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The Mid Sussex Football League is an association football league formed in 1900. The league is headed by the Premier Division which is at level eleven of the
English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
and member clubs are based in
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, West Sussex and south-eastern
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. Current sponsors are Gray Hooper Holt LLP and the league is currently known as the Gray Hooper Holt LLP Mid Sussex League.


History

The league was founded in 1900, made up of seven founder clubs: Ardingly,
Burgess Hill Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It ...
,
Crawley Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...
, Cuckfield,
Haywards Heath Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawl ...
, Hurstpierpoint and
Three Bridges Three Bridges may refer to: England *Three Bridges, West Sussex, a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley **Three Bridges F.C., an association football team **Three Bridges railway station **Three Bridges depot, a rail depot * Three Bridges, Linc ...
. League rules stipulated clubs had to be from within a twelve-mile radius of
Haywards Heath Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, Crawl ...
, where the league was founded. In 1903 a second division was formed and the league was accepting membership from clubs based on the south coast. A third division was formed in 1921 and divisions four and five formed in the 1950s. The Premier Division was formed in 1974 to replace Division One as the top division and another four divisions were added throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002 the league took over management of the Mid Sussex Football Association Senior and Junior Charity Cups following the disbandment of the Mid Sussex Football Association. The Championship Division was formed in 2010.


Current clubs

Premier Division *Ashurst Wood *Balcombe *Battle Town *Cuckfield Rangers *Eastbourne Rangers * Holland Sports *Hollington United *Lindfield *Reigate Priory * Ringmer AFC *Rotherfield *Sedlescombe Rangers * Westfield *Willingdon Athletic Championship * AFC Uckfield Town II *Buxted *Crawley Devils *Ditchling *Hurstpierpoint *Ifield Sports *Oxted & District * Peacehaven & Telscombe II *Ridgewood *
Roffey Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
Dev *Sovereign Saints *West Hoathly Division One * AFC Varndeanians II *Balcombe II *Copthorne II *Cuckfield Rangers II * Cuckfield Town *DCK *Lindfield II *Polegate Town *Ringmer AFC II *Royal Earlswood (Godstone) Division Two North *AFC Acorns *Ansty *Ardingly *Ashurst Wood II *Copthorne A *Crawley United * Forest Row II *Nutfield *Reigate Priory II *Southgate United Division Two South *Barcombe *Burgess Hill Rhinos *Eastbourne Rangers II *Fletching *Lectern Lights *Newick *Nutley *Portslade Athletic * Southwick *Willingdon Athletic II Division Three North *Caterham *Cuckfield Town II *Furnace Green United *Horley AFC *Ifield Albion *Jarvis Brook II *Old Oxted Town *Oxted & District II *Rotherfield II Division Three South *Brighton & Sussex Medical School *FC Sporting *Horsted Keynes *Lancing United *Peacehaven & Telscombe III *Polegate Town II *Preston Park *Ridgewood II *Ringmer AFC III *Uckfield United *Wivelsfield Green Division Four North *Balcombe III *Brockham II *Crowborough Athletic MSFL II *East Grinstead Meads *Felbridge *Holland Sports II *Horsham Crusaders III *Ifield *Lindfield III *Wakehams Green *West Hoathly II Division Four South *AFC Hurst *AFC Varndeanians III *Buxted II *Cuckfield Rangers Dev *Ditchling Dev *Eastbourne Athletic *Keymer & Hassocks *Scaynes Hill *The View *Welcroft Park Rangers Division Five North *Ardingly II *Ashurst Wood III *Athletico Redhill *Athletico Shrublands *Charlwood Village *
East Grinstead Town East Grinstead Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the and play at East Court. History The club was established on 8 May 1890 as East Grinstea ...
III *FC Railway *Hartfield *Oxted & District A *Reigate Priory A *Southgate United II Division Five South *Athletico Burgess Hill *DCK II *Fairfield *Hurstpierpoint II *Lectern Lights II *Maresfield Village *Plumpton Athletic *Portslade Athletic II *Ringmer AFC IV Division Six North *Crawley & Maidenbower Panthers *Crawley Phoenix *Crawley United II *Gatwick United *Horley AFC II *Horsham Crusaders IV *Ifield Albion II *Pound Hill Thunder *Reigate Priory B *Royal Earlswood II Division Six South *Barcombe II *Fairfield II *Horsted Keynes II *Hurstpierpoint III *Newick II *Pound Hill Thunder II *Scaynes Hill III *Willingdon Athletic III


Recent Champions

Championship Division formed ahead of the 2010–11 season. Lower divisions regionalised. Division Five regionalised into North East, North West and South Divisions.


Recent Cup winners


References


External links


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