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[Football] The Non-League Football Thread- 2024/25 Edition



Seagull on the Hill

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Jan 22, 2022
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There's a few multi team towns in Sussex if you're doing from SCFL 2 upwards. My reckoning:

Eastbourne: 3 (Borough, Town, United)
Littlehampton: 2 (Littlehampton Town & Wick)
Horsham: 4 (Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Roffey and Copthorne who share with Horsham)
Worthing: 3 (Worthing, Worthing Town & Worthing United)
Lancing: 2 (Lancing & Montpelier Villa (sharing))
Brighton & Hove: 5 (Albion, Whitehawk, Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Saltdean)
East Grinstead: 2 (EG & Forest Row (sharing))
Haywards Heath: 2 (HH & St Francis Rangers)
Crawley: 3 (Crawley, Oakwood & Three Bridges)
Bexhill: 2 (Bexhill & Little Common)
Crowborough: 2 (Crowborough & Little Common)
Should that read:
Crowborough2 ( Crowborough and Jarvis Brook)?
 






carlzeiss

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May 19, 2009
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Amazonia
Never knew Eastbourne had 3 senior non league teams
For a few seasons there was 4 . Shinewater Association merged with Eastbourne United in 2004 to become Eastbourne United Association
Their ground was by the Langney Shopping center but suffered from vandalism and became untenable
Saw Worthing win there in a Senior Cup match , my only visit unfortunately

 


BN9 BHA

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Jul 14, 2013
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Horsham Gull

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Dec 4, 2006
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Horsham
There's a few multi team towns in Sussex if you're doing from SCFL 2 upwards. My reckoning:

Eastbourne: 3 (Borough, Town, United)
Littlehampton: 2 (Littlehampton Town & Wick)
Horsham: 4 (Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Roffey and Copthorne who share with Horsham)
Worthing: 3 (Worthing, Worthing Town & Worthing United)
Lancing: 2 (Lancing & Montpelier Villa (sharing))
Brighton & Hove: 6 (Albion, Whitehawk, Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Saltdean, Mile Oak)
East Grinstead: 2 (EG & Forest Row (sharing))
Haywards Heath: 2 (HH & St Francis Rangers)
Crawley: 3 (Crawley, Oakwood & Three Bridges)
Bexhill: 2 (Bexhill & Little Common)
Crowborough: 2 (Crowborough & Jarvis Brook)
Horsham has 5 - broadbridge heath
 


Mellor 3 Ward 4

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Jul 27, 2004
10,209
saaf of the water
There's a few multi team towns in Sussex if you're doing from SCFL 2 upwards. My reckoning:

Eastbourne: 3 (Borough, Town, United)
Littlehampton: 2 (Littlehampton Town & Wick)
Horsham: 4 (Horsham, Horsham YMCA, Roffey and Copthorne who share with Horsham)
Worthing: 3 (Worthing, Worthing Town & Worthing United)
Lancing: 2 (Lancing & Montpelier Villa (sharing))
Brighton & Hove: 6 (Albion, Whitehawk, Varndeanians, Brighton Electricity, Saltdean, Mile Oak)
East Grinstead: 2 (EG & Forest Row (sharing))
Haywards Heath: 2 (HH & St Francis Rangers)
Crawley: 3 (Crawley, Oakwood & Three Bridges)
Bexhill: 2 (Bexhill & Little Common)
Crowborough: 2 (Crowborough & Jarvis Brook)
You can add Broadbridge Heath to Horsham.
 






jackalbion

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Aug 30, 2011
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The SNLF website - Catch A Match

Tuesday 8th October (7.45pm unless stated)

Sussex Senior Cup 2nd Round

Whitehawk vs Broadbridge Heath

Wednesday 9th October (7.45pm unless stated)

Sussex Senior Cup 2nd Round

AFC Varndeanians vs Brighton & Hove Albion Under 21’s
Will be in attendance of these two, got a big FA Cup tie at the weekend to attend at Biggleswade as they take on York, should be a good occasion
 


ManOfSussex

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Apr 11, 2016
15,139
Rape of Hastings, Sussex
FA Trophy draw 1st round proper made yesterday, ties to be played 26/10/24. Eastbourne Borough and Worthing enter in the next round.

Lewes v Ashford United
Hadley v Hastings United
Canvey Island v Horsham
Plymouth Parkway v Chichester City

That'll be the 7th of 8 consecutive Saturdays Hastings are playing away from home. 14/09 was the last one, 16/11 is the next. That is going to hurt financially.

Lovely round trip for Chichester to the same opponents Worthing have got to go in the FA Cup this weekend.
 
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amexer

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Aug 8, 2011
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It looks like compared to years ago nearly all are called senior non league teams. In my day there was County League 1 and 2 and a few clubs like Lewes Worthing who playrd in a Southern senior league
Of course on top of that was a Brighton League with about 12/14 divisions.
 


Timbo

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Jul 5, 2003
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Hassocks
How low do people go in non league? I quite enjoy the West Sussex Premier League and know there is an East equivalent. (Step 12). You get snippets of quality but mainly honest endeavour.
Anywhere to be honest! But to actually travel to a game rather than wander down the park I guess it would have to at least be an SCFL side although the Mid Sussex Premier is way stronger than SCFL Division 2 nowadays. There's some absolute rubbish at the bottom of SCFL 2 but they do tend to have at least what you'd call a proper ground (Hailsham, St Francis, etc.). Most of the Mid Sussex Premier sides either play at a local rec or ground share miles away, I think Battle play in Bexhill, Crowhurst play in Hailsham and Balcombe play in Hassocks.
 


Timbo

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Jul 5, 2003
4,315
Hassocks
Last couple of seasons I've really got into going to Hassocks, even been to a few away games as well. When the train queues and extortionate prices finally get the better of me I'll be there every week home and away! They're absolutely flying at the moment which considering they pay absolutely nothing is nothing short of remarkable. I'm quite sure Haywards Heath and their buckets of cash will end up winning the league but at the moment it's great to see a team at the top purely down to good coaching and enthusiastic talented players.
 






Change at Barnham

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Aug 6, 2011
5,431
Bognor Regis
Tuesday 8th October

Sussex Senior Cup 2nd Round

Chichester City 0 Horsham 2
Littlehampton Town 3 Peacehaven & Tel 2
Crawley Down Gatwick 2 Pagham 1
Eastbourne Utd vs Storrington - postponed
Lancing 3 Mile Oak 1
Whitehawk 3 Broadbridge Heath 1
Burgess Hill Town 1 Crowborough Athletic 0
Haywards Heath Town vs Midhurst & Easebourne
Newhaven 1 East Grinstead Town 1 (East Grinstead win 7-6 on pens)
Eastbourne Borough 3 Little Common 0
Roffey vs Eastbourne Town - postponed

National League South
Worthing 1 Welling Utd 0

Isthmian Premier Division
Dover Athletic 1 Bognor Regis 0

Isthmian South East Division
Herne Bay 2 Steyning Town 0
Margate 2 Three Bridges 0

Division One Challenge Cup 2nd Round
East Preston 5Montpelier Villa 2

Peter Bentley Cup 2nd Round
Forest Row vs Lingfield - postponed
 








Mellor 3 Ward 4

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Jul 27, 2004
10,209
saaf of the water
Two years after moving to Horsham I’m thinking it’s probably about time to make my debut at The Fusion Aviation Community Stadium this weekend.

FA Cup 4th qualifying round match v Gorleston.
Buy a ticket in advance (£1.00 cheaper) and saves queing

98 or 23 bus from Horsham Bus station.

Shuld be a decent crowd.
 




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