | Thakeham Village | Upper Beeding Reserves | Watersfield Reserves | Wisborough Green Reserves

Past Divisional Champions

The league ran eleven divisions up until 2015 when Division 5 Central was dropped. In 2016, Division One was split into North and South to increase back to eleven divisions.

In 2023/24 the Championship South was dropped and Division One was brought back in. Division Four was also dropped and Division Three Central was introduced.

SeasonPremier DivisionDivision OneDivision One NorthDivision One SouthDivision Two NorthDivision 2 SouthDivision Three NorthDivision Three SouthDivision Four NorthDivision Four SouthDivision Five NorthDivision Five CentralDivision Five South
2012/13CowfoldWittering UnitedOckleyNewtown Villa ReservesAFC Roffey Club ReservesThe Vardar VIPBorder WanderersHammer UnitedFaygate United ThirdsFC AmberleyThe Crown
2013/14BoshamPredatorsAFC Roffey Club ReservesStedham UnitedHorsham TrinityAngmering SeniorsFC AmberleyCoal ExchangeCapel ReservesWest Chiltington ReservesThe Unicorn
2014/15OckleyPetworthWisborough GreenNewtown Villa ReservesEwhurstThe CrownCapelAjax TreesBorder Wanderers ReservesWatersfieldWorthing Borough
2015/16Lancing UnitedHunston Community ClubAshington RoversAngmering SeniorsHorsham CrusadersWorthing BoroughThakeham VillageElmerEwhurst ReservesTangmere
2016/17Nyetimber PiratesAshington RoverAngmering SeniorsBorder WanderersThe UnicornWestcott 1935Nyetimber Pirates ReservesRowfant VillageWatersfieldCapel ReservesLancing United Thirds
2017/18Nyetimber PiratesCapelAngmeringWestcott 1935Lavant ReservesHorley AFCYapton ReservesSouthwater RoyalsBoxgroveBrockhamDel United
2018/19West ChiltingtonSteyning Town ReservesNyetimber Pirates ReservesCowfold ReservesWatersfieldSouthwater RoyalsBarnham TrojansTD Shipley ReservesFernhurst SportsSlinfold ReservesThe Unicorn Reserves
2019/20Season abandoned
2020/21Season abandoned
SeasonPremier DivisionChampionshipChampionship SouthDivision Two NorthDivision Two SouthDivision Three NorthDivision Three SouthDivision Four NorthDivision Four SouthDivision Four Central
2021/22CapelBarns GreenFishbourneHenfieldLavant ReservesHolbrookBarnham Trojans ReservesBarns Green ReservesGoring by Sea CricketRudgwick 3rds
2022/23Barns GreenFelpham ColtsTD ShipleyHolbrook OlympicBarnham Trojans ReservesHorsham Crusaders AFCFerring ReservesAshurst UnitedNo competitionsNo competition
2023/24

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