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West Sussex Football League

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

It comprises 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 Reserves, 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:

2024–25 members

Premier Division

  • AFC Fishbourne
  • Barnham Trojans
  • Barns Green
  • Billingshurst Reserves
  • Delunited
  • Harting
  • Horsham Crusaders
  • Petworth
  • Rudgwick
  • Sussex Rangers
  • Watersfield
  • Wisborough Green

Division One North

  • Ashurst United
  • Billingshurst Thirds
  • Capel Reserves
  • Holbrook Olympic
  • Horsham Crusaders A.F.C.
  • Rudgwick Reserves
  • Slinfold
  • Southwater Reserves
  • TD Shipley Reserves
  • Southwater Royals

Division One South

  • Angmering
  • East Dean
  • East Preston Development
  • Ferring Reserves
  • Flansham Park Rangers
  • Goring by Sea Cricket
  • Hunston Community Club
  • Newtown Villa
  • Stedham United
  • Wittering United

Division Two North

  • Ashington Rovers
  • Brockham
  • Cowfold
  • Ewhurst
  • Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors
  • Horsham Crusaders Reserves
  • Rudgwick Development
  • Upper Beeding Reserves
  • Watersfield Reserves
  • Westcott (1935)

Division Two South

  • Barnham Trojans Reserves
  • Beaumont Park
  • Bosham Reserves
  • Boys Club Old Boys
  • Hunston Community Club Reserves
  • Milland
  • Optimus
  • Queens Head Raiders
  • Selsey Reserves
  • Yapton

Division Three North

  • Brockham Reserves
  • Henfield
  • Holbrook Olympic Reserves
  • Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors Development
  • Horsham Crusaders Town
  • Horsham Trinity
  • Newdigate
  • Slinfold Reserves
  • Southwater Royals Reserves
  • Southwater Thirds
  • TD Shipley Thirds

Division Three South

  • Ambassadors
  • Bracklesham Bay
  • Fittleworth
  • Flansham Park Rangers Reserves
  • Hunston Community Club Thirds
  • Stedham United Reserves
  • Sussex Rangers Development
  • Worthing Town Reserves
  • Yapton Reserves

Division Three Central

  • Ashington Cougars
  • Barns Green Reserves
  • Chapel
  • Fittleworth Reserves
  • Horsham Crusaders Athletic
  • Partridge Green
  • Petworth Reserves
  • Pulborough
  • West Chiltington
  • Wisborough Green Reserves
  • Yapton Thirds

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, with the following season seeing the second tier split into two divisions, whilst Division Two and Division Three remained split into two and three divisions respectively.

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