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 - 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:
Competition Qualifying Divisions 2022-23 Winners Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup Premier Division, Championship Barnham Trojans Chichester Charity Cup Division One, Division Two North and South Del United Division Three Charity Cup Division Three North, Central and South Ferring Reserves
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.
Season Premier Division Division One Division One North Division One South Division Two North Division Two South Division Three North Division Three South Division Four North Division Four South Division Five North Division Five Central Division Five South 2012/13 Cowfold Wittering United Ockley Newtown Villa Reserves AFC Roffey Club Reserves The Vardar VIP Border Wanderers Hammer United Faygate United Thirds FC Amberley The Crown 2013/14 Bosham Predators AFC Roffey Club Reserves Stedham United Horsham Trinity Angmering Seniors FC Amberley Coal Exchange Capel Reserves West Chiltington Reserves The Unicorn 2014/15 Ockley Petworth Wisborough Green Newtown Villa Reserves Ewhurst The Crown Capel Ajax Trees Border Wanderers Reserves Watersfield Worthing Borough 2015/16 Lancing United Hunston Community Club Ashington Rovers Angmering Seniors Horsham Crusaders Worthing Borough Thakeham Village Elmer Ewhurst Reserves Tangmere 2016/17 Nyetimber Pirates Ashington Rover Angmering Seniors Border Wanderers The Unicorn Westcott 1935 Nyetimber Pirates Reserves Rowfant Village Watersfield Capel Reserves Lancing United Thirds 2017/18 Nyetimber Pirates Capel Angmering Westcott 1935 Lavant Reserves Horley AFC Yapton Reserves Southwater Royals Boxgrove Brockham Del United 2018/19 West Chiltington Steyning Town Reserves Nyetimber Pirates Reserves Cowfold Reserves Watersfield Southwater Royals Barnham Trojans TD Shipley Reserves Fernhurst Sports Slinfold Reserves The Unicorn Reserves 2019/20 Season abandoned 2020/21 Season abandoned Season Premier Division Championship Championship South Division Two North Division Two South Division Three North Division Three South Division Four North Division Four South Division Four Central 2021/22 Capel Barns Green Fishbourne Henfield Lavant Reserves Holbrook Barnham Trojans Reserves Barns Green Reserves Goring by Sea Cricket Rudgwick 3rds 2022/23 Barns Green Felpham Colts TD Shipley Holbrook Olympic Barnham Trojans Reserves Horsham Crusaders AFC Ferring Reserves Ashurst United Season Premier Division Championship Division One Division Two North Division Two South Division Three North Division Three South Division Three Central 2023/24 Lavant Wisborough Green Holbrook Olympic Billingshurst Thirds Ferring Reserves Westcott (1935) Selsey Reserves Watersfield Reserves Season Premier Division Division One North Division One South Division Two North Division Two South Division Three North Division Three South Division Three Central 2024/25 Watersfield Holbrook Olympic Angmering Cowfold Boys Club Old Boys Henfield Fittleworth Partridge Green
References
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