# 1997–98 Sussex County Football League

The 1997–98 Sussex County Football League season was the 73rd in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.

## Division One

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
* Chichester City
* Littlehampton Town
* Redhill

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Burgess Hill Town | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 105 | 34 | +71 | 92 | |
| 2 | Littlehampton Town | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 102 | 45 | +57 | 87 | |
| 3 | Wick | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 81 | 39 | +42 | 76 | |
| 4 | Langney Sports | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 74 | |
| 5 | Redhill | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 68 | |
| 6 | Saltdean United | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 76 | 67 | +9 | 66 | |
| 7 | Ringmer | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 58 | |
| 8 | Selsey | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 54 | |
| 9 | Pagham | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 54 | |
| 10 | Shoreham | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 54 | |
| 11 | Whitehawk | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 48 | |
| 12 | Hassocks | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Horsham YMCA | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 44 | |
| 14 | Eastbourne Town | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 43 | |
| 15 | Portfield | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 85 | −27 | 41 | |
| 16 | Chichester City | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 62 | 76 | −14 | 39 | |
| 17 | Hailsham Town | 38 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 60 | 96 | −36 | 37 | |
| 18 | Mile Oak | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 34 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 19 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 29 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 20 | Arundel | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 44 | 120 | −76 | 23 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.
* Clubs relegated from Division One:
** Oakwood
** Southwick
** Three Bridges
* Clubs promoted from Division Three:
** Shinewater Association
** Sidlesham
Also, East Grinstead changed name to East Grinstead Town.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Preston | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 113 | 42 | +71 | 80 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Eastbourne United | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 69 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Broadbridge Heath | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 63 | Promoted to Division One |
| 4 | Sidley United | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 63 | |
| 5 | Sidlesham | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 60 | |
| 6 | Shinewater Association | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 56 | |
| 7 | Three Bridges | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 54 | |
| 8 | Southwick | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 54 | |
| 9 | Worthing United | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 46 | |
| 10 | East Grinstead Town | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 45 | |
| 11 | Crawley Down Village | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 44 | |
| 12 | Crowborough Athletic | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 42 | |
| 13 | Lancing | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | Oakwood | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 70 | 60 | +10 | 39 | |
| 15 | Withdean | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 35 | |
| 16 | Newhaven | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 30 | |
| 17 | Midhurst & Easebourne | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 47 | 115 | −68 | 28 | Relegated to Division Three |
| 18 | Bexhill Town | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 14 | Relegated to Division Three |

## Division Three

Division Three featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:
* Bosham, relegated from Division Two
* Oving Social Club
* Steyning Town, relegated from Division Two
* Westfield, joined from the East Sussex League
Also, Sun Alliance changed name to Royal Sun Alliance.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lingfield | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 65 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 2 | Storrington | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 64 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 3 | Oving Social Club | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 61 | |
| 4 | Westfield | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 50 | |
| 5 | St Francis Hospital | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 48 | |
| 6 | Uckfield Town | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 46 | |
| 7 | Franklands Village | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Hurstpierpoint | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 44 | |
| 9 | Ifield | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 42 | |
| 10 | Ansty Rangers | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 42 | |
| 11 | Buxted | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 37 | |
| 12 | Royal & Sun Alliance | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 31 | |
| 13 | Steyning Town | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 31 | |
| 14 | Haywards Heath Town | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 23 | |
| 15 | Forest | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 22 | |
| 16 | Bosham | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 95 | −68 | 12 | Relegated to the West Sussex League |