page_title: Football in Sussex
section_title: Levels 5–8 (Semi-professional)
hierarchical_section_title: Football in Sussex / Club football / Men / Clubs / Levels 5–8 (Semi-professional)
caption_attribution_description: English: Lewes take on Eastbourne Borough at the Dripping Pan in 2009
context_page_description: Football in Sussex refers to the sport of association football in relation to its participation and history within Sussex, England. Football is one of the most popular sports in Sussex with over 500 football clubs and 38,000 players in the county.
  The game of football is first documented in Sussex in 1403 as medieval football. The modern game of football began with public schools. According to John Cairney, goalkeeping was first developed at Lancing College, which had originated its own code of football by 1856. The first goal in the FA Cup was scored by former Lancing College student Jarvis Kenrick in 1871. In the next decade, the Sussex FA was founded in 1882, with the Sussex Senior Cup beginning almost immediately in the 1882–83 season. Leagues began shortly afterwards, including the West Sussex Football League in 1895 and the East Sussex Football League in 1896. The Sussex County Football League was created in 1920.
  As winners of the Southern League in 1909–10, Brighton and Hove Albion played the winners of the Football League in the 1910 FA Charity Shield. Albion won the match and were dubbed 'Champions of England'.
context_section_description: These clubs play in semi-professional and amateur leagues, at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The list does not include reserve teams of clubs that may play further down the pyramid.
caption: Lewes playing Eastbourne Borough at The Dripping Pan in 2009
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